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Top 5 Places to Learn Smart Contract Development (Solidity!) - Cyfrin Updraft - My YouTube :) - Speed Run Ethereum - Alchemy University - Rare Skillz

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Zuby Oha2 years ago

@CyfrinUpdraft has everything needed to succeed as a smart contract developer and much more.

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Manish.eth2 years ago

The goat 🐐💯🚀

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Cube || مكعب2 years ago

@RareSkills_io are awesome and such an amazing resource, I really enjoyed all thier deep dives..

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Shrey Jhade2 years ago

Patrick Collins === Solidity Course 💀💀

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S kokkiligadda2 years ago

Only @CyfrinUpdraft for me

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Kenn.eth2 years ago

Completed Alchemy. Enrolled at Updraft

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Sarthi.eth2 years ago

Updraft it is 🚀

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Saul🤟🏾2 years ago

Also @buidlguidl and @austingriffith

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Fabbaist.box2 years ago

You forgot @encodeclub ... @MatheusPagani77 and @extropyLaurence taught me a ton across multiple solidity and ZK bootcamps

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Thank you Patrick, you inspire the junior devs here so much.

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