Researcher learners develop the transferable skill of decomposing unfamiliar Web3 systems: reconstructing how a system works, measuring it with evidence, and making a defensible claim about its risks and behaviour.

This is cross-domain Web3 systems research, not a DeFi-only track. Bitcoin, rollups, Uniswap, lending and other protocols are training cases that support methods learners can later apply to NFTs, stablecoins, RWA, prediction markets, DePIN, AI × Web3, infrastructure, governance or future domains.

Once selected at the end of Week 4, Researcher remains the learner's Academy path through W8. The application domain, research question and eventual Proof of Work can still evolve until W7.

Weeks

• Week 5 · Deconstruct Blockchain Systems
• Week 6 · Measure and Verify Blockchain Systems

Each week contains six Part tasks. Every Part task is worth 100 points and is assessed by completion and understanding, with revision when the work is incomplete or materially incorrect.

Status: scaffold. The Education team will author the detailed lessons, examples and task instructions.

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