DeFi Developer Road Map

Here we collect and discuss the best DeFi & Blockchain researches and tools - contributions are welcome.

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| Special Notes:

• My Blog on Mirror
• All known smart contract-side and user-side attacks & attack vectors
• Key principles of storing crypto cold wallet attacks defense methods best practices
• An awesome cheatsheet from the Pessimistic.io Team
• All-about-NFT security
• Solidity language cheatsheets, tools and references collection
• Solidity Tutorials

Basics:

• Learn the basics of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
• Bitcoin protocol Explained
• Elliptic Curve Cryptography
• Read Blockchain Explained
• Watch Blockchain - A visual demo
• Watch But how does bitcoin actually work? - 3b1b
• Learn the basics of Computer Science
• Learn DeFi In-Depth - just watch this YouTube playlist
• Teach yourself crypto - visit teachyourselfcrypto.com
• Try Capture The Ether Game

Ethereum

• Learn the basics of Ethereum
• Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM): turing complete
• Learn about Wallets, Accounts (EOA), Private/Public Keys
• Learn about transactions, Gas, Metamask
• Ethereum clients/Nodes, Geth
• Infura infrastructure

EVM

• NOXX
• Digging deep into the EVM mechanics during contract function calls - Part 1
• Let's take a trip down memory lane - Part 2
• Demystifying Storage Slot Packing - Key Knowledge for the EVM Hackers - Part 3
• Under The Hood - Storage Opcodes In the Go Ethereum (Geth) Client - Part 4
• Another Weapon in the EVM Hackers Arsenal - The Power of Delegate Call - Part 5
• A Treasure Trove of Data - Transaction Receipts & Event Logs - Part 6
• Understanding Trie Databases in Ethereum
• AskMirror
• EVM Chad
• Mudit.Blog
• Academic_Smart_Contract_Papers
• cmichel.io
• samczsun.com
• serial-coder.com
• notonlyowner.com
• Decentralised
• Awesome Blogs
• What happens when you send 1 DAI
• The Complete Guide to Full Stack Ethereum Development
• Ultimate roadmap for web3 developers "from zero to master"
• Solidity Cheatsheets Pack + Bonus
• L2s Explained
• EVM article series - Decipher with Zaryab
• Decipher EVM Puzzles Game(For better understanding of Opcodes in a fun way)

Check out

• A bunch of learning resources to choose from here: pentacle.xyz
• EVM In-Depth
• LearnEVM
• Useful Solidity Patterns
• CryptoBook
• Smart Contract Auditing Checklist
• Hardhat
• Remix
• Foundry
• EIPs
• Wagmi Toolset
• WalletConnect Library
• RainbowKit Toolset

Useful Information

• Solidity Docs
• What is a Smart Contract
• EVM Opcodes
• Beginner's Guide to Yul
• Yul for Gas Optimisation
• Decompiler
• WTF Gas Optimisation
• Solidity by Example
• OpenZeppelin
• EVM Explained
• Useful Solidity Patterns

Directions

• Awesome roadmap.sh RoadMaps Collection
• Vikvikvikkk Repo
• Awesome Ethereum Staking
• The Daily Ape
• Sov's Compendium
• Diamond Crab
• Immersion Den
• Egor Gavrilov
• Curious Daddy
• Awesome Blogs
• Patrick Collins
• Crypto Telegram & Discord Channels & Chats
• Main Navigation
• Solidity Tutorials
• Solana Dev & Degen Tools Packk
• Genesis 0x01: Simplified Roadmap for Blockchain Security
• Blockchain security guide
• DevPill
• EatTheBlocks YouTube Channel
• Moralis Web3
• Solidity Security Explained
• Retrospective: Hacks in Web3
• Medium : severity vulns
• High : severity vulns
• Repository of 500 web3 reports

Smart Contract

• Basics of Smart Contract: Top 10 free Web3 courses