Advanced Solidity Bootcamp
Take your skills to the next level.
Bring your Solidity skills to the next level with experts
Weekly homework and projects to fill up your GitHub
Applications are currently closed, but you can register your interest for our bootcamps to get notified about new cohorts.
About the Advanced Solidity Bootcamp
A 6-week bootcamp for Solidity developers who want to bring up their skills to the next level
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The course is completely free, but highly selective
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It consists of daily live Zoom classes (90 minutes, Monday-Thursday).
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There is daily homework and hacking projects to accelerate personal study
Eligibility and Selection Process
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The time slot for the Q4 2024 cohort of the Advanced Solidity Bootcamp, starting on 7th October is Monday-Thursday at 14:00-15:30 BST.
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50 selected individuals for each cohort. Be sure to stand out!
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Participants are selected based on their applications and a video interview. Make sure your GitHub and LinkedIn look great before applying!
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Note: This course is for people with pre-existing Solidity experience, but who want to up their game.
To be eligible for the bootcamp, applicants need to satisfy at least one of the following criteria:
2 years working web3 dev experience,
4 years working web2 dev experience,
Exceptional ability demonstrated by public GitHub,
Exceptional student credentials (STEM or Computer Science-based degree at a top university),
Encode bootcamp graduate, accelerator participant or hackathon prize winner, or
Other evidence of exceptional ability.
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No point in dry lecturing without any practical work in a bootcamp! All the participants will work on weekly homeworks with their teams, as well as on the final project during the final week of the bootcamp.
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The bootcamp is completely free!
You are required to stake a 250 USDC deposit if accepted—the full deposit will be returned after successful graduation!
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The Bootcamp is designed to be a part-time commitment. Other than 90-minute daily sessions, you’re required to check Discord for any updates and group tasks.
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All successful bootcamp graduates receive a certificate, either as a PDF or as an NFT. It serves as an official graduation certificate, which means you can feature it on your CV and LinkedIn profile.
Our Teacher
Laurence Kirk
A long time Encode community member, Laurence is well known in the UK scene as one of the leading educators on blockchain. He leads Extropy.io, a blockchain consultancy based in Oxford, specialising in developing blockchain solutions, security auditing, training & more.
Curriculum
The EVM in detail — memory / storage / opcodes / understanding bytecode
Solidity best practices, useful patterns / tips
Auditing approaches, techniques and tools
MEV and its mitigation
Cryptography — Signatures / Hashes
Solidity libraries in detail
Solidity Assembly — Yul
Upgradability — advanced patterns
Solidity advanced function usage
Essential 3rd party libraries
Gas optimisation techniques and measurement
Development tools: Solidity Template / Advanced Hardhart / Tenderly
Partner guest workshops
Project week
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