At their heart, blockchains are trust machines. Evaluating trust, let alone a chain’s performance, is not a routine task. Amongst the many tools used to quickly evaluate a chain’s performance,…
De-Risking DeFi: Analyzing Systemic Risk in Decentralized Systems
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to avoiding financial catastrophes. Systemic risk can only be partially handled in an unpredictable society. Economic conditions, technology, and human behavior all vary over time,…
The Zero Knowledge Frontier: On SNARKs, STARKs, and Future Applications
Jump to: Why ZK Proofs Matter ZK Protocols Current Applications Future Applications “I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing” – Socrates There has been a lot…
Private Airdrops – A Framework for Zero-Knowledge Privacy
Jump to: Airdrops Explained The Problem The Solution Crucial to the development of early projects, airdrops grant a promise that’s as old as civilization itself: start early and invest in…
Subnets: Avalanche’s Scaling Solution
Avalanche’s success and meteoric growth has been no secret. Early, the team distinguished themselves through the introduction of a new consensus protocol – Snow*. This novel architecture combines the best…
Replicated Market Makers: Oracle-Free DeFi
TL;DR: Easy, efficient, secure, and oracle-free covered calls in DeFi. Brought to you by Replicated Market Makers. If there’s one thing that is of tantamount importance to the survival of…
Danksharding: Ethereum’s Scalability Killer
Following up my last piece (where I discussed the role sharding is playing in solving decentralized scaling), it’s time to discuss a novel model that could be the savior of…
Solving the Blockchain Trilemma: On Scaling Challenges and their Solutions
Jump To: On-Chain Solutions, Off-Chain Solutions Evaluations of L2s Highlighted Projects Build Bigger. Build Better. Build Faster. These three tenets challenged humanity to pioneer forward, and have dictated the pace of…