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Step 1: Crypto Basics

What is cryptocurrency?

Learn what cryptocurrency is, what you can do with it & why it has value. Learn about Bitcoin & sound money.

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Bitcoin, scarcity & trust in money

Learn why scarcity and trust are crucial to money having value; discover why modern money isn’t scarce and how Bitcoin is.

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How Bitcoin works

Learn how Bitcoin achieves sound money and trust, through a combination of cryptography and economic incentive. Find out what bitcoin mining is, and how it works,

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Bitcoin's limitations

Learn how Bitcoin's design compromises speed for decentralisation creating limitations on low value transactions. Find out how layer two solutions can solve this issue.

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A fork in the road

Learn what a ‘fork’ is; how they occur when people disagree about the ways to develop and improve cryptocurrencies.

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Building on top of Bitcoin

Learn how building a second layer on top of Bitcoin is the key to its use for everyday money. Find out how layer two solutions like the Lightning Network function.

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What is Ethereum

What does Ethereum do, how it differs from Bitcoin & the new crypto economies it has enabled.

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What is a Stablecoin?

Learn what a Stablecoin is, the problem they solve & how governments are now trying to create their own versions.

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What is a Blockchain

What are the unique characteristics of a blockchain? What are the problems they solve & how do they do it?

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What are Soulbound Tokens? SBT explained

Learn what soulbound tokens SBT are, the concept of soul in crypto, web3, and decentralised society, and the possible uses of soulbound tokens.

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What is a seed phrase? Why recovery phrases are secure

Seed phrases seem deceptively simple and yet are a highly secure way to recover a crypto wallet. Learn what it is, how it works, and why it's so secure.

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AMM Explained: Automated Market Makers & How They Work

Learn about automated market makers or AMMs that let you trade crypto without intermediaries, combining Smart Contracts and incentives for liquidity provision.

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What Are Wrapped Crypto Tokens?

Learn about wrapped crypto tokens and how they work, and the risks associated with using them.

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What are Bitcoin Ordinals? Bitcoin NFTs Explained

A new idea is taking Bitcoin by storm. Introduced in January 2023, these ‘digital artefacts’ resemble Ethereum NFTs at first glance. Because of several key differences from NFTs and instant popularity, Bitcoin Ordinals might be the first sign of the next Bitcoin bull market.

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What Is POAP? Proof of Attendance Protocol Explained

If scrapbooks are a way to conserve a lifetime of memories, then POAP, or Proof of Attendance Protocol, can be seen as a new way of digitally recording a person’s experiences. Learn about POAP and POAP NFTs, how they work, how you can get some and why you should.

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What is Layer 2 and how does it work?

What is Layer 2 in crypto, why is it important to Bitcoin and Ethereum? Learn about how Layer 2 tackles Layer 1 crypto's scalability concerns.

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What Are Decentralised Crypto Exchanges? DEX Explained

Learn about a decentralised exchange (DEX) and how it works, the advantages and disadvantages over a centralised exchange (CEX) and why DEXs are important

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Measuring crypto adoption

If crypto is so great how can you measure its success? Learn the key metrics for measuring crypto usage and adoption along a framework for assessing them.

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What are Tokenomics?

Learn the standard set of metrics that Tokenomics uses to interpret cryptocurrency supply schedules and coin distribution to help determine value.

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What are Wrapped Tokens & how do they work?

Learn about wrapped Bitcoin, why it has a very similar but not identical value to Bitcoin, and why the concept of tokenisation so important.

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Crypto's new frontiers

What is the next big thing in crypto? Discover the new crypto economies that are emerging & how they might impact your life.

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What are Blockchain Bridges & how do they work?

Learn about Block Bridges, what role they play in the crypto data storage, and why they're important.

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What are token standards?

What role do token standards play in offering value different cryptocurrencies? And how has this concept been used even before cryptocurrency was around?

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What is an Oracle in Blockchain?

Learn about oracles in crypto, how they work, oracle smart contract applications and the blockchain oracle problem.

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