Avalanche
The shortest path to your own chain — and that shortcut's hidden price.
The fast-deployment track: an application L1 exists within minutes. The curriculum insists precisely on what that speed hides — the validator set still has to be assembled, funded and sustained.
It also covers deep execution customisation, up to writing a bespoke virtual machine.
The track that reaches a production network fastest, and is most explicit about what speed does not settle.
- workshops
- 20
- taught hours
- 72
- Track lead
- Avalanche Lead Architect
Modules
Architecture and consensus
Primary network, specialised chains, agreement by repeated sampling.
Deploying and configuring an L1
Tooling, genesis, precompiles, fee economics and permissions.
Validators, applications and virtual machines
Assembling the validator set, shipping an application, then leaving the EVM model behind.
Messaging, operations and security
Linking two L1s, running validators, monitoring, auditing and shipping.
Capstone
An application L1 in service
Deliver a configured, validated, monitored L1 carrying a real application and linked to a second chain.
- 01L1 reproduced by another team from the versioned configuration
- 02Application demonstrated in real use
- 03Cross-chain exchange executed before the panel
The other tracks
FOUND
Foundation
20 workshops
DOT
Polkadot
12 workshops
SUB
Substrate / Polkadot SDK
18 workshops
COSMOS
Cosmos SDK
25 workshops
TIA
Celestia and modular blockchains
20 workshops
XCHAIN
Interoperable systems engineering
15 workshops
SEC
Blockchain security
15 workshops
OPS
Blockchain infrastructure and DevOps
15 workshops
ARCH
Blockchain architecture
10 workshops