Ethereum Deep Dive
A focused route through Ethereum's own mechanics, beyond the basics covered in Crypto Beginner.
Who it's for: People who already understand what Ethereum is at a high level and want to understand how it actually works.
8 steps · ~35 min of guided reading, plus research and tool steps
What you'll learn
- • Explain what smart contracts are and what they can and can't do on their own.
- • Understand gas fees, what drives them, and how they're actually calculated.
- • Describe why Ethereum moved to proof of stake and what that change did and didn't affect.
- • Understand what actually determines a staking reward's real size after commission and unbonding.
- • Understand the ERC-20 token standard and why a shared standard matters.
- 1Guide
6 min read
What Is Ethereum?
Start with Ethereum's own purpose and design, if you haven't already covered this.
- 2Guide
6 min read
What Is a Smart Contract?
Understand the programmable building block Ethereum is actually built around.
- 3Guide
6 min read
Understanding Gas Fees on Ethereum
See what gas actually measures and what makes fees rise and fall.
- 4Guide
6 min read
The Ethereum Merge and Proof of Stake
Understand the consensus-mechanism change and what it did and didn't affect.
- 5Guide
6 min read
How Staking Rewards Actually Work
Now that you understand proof of stake itself, see what a staking reward actually pays out after commission and unbonding.
- 6Guide
5 min read
ERC-20 Tokens Explained
Learn the token standard underlying most assets built on Ethereum.
- 7Research
Ethereum
Apply everything you've learned to Kaavon's real Ethereum research profile.
- 8Tool
Gas Cost Calculator
Practice converting a gas price and limit into a real estimated transaction cost.