Web3 Wallet Security Basics

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.

Web3 Wallet Security Basics

1hrs

16 lessons

1 project

20+ languages

Beginner

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What you'll learn

This course will help you learn:

The importance of transaction verification

How to identify security threats

Basic web3 wallet security practices

To create a disaster recovery plan

Differences between web3 wallets types

Syllabus

Course description

Take your first steps into cryptocurrency wallet and transaction signing security with Web3 Wallet Security Basics, a course designed to introduce you to foundational concepts and best practices for wallet security.

By the end of this course, you’ll have a fundamental understanding of wallet security, enabling you to make cryptocurrency and DeFi transactions with confidence.

Whether you’re a complete novice or intermediate user, there is something in this course for you.

You’ll progress from why, to how, to implementation. Then create an individual disaster recovery plan for potential emergencies. Web3 Wallet Security Basics is focused on cryptocurrency users in the EVM ecosystem seeking greater security who want to interact safely and verify transactions with other wallets, smart contracts, and DeFi protocols.

Take your first step into blockchain and wallet security today!

Web3 Wallet Security Basics has one-hour of video, supported by written tutorials to guide you through your learning. Upon completion, you’ll have the necessary skills to confidently use your wallet and interact with blockchain protocols.

Even if you have no technical or security experience, Web3 Wallet Security Basics course material will enable you to securely use your wallet throughout most blockchain contexts. Here’s why:

  • Updraft courses are always updated to reflect the latest industry standards. Learn the latest tools and technologies used at large companies and protocols, with always-fresh content, including new projects, modules, and quizzes.
  • The world’s leading security researchers, solidity smart contract developers, and web3 educators teach the course.
  • The curriculum was developed and refined through comprehensive student testing, feedback, and reviews.
  • We've onboarded over 200,000 students into blockchain, DeFi, decentralized applications (dApps), and distributed ledger technology.

Engaging videos, hosted by Updraft’s lead educator Patrick Collins, guide you step-by-step, through the basics of transaction verification and wallet safety. Each lesson also contains a full transcript for you to follow along with if you prefer learning by reading.

At every stage, your study is supported by projects to solidify your learnings and strengthen your knowledge.

You will learn:

  • The importance of transaction verification
  • To identify security threats
  • Basic web3 wallet security practices
  • To create a disaster recovery plan
  • Differences between web3 wallets types

When you complete this course, you’ll understand basic security practices and have a real-world action plan.

As a Cyfrin Updraft student, you get lifetime access to all lectures, corresponding resources, and repositories, as well as access to our large community of students on Discord ready to support you.

What are you waiting for? Start your wallet security journey today with Web3 Wallet Security Basics on Cyfrin Updraft!

Meet your instructors

Patrick Collins

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.

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