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10 weeks
4.7
10 modules
1. DeFi Primitives and Protocol Anatomy
Map the DeFi stack — tokens, pools, oracles, governance — and learn to read a protocol like an engineer, not a user.
3 quiz questions
2. Automated Market Makers: The Constant Product
Derive x·y=k from first principles, implement a swap function, and understand price impact and slippage.
3 quiz questions
3. Liquidity Mining, Concentrated Liquidity, and DEX Evolution
From Uniswap v2 to v3 ticks to hooks: how capital efficiency evolved and what liquidity incentives do to tokenomics.
3 quiz questions
4. Lending Protocols: Collateral, Interest, and Liquidations
Build the core of Aave/Compound: utilization-based interest rates, collateral factors, and liquidation mechanics.
3 quiz questions
5. Oracles and Price Feeds
Use Chainlink safely, understand TWAP vs spot prices, and see why oracle design is where most exploits begin.
3 quiz questions
6. Stablecoins, Yield, and Staking Mechanics
Compare stablecoin designs, understand where yield actually comes from, and implement staking reward accounting.
3 quiz questions
7. Flash Loans and Atomic Arbitrage
Implement a flash loan callback, understand why uncollateralized loans are safe, and survey arbitrage strategies.
2 quiz questions
8. Governance and Tokenomics
Design token distribution, voting escrow (veToken), and on-chain governance that can't be captured or flash-loaned.
3 quiz questions
9. MEV and Transaction Ordering
Understand the mempool economy — sandwiches, backrunning, liquidations — and how to protect users from extraction.
2 quiz questions
10. Capstone: Build a Mini Lending Protocol
Assemble everything — pool accounting, oracle-priced collateral, kinked rates, liquidation — into a working protocol.
2 quiz questions