Curriculum› Module 1

Beginner 9 lessons 114 min

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.

14 min

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.

13 min

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.

14 min

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.

15 min

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.

8 min

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.

13 min

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.

11 min

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.

13 min

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.

13 min