Course

Blockchain and Crypto Basics

Stop guessing what crypto headlines mean, learn how blockchains, tokens, and digital dollars actually work.

17lessons
130minutes
17quizzes to pass
425XP
 

What you get out of it.

Every crypto system runs on hidden rules - miss them, and you’ll pay in confusion, fake pages, and $1 that won’t move when it matters.

This course gives you the foundation most people skip. You’ll see how blockchains actually keep order, why tokens exist at all, and how stablecoins hold (or lose) their $1 when stress hits. You’ll learn to read consensus for what it is - rules everyone can check - and to spot when “control” still hides in the code.

What You’ll Learn (to know the rules beneath the price): Ledgers: If you can’t read the ledger yourself, you’ll end up trusting screenshots and dashboards that can lie. You’ll learn how blockchains make edits costly and obvious. Consensus: Without it, you’ll never know if a transaction really “stuck.” You’ll see how networks agree on order and why finality matters. Tokens: Skip the rules in code, and you’ll buy coins with hidden levers. You’ll learn how supply, rights, and control are actually enforced. Stablecoins: If you don’t know what holds $1 in place, you won’t see when it’s about to slip. You’ll learn how they behave in calm - and under stress. ‍

What you gain isn’t just knowledge - it’s the ability to see the rails yourself and stop donating money to mistakes others already made.

How it runs
  • One lesson at a time. Each one is short, and each one ends in a quiz you have to pass before the next unlocks.
  • Read or listen. Every lesson has an audio version, so it works while your eyes are elsewhere.
  • Your place is kept. Sign in and the course remembers the lesson you stopped on, on any device.

17 lessons, in order.

They run in order, and each one opens when the quiz before it is passed. A dot marks a lesson that ends in a quiz.

What a Blockchain Really Is

01 The Map Before You Risk a Cent 12min
02 Why Blockchain Ledgers Matter 10min
03 Tokens Are Rules - Who Holds Power 9min
04 How Crypto Scales Quietly 9min

Tokens: Rules You Can’t Ignore

05 Who Holds the Power in Crypto 8min
06 Why Value Flows in Crypto 7min
07 When Crypto Systems Crack 8min
08 Tokens vs Stocks vs Bonds 7min
09 Crypto Habits That Keep You Sharp 10min

Stablecoins: Why $1 Feels Safe (Until It Doesn’t)

10 How Stablecoins Hold Their Peg 8min
11 What Backs a Stablecoin 8min
12 Code vs Panic in Stablecoins 6min
13 How to Choose a Stablecoin Safely 10min

Stablecoins: When $1 Breaks (and Why It Matters)

14 When the Stablecoin Peg Breaks 8min
15 How States Shape Stablecoins 7min
16 Stablecoin Risks You Must Know 6min
17 How Stablecoins Return to $1 8min

Signed in, the ones you have finished are ticked and the next one is the one that opens. Signed out, the course starts at the first lesson.

Part of a learning path

The Crypto Map - Stop Paying Tuition to Mistakes

This is course 3 of 3 on that route. Finish all 3 and the path pays 300 $KODEX.

See the path