JC

Education

Web3 Academy

Plain lessons. No guaranteed returns. Start with wallet security even if you came here for airdrops.

beginner

Beginner path

Wallets, airdrops, and how to avoid the most common traps.

  1. 01 What is cryptocurrency?
  2. 02 What are airdrops?
  3. 03 How wallets work
  4. 04 Wallet security
  5. 05 Seed phrase protection
  6. 06 Crypto scams
  7. 07 Phishing protection

intermediate

Intermediate path

Networks, DeFi, NFTs, and how to research a project.

  1. 01 Blockchain technology
  2. 02 Layer 1s
  3. 03 Layer 2s
  4. 04 DeFi
  5. 05 NFTs
  6. 06 DYOR

advanced

Advanced path

Staking, risk, and how to keep a research process honest.

  1. 01 Staking
  2. 02 Smart contracts
  3. 03 Token economics
  4. 04 Gas fees
  5. 05 Bridges
  6. 06 Decentralized exchanges
  7. 07 Risk management

All guides

  • What is cryptocurrency?

    A plain-language intro to digital assets, ledgers, and why prices move.

    beginner · 8 min
  • What are airdrops?

    How token distributions work, and why they are never guaranteed income.

    beginner · 7 min
  • How wallets work

    Public keys, signatures, and what a wallet actually stores.

    beginner · 9 min
  • Wallet security

    Practical habits that prevent most wallet theft.

    beginner · 10 min
  • Blockchain technology

    Blocks, consensus, and what 'decentralized' does and does not mean.

    intermediate · 9 min
  • Layer 1s

    Base networks, and why each chain has different fees and risks.

    intermediate · 8 min
  • Layer 2s

    Rollups and side systems that inherit some, not all, security from a base chain.

    intermediate · 8 min
  • DeFi

    Lending, swapping, and why smart-contract risk is the product.

    intermediate · 9 min
  • NFTs

    Unique tokens, and the difference between the JPEG and the contract.

    intermediate · 7 min
  • Staking

    Locking assets to help secure a network, with unbonding and slashing risk.

    advanced · 8 min
  • Crypto scams

    The patterns behind fake airdrops, impersonation, and drainers.

    beginner · 8 min
  • Phishing protection

    How to check a URL, a signature, and a social account.

    beginner · 7 min
  • DYOR

    A research checklist that does not pretend to pick winners.

    intermediate · 8 min
  • Risk management

    Position size, wallets, and accepting that losses happen.

    advanced · 8 min
  • Smart contracts

    Code that holds money, and why audits are not insurance.

    advanced · 8 min
  • Token economics

    Supply, unlocks, and why a ticker is not a business.

    advanced · 8 min
  • Gas fees

    What you pay to include a transaction, and how scams hide in fee prompts.

    intermediate · 6 min
  • Bridges

    Moving assets between chains, and why this is a frequent loss event.

    advanced · 8 min
  • Decentralized exchanges

    Swapping on-chain without a custodian, with slippage and approval risk.

    intermediate · 8 min
  • Seed phrase protection

    The one secret that recreates a wallet, and how people lose it.

    beginner · 7 min