This is a blog about the intersection between crypto currency and finance. I have been testing and evaluating various defi (decentralised finance) and opfi (open finance) projects. This includes lending and borrowing markets, decentralised exchanges, automated market making, smart contract wallets, and tools for measuring and monitoring return on investment. All enabled by blockchain technology, with decentralised, opensource and audited smart contracts. These systems are interoperable and composable.
17 Nov 2020 4 minute read 2 comments fblauer
Introduction While we are waiting for eth 2.0 to support smart contracts (probably a couple of years), we have some other alternatives which are compatible, quicker and less expensive. In fact many of the good Defi projects (like Cream, For.tube and...
24 Oct 2020 6 minute read 4 comments fblauer
Introduction These are the primary yield aggregator and liquidity provider protocol platforms that I am currently making use of, based on my current testing and evaluation methodology. I have taken into account yield and risk, but strategies are subj...
16 Sep 2020 8 minute read 5 comments fblauer
Introduction There is nothing in the crypto domain that compares to the breadth and depth of the Binance ecosystem. They have products and services which comprise both centralised and decentralized finance (and exchanges). Here is an overview of the...
5 Sep 2020 3 minute read 8 comments fblauer
Introduction These are my thoughts on the current situation with scalability. No one can predict the future with certainty. But I feel that we need some kind of strategy if we want to continue to operate in the Defi space. I am a huge fan of Defi on...
2 Sep 2020 6 minute read 4 comments fblauer
Introduction There is a lot of excitement over the current state of the market. Its easy to get carried away with the hype. Most people in the crypto space tend to focus their attention on trading, since that is what they hear about most, and it work...
6 Aug 2020 12 minute read 14 comments fblauer
Introduction There are many good ways to pool your assets with other investors, and make more effective use of gas fees. Because of the way Eth network fees are structured, it is more efficient to be able to make small numbers of large transactions t...
28 Jul 2020 6 minute read 7 comments fblauer
Introduction Time to start getting ready. "Proof of stake" networks have been around for a while, but have entered the spotlight more recently since most of the "next generation" of blockchains will be using this method of consensus, instead of proof...
22 Jul 2020 18 minute read 15 comments fblauer
Introduction My previous few posts are about "yield farming" or "liquidity mining", which deal with helping companies to bootstrap liquidity for projects that are up and running, and in most cases have a track record. In return, you earn rewards whic...
18 Jul 2020 6 minute read 4 comments fblauer
Introduction Balancer is another Automated Market Maker / Decentralised exchange and liquidity provider similar to Uniswap, but expands on the features in a number of interesting ways. As per other Balancer article on Publish0x: "Balancer essentiall...
24 Jun 2020 8 minute read 28 comments fblauer
Introduction This a hot new trend involving Defi composability (interoperatbility), and issuance of governance tokens. The assumption is that they will accrue value in the future, since the project governors will vote to allow cash flow earnings to a...
