Crypto Foundations
beginnerCrypto From Zero: Own Your Keys
Everything you need to hold, move and protect crypto without trusting anyone you shouldn't.
About
What this course covers
Most people lose money in crypto long before they ever place a bad trade. They lose it to a phishing link, a screenshot of a seed phrase, an exchange that never let them withdraw, or a friend who was "just helping".
This course fixes that first. You'll learn what a blockchain actually does, how wallets and keys really work, and how to move money on-chain without fear. By the end you'll be able to set up self-custody properly, verify a transaction before you sign it, and spot the scams that catch most beginners.
No hype, no price predictions. Just the foundation everything else stands on.
Curriculum
5 modules, 23 lessons
0m of video
What you're actually buying
The mental model that makes everything else make sense. No jargon, no diagrams of pickaxes.
- Welcome — and what this course will cost youFree preview
- Blockchains without the buzzwordsFree preview
- Coins, tokens, and why the difference matters🔒
- Where the fee goes, and why it moves🔒
- Check your understanding🔒
Self-custody, properly
The module that decides whether you keep your money. Read it twice.
- Wallets, keys and what you're really holding🔒
- Setting up your first wallet🔒
- Backing up so that you actually recover🔒
- Hot wallets, cold wallets, and the amount test🔒
- Back up your wallet — for real🔒
Moving money without fear
Your first transactions, done carefully enough that they become routine.
- Anatomy of an address🔒
- Your first transaction, step by step🔒
- Approvals — the permission people forget they gave🔒
- Bridges, exchanges and the moment of most risk🔒
- A live walkthrough: first transaction🔒
Not getting robbed
The scams that catch beginners, taught as patterns rather than a list you have to memorise.
- The four patterns behind nearly every scam🔒
- Phishing sites and the address bar🔒
- Social engineering, and why it works on careful people🔒
- Scam awareness — the drill🔒
- Write the warning you wish you'd had🔒
Reading the chain for yourself
Block explorers, and the shift from taking claims on trust to checking them.
- Your first block explorer🔒
- Checking a claim without trusting anyone🔒
- Where to go from here🔒
Free course
Free