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Chapter 1
Understand crypto
Build a careful mental model before comparing products, prices, or promises.
OutcomeExplain what a crypto asset represents, why different assets exist, and which claims require qualification.
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Crypto Foundations
Eight chapters and 24 lessons that build one durable mental model, from what a crypto asset is to how you keep records.
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Chapter 2
Understand networks
Follow what happens between pressing Send and seeing a confirmed transaction.
OutcomeRead a transaction as a sequence of authorization, validation, inclusion, and finality—not as magic.
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Chapter 3
Control wallets and keys
Understand what a wallet controls, then design recovery around real human failure modes.
OutcomeChoose a custody model and recovery process you can operate safely under ordinary and stressful conditions.
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Chapter 4
Buy, sell, and move value
Evaluate services and routes before the first meaningful transaction.
OutcomeCompare the full cost and custody path, place basic orders, and verify a transfer independently.
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Chapter 5
Resist scams and unsafe signing
Learn the recurring control patterns behind changing scam stories.
OutcomePause, verify outside the attacker's channel, read signing authority, and respond without making the loss worse.
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Chapter 6
Read markets without prediction theatre
Use market data to understand conditions—not to manufacture certainty.
OutcomeInterpret price, liquidity, charts, and token supply while keeping uncertainty explicit.
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Chapter 7
Use stablecoins, DeFi, and onchain apps carefully
Understand where yield, pegs, bridges, and application risk actually come from.
OutcomeTrace each product through issuer, contract, collateral, oracle, governance, and exit risks.
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Chapter 8
Handle rules, records, and ongoing learning
Build a process that survives jurisdiction changes, tax deadlines, and noisy information.
OutcomeKnow where to verify local rules, which records to preserve, and how to maintain a personal operating policy.