c3phas

most people don’t fail to learn web 3 security. They fail to decide. 1) dude, make working 2-4 hours rational, not romantic. Love of the stuff gets you started; logic keeps you in the game. Pick one thing, (e.g Solana and Rust, solidity + EVM) and one outcome (find 1 real bug in a public repo). stop everything else. I did that 1 year ago. 2) failing is part of our job. “No idea” “no time” “No money” “No mentor,” “No confidence.” cool. AnticiPate it, plan around it, keep moving. 3) kill the five excuses Time: You don’t need more hours; you need fewer distractions. Do 60 minutes/day, timer on, phone in another room. grow from there. money: Free repos, free write-ups, free CTFs exist. Pay later if you want speed; start now regardless. Check Solodit, Rareskills, Cyfrin Updraft.... etc Fit: “I’m not technical enough.” You will be technical, bro, after 20 focused sessions. Not before. dig deep first. Authority: Stop asking the timeline for permission. Ask for feedback after you ship a PoC. Avoidance: “I’ll think about it.” No. Decide: 30-day sprint, or don’t do it at all. 4) learn like a small boy every bug starts as a dumb question: “What happens if this state flips between calls?” Keep asking until the code taps out. 5) record everything. screen-record audits. Hot streaks have patterns (where you paused, what you probed). Rewatch your hot tape. iterate. May be write in a book or a journal on the wall. 6) build the trust bridge (with yourself) Do you believe this process will make you better? Do you trust your plan enough to execute it for 30 days? Do you believe it will work for you, not just for “smart people”? If any answer is “no,” fix that first; tools won’t save your doubt why do you want to be a security researcher? will you make more money to buy your mum her house? do you want to marry? do you want to own your car? whatever.. 7. direction > perfection. Your first wins are tiny: a failing test, a weird invariant, a reproducible edge case. stack them. Directionally right beats eternally waiting for “the perfect course.” 8) New identity, new priorities. You’re the kind of person who reads code daily, writes tests, and proves claims. Spend time/money accordingly. If it doesn’t move you toward “find 1 bug,” cut it. 9) Mini-playbook (30 days): Days 1-3, Environment + repo anatomy. Read one protocol end-to-end; map state variabless & trust boundaries. Days 4-10: Attack surface: auth, price oracles, reentrancy, rounding, share accounting, upgrade hooks. Write one failing test per vector. Days 11-20: Deep study 1 module. threat-model it. Try to break invariants. Document every failed attempt (gold for future you). Days 21-27: Pick one credible vulnerability pattern; hunt it across two more repos. Days 28–30: Package findings: minimal PoC, impact, fix suggestion, reproducibility. Publish or submit where appropriate. 10) Commit line (copy-paste this somewhere visible): “Indecision is a decision. I’m choosing progress for 30 days. One hour. Every day. No Excuses.” Just do the work and post your learnings. If it helps, you’ll know, because your code will start bleeding less. If you have any question my dm is open.