Engineer Crypto Systems with Confidence
The Crypto Engineer (TCE) combines four tightly edited books, runnable labs, and operational runbooks so working quants, independent builders, risk leads, and dev teams can make reliable custody, market, and monitoring decisions. The program ships checklists and incident-ready guides that let you (and your teammates) sign off with confidence while staying aligned on the same narrative spine.
Program Snapshot
Four volumes move from cryptographic primitives to Bitcoin ops, cryptomarket plumbing, and live operations. Labs rehearse common incident drills (wallet recovery, fee policy, AMM risk, monitoring playbooks) so a single repo can support both self-study and internal workshops.
Repo Stats - Notebooks and Code
Choose How You Traverse the Spine
Each path uses the same references and labs. You decide how much time to spend in drills versus deep reading.
Foundations Sprint
- Guided read-through of Crypto Foundations & Bitcoin Foundations.
- Weekly coaching guides (PDF) point to the notebooks, labs, and priorities for each module.
- Dedicated Discord server for guidance, content clarifications, and peer support.
- Perfect for fast-moving security, quant, or infra engineers entering crypto.
Systems Builder
- Alternating book chapters with labs on nodes, wallets, fee policy, and markets.
- Bi-weekly coaching guides (PDFs) highlight review prompts, lab focus areas, and practice priorities.
- Asynchronous Discord discussions clarify tricky sections and keep labs on track.
- Ideal for team leads running trading desks, custody stacks, or risk programs.
Ops Residency
- Use the entire repo as an internal training hub for a single seat.
- Self-paced timeline with detailed coaching guides to structure your practice.
- Mix-and-match labs and incident walkthroughs to document progress or compliance evidence.
- Built for busy engineers who need reusable drills over a long runway.
Curriculum Spine
The same story arc flows through books, labs, and cohort discussions: primitives → Bitcoin → markets → live ops.
Theory Spine
Operations Spine
The Four-Book Backbone
Four focused PDFs cover 341+ pages of applied cryptography, systems thinking, and operational practice. Each one links directly to the matching labs so reading and drilling stay tightly coupled.
Python Primer for Crypto Engineering Ramp-up (~100 pages)
The on-ramp for TCE: tidy Python, virtualenv hygiene, hashing/file handling, quick integrity checks, and CLI habits that make the labs frictionless.
Crypto Foundations ~110 pages
Reconnects algorithms and probability with modern adversaries so hash functions, AEAD modes, and randomness budgets become intuitive tools.
Exercises double as cryptography warmups for the labs.
Bitcoin Foundations ~80 pages
Applies the primitives to the full Bitcoin stack: keys, scripts, consensus, and fee markets. You learn to inspect, simulate, and debug the canonical system.
Cryptomarkets & Systems ~70 pages
Zooms out to data plumbing, market structure, and DeFi protocols so engineers and quants can reason about live flows, latency, and risk.
Crypto Engineering ~80 pages
Turns insights into architectures, review checklists, monitoring blueprints, and runbooks for teams operating under pressure.
Labs, Notes, and Drills
Short, focused Lab Notes (17 and counting, including Python scripts). Each note points back to the exact chapter it reinforces.
Foundation Labs
- Hashing in Practice
- AEAD Patterns by Example
- Debugging MAC Failures
- Entropy Budget Clinic
Bitcoin Labs
- Transaction Surgery
- Regtest Mining & Node Setup
- Wallet Drills & Recovery Day
- Fee Policy Playbook
Markets & Data
- Exchange Latency Lab
- On-Chain Data Ops Primer
- AMM Risk Cheat Sheet
Ops & Governance
- Monitoring Starter Kit
- Incident Walkthrough: Stuck Withdrawals
- Compliance Evidence Binder
- Long-Lived System Upgrade Guide
Why Teams Use TCE
The repo is opinionated: fewer slides, more drills. Everything points to shipping safer systems.
Shared Narrative
The same headings, notation, and diagrams show up in every PDF, notebook, and briefing. Switching between books and labs feels seamless.
Runnable Experiments
51 notebooks and 30 Python scripts recreate the theory on laptops or staging clusters without bespoke setup.
Incident Readiness
Run wallet-loss drills, fee-policy rehearsals, and monitoring walk-throughs before something breaks in production.
Evidence-Friendly
Compliance binders map exercises to artifacts so audits and partner reviews stay grounded in real work.
Guided Choices
Each lab states the “major benefit” up front so you can match it to your personal and team goals quickly.
Cohort & Community
Dedicated Discord channels provide ongoing guidance, content clarifications, and peer accountability.
Secure Your Spot
You can join immediately and get started right away with the four books, full repo access, and guided labs. Secure your spot with the launch offer and dive into the materials as soon as payment clears.
Bundle option: There is also a CPF + TAE + TCE bundle offer available at python-for-finance.com.
• Immediate access to PDFs & notes • Notebook + code repo • Always-on Discord support • Corporate training available on request
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