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Never touched crypto? Begin here. What crypto and Solana are, how wallets and seed phrases work, how to buy SOL and move it to your own wallet safely, and what every step costs.

7 lessons · 26 min · final quiz

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The explorer sits cross-legged at a night campsite opening a glowing wallet pouch with a coin inside, a padlock and a key on a rock nearby and a lantern lighting the tent.

Lessons

  1. 1What crypto and Solana areCrypto in plain words: a shared public record of who owns what, and why memecoins live on Solana.3 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  2. 2Wallets, addresses and keysA wallet does not hold your coins. It holds the keys that control them, and whoever has the keys has the money.4 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  3. 3Seed phrases and staying safeTwelve words control everything you own. How to store them, the scams that try to steal them, and a simple two-wallet setup.4 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  4. 4Your first wallet: Phantom and the othersSet up a Solana wallet step by step, and see how Phantom, Solflare, Backpack, Jupiter and hardware wallets compare.4 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  5. 5Buying your first SOL on an exchangeHow a crypto exchange turns your dollars or euros into SOL, what it costs, and how to do it on Bybit.4 min read · 4 quiz questionsNot done yet
  6. 6Moving SOL from the exchange to your walletWithdraw SOL to your own wallet on the right network, test with a small amount first, and check that it arrived.3 min read · 5 quiz questionsNot done yet
  7. 7Network fees in plain wordsWhat you pay to use Solana, who gets it, why trading costs more, and what your first $100 really costs from start to finish.4 min read · 5 quiz questionsNot done yet
  8. Final quiz8 harder questions on the whole track, some of them tricky.Not done yet

After this: Memecoins 101

This guide is for learning. It is not financial advice. Most memecoins go to zero and most people who trade them lose money. Only ever trade what you can afford to lose.