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For the past 1.5 years at StartupRad, I’ve been deep in the world of Web3 — talking to founders, exploring partnerships, tracking market trends. But at some point, I realized something uncomfortable:
I could pitch Web3, but I couldn’t truly explain how it worked.
That’s when I challenged myself to go beyond the deck and into the code. Not to become a Solidity developer — but to understand the architecture I was building partnerships around.
? First Stop: Smart Contracts 101 (For Non-Devs)
I started with the basics. Wrote a “Hello Web3” contract. Fumbled my way through Remix, then migrated to Hardhat. The first time I paid gas fees from a wallet I created myself? Magic.
What I discovered:
Smart contracts are not hard to understand (if you stop fearing them).
You don’t need to be a dev to deploy a testnet contract.
It’s much easier to build trust in what you're selling when you've used it.
? Connecting With Real Use Cases
One of my favorite exercises was building a tiny contract for user rewards — a basic loyalty system using ERC-20 logic. Simple, but it made all the difference when I later sat with a DeFi project looking for growth partners.
Instead of asking, “So how do your contracts work?”
I was asking, “Are you tracking wallet activity off-chain or on-chain before your airdrop triggers?”
Totally different energy.
Where WhiteBIT Fit In
During this process, I leaned on WhiteBIT as a go-to resource — not just for trading, but for watching how new tokens were listed and gaining traction.
Their clean interface and transparent launch processes helped me understand how projects mature from idea → code → listing → real adoption.
As a biz dev, seeing that pipeline gave me new language and credibility in strategic calls.
? The Big Lesson
Web3 partnerships work best when both sides speak the same language.
If you're a business development professional in crypto and haven’t played with contracts, wallets, or basic chain logic — you’re missing half the story.
Go build. Even just a little. Your pitch will never be the same again.
I could pitch Web3, but I couldn’t truly explain how it worked.
That’s when I challenged myself to go beyond the deck and into the code. Not to become a Solidity developer — but to understand the architecture I was building partnerships around.
? First Stop: Smart Contracts 101 (For Non-Devs)
I started with the basics. Wrote a “Hello Web3” contract. Fumbled my way through Remix, then migrated to Hardhat. The first time I paid gas fees from a wallet I created myself? Magic.
What I discovered:
Smart contracts are not hard to understand (if you stop fearing them).
You don’t need to be a dev to deploy a testnet contract.
It’s much easier to build trust in what you're selling when you've used it.
? Connecting With Real Use Cases
One of my favorite exercises was building a tiny contract for user rewards — a basic loyalty system using ERC-20 logic. Simple, but it made all the difference when I later sat with a DeFi project looking for growth partners.
Instead of asking, “So how do your contracts work?”
I was asking, “Are you tracking wallet activity off-chain or on-chain before your airdrop triggers?”
Totally different energy.
Where WhiteBIT Fit InDuring this process, I leaned on WhiteBIT as a go-to resource — not just for trading, but for watching how new tokens were listed and gaining traction.
Their clean interface and transparent launch processes helped me understand how projects mature from idea → code → listing → real adoption.
As a biz dev, seeing that pipeline gave me new language and credibility in strategic calls.
? The Big Lesson
Web3 partnerships work best when both sides speak the same language.
If you're a business development professional in crypto and haven’t played with contracts, wallets, or basic chain logic — you’re missing half the story.
Go build. Even just a little. Your pitch will never be the same again.