Privacy is foundational to the spirit of crypto. It’s a core piece to the puzzle surrounding the self-sovereignty of your digital assets. People need protection in this new realm of finance, especially considering the scale at which founders are transitioning their companies and projects to DAOs. With lots of buzz earlier this year surrounding DeFi privacy projects, let’s take a look into one of the largest privacy solutions on Ethereum today: Tornado Cash. Tornado Cash is the non-custodial s...

Privacy is foundational to the spirit of crypto. It’s a core piece to the puzzle surrounding the self-sovereignty of your digital assets. People need protection in this new realm of finance, especially considering the scale at which founders are transitioning their companies and projects to DAOs. With lots of buzz earlier this year surrounding DeFi privacy projects, let’s take a look into one of the largest privacy solutions on Ethereum today: Tornado Cash. Tornado Cash is the non-custodial s...

Ethereum Mainnet will merge with The Beacon Chain to upgrade Ethereum’s current proof-of-work consensus mechanism (PoW; mining) with proof-of-stake (PoS; staking). It’s designed to have minimal impact on how Ethereum operates for end-users, smart contracts, and decentralized applications (Bieko 2021). The Merge is expected to take place in Q2 2022— likely May or June. The Ethereum community is gassed up; this tentative deadline instills some positive expectations. But knowing Ethereum, and kn...

Ethereum Mainnet will merge with The Beacon Chain to upgrade Ethereum’s current proof-of-work consensus mechanism (PoW; mining) with proof-of-stake (PoS; staking). It’s designed to have minimal impact on how Ethereum operates for end-users, smart contracts, and decentralized applications (Bieko 2021). The Merge is expected to take place in Q2 2022— likely May or June. The Ethereum community is gassed up; this tentative deadline instills some positive expectations. But knowing Ethereum, and kn...

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ultra-scalable-ethereum?s=rCould this be blockchain’s “David and Goliath?” Sort of. While it isn’t a fight to the death, it is a proving contest between core development communities for the title of cryptocurrency’s best, hardest, soundest money. The battle pits monolithic examples like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain against modular examples like Ethereum’s future modular PoS. Crypto is currently dominated by monolithic blockchains. Mono...

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ultra-scalable-ethereum?s=rCould this be blockchain’s “David and Goliath?” Sort of. While it isn’t a fight to the death, it is a proving contest between core development communities for the title of cryptocurrency’s best, hardest, soundest money. The battle pits monolithic examples like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain against modular examples like Ethereum’s future modular PoS. Crypto is currently dominated by monolithic blockchains. Mono...

https://www.protocol.com/ipfs-new-internetSatire or sarcasm as design is gigabrain signaling. In crypto, it’s how designers pay ironic tribute to the original web. Crypto dApps offering this design alongside traditional finance-related services such as lending and borrowing provide a comforting, nostalgic user experience, conveying a sense of familiarity that users can easily digest. 👾 The design industry’s latest trend is mixing retro 70s design textures and typography with 90s design layou...

https://www.protocol.com/ipfs-new-internetSatire or sarcasm as design is gigabrain signaling. In crypto, it’s how designers pay ironic tribute to the original web. Crypto dApps offering this design alongside traditional finance-related services such as lending and borrowing provide a comforting, nostalgic user experience, conveying a sense of familiarity that users can easily digest. 👾 The design industry’s latest trend is mixing retro 70s design textures and typography with 90s design layou...

https://arbitrum.io/Let’s keep the Layer 2 conversation rollin’ 😏 with Arbitrum. Built by Offchain Labs, Arbitrum believes they are the ideal scaling solution for any Ethereum contract. Instead of using ZK-Rollups, Arbitrum uses Optimistic Rollups technology. Arbitrum One mainnet first opened beta to developers on May 28, 2021. After it fair launched to the general public on August 31, the team announced they were happy to provide gas relief to the Ethereum network. Founders Steven Goldfeder...

https://arbitrum.io/Let’s keep the Layer 2 conversation rollin’ 😏 with Arbitrum. Built by Offchain Labs, Arbitrum believes they are the ideal scaling solution for any Ethereum contract. Instead of using ZK-Rollups, Arbitrum uses Optimistic Rollups technology. Arbitrum One mainnet first opened beta to developers on May 28, 2021. After it fair launched to the general public on August 31, the team announced they were happy to provide gas relief to the Ethereum network. Founders Steven Goldfeder...

FantomIn recent years, one of the main concerns in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space has been the scalability and performance of Ethereum amidst the prolonged transition to ETH 2.0. As a result, several Layer 1s have emerged, such as BSC, Avalanche, Solana, and Fantom — all of which are trying to prove that they are the most compatible and highest performing alternative Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains. Let’s focus on Fantom, deemed a high-throughput open-source smart contract platf...

FantomIn recent years, one of the main concerns in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space has been the scalability and performance of Ethereum amidst the prolonged transition to ETH 2.0. As a result, several Layer 1s have emerged, such as BSC, Avalanche, Solana, and Fantom — all of which are trying to prove that they are the most compatible and highest performing alternative Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains. Let’s focus on Fantom, deemed a high-throughput open-source smart contract platf...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. - John Gall, Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They FailLeft Curve Hard QuestionWe’ve been trying to answer the question “what is a DAO?”. Sounds like a dumb question at face value. Our team has been working and building in the crypto space ...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. - John Gall, Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They FailLeft Curve Hard QuestionWe’ve been trying to answer the question “what is a DAO?”. Sounds like a dumb question at face value. Our team has been working and building in the crypto space ...

Wen ETH 2.0? Doesn’t matter. Layer 2s don’t mind. They are busy working to help ETH achieve 100k transactions per second. As we wait for ETH 2.0, compatible Layer 1s and Layer 2s are competing for market share through usage and TVL. What’s their crypto purpose in the interim? The short answer is scalability, increasing the capacity of the ETH blockchain to handle transaction volume. StarkNet is a Layer 2 solution that’s been a quiet yet highly viable contender to make this happen. We’ll look ...

Wen ETH 2.0? Doesn’t matter. Layer 2s don’t mind. They are busy working to help ETH achieve 100k transactions per second. As we wait for ETH 2.0, compatible Layer 1s and Layer 2s are competing for market share through usage and TVL. What’s their crypto purpose in the interim? The short answer is scalability, increasing the capacity of the ETH blockchain to handle transaction volume. StarkNet is a Layer 2 solution that’s been a quiet yet highly viable contender to make this happen. We’ll look ...