Lesson 1Token supply mechanics: issuance schedules, inflation, halving, minting, burning, capped vs. uncapped supplyThis part looks closely at how token supply works, covering issuance, inflation, halvings, minting, and burning. Students compare limited and unlimited supplies, model thinning out, and check how supply rules shape prices and motivations.
Starting allocations and release plansBlock rewards, releases, and long-term inflationHalving times and supply change storiesCreating, destroying, and fee-destroy methodsThinning, available amount, and full thinned valueLesson 2Reading and extracting key information from whitepapers and protocol specificationsHere, students learn to read whitepapers and protocol details with care. It includes layout, main economic and tech claims, token sharing, management, and spotting warning signs, missing info, and promises that seem too good.
Common whitepaper layout and partsFinding main issue, range, and listenersAgreement, safety, and danger guessesToken sharing, releases, and motivationsWarning signs, gaps, and uncheckable claimsLesson 3Staking, delegation, and validator economics: rewards, slashing, lock-ups, and effects on circulating supplyThis part explains staking, delegation, and validator money matters in proof-of-stake setups. It covers reward plans, cutting, lock periods, liquid staking, and how these affect safety, flow, and available supply.
Validator jobs, tools, and dutiesReward times, yearly returns, and true yieldsCutting rules and danger handlingDelegation ways and staking groupsLiquid staking tokens and reuse risksLesson 4How tokens capture economic value: utility, governance, payment, and commodity-like characteristicsThis part studies how various token kinds hold and share money value. It sets apart utility, management, payment, and good-like tokens, and looks at fee paths, value building, and rule effects for each type.
Utility tokens and access designsManagement tokens and vote strengthPayment tokens and exchange rolesGood-like and backed token featuresValue building, buybacks, and fee sharesLesson 5On-chain activity metrics and interpretation: active addresses, transaction counts, fees, throughput, and gas dynamicsThis part teaches reading on-chain activity numbers like active spots, deals, fees, and gas. Students link raw numbers to user actions, network health, blocks, and money lasting of systems.
Active spots, users, and fake user worriesDeal counts, flow, and group handlingGas, base fees, and top fees made clearMEV, changes, and fee market movesReading boards and avoiding wrong readsLesson 6Overview of blockchain architectures and consensus mechanisms (PoW, PoS, hybrid, layer-2 solutions)This part brings in main blockchain builds and agreement ways. It compares PoW, PoS, mixed designs, and layer-2 growing, key on safety, spread out, flow, and choices in real networks.
One-piece vs part blockchain designsProof-of-Work safety and motivationsProof-of-Stake types and end modelsMixed and group-based agreementsLayer-2 rolls, paths, and data readyLesson 7Stablecoins, wrapped tokens, and cross-chain bridges: mechanics, use cases, and systemic implicationsThis part makes clear how stablecoins, wrapped tokens, and chain-cross bridges function. It covers design types, backing, bridge safety dangers, and wide effects on flow, use, and spread across blockchain worlds.
Money- and crypto-backed stablecoin typesMath and mixed stablecoin steadyingWrapped goods and fake token designsBridge builds and safety guessesWide dangers, breaks, and spread waysLesson 8Network effects and adoption curves: protocols, applications, and developer ecosystemsThis part looks into how network effects push system and app taking up. It covers user and maker growth, taking curves, build together, and how worlds fight, work together, and hold strong points over time.
Direct and side network effects in systemsTaking curves and S-curve shapingMaker worlds and tool cyclesBuild together, flow pools, and strong wallsMulti-chain fights and winner-most
