Oh boy, I can’t wait to talk about this. There is an underground market for all the transactions that people wanna send to the blockchain. And it’s not like a small fry contraband buy-and-sell sidewalk kind of market. No, it iz HUGE. Every single transaction ever made has to pass through it before they get verified in the blockchain. And people are earning billions of dollars from reading your transactions before they’re executed. This humongous underground market is akin to a Dark Forest bec...

Oh boy, I can’t wait to talk about this. There is an underground market for all the transactions that people wanna send to the blockchain. And it’s not like a small fry contraband buy-and-sell sidewalk kind of market. No, it iz HUGE. Every single transaction ever made has to pass through it before they get verified in the blockchain. And people are earning billions of dollars from reading your transactions before they’re executed. This humongous underground market is akin to a Dark Forest bec...

As promised, I am writing a condensed tutorial for da devs about making a subgraph. If you’re not sure what this is all about, please read my previous post on why this is so important. Ok, now we got that sorted out, here’s the tech we’ll use for the tutorial. If you don’t know some of these, that’s okay because I don’t either. The code is pretty easy to read and as long as you can figure what’s going on, then hop in coz dis is gonna be fun:Graph CLIAssemblyScript (a variant of Typescript)Gra...

As promised, I am writing a condensed tutorial for da devs about making a subgraph. If you’re not sure what this is all about, please read my previous post on why this is so important. Ok, now we got that sorted out, here’s the tech we’ll use for the tutorial. If you don’t know some of these, that’s okay because I don’t either. The code is pretty easy to read and as long as you can figure what’s going on, then hop in coz dis is gonna be fun:Graph CLIAssemblyScript (a variant of Typescript)Gra...

So, this happened. Two folks asked Danki if we could create a publication for Filipino DeFi enthusiasts. And those two ‘folks’ happened to be THE Walter Boo and Kristian Quirapas of Web3 Philippines. The idea iz already yummy as a sundae on our 35°C sweltering weather, but the cherry on top is better: we three are all writing for you, frens. Three columns from three people with different and reliable expertise, all in one publication. Danki can’t contain it, I hab to tap dance 100x faster 🐴✨...

So, this happened. Two folks asked Danki if we could create a publication for Filipino DeFi enthusiasts. And those two ‘folks’ happened to be THE Walter Boo and Kristian Quirapas of Web3 Philippines. The idea iz already yummy as a sundae on our 35°C sweltering weather, but the cherry on top is better: we three are all writing for you, frens. Three columns from three people with different and reliable expertise, all in one publication. Danki can’t contain it, I hab to tap dance 100x faster 🐴✨...

Danki iz in a crossroad right now. At the time it looks like I’m in the perfect spot to be a bridge. Em smart enough to build and fully understand what’s going on the cryptoverse but em also dumb enough to only talk about it using relatable human language. And maybe dat is how I got you, my few handful of subscriber frends. That, or you enjoy seeing me make awkward metaphors about an obscure, super niche subject that my mom would never understand. But here’s where being a bridge gets tricky: ...

Danki iz in a crossroad right now. At the time it looks like I’m in the perfect spot to be a bridge. Em smart enough to build and fully understand what’s going on the cryptoverse but em also dumb enough to only talk about it using relatable human language. And maybe dat is how I got you, my few handful of subscriber frends. That, or you enjoy seeing me make awkward metaphors about an obscure, super niche subject that my mom would never understand. But here’s where being a bridge gets tricky: ...

Warning: pettiness ensues. Serious people really shouldn’t read beyond the asterisks. ****** There seems to be a pecking order of coolness in programming languages. For instance, Python is at the top of the totem Rust and Ruby is smug along with Python, trashing Javascript Javascript, Java, Swift, and C++ are humble but are actually the ones powering most of web2 And everybody trashes PHP. Why am I saying this? Because after 8 hours of trying to debug my code, I em now insecure about my skill...

Warning: pettiness ensues. Serious people really shouldn’t read beyond the asterisks. ****** There seems to be a pecking order of coolness in programming languages. For instance, Python is at the top of the totem Rust and Ruby is smug along with Python, trashing Javascript Javascript, Java, Swift, and C++ are humble but are actually the ones powering most of web2 And everybody trashes PHP. Why am I saying this? Because after 8 hours of trying to debug my code, I em now insecure about my skill...

I’ve been avoiding to write about ZK-Proofs for the longest time because I don’t like giving that kindergarten “Where’s Waldo” explanation that’s already been repeated athousandtimes over on the internet. Danki didn’t write this blog for children. I wrote it to find smart and curious frens who are interested to go beyond surface-level knowledge. But fine, let’s get this over with so you don’t have to google anymore: How does someone prove that Waldo iz in this picture without revealing where ...

I’ve been avoiding to write about ZK-Proofs for the longest time because I don’t like giving that kindergarten “Where’s Waldo” explanation that’s already been repeated athousandtimes over on the internet. Danki didn’t write this blog for children. I wrote it to find smart and curious frens who are interested to go beyond surface-level knowledge. But fine, let’s get this over with so you don’t have to google anymore: How does someone prove that Waldo iz in this picture without revealing where ...

Where were we… ah yes, Fiat Shamir Transformation. Anyway from dis point on we’ll probably have less Marites and more cryptography, because I want my frens to know wat these things are called in the actual ZK world. So lezgow.Fiat-Shamir Transformation in DetailAs I sed, ZK-SNARKs make use of a trusted setup as their verifier. And that a trusted setup is an algorithm that looks like dis:Screenshot taken from WikipediaNow, there are two things you can note about this: First is that the trusted...

Where were we… ah yes, Fiat Shamir Transformation. Anyway from dis point on we’ll probably have less Marites and more cryptography, because I want my frens to know wat these things are called in the actual ZK world. So lezgow.Fiat-Shamir Transformation in DetailAs I sed, ZK-SNARKs make use of a trusted setup as their verifier. And that a trusted setup is an algorithm that looks like dis:Screenshot taken from WikipediaNow, there are two things you can note about this: First is that the trusted...

Standing before Danki today are ghosts of the audit reports I haven’t read and dat job hunt I’ve been meaning to do for weeks now… but in the name of mighty procrastination, let’s write something totally fun but completely unrelated to everything I needed to do: ZK maths frens. If you have no idea what this is all about and why danki is so happy as my hooves type dis post, then check out Part I. But if you’re too lazy to click… ZKP or Zero Knowledge Proofs is a cryptographic mechanism that al...

Standing before Danki today are ghosts of the audit reports I haven’t read and dat job hunt I’ve been meaning to do for weeks now… but in the name of mighty procrastination, let’s write something totally fun but completely unrelated to everything I needed to do: ZK maths frens. If you have no idea what this is all about and why danki is so happy as my hooves type dis post, then check out Part I. But if you’re too lazy to click… ZKP or Zero Knowledge Proofs is a cryptographic mechanism that al...

Almost everyone I know in Web3 wants to build a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). And I can’t blame them, DAO makes it sound like you can run an organization in automation. Like you just have to build a DAO and the crowd will magically take care of itself. Ahh, the wonders of ✨blockchain✨ technology. But fren, das not how it works. If anything, a DAO can be more confusing and more complex to run than your typical brick-and-mortar organization. A DAO is simply a means to distribute ...

Almost everyone I know in Web3 wants to build a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). And I can’t blame them, DAO makes it sound like you can run an organization in automation. Like you just have to build a DAO and the crowd will magically take care of itself. Ahh, the wonders of ✨blockchain✨ technology. But fren, das not how it works. If anything, a DAO can be more confusing and more complex to run than your typical brick-and-mortar organization. A DAO is simply a means to distribute ...

I took a vacation. Well, not really. I was reading codebases everyday and practically lost track of the days. And the further I went, the harder it was to explain what the hekk iz Danki up to. I was already deep into Curve’s Stableswap Equation when I realized that almost a week has already passed. So here I am frens, doing my best attempt to catch you up. Now the story. It all started with Constant Product Market Makers…The Most Basic Type of SwapIf you’re swapping your USDT for ETH on say, ...

I took a vacation. Well, not really. I was reading codebases everyday and practically lost track of the days. And the further I went, the harder it was to explain what the hekk iz Danki up to. I was already deep into Curve’s Stableswap Equation when I realized that almost a week has already passed. So here I am frens, doing my best attempt to catch you up. Now the story. It all started with Constant Product Market Makers…The Most Basic Type of SwapIf you’re swapping your USDT for ETH on say, ...