Complete Non-Technical Path
All 36 Part A chapters. A shared foundation for product, operations, BD, research, investment, and entrepreneurship.
This is the complete Part A sequence. Its 36 chapters follow their dependencies; later chapters directly use earlier models. Avoid skipping ahead.
Complete the capstone afterward, then enter the N-series Career Tracks.
- Who it is for
- Product, operations, BD, research, investing, and founders
- Pace
- Two chapters a week for about five months; full-time study can compress this to two months.
- Goal
- Read all 36 Part A chapters, complete the Crypto Research OS capstone project, then enter a career track.
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- Non-Technical Crypto OS · Stage 11Chapter 1 · What exactly is money?What are the numbers in a bank account, really?
- 2Chapter 2 · Why the world depends on ledgersWho has the power to change the ledger?
- 3Chapter 3 · What if we do not trust the bookkeeper?How can people who do not trust each other maintain the same state together?
- 4Chapter 4 · Why Bitcoin was inventedIn a digital world, how do you stop the same money being spent twice?
- 5Chapter 5 · Who ultimately owns crypto?Where are your tokens actually held?
- 6Chapter 6 · What happens in an on-chain transaction?What exactly happens in the seconds after you press Confirm?
- Non-Technical Crypto OS · Stage 27Chapter 7 · What exactly does a blockchain sell?What product does a chain really sell?
- 8Chapter 8 · Why Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana are differentBesides TPS, how else can two chains be compared?
- 9Chapter 9 · What did smart contracts change?What happens when the rules themselves become software?
- 10Chapter 10 · Why anyone can create a tokenWhat happens when issuing an asset costs almost nothing?
- 11Chapter 11 · Why do we need Layer 2?Why not simply make blocks bigger?
- 12Chapter 12 · Why the future will not have only one chainWill users still need to know which chain they use?
- Non-Technical Crypto OS · Stage 313Chapter 13 · Why stablecoins matter so muchWhy has the internet never had native dollars?
- 14Chapter 14 · How a DEX can work without a centralized exchangeWithout a market maker in the middle, who sets the price?
- 15Chapter 15 · What is liquidity?Why can a token with a billion-dollar market cap crash after just $100,000 of selling?
- 16Chapter 16 · How DeFi lending worksWithout credit checks, how can you lend to strangers?
- 17Chapter 17 · Where does the yield actually come from?Who pays for this APY?
- 18Chapter 18 · Why perpetuals became a core crypto productWhat anchors a perpetual contract to the spot price if it never settles?
- Non-Technical Crypto OS · Stage 419Chapter 19 · How much is a token really worth?Is a coin priced at $0.001 cheaper than one priced at $100?
- 20Chapter 20 · What exactly is tokenomics?Besides the allocation pie chart, what else must tokenomics answer?
- 21Chapter 21 · Why crypto keeps moving in cyclesWhy does every cycle feel like the same story repeating?
- 22Chapter 22 · Why memes gain valueWhy would anyone pay for something with no cash flow?
- 23Chapter 23 · How on-chain data can observe the real worldHow can you see what is happening without relying on someone else's conclusion?
- 24Chapter 24 · Why crypto projects keep collapsing and getting attackedHow exactly was the money lost?
- Non-Technical Crypto OS · Stage 525Chapter 25 · How to understand a crypto project in 30 minutesWhen facing an unfamiliar project, what should you check first?
- 26Chapter 26 · How does a protocol make money?TVL is high, but is the protocol making money?
- 27Chapter 27 · Why is crypto product work different from Web2 product work?Why can't crypto products simply copy Web2 workflows?
- 28Chapter 28 · What is the essence of crypto growth?Do users remain after the airdrop ends?
- 29Chapter 29 · What does crypto BD actually connect?Is BD's output a contact list or a resource network?
- 30Chapter 30 · How crypto startups find product-market fitWhen do you not need a token at all?
- Non-Technical Crypto OS · Stage 631Chapter 31 · How AI changes crypto researchWhy should we trust AI's conclusions?
- 32Chapter 32 · How AI changes trading and asset managementWhat can be delegated to AI, and what absolutely cannot?
- 33Chapter 33 · Why AI agents might need cryptoHow can software with no ID open an account and make payments?
- 34Chapter 34 · What is an agent wallet?What must be set before handing a wallet to AI?
- 35Chapter 35 · Will machine payments become a new internet protocol?How do machines pay each other for an API call?
- 36Chapter 36 · What crypto will ultimately becomeBack to Chapter 1: What exactly is money?
Suggested pace
Two chapters per week, each with a hands-on exercise, takes about five months. Full-time study can reduce this to two months, but do not shorten the exercises. They are what distinguishes the course from a book.
Submit one artifact after each stage. Those six artifacts are already a portfolio.