The Beginners Guide To Crypto
Crypto Market Cap:
https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts
- Find the Total Crypto Market Cap Chart.
Make sure to select the full range of the chart Trillions 10^12
- BTC dominance Chart
Find the top 3 Cryptocurrencies by market cap.
BTC data
Let's look at Bitcoin price history:
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin
Activities: Logarithmic scale. Bitcoin Halvings. Reproduce some of the data.
Trading View
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Bitcoin
Let us dive directly into the world of cryptocurrency. Let’s go where Bitcoin started.
The idea was first published on a cryptography mailing list.
You can be a real insider! And behold the very place of birth of the famous cryptocurrency.
Let’s go and visit the place where all started>
Task> Visit the Mailing List. Read and discuss the words in the description.
https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/cryptography/
Bitcoin introduced, read abstract. Notice key concepts.
https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/cryptography/1/
Bitcoin Client released. Read about total circulation, and the transition to transaction fees.
https://www.bitcoin.com/satoshi-archive/emails/cryptography/16/
Blockchain Explorer
Indtroduction. look for some famous transactions. First transaction and metadata.
First mint transaction with 50 BTC or so… Current block, a mint transaction now…
First transaction Hash
000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
First transaction between 2 persons> Satoshi to Hal Finney:
Hash ID f4184fc596403b9d638783cf57adfe4c75c605f6356fbc91338530e9831e9e16
First Bitcoin Sold
The latest Block mined
Observe the BTC reward. And Fees.
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/864924
Exploring an Address
Look up an address that has been dormant for years, with lots of money in it. to discuss some features, differences from a transaction address, and the fact that nobody has moved the money, even if the fact that it contains millions of dollars is public.
Node Explorer:
Bitnodes.io
Task> Number of reachable nodes on Bitnodes.io
Task> Nodes per country.
https://newhedge.io/terminal/bitcoin/node-map
Hashrate and price
https://newhedge.io/terminal/bitcoin/hashrate-vs-price
How to get Bitcoin: CEX
CEX, credit card, examples. KYC
Top Cryptocurrency Exchanges:
https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/
CMC Liquidity score 0 to 1000
Bitcoin Halving.
Trading View graph.
Task> Logarithmic Graph. Halvings.
Ethereum:
EVM
Smart contracts
Gas fees
https://milkroad.com/ethereum/gas/
https://etherscan.io/gastracker#chart_gasprice
EtherScan
DEX
https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/dex/?type=spot
Examples, explanations on Uniswap V3
Liquidity Pools:
Examples and explanations of features.
Price Impact
Try a swap and see.
Layer II
Polygon.
PolygonScan
Compare features to Etherscan
Wrapped BTC
https://www.kraken.com/learn/what-is-wrapped-bitcoin-wbtc
Wrapped tokens
WEB III
Test Drive
Metamask
Website Integration
Ethereum / Polygon Chains (Explorers Transactions)
Token smart contracts.
Mint transactions.
Mining Pool
GPU
BlackMiners
Swaps
Uniswap liquidity pools
Token Pair Contracts
Price trackers
Buy Sell
Farming
Creating a farm position NFT
Polygon Bridge
Ways to make money with S.T
Trading Simulator Trade tokens for more tokens
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