Week 1: The World Computer

Ethereum is known as the world computer.

TOC

1. Ethereum Virtual Machine

2. Solidity Language

3. Programming

4. Events and Hackathons

Ethereum Virtual Machine

• Ethereum Books: Chapter 2 (Ethereum basics)

• Ethereum Book: Chapter 14 (EVM)

• Ethereum Top accounts (Etherscan)

• Beacon Deposit Contract ($221b securing ETH Consensus)

• Ethereum Manifesto or vitalik.eth on trustlessness

Solidity language

• Ethereum Book: Chapter 7 (Smart Contracts and Solidity)

Programming

• Solidity resources

• Foundry

  • Anvil

  • Forge

  • Cast

  • Chisel

• Solidity Language Server

Video courses

• Foundry Fundamentals (Cyfrin Updraft)

• Advanced foundry (Cyfrin Updraft)

• Advanced Solidity Yul and Advanced solidity

Events and Hackathons

• ETHGlobal

• Devconnect

• Science of Blockchain

• Ethereum meetups (ethereum.org)

• ethereum/pm (Ethereum contributors meetings)

• EthDenver Feb 17-21 2026 Denver, CO

• Consensus (May 5-7 2026 Miami, FL)