Blockchain Development Resources

A curated list of FREE resources for learning blockchain development and Web3 in general. Featuring free learning platforms, websites, online courses, tutorials, documentation, games, project starter templates, articles, and books; useful for blockchain enthusiasts, engineers, crypto enthusiasts, developers, designers, and stakeholders in the web3 space.

It comprises of links to a range of topics like Introduction to Blockchain technology, Web3 and revolution of the Internet, deployment of smart contracts on Ethereum, Solana, Aeternity, Polygon, Celo and other EVM-compatible Blockchain networks, Minting of NFTs, building decentralized applications (DApps), lending protocols and tokens, creating decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), fundamentals of cryptography and distributed ledger technology, smart contract security, zero knowledge proof, understanding decentralized finance, How-to-use tutorials on Blockchain development tools and technologies - RemixIDE, Metamask, Hardhat, Web3js, Ganache, Ethersjs, Web3py, Truffle, OpenZeppelin, Infura, IPFS; including programming languages for writing smart contracts - Solidity, Vyper, Rust, Golang, Sophia.

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Websites

| | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Ethereum.org | | Web3Learn | | The Blockchain School | | Blockchain at Berkeley | | ProtoSchool | | Dacade | | Finematics | | Near University | | Kerala Blockchain Academy | | DApp University | | Ethereum Blockchain Dev | | EthereumDev | | UseWeb3 | | Web3 University | | Metaschool | | LearnWeb3 DAO | | Althash University | | We teach Blockchain | | Cadena | | Learn Web3 | | Tacode | | CryptoLectures | | Snakecharmers | | Codiesalert | | Cryptopedia | | Learn NEAR Club | | Teach yourself Web3 | | Web3 Freecodecamp | | MetaMask Learn | | Alchemy university | | Buidlguidl | | DApp World | | Cyfrin Updraft |

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Gamified Tutorials

| | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Cryptozombies | | Ethernaut | | Damnvulnerable DeFi | | Vyper.fun | | Capture the Ether | | Space Doggos | | Crypto Hack |

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Youtube Channels

| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | DApp University | | Eat the blocks | | Ivan on Tech | | Nader Dabit | | Samarth Developer | | Austin Griffith | | Merunas Grincalaitis | | Will it Scale | | Smart Contract Programmer | | Alchemy | | Hashlips NFT | | Patrick Collins | | ETHGlobal | | Finematics | Moralis Web3 | | Practical Blockchain | | Blockholic | | Blockchain at Berkeley | | Vlad Wulf | | Ethereum Engineering Group | | Web3 Club | | Center for Innovative Finance | | Web3 Foundation | | Learn Web3DAO | | Block Explorer | | CodeXpert | | Web3 Learn | | Edureka | | Code Eater | | Mobilefish.com | | Simplilearn | | Crypto white board | | Aeternity Blockchain | | Chainlink | | Codiesalert | | Web3Academy | | Cyfrin Audits

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Free Online Courses

| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Solidity, Blockchain, and Smart Contract Course – Beginner to Expert Python Tutorial | Build and Deploy a Modern Web 3.0 Blockchain App - Solidity Smart Contracts Crypto Blockchain Development Powered By AI | Learn Blockchain, Solidity and Full Stack Web3 Development with JavaScript | Blockchain Theory 101 | Blockchain Technology | Smart Contracts | Blockchain and Deep Learning of AI | Understanding Blockchain Technology | Ethereum | Blockchain Technology and Applications | Blockchain Technology Fundamentals | Enterprise Blockchains Fundamentals | Blockchain Demo - web-based demonstration of hash, block, distributed ledger, token, public/private key pairs and signing

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GitHub Repositories

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Tutorial Docs

| Tutorial | Description | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | Blockchain Development Tutorial | Getting Started with Blockchain Development by CryptoDev Hub | | Advanced Smart Contracts | Advanced Smart Contracts by George Brown College | | Getting started with Blockchain | Getting started with Blockchain by Kauri | | Public Good Blockchain Development Guide | Blockchain Development Guide by Devpill | | Ethereum Blockchain Development | Get started with blockchain development by Microsoft | | Chainstack Web3 Decoded | Diving into Web3 development with Chaintack | | Hello World Smart Contracts | Smart Contract Tutorial by Alchemy | | Learn Solidity in Y Minutes | Solidity Tutorial by Learn-x-in-y-minutes | | Solidity Docs | Solidity Tutorial | | OpenZeppelin Docs | OpenZeppelin Tutorials by Ethernaut | | Polygon Docs | Getting started with Polygon by Polygon Academy | | Ethereum Docs | Ethereum Tutorial | | Decentology Docs | Ethspring by Decentology | | Solana Docs | Solana Documentation | | NEAR Docs | NEAR Documentation | | Celo Docs | Celo Documentation | | Avalanche Docs | Avalanche Documentation | | Flow Docs | Flow Documentation |

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Development Tools

ETHEREUM & EVM ecosystem

| Tool | Description | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Remix IDE | An online Integrated Development Environment used to write, compile, debug and deploy solidity code for smart contracts | | EthFiddle | A solidity browser-based development tool | | Solidity | An object-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart contracts on Ethereum Virtual Machine | | Metamask | A wallet extension for accessing and injecting the Ethereum web3 API | | Truffle Suite | Development environment, testing framework and asset pipeline for blockchains using the EVM | | Web3.js | A collection of libraries that allow you to interact with a local or remote ethereum node using HTTP, IPC or WebSocket | | Hardhat | An Ethereum development environment that helps developers manage and automate the recurring tasks inherent to building smart contracts and DApps | | Ethers.js | A compact library for interacting with the Ethereum Blockchain and its ecosystem | | Vyper | A contract-oriented, pythonic programming language that targets the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) | | Web3.py | A Python library for interacting with Ethereum, inspired by web3.js | | Go Ethereum | Golang implementation of Ethereum protocol | | Brownie | A Python-based development and testing framework for smart contracts targeting the Ethereum Virtual Machine | | OpenZeppelin | A library for secure smart contract development and community-vetted code | | EVM Codes | An interactive reference to Ethereum Virtual Machine Opcodes | | | | EVM Opcodes | Ethereum Virtual Machine Opcodes | | | | Chainlist | A list of EVM networks with informations used to connect wallets and Web3 middleware providers to the appropriate Chain and Network ID | | | | Web3 Type Converter | Convert from a bytes32/hex into a string/number or vice-versa | | | | Foundry | A blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust | | |

SOLANA

| Tool/Resource | Description | | --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Solana Cookbook | Developer resource for building on Solana Blockchain | | Rust | Programming language for writing smart contracts on Solana Blockchain | | Solang | Solidity Compiler for Solana |

Web3 SDK & Platforms

| Platform | Description | | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Moralis | Moralis provides a single workflow for building high performance dapps | | Thirdweb | Powerful SDK and intuitive tools for developers to implement web3 features |

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Node Providers

Infrastructure services provides instant and reliable infrastructure, empowering developers to create dApps and enhance efficiency.

| Infrastructure Service | Description | | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | NodeReal | NodeReal is a blockchain infrastructure and services provider | | Infura | Infura provides infrastructure and tools for developers to build amazing Web 3.0 applications | | Alchemy | Alchemy provides infrastructure service to build great blockchain applications | | Chainstack | Chainstack is the leading suite of services connecting developers with Web3 infrastructure | | QuickNode| A single platform for your production, staging, and testing environments | | Ankr| The fastest and most reliable Web3 infrastructure provider | | GetBlock| A flexible Blockchain RPC Provider that offers instant API access to over 50 multiple blockchains |

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