Project

Proof of Learning

Crypto, learned one block at a time.

A free course on trading and crypto fundamentals I built. Written in plain language, updated through October 2026.

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Modules
16
Chapters
214
Reading
~19 hrs
Cost
$0
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Why I built it

“We want to skip, summarize, and cut to the chase.”— Naval

Naval said that about how we read now. It’s also exactly how most people trade. Everyone wants to make money trading. Almost nobody wants to read the basics.

I’ve spent my time trading in the stock market, and carried it over to crypto. The pattern never changes. People chase hooks, short clips, and signals, and then the market teaches them the fundamentals the expensive way.

Everything in the course comes from what I’ve lived through: the move from stocks to crypto and the nuances nobody warns you about, riding the cycles up and getting caught on the way down, the trades I missed, the wins I got lucky on, and the lessons that only came after losing money. My AI agents helped me organize years of that into something structured and readable, but the learnings are mine, earned trade by trade.

So here’s my one ask: don’t hand this to your agent. Read it yourself.

It’s your money. You make the call. And you can’t make a good call on something you never understood.

“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”— Warren Buffett

Research starts with reading. This is the reading part.

It reads like a conversation

It doesn’t read like a textbook. Three friends talk it through, so you learn the way you would over coffee with someone who’s been burned before.

Mint

The newcomer

New to crypto, and asks the questions most readers are thinking.

Hash

The veteran

Has traded through several cycles and explains things with patience and hard-earned humour.

Node

The skeptic

A careful saver who keeps the course honest by asking “but why?”

What’s inside

From what money is to the biggest blowups in crypto, in four stages: foundations, analysis, markets and instruments, and discipline.

  1. 01Introduction to Crypto Markets
  2. 02Wallets, Custody, and Security
  3. 03How Blockchains and Transactions Work
  4. 04Technical Analysis for Crypto
  5. 05Fundamental Analysis and Tokenomics
  6. 06On-Chain Analysis
  7. 07Perpetual Futures
  8. 08Crypto Options
  9. 09DeFi Deep Dive
  10. 10Stablecoins and Macro
  11. 11Sector and Narrative Analysis
  12. 12Risk Management and Trading Psychology
  13. 13Trading Systems and Automation
  14. 14Taxation and Regulation (US and EU Edition)
  15. 15Crypto in Your Personal Finances
  16. 16Postmortems

How it works

Read in order, or jump in

Each module builds on the ones before it. Experienced readers can start wherever they need.

Do the exercise

Every chapter ends with a short exercise using real charts, block explorers, or testnets.

Confirm what you’ve learned

Confirming a chapter adds a block to your chain. Nobody checks it but you.

What it’s not

No shillingNo exchangeNo walletNo token

Not even a favorite blockchain. Just the material, kept neutral so anyone can come back to it.

A course we build together

This isn’t a finished product. If something doesn’t land, tell me. Next up: a series on fundamental vs technical analysis, and how stock and crypto markets actually differ.

Start at proofoflearning.xyz →