Token Vaults in the USB-C Era
It’s hard to ignore the fact that DeFi continues to be a significant use case for blockchain. As of this writing, DeFi protocols have over $58 billion in value locked, known as TVL (total value locked). This value comes in the way of digital assets, such as tokens. This continued demand in DeFi protocols highlights the need for standards like ERC-4626, crucial for ensuring consistency. In this article, I share my learnings and thoughts around ERC-4626, a standardization for tokenized vaults. ...
Token Vaults in the USB-C Era
It’s hard to ignore the fact that DeFi continues to be a significant use case for blockchain. As of this writing, DeFi protocols have over $58 billion in value locked, known as TVL (total value locked). This value comes in the way of digital assets, such as tokens. This continued demand in DeFi protocols highlights the need for standards like ERC-4626, crucial for ensuring consistency. In this article, I share my learnings and thoughts around ERC-4626, a standardization for tokenized vaults. ...
An Unfinished Guide to ZK Rollups pt 1
Huge thanks to Cat McGee for serving as my sounding board while I navigated through these intricate ideas. You've been an incredible support. And Raza, you're awesome. Your readiness to assist and your generosity with resources are deeply appreciated. This week, I wanted to build a token transfer dapp to demonstrate how to send assets from a Layer 2 (L2) to a Layer 1 (L1). I would compare an optimistic rollup with a zero knowledge (ZK) rollup but, as I was thinking about it more, it...
An Unfinished Guide to ZK Rollups pt 1
Huge thanks to Cat McGee for serving as my sounding board while I navigated through these intricate ideas. You've been an incredible support. And Raza, you're awesome. Your readiness to assist and your generosity with resources are deeply appreciated. This week, I wanted to build a token transfer dapp to demonstrate how to send assets from a Layer 2 (L2) to a Layer 1 (L1). I would compare an optimistic rollup with a zero knowledge (ZK) rollup but, as I was thinking about it more, it...
Everything I learned about L2s in 27 Hours
I want to express my gratitude to Cat McGee for her insightful review and to Tony Olendo for clarifying the more complex aspects. A few months ago, Vitalik published "The Three Transitions", which can be seen as a survival guide for Ethereum, focusing on scaling, security, privacy, and user experience. The crux of the narrative is that if Ethereum doesn't address its issues while enhancing user experience, its ngmi. In this article, we delve into Layer 2 solutions (L2s) which aim to reme...
Everything I learned about L2s in 27 Hours
I want to express my gratitude to Cat McGee for her insightful review and to Tony Olendo for clarifying the more complex aspects. A few months ago, Vitalik published "The Three Transitions", which can be seen as a survival guide for Ethereum, focusing on scaling, security, privacy, and user experience. The crux of the narrative is that if Ethereum doesn't address its issues while enhancing user experience, its ngmi. In this article, we delve into Layer 2 solutions (L2s) which aim to reme...
An incomplete guide to The Three Transitions
Here is my attempt to distill Vitalik’s Three Transitions. I’d like to begin by thanking Raza for pushing me to finish this post. I had decided to not post this due to my lack of understanding of some of the complex topics discussed in the original paper, so thank you for giving me the push I needed. This had been written to the best of my understanding, so if anything is incorrect, kindly comment to not just educate me, but anyone who decides to read this. If you haven’t already read the blo...
An incomplete guide to The Three Transitions
Here is my attempt to distill Vitalik’s Three Transitions. I’d like to begin by thanking Raza for pushing me to finish this post. I had decided to not post this due to my lack of understanding of some of the complex topics discussed in the original paper, so thank you for giving me the push I needed. This had been written to the best of my understanding, so if anything is incorrect, kindly comment to not just educate me, but anyone who decides to read this. If you haven’t already read the blo...
Confessions of a DevRel #002
Why are you here?Update: two weeks ago This week started off rough. I had taken Friday off, and Monday was spent catching up on all the Slack threads, Discord, and Telegram messages. I was stressed out because it felt like the stack of requests was just increasing faster than I was finishing tasks. I decided to go for a walk, and while on the walk, I read that one of the engineers on the team had put together a really nice tech guide. My stomach started turning with slight panic. Why did it t...
Confessions of a DevRel #002
Why are you here?Update: two weeks ago This week started off rough. I had taken Friday off, and Monday was spent catching up on all the Slack threads, Discord, and Telegram messages. I was stressed out because it felt like the stack of requests was just increasing faster than I was finishing tasks. I decided to go for a walk, and while on the walk, I read that one of the engineers on the team had put together a really nice tech guide. My stomach started turning with slight panic. Why did it t...
