
**Blockchain Radicals uncovers the radical political potential of the blockchain, showing how it can be used by the left in the fight against capitalism.**

Over the last decade, blockchains and crypto have opened up a new terrain for political action. It is not surprising, however, that the crypto space has also become overrun by unscrupulous marketing, theft and scams. The problem is real, but it isn't a new one. Capitalism has ruined crypto, but that shouldn't be the end of it.

Blockchain Radicals shows us how this has happened, and how to fix crypto in a way that is understandable for those who have never owned a cryptocurrency as well as those who are building their own decentralised applications. Covering everything from how Bitcoin saved WikiLeaks to decentralised finance, worker cooperatives, the environmental impact of Bitcoin and NFTs, and the crypto commons, it shows how these new tools can be used to challenge capitalism and build a better world for all of us.

While crypto is often thought of as being synonymous with unbridled capitalism, Blockchain Radicals shows instead how the technology can and has been used for more radical purposes, beyond individual profit and towards collective autonomy. 

How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It

Blockchain Radicals


A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the Internet — and how that affects us all—from highly influential entrepreneur and technology investor Chris Dixon.

The author's thesis is that seemingly small initial decisions around software and network design can have profound downstream consequences on the control and economics of digital services. The book walks through the history of the internet, showing how it has gone through three major design eras: the first focused on democratizing information (read), the second on democratizing publishing (write), and the third on democratizing ownership (own).

A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the Internet.

Read Write Own - Building the Next Era of the Internet


Learn How to Build a Crypto Company

The course videos from a16z’s Crypto Startup School, held in the spring of 2020, are now available to all.

Use the hours of free videos and the reading materials, to navigate the idea maze and start building crypto projects.

Hours of videos, lectures, presentations, real-world insights and fireside chats from some of the best minds in the crypto space.

a16z Crypto Startup School

 

Bankless Academy is on a mission to ensure every web3 Explorer is ready for their crypto-verse voyage. Using the Academy platform you’ll be taking a confident first step into the new frontier, before diving down your own unique learning path and preparing to blaze new trails across blockchain space. 

Self-paced lessons focused on DeFi and governance, get nft badges.

Bankless Academy


This course is for students wishing to explore blockchain technology’s potential use—by entrepreneurs & incumbents—to change the world of money and finance.

Kicking off with a review of the technology’s initial application, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, students will gain an understanding of the commercial, technical and public policy fundamentals of blockchain technology, distributed ledgers and smart contracts in both open sourced and private applications.

The class will then turn to current and potential blockchain applications in the financial sector. This will include reviews of potential use cases for payment systems, central banking, venture  capital, secondary market trading, trade finance, commercial banking, post trade possessing and digital ID.

Along the way, we will explore the markets and regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other tokens and crypto derivatives.

This course is for students wishing to explore blockchain technology's potential use—by entrepreneurs and incumbents—to change the world of money and finance.

Blockchain and Money

 

Self-paced courses in "Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets" and "Smart Contracts and Decentralized Finance". 

Free online lectures by University of Basel.

Cryptolectures.io

 

Our self-guided interactive tutorials are designed to introduce you to decentralized web concepts, protocols, and tools. Select your topic and track your progress as you go, in a format that's right for you. Complete JavaScript code challenges right in your web browser or stick to our text-based or multiple-choice tutorials for a code-free experience. Our handy little icons will guide you to the content that fits your needs.

Self-guided interactive tutorials designed to introduce you to decentralized web concepts, protocols, and tools.

ProtoSchool


Third academy is a blockchain-based web3 education platform with social capabilities, professional profiles, soulbound nft credentialling, and a wallet-based recruiter matching system.

Our integrated metaverse campuses offer expanded educational experiences featuring conferences, workshops, hackathons, pitch contests, webinars, job fairs, and co-working spaces.


Third Academy


Token engineering is the design, verification and optimization of token-based economic systems.
It is a cross-disciplinary field that draws from established practices in systems, electrical, robotics & controls engineering, and more. It also draws from fields as diverse as behavioural & ecological economics, operations research, AI & optimization, and others.

It is a methodology that goes all the way from ideation to design, modelling, simulation, testing, deployment, fraud detection & defense, and continuous optimization.

Study, contribute to open-source knowledge & tools, and apply your skills to solve the most exciting challenges in Web3.

Token Engineering Academy


A set of resources for those seeking to understand, go deeper, and build with all things zero knowledge: powerful, foundational technologies that hold the keys to blockchain scalability, and which represent the future of privacy-preserving applications — including applications in crypto/web3 — and countless other innovations to come. 

A set of resources for those seeking to understand, go deeper, and build with all things zero knowledge

Zero Knowledge Canon


This is a video from Rekt, the dark web of DeFi journalism.


A dystopian view of the new financial world emerging from crypto

Hopium Diaries


RUIN is a feature documentary about Sam Bankman-Fried and the stunning collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, as narrated by Bloomberg journalists and some of the central players in the rise of digital assets.

RUIN: Money, Ego and Deception at FTX

Devs Do Something


We are not shy about getting technical during the discussion and feel long form conversation is the best way to share information. We hope you enjoy!

Hashing It Out is a podcast that dives into the weeds of technology and how it impacts society.

Hashing it Out


Sina Habibian previously led engineering at a Layer 2 protocol and worked on ecosystem development at the Ethereum Foundation.

Into the Bytecode is a podcast about the ideas shaping crypto.

Into the Bytecode


An experimental new show - shadowy super coders. Great conversations with the people building the future of Web3.

Shadowy Super Coders

Learn how to utilize and leverage complicated Web3 technologies in a matter of minutes.

Byte-Size BUIDLing with Chainstack


DeFi is one of the most interesting and fastest growing movements with an amazing potential of completely disrupting traditional finance. Although I believe DeFi is the future, it can be quite difficult for newcomers as it combines a lot of elements from two poorly understood subjects: finance and technology. I started Finematics to make it easier to understand this new, fascinating world.

Educational videos on DeFi (Decentralized Finance).

Finematics


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