What even is web3?
learn about blockchains and decentralized finance
centralized exchanges – start here to buy cryptocurrencies with FIAT (€/$)
Probably the world’s most popular exchange. Sometimes has performance issues during high traffic moments. Perfect for beginners and advanced users.
Minimalistic centralized platform. A good spot to buy your first cryptocurrencies. But slow responses and unstable performance during high traffic periods.
decentralized exchanges – swap cryptocurrencies
Most popular decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain. Allows you to trade cryptocurrencies only. You need a Wallet to interact with the website.
Pancake Swap is the leading decentralized exchange on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) with additional DeFi (decentralized finance) features.
dYdX is a leading non-custodial decentralized exchange offering a variety of open, secure, and powerful financial products. Not for beginners.
Swap, earn, stack yields, lend, borrow, leverage all on one decentralized, community-driven platform.
1inch unites decentralized protocols whose synergy enables lucrative, fast and protected operations in the DeFi space.
cryptocurrency & NFT wallets
nft & digital art buying platforms
educational youtube channels
A variety of great, but more advanced educational videos on DeFi (Decentralized Finance) in general.
A variety of great, but more advanced educational videos on DeFi (Decentralized Finance) in general.
Ccurates, digests, and analyzes all the major developments in decentralized finance so that you can stay informed.
podcasts & videos
How bitcoin is changing the world
👉 this should be one of the first videos to watch, as it is easy to follow and yet mind-opening.
Speaker: Andreas Antonopoulos
UpOnly TV
Learn from people running investment funds in the crypto space.
Guests: Su Zhu of Three Arrows, Dan of CMS Holdings, …
UpOnlyTV
Less serious episode with crypto native guests. Great episode to understand crypto trading culture.
Guest: Tetranode, massive crypto OG
The Tim Ferris Show (Podcast)
What are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and smart contracts? What makes them unique, and which problems do they solve?
Guest: Nick Szabo
The Tim Ferris Show (Podcast)
Understanding Ethereum, eth vs. btc, eth2, scaling plans and timelines, nfts, future considerations, and more.
Guest: Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum
The Tim Ferris Show (Podcast)
Bitcoin and Ethereum, media self-defense, drone warfare, crypto oracles, the pseudonymous economy, …
Guest: Balaji Srinivasan
a16z (Podcast)
In this special deep-dive episode they break down everything you need know about NFTs while cutting through the noise for what’s hype vs. what’s real.
Guest: Linda Xie & Jesse Walden
further readings
Why NFTs are the future of digital content
Learn why NFTs are modernizing digital content and how this will solve current problems.
By Misch Strotz
Digital Art, Crypto and the Metaverse
Easy to understand and in-depth view on the recent development in the crypto and digital-art world.
By Rex Woodbury
Decentralized Social Media
Social Media needs to be redesigned and one key factor is going to be decentralization.
By Ross Ulbricht
The most important scarce resource is Legitimacy
What exactly is legitimacy and which opportunity NFTs bring to the table.
By Vitalik Buterin