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Level 3 · Advanced

Analyze system design, failure scenarios, custody and infrastructure. These lessons assume the linked intermediate concepts.

Your modules · Advanced

17 modules, in a suggested learning order.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Script, SegWit and Taproot

Bitcoin Script specifies spending conditions, such as signatures, multiple signers or time constraints.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Ethereum

Layer 2 rollups explained

A rollup executes activity outside the base layer and publishes information connecting its state to Ethereum.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Chainlink

Oracle and interoperability risks

Evaluate an oracle at the level of its particular feed and deployment.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
DeFi

E-mode, isolation and flash loans

Efficiency mode permits parameter arrangements for defined groups of correlated assets.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

Operational controls for digital assets

An operational control should have a defined risk, owner, frequency, evidence and exception process.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

Digital asset custody: beyond key storage

Custody combines the authority to move assets with obligations to safeguard and account for them.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

MPC wallets and threshold signing

Multi-party computation allows participants to calculate a result jointly without revealing their private inputs to one another.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

HSMs and FIPS 140: what validation means

A hardware security module provides a controlled environment for cryptographic operations and key protection.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

Crypto settlement and reconciliation

Settlement is the completion of the obligations created by a transaction.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Regulation

GDPR and blockchain data minimisation

A public address can be personal data when it relates to an identifiable individual.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Ethereum

Ethereum blobs and data availability

Blobs provide a dedicated mechanism for publishing data associated with Ethereum transactions, particularly useful to rollups.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

Investigating reconciliation breaks

Reconciliation compares independent views of the same economic position at a defined time.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

Incident response and controlled recovery

An alert becomes an incident through investigation, not through its severity label alone.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

Provider due diligence and exit planning

A provider assessment should follow the service dependency rather than its product name.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Institutional

Tokenized securities across their lifecycle

Issuance is only the first event in a security’s life.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗
Ethereum

MEV and transaction ordering

Maximal extractable value concerns value available through transaction inclusion, exclusion and ordering beyond ordinary block rewards and fees.

Advanced2 min reading + workshop ↗
Wallets

Smart wallets and account abstraction

A smart wallet can implement programmable validation and execution rules.

Advanced3 min reading + workshop ↗

Explore another level

01 · Beginner

Beginner

Start from the basics: ledgers, signatures, wallets and the main uses of cryptoassets. No technical background required.

12 modules · View path →
02 · Intermediate

Intermediate

Connect the mechanisms: transactions, fees, oracles and DeFi. Work through calculations and practical decisions after the foundations.

35 modules · View path →
03 · Advanced

Advanced

Analyze system design, failure scenarios, custody and infrastructure. These lessons assume the linked intermediate concepts.

17 modules · View path →

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