About This Course

Before you dive in a few things worth knowing about where this course came from and who made it.

Curated and assembled by

Peter Farbey Academy Architect and Web3Privacy Now core.

This course grew out of a genuine frustration with the gap between what web3 claims to stand for and what most of it actually builds. The goal was simple: give developers a sharper way to think about that gap — and something practical to do with it.

The framework behind the course

The Unlock / Mission / Shift framework — the conceptual spine of this course — was originated by Kassandra. The idea that technical possibility alone changes nothing, that it's the Mission which converts potential into real transformation, is hers. Everything built here stands on that foundation.

Voices and ideas we built on

This course draws directly on the thinking of people doing some of the most important work in this space. Their videos are woven into the lessons — not as decoration, but because their ideas are genuinely part of the argument.

Kurt Opsahl — on builder responsibility and the ethics of what we ship.

Nick Almond — on Mission, community, and what it actually means to build toward freedom.

Lefteris Karapetsas — on the real cost of building privacy-aligned products and why it matters.

Andy Guzman — on privacy by default and what it means to build it into infrastructure from the start.

Brewster Kahle — on what we lose when the open web closes — and why it's worth fighting for.

Conscious Engineering 101 is part of the Web3Privacy Now Academy — a community-driven educational space built by and for people who think the technology should serve people, not the other way around.