Introduction to DAOs

Introduction to the concept and operational mechanics of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).

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Course Overview

About the course

What you'll learn

Advanced smart contract development

How to develop a stablecoin

How to develop a DeFi protocol

How to develop a DAO

Advanced smart contracts testing

Fuzz testing

Manual verification

Course Description

Who is this course for?

Engineers
Smart Contract Security researchers

Potential Careers

Web3 Developer Relations

$85,000 - $125,000 (avg. salary)

Web3 developer

$60,000 - $150,000 (avg. salary)

Smart Contract Engineer

$100,000 - $150,000 (avg. salary)

Smart Contract Auditor

$100,000 - $200,000 (avg. salary)

Security researcher

$49,999 - $120,000 (avg. salary)

Meet your instructors

Patrick Collins

Founder at Cyfrin

Web3 engineer, educator, and Cyfrin co-founder. Patrick's smart contract development and security courses have helped hundreds of thousands of engineers kickstarting their careers into web3.

Guest lecturers:

Juliette Chevalier

Lead Developer relations at Aragon

Ciara Nightingale

Developer relations at Thirdweb

Vasiliy Gualoto

Developer relations at Cyfrin

Nader Dabit

Director of developer relations at Avara

Ally Haire

Developer relations at Protocol Labs

Harrison

Founder at GasliteGG

Vitto Rivabella

Lead Developer relations at Cyfrin

Last updated on September 2, 2024

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Advanced Foundry

Section 1: Develop an ERC20 Crypto Currency

Duration: 36min

Section 2: Develop an NFTs Collection

Duration: 3h 06min

Section 3: Develop a DeFi Protocol

Duration: 5h 02min

Section 4: Airdrop and Signatures

Duration: 2h 47min

Section 5: Upgradeable Smart Contracts

Duration: 1h 23min

Section 6: Account Abstraction

Duration: 4h 28min

Section 7: DAOs

Duration: 1h 19min

1. Introduction to DAOs

Introduction to the concept and operational mechanics of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Duration: 19min

2. DAOs tooling - Introduction to Aragon

Overview of Aragon, a tool for creating and managing DAOs without the need for extensive coding. Duration: 6min

3. Project setup

Guidance on setting up a project for creating a DAO, with emphasis on ERC-20 based plutocracy DAOs. Duration: 5min

4. Governance tokens

Tutorial on creating governance tokens using ERC-20 extensions to facilitate DAO voting and decision-making processes. Duration: 4min

5. Creating the governor contract

Instructions for creating a governor contract for DAOs, utilizing Open Zeppelin's tools for efficient and secure contract generation. Duration: 15min

6. Testing the governance smart contract

Comprehensive guide on testing governance smart contracts to ensure efficient and secure DAO operations. Duration: 24min

7. Section recap

A recap of the DAO section with additional insights on smart contract security and auditing, and tips on gas optimization. Duration: 6min

Section 8: Security

Duration: 58min