Web3 Stack - How Blockchain Works Behind The Scenes

Fast-track your career and learn how crypto infrastructure works

What you'll learn

Blockchain 101

Web3 Architecture

Node and Networks Consensus

Smart Contracts

Web3 Identity

Web3 Identity

Understand technical topics as a non-technical person and understand benefits of blockchains

Transition from Web2 software engineering to working in Solidity by having Web3 explained, from top to bottom

Streamline cross-functional collaboration across developer and non-developer teams effortlessly.

Write blockchain marketing pieces that target a technical audience and connect with developer communities

Requirements

Anybody who want to learn about blockchain technology is welcome

Description

Gain a solid technical understanding of how crypto works, all at your own pace.The Surge Web 3 Stack course will guide you through the technical aspects of blockchains, smart contracts, NFTs, DAOs, Nodes, Web3 Architecture & Identity and more.The Surge Web3 Stack course was designed to offer non-technical people a technical understanding of Web3 from a developer’s perspective, and technical builders analogies and examples to refresh their understanding or educate others.Level up your career by understanding technical topics as a non-technical person and understand benefits of blockchainsStreamline cross-functional collaboration across developer and non-developer teams effortlessly.Transition from Web2 software engineering to working in Solidity by having Web3 explained, from top to bottom.Write blockchain marketing pieces that target a technical audience and connect with developer communities.The course has 5 modules where you will gain a solid understanding of blockchain technology, giving you the knowledge to level-up scale up your Web3 capabilities. Titled “Deep Dives into Web3 Tech”, this module features lectures from top Web3 companies explaining actual applications of different Web3 technologies.Go Deeper into Web3 Tech - Special lectures from top Web3 organizations like Aragon, Snapshot, Station, and others.Surge Hotline - A Discord channel designated for Surge students. This is the place to ask all your questions.Certified Course - Receive a certificate of completion to share on LinkedIn, as well as a POAP to share with your network.

Overview

Section 1: Welcome

Lecture 1 Navigating the technical world of Web3

Lecture 2 Course overview - structure and syllabus

Section 2: Blockchain Behind the Scenes

Lecture 3 Block - what is it?

Lecture 4 From a block to the blockchain

Lecture 5 Immutability - how blocks stay unchanged

Lecture 6 So, what actually is a blockchain?

Lecture 7 What are nodes

Lecture 8 Decentralization

Lecture 9 Consensus - what is it?

Lecture 10 PoW, PoS, PoA deciphered

Lecture 11 Proof of Work explained

Lecture 12 Proof of Stake explained

Lecture 13 Solana's Proof of Stake explained

Lecture 14 Gas - the blockchain fuel

Lecture 15 Let’s wrap it up!

Section 3: Into the World of Different Blockchains

Lecture 16 Bitcoin - how it all started

Lecture 17 Ethereum - the second revolution

Lecture 18 Digital asset - what is it?

Lecture 19 Wait, so cryptocurrencies are not the same as tokens?

Lecture 20 Let’s wrap it up!

Section 4: Web3 Architecture

Lecture 21 Typical Web2 architecture

Lecture 22 Typical Web3 architecture

Lecture 23 Layer 0 - the protocol layer

Lecture 24 Layer 1 - the protocol layer

Lecture 25 The blockchain trilemma

Lecture 26 Layer 2 - the scalability layer

Lecture 27 Layer 3 - the application layer

Lecture 28 Let’s wrap it up!

Section 5: Smart Contracts

Lecture 29 What are smart contracts?

Lecture 30 Solidity 101

Lecture 31 ABI - the menu of a smart contract

Lecture 32 The testnet

Lecture 33 ERC-20

Lecture 34 NFTs - ERC-721/1155

Lecture 35 The Surge NFT contract

Lecture 36 DAO - the encoded organization

Lecture 37 A DAO contract example

Lecture 38 Let’s wrap it up!

Section 6: Web3 Identity

Lecture 39 Authentication - Web2 vs Web3

Lecture 40 Public and private keys

Lecture 41 Accounts - EOA and Contract Accounts

Lecture 42 Messages and transactions - what is the difference?

Lecture 43 Wallet - what is it?

Lecture 44 Types of wallets

Lecture 45 Multi-signature wallets

Lecture 46 Signing transactions

Lecture 47 The most common hacks

Lecture 48 Not your key, not your crypto - how to stay safe

Lecture 49 Let’s wrap it up!

Lecture 50 Thank you!

Section 7: Deep Dives intoWeb3 Tech

Lecture 51 ARAGON: What is a DAO Framework

Lecture 52 STATION: Protocol Architecture 101 and The Station Proposer Protocol

Lecture 53 SNAPSHOT: DAO Governance with Snapshot

People in non-technical Web3 roles who want to learn how blockchains work, step by step,Project managers who are looking to streamline collaboration across developer and non- developer teams.,Web2 developers who want to start working in Web3 and understand how blockchain technology works,Developers and engineers who want a quick and effective Web3 training customized for the Web3 development stack