Somewhere between studying funding, volatility, liquidations, IV, and the Greeks…
I realised something important about myself:
I learn faster when I’m actually onchain.
For weeks I thought the concepts were hard because they were “advanced.”
But eventually I noticed the real problem, I was trying to understand behaviour without experiencing it.
That changed when I started practicing on Base.
Not trading big amounts.
Not chasing setups.
Just testing things in tiny increments, enough to see how the system reacts.
Here’s why it became part of my learning routine:
1. Transactions are fast
I don’t lose the moment.
If I’m watching IV spike or OI climb, I can react instantly.
2. Fees are light
Learning doesn’t feel expensive.
Mistakes don’t feel scary.
3. No friction
No failed transactions.
No thinking about gas for 10 minutes.
No “ay, sayang, the candle moved na.”
Suddenly, the ideas from my research work started landing in my brain with clarity.
My simple onchain learning ritual
Every day, I do three small things:
• Move a tiny amount of USDC
• Open or close a micro position
• Observe how the metrics react
OI rising?
Funding flipping?
IV spiking?
Delta shifting?
Vega waking up?
When you see these things happen instead of just reading about them,
you stop memorising, you start understanding.
It felt like finally hearing the melody behind the math.
Mom Analogy, Touching the pan
Teaching a kid to cook is funny.
You can explain oil heat, ingredients, timing… but they’ll never learn until they actually touch the pan.
That tiny “okay, ikaw na” moment is where everything clicks.
That’s what onchain learning became for me: not reading the recipe, but touching the pan.
Takeaway
Learning on Base didn’t make me a perfect trader.
It made me a present learner.
It removed the friction so I could focus on concepts, not logistics.
And today, on Day 49, it finally hit me:
I’m not just learning crypto anymore.
I’m understanding it.
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