Learner stories
Feedback from people who attended our workshops, coaching calls, and study circles. Names shortened for privacy.
"I attended the March cohort with zero DeFi background. The devnet exercises finally made swaps click for me. I would have liked more time on lending protocols, but the follow-up email pointed me to solid readings."
"Booked three sessions to understand how my employer's client uses Marinade staking. James walked through the on-chain accounts without rushing. Straightforward and worth the hourly rate."
"The circle keeps me accountable. Some months the reading is dense — last month's oracle article took me two evenings — but discussing it with others surfaced questions I would not have thought to ask alone."
"Our compliance team needed a shared vocabulary, not trading tips. The custom deck referenced our internal policy language, which helped. Scheduling the discovery call took longer than expected on our end."
"Clear handouts, patient instructor, good coffee at the studio. I left knowing how to read a transaction proposal — exactly what I came for."
Case study: Compliance team at a Leeds advisory firm
Context
A twelve-person compliance and research team needed to evaluate client decks mentioning Solana lending protocols. None had hands-on DeFi experience.
What we delivered
A three-hour briefing at their office covering wallet basics, transaction reading, and a devnet walkthrough of deposit and borrow flows. We tailored slides to reference their existing crypto asset policy.
Outcome
The team lead reported that analysts could now flag incomplete transaction disclosures in client materials. Two team members later enrolled in the public foundations workshop for deeper practice.
