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Crypto Basics
Blockchains, Indian tax rules, keys and custody, and the real risks.
- 6
- Lessons
- 3
- Chapters
- 5
- Diagrams
- 30
- Practice questions
- 42 min
- Time
What you'll be able to do
- Explain what a blockchain records
- Work out tax on crypto gains in India
- Keep keys and seed phrases safe
- Recognise the main crypto scams
Course syllabus
Every lesson has worked examples, diagrams, key terms, common mistakes and a practice check.
- 1
Chapter 1
Foundations
What Crypto Actually Is 7 min
Crypto is a digital asset recorded on a shared ledger. Its price comes only from what others will pay.
Legal Position and Tax in India 8 min
Crypto isn't banned, but it's taxed hard: 30% on gains, 1% TDS on transfers, and losses can't be offset.
- 2
Chapter 2
Holding safely
Wallets, Keys and Custody 7 min
Whoever holds the private key controls the crypto. Lose the key or share it, and the money is gone.
Coins, Tokens and Stablecoins 6 min
Coins run their own blockchain, tokens live on someone else's, and stablecoins try to hold a fixed value. Each carries different risks.
- 3
Chapter 3
Risk and scams
The Real Risks 7 min
Crypto can fall 70–80%, platforms can fail, and leverage can wipe you out. Size any exposure accordingly.
How Crypto Scams Work 7 min
Fake exchanges, 'guaranteed' staking, pump-and-dumps and wallet drainers are the big four crypto scams.
A look inside: “What Crypto Actually Is”
In this lesson you will
- Explain a blockchain in plain words
- Know what gives crypto a price
- Tell crypto apart from money and shares
Each block holds a batch of transactions and a fingerprint (hash) of the block before it. Change an old block and its fingerprint changes, breaking every link after it.
- Blockchain
- A shared record of transactions, linked in blocks.
- Market price
- Whatever buyers will pay; crypto has no earnings behind it.