# Beginner

- [Overview](/guides/beginner/overview.md): This section will focus on introducing you to the main ideas and what we are ultimately trying to accomplish here at DecentrAgora. The lessons in this section are ideal for beginners.
- [Lessons](/guides/beginner/lessons.md): Welcome to the beginning! This is where all the topics of the Cypher Lexicon will get covered before advancing on to more hefty subjects!
- [Technology](/guides/beginner/lessons/technology.md): Here we are going to focus on the technology aspects and help you better understand the different components that help make web3 what it is today and hopefully improve in the future.
- [The Web](/guides/beginner/lessons/the-web.md): A glorious distributed network for all of humanity to communicate.
- [Overview](/guides/beginner/lessons/the-web/overview.md): This will be going into detail about the history of the web and how it has impacted us as a society as a whole throughout history. The different periods that they went through and where we sit today.
- [History](/guides/beginner/lessons/the-web/history.md): The internet is a global network of computers that allows people to share information and communicate with each other
- [Uses](/guides/beginner/lessons/the-web/uses.md)
- [Web1](/guides/beginner/lessons/the-web/web1.md): The genesis of the internet.
- [Web2](/guides/beginner/lessons/the-web/web2.md): Our current state of digital affairs— the modus operandi of the internet.
- [Web3](/guides/beginner/lessons/the-web/web3.md): The next step in a secure, efficient, transparent and decentralized internet.
- [Cryptography](/guides/beginner/lessons/cryptography.md): A mathematical method for securing communications or data between one or more parties.
- [Overview](/guides/beginner/lessons/cryptography/overview.md): Cryptography uses mathematical algorithms to encode and decode data.
- [History](/guides/beginner/lessons/cryptography/history.md)
- [Uses](/guides/beginner/lessons/cryptography/uses.md): Cryptography is used in a variety of applications, including email, file sharing, blockchain, and secure communication.
- [Cypherpunks](/guides/beginner/lessons/cryptography/cypherpunks.md): The Cypherpunks are a group of activists who were concerned about the lack of privacy in the digital world.
- [Distributed Ledgers](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme.md): Distributed ledger technology aka blockchains widely use cryptocurrencies and rely on cryptography for secure operation.
- [Overview](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme/overview.md)
- [Uses](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme/uses.md): Giving you a look and explaining the different ways that you as a user will be able to take advantage of distributed ledger technology
- [Private Chain](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme/private-chain.md): Digital ledger technology in a private environment.
- [Cryptocurrency](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme/cryptocurrency.md): Charon takes cryptographically protected money
- [PoW Chains](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme/pow-chains.md)
- [PoS Chains](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme/pos-chains.md)
- [Public Chain](/guides/beginner/lessons/readme/public-chain.md)
- [Economics](/guides/beginner/lessons/economics.md)
- [TradFi](/guides/beginner/lessons/economics/tradfi.md): Topics found in Web3 that stem from traditional finance.
- [Modern Monetary Theory](/guides/beginner/lessons/economics/tradfi/modern-monetary-theory.md): Portions of the economics driving Web3 are derived from modern monetary theory.
- [Centralized Exchange](/guides/beginner/lessons/economics/tradfi/modern-monetary-theory/centralized-exchange.md): One of the most important tools for users when it comes to transacting.
- [DeFi](/guides/beginner/lessons/economics/defi.md): By harnessing the power of blockchains and autonomous smart contracts Web3 is powered by decentralized finance.
- [Decentralized Exchange](/guides/beginner/lessons/economics/defi/decentralized-exchange.md): Will be going through in detail what exactly are DEX's and what role they play when it comes to the web3 world.
- [Automated Market Makers](/guides/beginner/lessons/economics/defi/automated-market-makers.md): An Automated Market Maker (AMM) is a system that automatically facilitates buy & sell orders on a decentralized exchange.
- [Summary](/guides/beginner/summary.md)