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Blockchain Infrastructure: Nodes, RPC, and the Validator Economy

Technical foundations of running blockchain infrastructure — full nodes, archive nodes, RPC providers, validators, MEV, EigenLayer restaking, and the economics of securing decentralized networks.

2 modules · 10 lessons14 hoursBy FTH Trading
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Course Modules

Module 01

Node Infrastructure

5 lessons

Running and maintaining blockchain nodes

1
Full Nodes vs. Archive Nodes vs. Light Clients
22m
quiz
2
Hardware Requirements for Different Chains
18m
reading
3
RPC Providers: Alchemy, Infura, and Self-Hosted
20m
quiz
4
Node Monitoring and Alerting Systems
18m
reading
5
IPFS and Decentralized Storage Infrastructure
20m
quiz
Module 02

Validator Economics

5 lessons

The economics of network security

1
Staking Mechanics: Solo, Pool, and Liquid Staking
25m
quiz
2
Ethereum Validators: Attestations and Block Proposals
22m
quiz
3
MEV: Maximal Extractable Value and Its Ecosystem
30m
quiz
4
Liquid Staking Tokens: Lido, Rocket Pool, Coinbase cbETH
25m
quiz
5
EigenLayer and Restaking: Extending Security
22m
quiz

Topics Covered

Infrastructure
Blockchain