DeFi Explorer
A guided introduction to decentralized finance, its building blocks, and the risks specific to open protocols.
Who it's for: People who already understand basic wallet custody and want to understand DeFi before interacting with it.
7 steps · ~36 min of guided reading, plus research and tool steps
What you'll learn
- • Explain what a smart contract does and what it can't do on its own.
- • Describe common DeFi building blocks, including decentralized exchanges and lending protocols.
- • Understand liquidity and slippage and why they affect trade execution.
- • Recognize DeFi-specific risks before connecting a wallet to any protocol.
- 1Guide
5 min read
What Is Blockchain?
Make sure the underlying ledger concept is solid before layering programmability on top.
- 2Guide
6 min read
What Is a Crypto Wallet?
DeFi is used through a wallet — understand custody and signing before going further.
- 3Guide
6 min read
What Is a Smart Contract?
Smart contracts are DeFi's building block — understand what they can and can't do.
- 4Guide
6 min read
What Is Ethereum?
See the network most DeFi activity is built on, and how it enables programmable applications.
- 5Guide
7 min read
What Is DeFi?
The core guide — decentralized exchanges, lending protocols, liquidity, and slippage.
- 6Guide
6 min read
Crypto Security Basics
DeFi adds phishing and contract-approval risks on top of ordinary wallet security.
- 7Tool
Crypto ROI Calculator
Practice return-on-investment mechanics before evaluating any real protocol.