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The things nobody tells you. 13 real failures from shipped projects, organized by category.

Track 1 · Solidity Systems·Module 4 · Evolutionary Voting·[Architectural]

Storing a paragraph cost me $140 in gas

Track 2 · Full-Stack Web3·Module 4 · Why Redis Suddenly Appeared·[Technical]

I rebuilt Redis badly, three times

Track 2 · Full-Stack Web3·Module 5 · Why Indexing Appeared·[Architectural]

Without The Graph, every page load was a full chain scan

Track 1 · Solidity Systems·Module 4 · Evolutionary Voting·[Technical]

A simple loop that bricked our hackathon at 714 votes

Track 4 · Why Web3 UX Failed·Module 1 · Why Web3 UX Failed·[UX & Product]

Onboarding took 9 minutes out of a 10-minute demo

Track 4 · Why Web3 UX Failed·Module 1 · Why Web3 UX Failed·[Conceptual]

Why sending gas to a smart account contract instantly reverts

Track 1 · Solidity Systems·Module 3 · Deployment & Blockchain State·[Technical]

The Version Mismatch Nightmare

Track 0 · Blockchain Foundations·Module 3 · Networks & Storage·[Conceptual]

The Ganache Ghost Connection

Track 1 · Solidity Systems·Module 1 · Solidity Fundamentals·[Technical]

The Pragma Panic Attack

Track 0 · Blockchain Foundations·Module 4 · Wallets & Identity·[UX & Product]

The Private Key Copy-Paste Disaster

Track 1 · Solidity Systems·Module 3 · Deployment & Blockchain State·[Technical]

The Truffle Migration Confusion

Track 0 · Blockchain Foundations·Module 5 · Gas & Transactions·[Conceptual]

The Gas Estimation Black Hole

Track 1 · Solidity Systems·Module 3 · Deployment & Blockchain State·[Technical]

The ABI Import Hell