We aim to make the bootcamp as interactive as possible 🤝 by discussing real-world challenges 🌍 and limitations in existing systems, and by brainstorming new project ideas together 💡.
We also plan to hold weekly doubt-clearing sessions 🗓️ to support participants throughout the bootcamp.
Need some more incentive besides knowledge? We got you some — guess what — NFTs!!! 🎉🎨
- 💡 Actually understand how DeFi works — not just buzzwords
- 🧱 Build cool stuff on-chain, no testnet nightmares required
- 🧬 Earn exclusive NFTs to flex your on-chain journey
- 💥 And most importantly — you'll learn Web3 without wanting to rage-quit 😤
📌 Assignment: Simple NFT Example
🗓️ Date: June 1, 2025
- 📺 Blockchain Basics YouTube Playlist
- 🧬 How does new Ethereum works
- 📘 Architecture of a Dapp
- 🔮 "Inter planatery" file system
- 🔄 Intro to Side chain and Sharding
- 🎓 Patrick Collins Tutorial (first 2-3 hours)
- 🛡️ Intro to rollups
- 🧾 (Optional) Ethereum L2 - Optimistic and ZK Rollups
- 📄 (Optional) Bitcoin Whitepaper
- 📄 (Optional) Ethereum Whitepaper
🗓️ Date: June 3, 2025
- 📝 Explain Like I'm 13: DeFi
- 📺 DeFi YouTube Playlist
- 🔄 Traditional Finance YouTube Playlist
- 📘 DeFi Past, Present and Future
- 📊 Economic Models
- 📘 Money in the Modern Economy
- 🔄 DeFi vs CeFi
📌 Assignment: Decentralized Staking
- 📘 Learn Solidity - RareSkills
- 📚 Solidity by Example
- 🔍 USDC Smart Contract (ERC20)
- 💰 ApeCoin Token Contract
- 📝 Solidity Style Guide - RareSkills
- 🎓 Official Solidity Style Guide
- 🧩 ERC20 Tutorial (Without Events)
- 🧪 Solidity Events
- 📜 ERC20 Token Standard
- 🏗️ Constructing ERC20 Contract
- 🧪 Foundry Testing Solidity
- 📚 Discussion on Oracles & Stablecoins: PDF | Excalidraw
- 🔗 What is Chainlink?
- 💵 Stablecoin Definition
- 📊 DeFi MOOC L7
- 🚀 DeFi 2.0
- 📚 chianlink smart contract
- 🏦 Chainlink data feed
- 💰 Stablecoin Playlist
- 📄 (Advanced) Chainlink Whitepaper
- 💰 Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)
- 🏃♂️ Understanding Front-Running
- 💱 Flashbots
- 🤖 Frontrunners and MEV Explained
- 🛡️ Frontrun erc20
- 🤖 Flashbots (smart contract programmer)
- 🧩 MEV and Me
- 📈 Blockchain Front-Running: Risks and Protective Measures
- 🛡️ Blockchain Front-Running Risks and Protective Measures
📌 Assignment: Token Vendor
- 💦 Liquidity Pools Explained
- 💰 Lending & Borrowing in DeFi
- 🌾 Yield Farming Explained
- 🏦 Yearn Finance and YFI Explained
- 📘 Understanding Aave for Dummies
- 📚 Compound Finance DeFi Lending Platform
- 💱 interest rate model of AAVe
- 🔄 Defi Lending (rareskills)
- 🌱 Flash loans( rareskills )
- 🔗 Different kind of loans w.r.t collteral
- 🔄 compound (Smart contract programmer )
- 📄 (Advanced) Aave v2 Whitepaper
- 📄 (Advanced) Compound Whitepaper
- 🔄 What is an Automated Market Maker (AMM)?
- 💱 What is a Decentralized Exchange (DEX)?
- 🦄 What is Uniswap and How Does it Work?
- 🔮 DeFi MOOC L8
- 🔄 Curve Finance Explained
- 💱 constant product AMM math
- 🦄 uniswap v2 course
- 📈 AMM vs Order Book
- 📄 (Advanced) AMM book
- 📄 (Advanced) Stablecoins 2.0 Paper
- 📚 (Advanced) Uniswap v3 Book
- 📄 (Optional) DefiPy
📌 Assignment: Dice Game
📌 Assignment: Build a DEX
- 🎥 Playlist: DeFi Security
- 📝 DeFi Security Practices for Safer Smart Contracts
- 🔍 GitHub: Checks While Hacks (DeFi Hack Case Studies by Prince)
- 🧪 Cyfrin Updraft: Audit and Attack Simulation Course
- 🎯 Damn Vulnerable DeFi - Practice CTF for DeFi Exploits
- 🔗 Ethereum Staking Mechanics – Step-by-Step
- 🧠 Semantics of Staking 1 : Liquefaction
- 💡Semantics of Staking 2: Restaking
- 📊Semantics of Staking 3: Advanced Constructions
- 📄 EigenLayer Whitepaper
- 🧾 Understanding the EigenLayer Whitepaper
- 📖 Part 1 : Crypto Aggregation Theory
- 🌐 Part 2: Bridge Aggregation in a Multi-Chain World
- 🚀 Smart Order Routing
Welcome to the next level of your DeFi Bootcamp experience! 🌟
To honor your learning, participation, and growth, we're issuing 3 exclusive NFT tiers. These NFTs serve as on-chain proof of your dedication and skill, symbolizing your identity within the Web3 ecosystem.
Each NFT is soulbound (non-transferable) and reflects your personal bootcamp achievement.
Tier: Legendary
Style: Elite / Heroic
🚀 You've gone above and beyond — completing every challenge, actively engaging in discussions, and blazing a trail for others to follow. To earn this NFT, you must:
- ✅ Complete all 5 assignments
- ✅ Complete SpeedRunETH's Over-Collateralized Lending or Prediction Markets
- 💬 Actively participate in group discussions
Tier: Epic
Style: Skilled / Fast
🥷 You've demonstrated skill and speed — completing all assignments and contributing meaningfully in discussions. To earn this NFT, you must:
- ✅ Complete all 5 assignments
- 💬 Actively participate in group discussions
Tier: Rare
Style: Curious / Learning
🌱 You're starting your journey with curiosity and enthusiasm — completing some assignments and engaging with the community. To earn this NFT, you must:
- ✅ Complete at least 2 assignments
- 💬 Actively participate in group discussions
- 🔐 Immutable proof of your learning and engagement
- 🎟 Unlock exclusive community roles and perks
- 🌐 Showcase your Web3 identity with pride