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10 free courses · 69 lessons · a certificate for each

The everyday money track

Stablecoins, cards, exchanges and charts: the part of crypto people actually use.

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Exchanges, Swaps, and Charts
9 lessons · 75 min
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Stablecoins and Spending Crypto
7 lessons · 62 min

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Every course, in the order that makes sense.

Start with how blockchains and tokens work, move on to launchpads and meme launches, then learn the cryptography underneath and how to protect your keys. Finish with the practical side: exchanges, swaps, charts, wallets and chains. Every lesson teaches the mechanism first, then exactly how it fails.

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Beginner
Blockchain Basics
Start here. What a blockchain actually is, who owns what, and why any of it is hard. No prior technical background needed.
3 chapters · 7 lessons · 52 min
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1. 01What is a Blockchain?
  - A Ledger Everyone Shares6 min
  - Blocks, Hashes, and Chains8 min
  - Wallets, Keys, and What "Owning" a Token Means8 min
2. 02How Consensus Works
  - Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake8 min
  - Nodes and Decentralization7 min
3. 03Layers, Rollups, and Fees
  - Why Layer 2s Exist8 min
  - Gas, Fees, and Block Times7 min
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Intermediate
Smart Contracts and Tokens
What a smart contract is, what an ERC-20 token really consists of, and where a token price actually comes from.
3 chapters · 9 lessons · 76 min
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1. 01Programmable Agreements
  - What is a Smart Contract?7 min
  - Gas, Execution, and the EVM7 min
2. 02Tokens and Liquidity
  - What an ERC-20 Token Actually Is8 min
  - Liquidity Pools: Where the Price Comes From9 min
  - What a Market Maker Actually Does9 min
  - Reading a Token Contract Before You Trust It10 min
3. 03Collectibles and NFTs
  - What an NFT Actually Is8 min
  - Tokens Linked to Physical Things9 min
  - Provable Fairness, and What It Does Not Prove9 min
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Intermediate
Meme Coins and Launchpads: How They Actually Work
Where meme coins came from, the machinery underneath them (bonding curves, graduation, fee splits), and the failure modes, with the real numbers.
3 chapters · 6 lessons · 51 min
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1. 01Where Meme Coins Came From
  - Why Meme Coins Exist9 min
  - Attention as the Asset7 min
2. 02The Machinery
  - Bonding Curves Explained9 min
  - The Fee Stack: Who Gets Paid on Every Trade8 min
3. 03The Failure Modes
  - Rug Pulls, Honeypots, and Snipers10 min
  - The Numbers Nobody Prints on the Poster8 min
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Advanced
Hosting a Launch, or Taking Part in One
The practical course: what launching a token on a Robinhood Chain launchpad actually involves, how to take part in a meme launch on Robinhood Chain without being the exit liquidity, and the legal and ethical lines.
3 chapters · 10 lessons · 88 min
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1. 01Hosting a Launch
  - Before You Launch: Questions to Answer First9 min
  - Making a Meme: From Idea to Ready-to-Launch9 min
  - Launching on Pons, Step by Step11 min
  - Creator Fees, Tax, and What You Owe People8 min
2. 02Taking Part in a Launch
  - Taking Part in a Meme Launch on Robinhood Chain9 min
  - Buying on Pons, Step by Step10 min
  - A Pre-Buy Checklist You Actually Run9 min
  - Position Sizing, Exits, and the Discipline Part8 min
3. 03Staying Legal and Staying Decent
  - Promotion, Disclosure, and the Law8 min
  - Scams That Target Creators7 min
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Beginner
Cryptography Basics: Hashes, Keys, and Signatures
The three tools every wallet and every blockchain rests on, explained without the maths: what they prove, and where they stop protecting you.
2 chapters · 5 lessons · 40 min
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1. 01Fingerprints and Keys
  - What a Hash Function Does8 min
  - Public Keys, Private Keys, and Addresses9 min
2. 02Signatures, Encryption, and Randomness
  - Digital Signatures: Proving It Was You8 min
  - Encryption Is Not Signing7 min
  - Randomness: Where Keys Come From, and How They Leak8 min
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Intermediate
Protecting Your Keys
Seed phrases, hardware wallets, multisig, and the signatures that drain wallets: how people really lose crypto, and the habits that prevent it.
3 chapters · 6 lessons · 53 min
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1. 01Seed Phrases and Backups
  - How a Seed Phrase Becomes Your Keys9 min
  - Storing a Seed Phrase: Backups That Survive8 min
2. 02Signing Safely
  - Hardware Wallets and Multisig9 min
  - Approvals, Permits, and Wallet Drainers10 min
3. 03Recovery, Inheritance, and the Quantum Question
  - Recovery and Inheritance8 min
  - Quantum Computing: What It Threatens and What It Does Not9 min
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BeginnerEveryday money
Exchanges, Swaps, and Charts
Where crypto is actually bought and sold: centralized and decentralized exchanges, what happens inside a swap, and how to read a chart and a token page for risk.
3 chapters · 9 lessons · 75 min
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1. 01Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges
  - What a Centralized Exchange Is8 min
  - What a Decentralized Exchange Is8 min
  - AML, Sanctions, and Screening an Address8 min
  - What Happens When You Verify Your Identity8 min
  - Cashing Out: Getting Money Into Your Bank9 min
2. 02How a Swap Works
  - Anatomy of a Swap9 min
  - MEV and Sandwich Attacks8 min
3. 03Reading a Chart and a Token Page
  - Reading a Price Chart8 min
  - Reading a Token Page: Liquidity, Market Cap, and Holders9 min
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Beginner
Wallets and Chains
Using MetaMask and other popular wallets safely, how the major blockchains differ, and how to move funds between them without losing them.
2 chapters · 4 lessons · 37 min
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1. 01Wallets in Practice
  - Using MetaMask Safely10 min
  - Other Popular Wallets, and How to Choose8 min
2. 02Chains and Bridges
  - The Major Chains Compared10 min
  - Bridges, and Sending on the Wrong Network9 min
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BeginnerEveryday money
Stablecoins and Spending Crypto
What a stablecoin is and when it stops being stable, who holds your money in an app, what happens when you pay with a card, where yield comes from, and what a tokenized stock really is.
2 chapters · 7 lessons · 62 min
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1. 01Stablecoins and Who Holds Your Money
  - What a Stablecoin Is, and What Keeps It Stable9 min
  - An Account Is Not a Wallet8 min
2. 02Spending, Earning, and Owning
  - Paying With a Crypto Card9 min
  - Buying Something Big With Crypto9 min
  - Yield: Where It Comes From, and How It Breaks10 min
  - Borrowing Against Your Crypto9 min
  - Tokenized Stocks: What You Actually Own8 min
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Advanced
How Onchain Attacks Actually Happen
The anatomy of the big ones: reentrancy, oracle manipulation, stolen signing keys, abused upgrade powers, broken bridges, and what detection and response look like when it goes wrong.
3 chapters · 6 lessons · 58 min
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1. 01Breaking the Code
  - Reentrancy: The Oldest Trick That Still Works10 min
  - Oracle Manipulation: Moving the Price That Matters10 min
2. 02Breaking the Keys and the People
  - Stolen Keys and Signatures Nobody Read10 min
  - Upgrade Keys and Governance: Power That Was Always There9 min
3. 03Bridges, Detection and Response
  - How Bridges Get Broken9 min
  - Detection, Circuit Breakers, and the Hours After10 min
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Understand blockchain. Then use it safely.

Every course, in the order that makes sense.

Blockchain Basics

Smart Contracts and Tokens

Meme Coins and Launchpads: How They Actually Work

Hosting a Launch, or Taking Part in One

Cryptography Basics: Hashes, Keys, and Signatures

Protecting Your Keys

Exchanges, Swaps, and Charts

Wallets and Chains