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Railgun, A DeFi Privacy Protocol Praised by Vitalik
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Railgun, A DeFi Privacy Protocol Praised by Vitalik

RAILGUN is a privacy system built on multiple blockchains, using zero-knowledge cryptographic technology to protect the privacy of DeFi transactions. It has the advantages of security, decentralization, and a full ecosystem to enable complex privacy-preserving DeFi transactions.
4/22/2024, 12:56:01 PM
The Unified Architecture of Ethereum
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The Unified Architecture of Ethereum

The virtual machine serves as the brain behind smart contract blockchains, defining the rules for computing a valid state from block to block and providing the runtime environment for executing smart contracts.
4/22/2024, 12:46:40 PM
Degen Chain's Data Performance Is Excellent, but Many of Its Incubated Projects Turn Out to Be Rug Pulls?
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Degen Chain's Data Performance Is Excellent, but Many of Its Incubated Projects Turn Out to Be Rug Pulls?

The article explores the development and controversies surrounding Degen Chain as a Layer 3 (L3) blockchain technology. Since its launch, Degen Chain has experienced rapid user growth and significant transaction volume, but many projects have been accused of being Rug Pulls or scams. Despite facing scrutiny, Degen Chain demonstrates the potential of L3 solutions with its technical architecture and community-driven ecosystem. The article also discusses Vitalik Buterin's skepticism about the feasibility of L3 technology and how Degen Chain supports blockchain application innovation through partnerships and developer tools.
4/22/2024, 10:58:11 AM
Understanding ZAP: The Innovative Platform Reshaping Token Issuance
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Understanding ZAP: The Innovative Platform Reshaping Token Issuance

This article sheds light on ZAP, a revolutionary token issuance protocol operating on Ethereum's Layer2 technology, Blast. ZAP is designed to tackle the prevalent challenges in token issuance, offering a fair, genuine, and reliable platform for both project initiators and investors. By leveraging Blast's capabilities along with innovative financing strategies, ZAP is setting new standards for how early-stage investments are conducted - making them more democratic, transparent, and equitable. ZAP is built around three pivotal elements: ZAP Labs, ZAP Launch, and ZAP Drops, each providing a unique service from tailor-made publishing experiences and a barrier-free token issuance platform to advanced solutions against automated bot airdrops. Furthermore, ZAP Vaults exist to reward the early backers with special perks, such as daily ZAP rewards, access to bonus pools, and incentives for staking.
4/22/2024, 10:52:35 AM
What Real Use Cases Can the First Batch of EigenLayer AVS Provide?
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What Real Use Cases Can the First Batch of EigenLayer AVS Provide?

This article discusses Eigenlayer's Active Validation Service (AVS), a service aimed at enhancing blockchain security. AVS enables projects to achieve more robust and scalable systems without sacrificing decentralization and security by utilizing a shared security model. The article highlights how AVS provides economic value and also offers collateral for pre-confirmation, helping to boost overall network security. It also touches on how Eigenlayer collaborates with other projects through AVS to further advance blockchain technology.
4/22/2024, 10:43:41 AM
In-depth Analysis of the Success Factors and Death Spiral Risks of Ethena
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In-depth Analysis of the Success Factors and Death Spiral Risks of Ethena

The article delves into a thorough analysis of the success factors and potential risks of the Ethena stablecoin protocol. Ethena achieves tokenization of arbitrage trading against ETH's Delta neutrality through the issuance of the stablecoin USD, offering attractive annualized returns. Its success lies in providing short-selling liquidity for perpetual contract markets on centralized exchanges, reducing funding rates, and enhancing market vitality. However, the article points out the risk of a death spiral caused by a widening basis, which could amplify losses during market panics and runs, triggering broader redemption waves. While negative rate environments are uncommon, basis issues may render Ethena vulnerable to runs.
4/22/2024, 9:47:36 AM
 Analyzing the three design paradigms of the full-chain gaming engines Mud, Dojo, and Zypher
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Analyzing the three design paradigms of the full-chain gaming engines Mud, Dojo, and Zypher

The article discusses the design paradigms of the whole-chain game engines Mud, Dojo, and Zypher, and analyzes their different solutions for building autonomous worlds/whole-chain games. Mud from the Lattice team achieves EVM compatibility and developer friendliness through the World development framework, MUD game engine, and Redstone underlying consensus protocol. Dojo targets the Starknet development environment, using the Cario language and ZK-Rollup technology. Zypher Game, based on ZK technology, provides modular solutions such as Secret Engine, AW Engine, and Zytron Kit, emphasizing trustlessness and performance elasticity. The article also discusses the basic narrative of whole-chain games and the implementation paradigms of new primitives, as well as how these technologies drive the development of the gaming industry.
4/22/2024, 9:32:28 AM
Cobo Shenyu’s Insights on BTC Mining, BTC L2, and AI
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Cobo Shenyu’s Insights on BTC Mining, BTC L2, and AI

Cobo co-founder and CEO Shenyu shared an interesting retrospective of early Bitcoin miners with the participants, discussed the various challenges faced by miners venturing overseas, and shared his views on BTC Layer 2 and AI, along with Cobo's strategic positioning in these areas.
4/22/2024, 9:29:05 AM
Runes protocol and the “open etching” issuance mechanism
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Runes protocol and the “open etching” issuance mechanism

This article combines some of the latest topics of Runes to conduct a developmental exploration of the past of the Runes and Ordinals protocols, as well as similar asset issuance methods.
4/22/2024, 7:40:20 AM
15 Best Indicators for Crypto Price Prediction Analysis in 2024
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15 Best Indicators for Crypto Price Prediction Analysis in 2024

This guide highlights the 15 most effective indicators for crypto price prediction analysis to help you navigate the crypto domain.
4/22/2024, 5:43:55 AM
Masa's "AI+Crypto" Guide: CoinList's 2024 Debut AI Project
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Masa's "AI+Crypto" Guide: CoinList's 2024 Debut AI Project

The article describes in detail how Masa Network implements various businesses in a decentralized manner, serving the entire AI developer ecosystem, including "Web2+Web3." Masa optimizes data collection, contribution, and value transformation to help AI access a wider, more diverse, and decentralized array of data sources. At the same time, data contributors can receive their fair share of profits while also ensuring privacy protection.
4/22/2024, 3:37:24 AM
Understanding dHEDGE in One Article
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Understanding dHEDGE in One Article

dHEDGE is dedicated to providing a decentralized third-party asset management platform for fund managers and investors.
4/22/2024, 2:28:13 AM
Exploring ADXcloud-Micro-Trend Strategy
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Exploring ADXcloud-Micro-Trend Strategy

ADXcloud is an advanced version of the traditional ADX indicator, refined to better handle markets with slow-moving trends. Gate.io provides a user-friendly strategy robot that simplifies deploying this indicator.
4/22/2024, 2:27:30 AM
Research Analysis Report on OPTIMISM Project
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Research Analysis Report on OPTIMISM Project

Optimism is Ethereum Layer2 based on Optimistic expansion technology. Its vision is to become a world computer, and the settlement layer uses Ethereum. In line with Ethereum's vision of a world settlement layer, it cooperates closely with the Ethereum Foundation.
4/21/2024, 4:04:24 PM
A Look at Hack VC's Crypto Landscape
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A Look at Hack VC's Crypto Landscape

The article details Hack VC, a venture capital firm focused on the cryptocurrency space founded by Alexander Pack, a former key figure at Bain Capital and Dragonfly Capital. Since its establishment in 2020, Hack VC has actively led investments in multiple crypto projects, such as Babylon, imgnAI, AltLayer, Intia, io.net, Eclipse, Elixir, etc., and rapidly expanded its influence in the crypto market in a short period. Hack VC's investment strategy includes investing in projects in infrastructure, DeFi, games, security, enterprise services and other fields. Its investment portfolio covers different stages from early seed rounds to mature projects. In addition, Hack VC also actively participates in activities such as the Blockchain Developer Conference to promote the development of crypto technology and applications.
4/21/2024, 2:54:56 PM

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