Balancer Academy consists of two pillars: education and research. The home of Balancer Academy is balancer.academy. Everything in our ecosystem is created by volunteers and members of our Community Driven Organization (some call it DAO, but we find the term loaded). If you would like to help, submit a proposal in Grants&Bounties section and join our Discord. If you found a bug in the course content - let us know on Discord!
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[Research](<https://verbose-wisteria-fe5.notion.site/Balancer-Academy-6d92d26b3e1d478d8d2a90eaa6c539cb>)
This is a series of free mini-courses open to anyone who wants to learn more about DeFi and Balancer Protocol. Each course is thought of as a separate part, and you do not need to take them in order neither do you have to take all of them. Each course is a mix of lectures, articles, video tutorials, etc. Some include a suggested assignment, and each finishes with a quiz, that should help you assess your knowledge.
Intro to DeFi
Tooling - dApps, Wallets etc
What is DeFi
Major DeFi Projects
The stack - DEX, Stablecoins, AMMs, Synthetics, Insurance etc
Real World Assets on the Blockchain
Intro to Balancer
Defi Hedgefunds
Basics of Balancer Protocol - Liquidity Pools, LBPs, Swaps, Fees etc
Balancer Community and Tools
Trading on Balancer
Investing on Balancer
Creating Pools
Governance
Strategies
Deeper into the Protocol
Maths
Curves
Smart Contracts
Asset Managers
Flash loans
Building using Balancer - what’s already there, inspirations
Expanding the Protocol
Bugs - spotting, submitting fixes etc
Implementing features
Reviewing PRs
Becoming a maintainer
The second pillar of Balancer Academy is research. No noteworthy project can be run without a strong support from those who dare and experiment. Balancer Protocol aims to become the primary source of liquidity. How? Well, definitely by just existing. We have a generous Grant program, for researchers, so please let the Governors know that you have an idea. If you are looking for inspiration, these topics seem relevant and important today (updated Q2 2021)