The reading list we built across this course.

Every "Read deeper" section in every lesson of the IMPCT Institute Crypto Literacy course pointed to something worth reading. If you read maybe 10 of those recommendations across the thirty days, you read about 10%. If you read 30, you read about 30%. The reading list itself is a curriculum that can serve you for the next year if you want it to. Pull it up periodically.

The structural point. The course presented a 30-day path through the most important concepts, protocols, and case studies in crypto. The path was opinionated — there are many ways to structure an introduction to the space, and we made specific choices about what to include and what to omit at the foundational level. Every "Read deeper" recommendation pointed beyond the lesson to a primary source, an in-depth treatment, or an independent voice worth knowing. The recommendations collectively form a much broader curriculum than the 30 lessons themselves could fit.

What the reading list provides as a standalone resource. The library covers:

Foundational documents. Satoshi's Bitcoin whitepaper, key Ethereum architecture documents, the Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, and other primary sources that anyone serious in this space should read directly rather than only through secondary commentary.

Major case studies. FTX, Mt. Gox, Celsius/BlockFi, Anchor/UST/Terra, the Tornado Cash sanctions, and the other foundational failure case studies that teach the structural lessons of the space.

Category overviews. DeFi 1.0/2.0/3.0 evolution, NFT category history, stablecoin landscape, Layer 2 architecture, oracle design, tokenomics frameworks, and the other category-level framings that organize specific knowledge into useful structures.

Voices worth following. Cobie, Matt Levine, Lyn Alden, Ben Thompson, and a smaller set of others whose ongoing work is worth integrating into a sustained information diet.

Tools and dashboards. DeFi Llama, Glassnode, L2Beat, mempool.space, and the other on-chain data sources that ground narratives in verifiable reality.

How to use the list going forward.

As a reference when you encounter unfamiliar concepts. When you read about something in the news that you don't fully understand, search the reading library for related concepts. The explainer articles linked here typically provide the structural background that lets you evaluate the news from a position of context rather than confusion.

As a course you can re-take. The 30 days were a structured path, but the reading library doesn't have to be consumed in any specific order. Pick a category that interests you and read through the relevant readings. Pick a case study you've heard mentioned but don't fully understand and read the relevant retrospective. Pick a voice whose framings you've found useful and read more of their work.

As input for your own writing or analysis. If you're working in this space or thinking about positioning, the readings provide source material for your own analysis. The combination of primary documents, case studies, and independent voices gives you the building blocks for forming defensible views.

As a check on what you think you know. Occasionally re-read something you read months ago. Notice what you remember and what you've forgotten. Notice how your interpretation of the same material has shifted based on what you've learned in the intervening period. The exercise builds metacognition about how your understanding is evolving.

The honest framing. Most people who go through this course will read some of the readings and not others. That's fine. The 30 lessons themselves contain enough to make you literate at a foundational level. The readings provide depth in specific areas where you want more than the foundational treatment.

For the participants who want to push further, the reading library is the next level of investment. Sustained reading across the library over months produces understanding that the foundational course can only point toward. The readings are where the depth lives.

The pragmatic recommendation. Bookmark the readings library. After completing the course, return to it periodically — when you encounter something in the news, when you have a specific question, when you want to develop deeper expertise in a particular area. The library will compound in value over time as you draw on it for different specific purposes.

Welcome to the next year of your crypto education. The reading list is here when you need it.