Crypto Basics: What You Need to Know

Crypto is surrounded by jargon, hype, and outright fraud, which makes it almost impossible for a beginner to tell a genuine technology from a get-rich-quick story. This course explains in plain language what Bitcoin and Ethereum really are, how a blockchain records transactions, what a wallet and a private key actually control, and where stablecoins, exchanges, and gas fees fit in. You finish able to read a block explorer, choose between custodial and self-custody storage, recognize the most common scams by name, and run any coin or project through a structured due-diligence checklist before risking a single dollar.