Baskin Logic Crypto Academy
A beginner school. Not a signal group.
- 1. The tool that holds your keys
- 2. What a key is
- 3. The words that can rebuild your keys
- 4. The shared list everyone can check
- 5. What a transaction is
- 6. What a network fee is
- 7. What an exchange is
- 8. What not your keys means
- 9. What hurry and secrets look like
- 10. How to keep learning
Topics
Free: the Crypto Safety Starter Kit (PDF) · About the founder · How we check facts
Keys, wallets and accounts
- Hot wallet vs cold wallet
- How does a crypto wallet work?
- How to store a seed phrase safely
- What is 2FA in crypto?
- What is a bitcoin address?
- What is a crypto custodian?
- What is a crypto wallet?
- What is a hardware wallet?
- What is a multisig wallet?
- What is a paper wallet?
- What is a passkey, and does it help with crypto security?
- What is a public key?
- What is a seed phrase passphrase (the 25th word)?
- What is a seed phrase?
- What is a token approval?
- What is a watch-only wallet?
- What is self-custody in crypto?
- What is the BIP 39 word list?
How blockchains work
- How long does a bitcoin transaction take?
- What is a 51% attack?
- What is a block in blockchain?
- What is a block reward?
- What is a blockchain confirmation?
- What is a blockchain explorer?
- What is a blockchain network?
- What is a blockchain oracle?
- What is a DAO in crypto?
- What is a digital signature in crypto?
- What is a hard fork?
- What is a hash function in crypto?
- What is a mempool?
- What is a nonce in blockchain?
- What is a soft fork?
- What is a UTXO?
- What is a validator in crypto?
- What is a zero-knowledge proof?
- What is an ERC-20 token?
- What is bitcoin?
- What is Ethereum?
- What is DeFi?
- What is an NFT?
- What is crypto mining?
- Gas fees explained
- How to read a crypto price chart
- What is blockchain?
- What is cryptocurrency?
- What is hash rate?
- What is SegWit?
- What is Taproot in bitcoin?
- What is wrapped bitcoin?
- What was the Ethereum Merge?
Scams and safety
- How to spot a crypto scam
- Sent crypto to the wrong network? What to do
- What is a bitcoin ATM?
- What is a crypto clipper (clipboard malware)?
- What is a crypto giveaway scam?
- What is a crypto mixer?
- What is a crypto pump and dump?
- What is a crypto QR code scam?
- What is a dust attack?
- What is a honeypot crypto scam?
- What is a SIM swap?
- What is a wallet drainer?
- What is address poisoning?
- What is crypto phishing?
Money, companies and rules
- How to choose a crypto exchange (criteria, not picks)
- Is crypto FDIC insured?
- What happens if a crypto exchange goes bankrupt?
- What is a DEX (decentralized exchange)?
- What is a liquidity pool?
- What is a stablecoin?
- How to buy Bitcoin safely
- What is an ICO (initial coin offering)?
- What is dollar-cost averaging?
- What is fiat money?
- What is impermanent loss?
- What is MiCA (EU crypto regulation)?
- What is proof of reserves?
- What is slippage in crypto?
- What is the crypto travel rule?
- What is the GENIUS Act?
- What is the Howey test?
- What is USDT?
Taxes and estates
New: money, builders and safety
- How stablecoins keep their peg (and why some break)
- What is crypto staking, and how does liquid staking work?
- What is MEV? Front-running and sandwich attacks explained
- How crypto governance and DAO voting work
- A short history of crypto: from the white paper to today
- Crypto treasury basics for businesses: custody, controls and records
- What is a smart contract? A plain-English guide for beginners and builders
- Careers in crypto: roles, skills and how to avoid job scams
- What are NFTs used for beyond art? Tickets, memberships and more
- Advanced crypto wallet security: multisig, smart wallets and signing safely
New: DeFi, markets and the wider world
- How crypto lending and liquidations work in DeFi
- What is an automated market maker (AMM)?
- Where does DeFi yield come from?
- Optimistic vs ZK rollups: how layer 2s prove their work
- What is a crypto bridge? How it works and why bridges get hacked
- How to read candlestick charts (literacy, not signals)
- Moving averages, RSI and volume, explained (no signals)
- How crypto order books, spreads and market makers work
- What is a spot bitcoin ETF? ETF vs owning coins vs exchange balance
- What are crypto futures, perpetuals and leverage?
- Crypto taxes around the world: UK, Canada, Australia, India and more
- Crypto rules around the world: Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Japan
- What is tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs)?
- AI deepfake crypto scams: fake voices, faces and experts
- What is onchain analysis? Reading wallet flows and spotting rugs
New lessons
- How to choose a crypto wallet (a checklist, not a pick)
- What is Dogecoin? How it works (no price talk)
- What is Solana? How it works (no price talk)
- What is XRP and the XRP Ledger? (no price talk)
- What is the digital rupee (e₹)? CBDC vs crypto
- AI agents and crypto: what they are and the risks
- Quantum computing and Bitcoin: what could break
- How to read a transaction on a block explorer
- How to check and revoke token approvals
- What is a layer 2 (L2)? Rollups explained
Scam library
Rules by country
- Crypto rules by country
- US crypto rules and taxes: a plain-English map
- India crypto tax: 30% tax and 1% TDS explained
- EU crypto rules: MiCA and the travel rule
- UK crypto rules: FCA registration and promotions
- Mexico crypto rules: Ley Fintech, Banxico and SAT
- Colombia crypto rules: SFC, DIAN and Banco de la República