Curriculum› Module 1
Foundations
What crypto actually is, how coins differ, how wallets and exchanges work, which of three games you are playing, how to pick and lock down a venue, and how to not get robbed in your first month.
What crypto and blockchain really are
A blockchain is a shared ledger that nobody owns. Everything else, including why your mistakes are permanent, follows from that one idea.
Bitcoin, altcoins, stablecoins and tokens
A few categories behave in a few very different ways. Confusing them is the fastest way to size a position wrongly.
Wallets, private keys and custody
Your seed phrase is the asset. Learn the three custody models, pick one deliberately, and never send funds on the wrong network.
Exchanges and order types
Market, limit, stop and post-only orders. What each one guarantees, what each one does not, and why a $5 minimum matters on a small account.
Task: rest a bid on the order book
Place one limit buy below the price and watch it wait. That single resting bid is the whole difference between taking liquidity and adding it.
Security, scams and operational hygiene
The most common way to lose money in crypto is not a bad trade. It is theft. Here are the attacks on your keys and the habits that stop them.
Investing, DCA and trading are three different jobs
Before you trade anything, decide which of three games you are playing. Most losses come from playing one while thinking you are playing another.
Choosing an exchange and hardening your account
An exchange is a counterparty. Pick it like you would pick a bank in a country with no deposit insurance, then lock the account down before the first deposit.
Pig-butchering, fake platforms and the scams aimed at you personally
The security lesson covers attacks on your keys. This one covers attacks on your judgement, which cost far more money.