Resources
Learn blockchain and on-chain payments
Start from the ground up
Guides on ledgers, stablecoins and DeFi
Foundations
Ledgers, keys and contracts: the vocabulary every other guide builds on.
- 5 min read
Blockchain Basics: How a Shared Ledger Works
A shared ledger that many computers keep in step, and why that matters for money.
Read the guide - 5 min read
Smart Contract Basics: Programs on the Ledger
Programs that live on the ledger and move value according to rules everyone can read.
Read the guide
Payments
How money moves between people and countries once both sides read one ledger.
- 6 min read
Cross-Border Payments on a Blockchain, Step by Step
Why sending money abroad is slow today, and what changes when both sides read the same ledger.
Read the guide - 5 min read
Crypto On-Ramps and Off-Ramps: What an Anchor Does
The businesses that turn local money into tokens and back, and what a good one looks like.
Read the guide - 4 min read
What Is a Stablecoin? Reserves and Redemption
Tokens that track a currency, and the reserve behind them.
Read the guide
DeFi
Markets run by code: pooled lending, collateral and the prices contracts rely on.
Network
What the chain underneath Gleo does, and what a transaction actually costs.
Learn by doing
Read a guide, then try it live
The quickest way to understand a stablecoin transfer is to make one. Send a few cents of USDG to a friend, then watch the block that carries it arrive on the network panel.
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Fresh notes from the people building Gleo
Design decisions, release notes and the reasoning behind them live on the Gleo blog.