Blockchain

Blockchain is the underlying technology for almost all cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed ledger jointly maintained by decentralized nodes around the world. Blockchain is hailed as "the trust machine", enabling trustless peer-to-peer payments. Blockchain will become the infrastructure for the next generation of the Internet - Web 3.

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XRADERS: Consensus Transaction Insights Protocol
Intermediate

XRADERS: Consensus Transaction Insights Protocol

XRADERS is a decentralized expert curation platform built on the BSC chain, aimed at transforming how expert advice is shared and utilized within the trading and investment community. The platform provides reliable guidance for retail traders through its three core features: Guess2Earn, Expert Verification, and Vote&Earn. The Guess2Earn feature allows users to make percentage predictions on coin prices, simplifying the market judgment process and recording user performance on-chain as a measure of trading skill. The expert verification mechanism enables high-performing players to become platform experts, offering insights to a broader audience of traders. Through the voting mechanism, users can vote for experts, enhancing their visibility and competitiveness.
7/15/2024, 3:40:32 PM
Web3 Payment Explained: Global Payments’ Future
Intermediate

Web3 Payment Explained: Global Payments’ Future

Payments are a crucial scenario in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, with tens of thousands of cryptocurrency payments occurring both on-chain and off-chain every day. A new cryptocurrency often appreciates in value due to its practical use in payments, making payments an essential bridge connecting the Web2 and Web3 worlds. In recent years, traditional payment providers have been actively entering the Web3 payment space, launching products such as stablecoins and peer-to-peer transaction infrastructures. The driving forces behind this trend include the high profit potential of the cryptocurrency industry, intense competition and high operational costs in traditional payment businesses, and the payment advantages brought by new technologies. As more countries begin to regulate and legalize cryptocurrency payments, the prevalence of crypto payments will further increase. The development of blockchain technology and applications will further enhance the convenience, efficiency, and security of Web3 payment services
7/15/2024, 1:41:13 PM
A Deep Dive into Stablecoins: Models, Trends & Hong Kong
Intermediate

A Deep Dive into Stablecoins: Models, Trends & Hong Kong

Stablecoins are a significant presence in the cryptocurrency market. They are essentially defined as cryptocurrencies that are pegged to fiat currencies or other assets to achieve stable value. Currently, mainstream stablecoins are mainly distinguished based on the type of collateral and the degree of centralization in their issuance. Those backed by fiat currencies are mostly issued in a centralized manner and currently dominate the market. On the other hand, those backed by crypto assets or algorithmic stablecoins are mostly issued in a decentralized manner. Each category has its leading figures, and every stablecoin design framework has its advantages and disadvantages.
7/15/2024, 9:16:21 AM
SPL-404: Revolutionizing NFT and DeFi on Solana Integration
Intermediate

SPL-404: Revolutionizing NFT and DeFi on Solana Integration

SPL-404Token 標準是爲 Solana 區塊鏈提出的 Token 標準,盡管它可能尚未被廣泛認可,SPL-404 專注於優化效能、增強功能和促進互通性,在 Solana 生態系統內 DeFi、NFT 等領域與各種應用中充滿創新解決方案的潛力,有望爲一個強大且多功能的區塊鏈基礎設施做出貢獻。
7/15/2024, 8:50:41 AM
A Whirlwind Tour of Chain Abstraction
Advanced

A Whirlwind Tour of Chain Abstraction

鏈抽象化旨在簡化與鏈上金融互動的複雜性,將這些複雜性隱藏起來,讓終端用戶和開發者免於面對這些問題,鏈抽象的目標是讓開發者能夠快速、安全地建立鏈無關的應用程序,這些應用程式可以無縫地在所有 rollup 上運行,而無需擔心底層的執行複雜性,其願景是讓用戶能夠與去中心化應用程式交互,而不需要理解其背後的加密概念。其目的是消除所有技術複雜性,提供直覺的用戶體驗。
7/15/2024, 7:29:58 AM
State of Crypto+AI 2024
Intermediate

State of Crypto+AI 2024

This article provides an in-depth analysis of 67 Crypto+AI projects, categorizing them from the perspective of Generative AI (GenAI), and explores how cryptocurrency supports AI and its associated benefits.
7/15/2024, 5:40:31 AM
Exploring SocialFi: Solana Actions & Blinks vs. Ethereum Farcaster & Lens
Intermediate

Exploring SocialFi: Solana Actions & Blinks vs. Ethereum Farcaster & Lens

Solana and Dialect have jointly introduced the new Solana concept "Actions and Blinks," which enables one-click swap, voting, donations, minting, and other functions via a browser extension. This allows various operations and transactions to be executed efficiently, ensuring network consensus and consistency through time synchronization and sequential recording. The strategy is compared to Ethereum's Farcaster protocol and Solana's approach.
7/15/2024, 5:32:19 AM
Seven Emerging Trends in Crypto
Intermediate

Seven Emerging Trends in Crypto

This article explains that the cryptocurrency market is on the verge of significant changes. Despite current price volatility, the underlying mechanisms continue to operate, bringing new trends and opportunities.
7/14/2024, 6:38:50 PM
What is SatoshiVM? All You Need to Know About SAVM
Intermediate

What is SatoshiVM? All You Need to Know About SAVM

SatoshiVM is a decentralized Bitcoin ZK Rollup Layer 2 solution that employs the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) for off-chain computations like smart contracts and decentralized finance.
7/14/2024, 3:50:14 PM
AI x Crypto - Promises and Realities
Intermediate

AI x Crypto - Promises and Realities

AI+Crypto is one of the most notable frontier areas in the recent cryptocurrency market. This includes decentralized AI training, GPU DePINs, and censorship-resistant AI models. The main issue with AI training lies in the need for high-speed communication and coordination between GPUs, as neural networks require backpropagation during training. Introducing a decentralized network can significantly slow down the process due to increased network latency and bandwidth. This article also organizes solutions to the current challenges and provides examples of how the integration of cryptocurrency and AI can add significant value.
7/13/2024, 3:24:26 PM
Cryptonomicon: How it Heralded the Rise of Bitcoin
Beginner

Cryptonomicon: How it Heralded the Rise of Bitcoin

"Cryptonomicon" presents rich historical and technical details, attracting lots of readers while highlighting the importance of cryptographic technology in ensuring information security and personal privacy. Neal Stephenson and Bitcoin Foundation co-founder Peter Vessenes jointly founded Lamina1, aiming to create a truly open metaverse. By providing robust technical infrastructure, it allows users to seamlessly switch between different virtual worlds, enjoying a consistent digital experience and laying a solid foundation for the evolution of the Web3 ecosystem.
7/13/2024, 3:15:26 PM
Bluefin: Building High-Performance Sui DeFi (TGE Soon)
Intermediate

Bluefin: Building High-Performance Sui DeFi (TGE Soon)

As the top trading platform in the Sui ecosystem, Bluefin relies on its efficient transaction processing speed, transparent on-chain security mechanism and user-friendly operating interface to provide users with a derivatives + spot multi-variety trading experience, while building ecological infrastructure facilities on the Sui network and create a decentralized financial ecosystem. Through its innovative application layer design, Sui's technical advantages are fully demonstrated. Not only does it have significant advantages in transaction speed and cost, it also further promotes the popularity and application of the Sui ecosystem.
7/13/2024, 2:55:08 PM
Holoworld: Connecting Virtual and Reality with AI Bots, a Fresh AI Perspective in the Web3 Space
Intermediate

Holoworld: Connecting Virtual and Reality with AI Bots, a Fresh AI Perspective in the Web3 Space

AI technology's rapid iteration and practical applications continuously landing are driving the prosperous development of the Web3 + AI track. Holoworld AI deepens the integration of AI and Web3, aiming to address these issues, and promoting the sustained growth of the Web3 market. By providing foundational development kits, user-friendly programming environments, rich SDKs, and development tools, Holoworld significantly lowers the deployment threshold for AI models in terms of technology.
7/13/2024, 2:39:11 PM
Overview of Tokens Related to the U.S. Election
Beginner

Overview of Tokens Related to the U.S. Election

Which tokens are associated with the U.S. election? What does MAGA stand for? What are the Trump-themed tokens? What is the PEOPLE token? What is ConstitutionDAO's purpose? How are the election and Meme tokens connected?
7/12/2024, 9:37:22 AM
What is Axie Infinity?
Beginner

What is Axie Infinity?

Axie Infinity is a leading GameFi project, whose dual-token model of AXS and SLP has deeply shaped later projects. Due to the rise of P2E, more and more newcomers were attracted to join in. In response to the rocketing fees, a special sidechain, Ronin, wh
7/12/2024, 9:35:04 AM

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