Blockchain for Beginners
2 Days
·Cohort-based Course
Onchain is the new online: explore crypto beyond the casino, why you need to own your data & how to play your part in the web3 revolution
Blockchain for Beginners
2 Days
·Cohort-based Course
Onchain is the new online: explore crypto beyond the casino, why you need to own your data & how to play your part in the web3 revolution
corporate clients
Course overview
Become an early adopter of the next internet
Cryptocurrencies are just the first application of blockchain technology. Bitcoin has grown from 1$ to $50,000 in 15 years and Ethereum is now changing the financial system. Cryptos have also created a casino teeming with scams, hacks, manipulation, by speculators, gamblers, con-artists and convicted criminals.
What mainstream media is less reporting on is how blockchain technology is re-shaping social media, digital identity, consumer commerce, and even the regeneration of our planet. Why not?
The military-industrial-media complex has little incentive to support a radical innovation from outside the existing system; we don't even even know who Satoshi (Bitcoin inventor) is. Like it or not, the decentralisation of society with peer-to-peer transactions at its core, is not quite in the interest of those whose paycheck is dependent on centralised governments or big corporates whose business model is being middlemen.
Governments across the world have tried hard and soft powers to stop this, but blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum are literally unstoppable. Plus, advocating for blockchain is quickly shifting from career risk to promotion opportunity.
We deserve a better internet than that controlled by a few billionaires. Do you want more self-sovereignty and agency?
Join us to co-create the more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible. Blockchains are permissionless: just do it.
Who is this course for
01
Anyone not interested in the hyper-financialised crypto casino but now keen to explore blockchain with a holistic lens for real-world use.
02
Crypto traders tired of Discord/X & ready to co-evolve with high signal tribes in decentralised social & its embedded consumer crypto stack.
03
Leaders who want to be ahead of their peers in grasping the next version of the internet & how it will impact their careers and business.
What you’ll get out of this weekend seminar
Knowledge
Get a holistic view on blockchains and build your own mental model of how this radical coordination-tech can replace the current 'system'
Inspiration
Be surprised by what real-world problems cryptocurrencies can solve today, tomorrow and in the future
Hands-on fun
Experience the excitement of learning how to make safe onchain transactions incl. owning digital art, music and articles
Unique social media experience
Navigate farcaster, the 1st decentralised social media platform at scale where people get real money for casting quality content
This course includes
Interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
4 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
Projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Blockchain for Beginners
Course syllabus
Oct 19—Oct 20
Nov 23—Nov 24
Week 1
Oct 19—Oct 20
Nothing scheduled for this week.
Post-Course
Modules
- Co-creation & Accountability GroupCo-creation & Accountability Group1 Lesson
- Module 1Module 11 Lesson
- Module 2Module 21 Lesson
Bonus
Modules
- A Map for a Higher CivilizationA Map for a Higher Civilization1 Lesson
What people are saying
Susanne Ratzenberger
Dr. Alexander Bogner
Christian Erhard
Ruth Veda
Meet your seminar host
Marcus Druen: blockchain early adopter
Marcus is online since 1995. He discovered the potential of crypto in 2020 and is re-building his digital life onchain one block at a time.
Marcus brings his 25 year experience as expert in learning design, leadership courses, personal transformation seminars and systemic change practices to the mission he is most passionate about: educating newcomers about blockchains, cryptocurrencies and the first useful consumer applications.
He is a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom after spending 10,000 hours of blockchain research and audacious onchain experimentation.
Check 50 glowing recommendations on Linkedin.
antaur: onchain guide
antaur is his onchain pseudonym and head of research & knowledge sharing.
antaur is an Etherean at heart and predominantly lives on the base chain, a so-called Layer 2 blockchain. This sits on top of Ethereum, which you can think of as the open-source app-store of the next internet. Base is founded by Coinbase, a global crypto exchange and touted as the Amazon of the web3 era.
antaur's PFP (Personal Profile Picture) is an NFT called Optimist #304.
If/once you are there, you can find them on the Farcaster social graph as FID235323.
There, they host a few onchain channels (think Reddit subs) and help shape the narrative of ↑ higher, a new onchain experiment to coordinate ideas, money, products and people around a so-called headless-brand: higher is owned by the community, not a company.
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Blockchain for Beginners
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Seminar Details
8 hours over a weekend
Saturday & Sunday
4 hours live course each day
Mix of teaching incl. Q&A and onchain practice and experimentation
Next cohort: 21-22 September 2024
16.00 to 20.00 GMT
Zoom Call with step-by-step onchain onboarding
IT Kit
Laptop & Mobile + stable internet
Mix of slide presentation and on-screen showcase of onchain transactions for easy participant replication
Pocket Money
None for the seminar
I'll fund you a few $ to set-up a smart wallet for the purpose of this seminar. No 12-key phrases needed. To enjoy further onchain experiments best to set-up a Coinbase account. DM me for other options.
Example of my onchain writing
I wrote this after being on Farcaster for six weeks. Farcaster is closely yet loosely aligned with Base, a Layer 2 blockchain owned by Coinbase. What's special about this article is that readers can collect it directly for a small fee. This helps creators make a direct income for the content they put out. I was chuffed to see that Jesse Pollack, founder of Base, collected it, too. I also embedded some NFTs in this onchain article, so if anyone has bought them as a result of reading this, those creators earn, too. Read. Write. Own. That's our mantra.
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8 Metaphors of Blockchain
Most holistic model
Courtesy of Venkatesh Rao, this is the most holistic and useful model of blockchains for sense-making. V is a contributor to the Summer of Protocols, a core program funded by the Ethereum Foundation, which imo might become one of the most impactful orgs in history.
Structure for the seminar
It covers all important aspects of what blockchains are, why they matter and how they can change the internet and thus our society for better (or worse).
Deep Dive Guide
Understanding blockchains requires a systemic and multi-disciplinary approach. Once you get the big picture you will leave this seminar naturally gravitating towards some areas more than others in your onward journey onchain. Which will you be most interested in?
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