The following are some resources to get started on your crypto journey.
Presentations I’ve done
L1s are open smart contract platforms that have a circulating cryptoasset. In this presentation, I cover the basics of what L1s are, some of the popular L1s currently, and the dimensions of how one assesses L1s. Slide deck
Both Web3 and Metaverse allude to a next generation internet - I highlight some differences and explain briefly on what these two terms mean. Slide deck
DeFi
Introduction to DeFi - Slides. This is a course I have prepared but currently on the shelf as I don’t have the bandwidth to teach yet. Nonetheless it provides a good overview of DeFi.
The Bank of International Settlements has organised a good conference on DeFi, viewable on YouTube
The Future of Finance, Harvey Campbell
Web3
a16z policy doc
Startup
Crypto Startup School, a16z
EatTheBlocks (Web3 Coding Courses)
FinTech
Decentralized Identity
This paper, written at Rebooting the Web of Trust 7 by myself and a few colleagues is a primer to DID (Decentralised Identity).
Product management
Great write up on a product manager’s guide to web3 from Jason Shah
For the web3 cynics
PZF
Punk6529 Real Vision