Self-Checks

Purpose

Self-checks help learners decide whether they are ready to move on. They are intentionally short and practical.

Module 0: AI Tools & Ethereum Skills

You are ready to move on when you can:

• Ask AI to read ethskills and Scaffold-ETH 2 docs before helping
• Name what AI can and cannot safely do
• Produce an AI-assisted development note
• Identify at least one unsafe AI output pattern

Module 1: Chain, Wallet & Gas

You are ready to move on when you can:

• Explain the difference between an address, a wallet, and a private key
• Read a transaction in a block explorer
• Query block height and balance with CLI or RPC
• Explain why test wallets should not hold real funds

Module 2: Solidity & Token Standards

You are ready to move on when you can:

• Write and compile a simple Solidity contract
• Explain storage, mapping, event, and modifier
• Deploy an ERC-20 with OpenZeppelin
• Explain ERC-721 metadata at a high level
• Run a basic test suite

Module 3: Full-Stack dApp Basics

You are ready to move on when you can:

• Start a Scaffold-ETH 2 project
• Connect a wallet in the frontend
• Read and write contract state from the UI
• Use Debug Contracts
• Complete SpeedRun Challenge 0

Module 4: L2, Indexing, Security & Web3 Identity

You are ready to move on when you can:

• Deploy to an L2 testnet
• Read events and display them in the frontend
• Explain SIWE at a high level
• Describe ERC-4337 roles at a high level
• Name at least three beginner smart contract risks

Module 5: Capstone

You are ready to finish when you can:

• Demo a Vendor or DEX project
• Explain the core contract state
• Show a testnet deployment address
• Run basic tests
• Explain known risks
• Package the project in a readable README