IMPCT Institute

IMPCT Institute · Course One

The 30-day outline

Four weeks. Thirty lessons. Five to ten minutes a day. Each lesson builds on the one before. Each one closes with a single question that diagnoses whether the concept landed.

Preview reader? Start at Day 1.

The lessons are designed to be read in order. Each day takes 5–10 minutes. There is a feedback prompt at the bottom of every lesson.

Week 1 — Foundations

Why crypto exists, how blockchains actually work, and the design choices behind Bitcoin and Ethereum.

  1. Day 1Why does crypto exist?
  2. Day 2What is a blockchain, really?
  3. Day 3Bitcoin: what makes it valuable?
  4. Day 4Wallets, keys, and your money's actual location
  5. Day 5How transactions actually work (and why gas exists)
  6. Day 6Ethereum and the idea of programmable money
  7. Day 7Week 1 recap — what you actually know now

Week 2 — Ecosystem

Layer 1 vs Layer 2, stablecoins, exchanges, custody at every scale, mining vs staking, tokens vs NFTs.

  1. Day 8Layer 1 vs Layer 2 (and why everyone talks about 'scaling')
  2. Day 9Stablecoins (the most-used product in crypto)
  3. Day 10Exchanges: CEX vs DEX
  4. Day 11Custody at scale: who is actually holding your money?
  5. Day 12Mining vs staking (PoW vs PoS) and where yield actually comes from
  6. Day 13Tokens, coins, and NFTs (and why the distinctions matter)
  7. Day 14Week 2 recap — the ecosystem, decoded

Week 3 — DeFi & Applications

DeFi, lending, AMMs, yield, bridges, oracles. The on-chain economy that has compounded for a decade.

  1. Day 15What is DeFi, and why does it matter?
  2. Day 16Lending and borrowing (the most durable category in DeFi)
  3. Day 17AMMs and the magic of liquidity pools
  4. Day 18Yield, farming, and the risks
  5. Day 19Bridges and the multi-chain world
  6. Day 20Oracles and connecting blockchains to the real world
  7. Day 21Week 3 recap — the on-chain economy, decoded

Week 4 — Investor lens + IMPCT bridge

Coming soon

Tokenomics, market cycles, real risk, tokenized real-world assets, and how to build your own thesis.

  1. Day 22To be released
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