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Introductory blockchain developer course. Learn how blockchains and smart contracts work, create a wallet, and sign your first blockchain transaction.

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Solidity Programming is your door to web3 development in Ethereum compatible ecosystems. Learn to build dApps and deploy smart contracts, Learn Solidity today!

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Level up your Solidity skills with Foundry. Learn advanced web3 development, teaching Foundry Forge, Anvil, Chainlink oracles, smart contract testing, and local deployment.

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Master web3 development with Advanced Foundry for Solidity smart contracts. Learn to write, test, and deploy contracts using industry-standard tools.

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Solidity Developer

Intermediate

Full-Stack Web3 Development Crash Course

Master full-stack web3 development with our comprehensive course. Learn to build blockchain-powered apps, connect wallets, and implement smart contracts.

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Start developing smart contracts with Python and Vyper. Write, deploy, and use Python-based smart contracts to build decentralized applications and begin your web3 development career.

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Learn to test and deploy Python-based Vyper smart contracts on ZKsync using Moccasin, and create your first cryptocurrency. Level up your Python and Vyper development skills.

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Learn advanced Vyper and Python smart contract development using Moccasin on Updraft. Build secure contracts with fuzzing, trading scripts, signatures, proxies, and delegate calls.

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Become a smart contract security researcher. Learn auditing best practices and secure protocols. Master fuzzing, invariant testing, and formal verification.

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Take the next step in your Solidity development journey and learn exactly how the Solidity compiler and opcodes work. Write contracts using Assembly and Yul, then learn how to write formal verification tests to guarantee your invariants hold.

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Learn how to use Chainlink's decentralized Oracle network to connect smart contracts with real-world data. Integrate Chainlink's tools and APIs for secure off-chain interactions.

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Step up your expertise as a DeFi developer with this Rocket Pool rETH Integration coure and learn to build the next generation of DeFi protocols! This course will guide you through essential concepts of Rocket Pool with hands-on exercises and real-world applications of rETH in the DeFi landscape.

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Curve Stableswap is an advanced DeFi developer specialization course taught by top smart contract engineer, ProgrammerSmart. You’ll learn how Curve finance works, AMM and math, curves, liquidity pools, swaps, and more. Take your smart contract developer skills to the next level, learn Curve Stableswap.

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Become an expert smart contract and DeFi developer, and learn Curve Cryptoswap. This advanced DeFi developer course is purpose-built to teach you to build with Curve. Dive into Curve Cryptoswap’s math, liquidity pools, swaps, price-repegging, and more, and take your career to the next level.

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Dive into this advanced, deep dive specialization course on Uniswap v2 and level up your skills as a smart contract developer and security researcher. Learn Uniswap V2 contracts, router, Factory, and liquidity pools. Lessons taught by top smart contracts engineer, ProgrammerSmart.

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Updraft’s Uniswap V3 course smart contract development will teach you Uniswap V3 math, concentrated liquidity, swapping, contract architecture, fees, flash loans, and more. Increase your DeFi developer expertise, grow your web3 career, and learn to build with Uniswap V3.

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Web3 Wallet Security Basics teaches you the foundational concepts of blockchain wallet security and transaction verification to help you avoid disaster. This is an introductory, 1-hour course designed specifically for users in the EVM ecosystem who want to understand how to safely interact with smart contracts and verify transactions before signing them.

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Building on your foundational knowledge of safely signing transactions, Advanced Web3 Wallet Security teaches you in-depth transaction verification techniques, signature validation, and case studies of real-world exploits. It is designed for individuals who have mastered basic wallet security concepts and want to implement advanced protection strategies.

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Learn how zero-knowledge proofs work and why they matter. A beginner-friendly, no-code intro to ZKPs. Perfect for devs and non-devs alike.

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Elevate your skills, learn GMX Perpetuals Trading on Updraft. This is an advanced DeFi development course that teaches you how to build GMX-based apps.

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Step into the world of Noir, a domain-specific programming language for writing circuits, and learn to build zero-knowledge (ZK) apps. The Noir Programming...

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