Elemental Crypto

How to categorize 95% of crypto into 1 of 8 buckets and more.

What you'll learn

You will have a mental map of the crypto ecosystem and you will be able to categorize 90% of cryptocurrencies that are being promoted into one of 8 buckets.

You will grasp the technology and understand the overall crypto ecosystem. You will understand words like layers 1, layer 2, decentralized finance, NFTs, yield

You will become familiar with some of the most important coins and tokens.

you will learn basic concepts such as how wallets, blockchains, exchanges, and security work in crypto.

You’ll be able to hold an intelligent conversation about crypto and have an opinion about where things are going for specific categories.

You will be able to interpret a Tweet or a video about crypto

You will learn how to do your own research on coins and tokens

You will understand how to earn passive income in crypto.

This is not a trading course but I will teach you some basics about investing and some key aspects of trading.

Requirements

Anyone can take this course

Description

By the end of this training:You will have a mental map of the crypto ecosystem and you will be able to categorize 90% of cryptocurrencies that are being promoted into one of 8 buckets. You will know who the leader in each category is so that you can compare and you’ll be able to use your own judgment about whether it's worth your time to research further. When someone talks to you about xyz coin you will automatically know which category it belongs to. You will immediately be able to think: “Oh this is this type and it has these characteristics. The leading player is xyz”You will have the skills to make informed decisions and navigate crypto. You will grasp the technology and understand the overall crypto ecosystem. You will understand words like layers 1, layer 2, decentralized finance, NFTs, yield farming, DEX, passive income, mining, and stablecoin. You will become familiar with some of the most important coins and tokens. You’ll come to appreciate the innovation in the space and understand why people in this industry are so excited about it. Finally, you will learn basic concepts such as how wallets, blockchains, exchanges, and security work in crypto.You’ll be able to hold an intelligent conversation about crypto and have an opinion about where things are going for specific categories. You will no longer feel dumb when discussing crypto with others.You will be able to interpret a Tweet or a video about crypto. You will understand the vocabulary and acronyms the person is using.You know how everyone ends their videos with “This is not financial advice and do your own research”? I will show you how to research a coin and framework that you can use to take a stance. I will also share with you some valuation methodologies.Do you get overwhelmed by the sheer number of coins and tokens that people are talking about? You will be able to contain the fear of missing out and will be less overwhelmed by the volume of comments because I will show you how influencers operate, what you need to keep from them, and what to discard.When you purchase my course, you will get unique access to my Facebook group where no question is too dumb to ask. This is the only group that focuses exclusively on understanding projects and crypto basics. It's not a forum for promoting investments so you won’t see hundreds of posts with influencers shilling their coins like you do elsewhere.You will understand how to earn passive income in crypto. You will learn how to earn a return on your crypto and distinguish overhyped projects from ones that have better fundamentals.This is not a trading course but I will teach you some basics about investing and some key aspects of trading. This will give you a beginner’s foothold and help you avoid losing money but I will also point you to resources where you can learn these skills better.You will understand the risks and learn how not to lose your money and gamble it away.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Introduction

Section 2: How bitcoin works

Lecture 2 Introduction to Bitcoin

Lecture 3 Is bitcoin money?

Lecture 4 How Bitcoin the network works

Lecture 5 Public & Private keys

Lecture 6 Signatures

Lecture 7 What is Flooding and a way to think about addresses

Lecture 8 How the Bitcoin blockchain is formed

Lecture 9 Mempool, mining pools and the bigger picture

Lecture 10 Resources and slides

Section 3: Ethereum: the blockchain that birthed the crypto ecosystem

Lecture 11 Introduction to Ethereum

Lecture 12 3 things you need to know about Ethereum

Lecture 13 ICOs, DeFi and Crypto ecosystem

Lecture 14 What are Layer Twos?

Lecture 15 Ethereum Resources

Section 4: Uniswap and Decentralized Exchanges

Lecture 16 Uniswap Part 1

Lecture 17 Uniswap Part 2

Lecture 18 Uniswap Part 3

Lecture 19 Uniswap Resources

Section 5: Compound Finance: Borrowing and Lending

Lecture 20 Compound Finance Part 1

Lecture 21 Compound Finance Part 2

Lecture 22 Resources

Section 6: MakerDAO and its DAI stablecoin

Lecture 23 What are Stablecoins and which are the main types

Lecture 24 How MakerDAO works

Lecture 25 How DAI maintains its peg

Lecture 26 MakerDAO Lecture resources

Section 7: Yearn Finance

Lecture 27 What is Yearn Finance and yield farming?

Lecture 28 Yearn V2 and Yearn Vaults

Lecture 29 Resources

Section 8: Understanding Meme coins through Dogecoin

Lecture 30 What is Dogecoin

Lecture 31 Can DOGE reach $100 and arguments against Dogecoin

Lecture 32 Dogecoin Resources

Section 9: NFTs and Ape Coin

Lecture 33 NFTs

Lecture 34 Ape Coin

Lecture 35 Ape Coin Slides and Resources

Section 10: Wallets

Lecture 36 What is a wallet and wallet types

Lecture 37 Hardware wallets, Vaults and Wallets vs Exchanges

Lecture 38 Brokers vs Exchanges and how not to lose your money

Lecture 39 Optional: Setting up and using a wallet in practice

Lecture 40 Wallet Resources

Section 11: Wrapping

Lecture 41 What is wrapping?

Section 12: Passive Income

Lecture 42 Personal finance and ways to earn passive income

Lecture 43 Passive income protocols and staking

Lecture 44 Which assets to invest and risks

Lecture 45 Passive crypto resources

Section 13: Trading basics

Lecture 46 Trading basics: order types, leverage, how to trade

Lecture 47 Trading basics: patterns, technicals, how not to lose everything

Lecture 48 Trading resources

Section 14: How to categorize a cryptocurrency

Lecture 49 Map of crypto

Lecture 50 The 8 Buckets

Lecture 51 Resources

Section 15: How to research a coin, influencers and valuation methods

Lecture 52 DYOR part 1: Influencers and Valuation frameworks

Lecture 53 DYOR part 2: Valuation frameworks Continued and Tokenomics

Lecture 54 How to do research in practice

Lecture 55 Research resources

This course is for crypto beginners who are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of information