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13 Feb 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
A few weeks ago I wrote an essay on a rising star in the Cosmos eco-system. In that essay I discussed the potential for stakers of the $TIA token to be rewarded with future airdrops from aligned protocols. Well, guess what? The first one has just lan...
12 Feb 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Rejoice, fellow crypto enthusiasts! Today we'll take a look at how a major partnership could help more of us explore the exciting frontier of blockchain-based technologies. For those just dipping their toes into decentralized domains, let's start wit...
9 Feb 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
Greetings fellow degens, in this essay I aim to take you on a tour of the wacky Wild West that is fundraising and user acquisition in crypto. We'll explore the 'yee-haws' and 'whoa Nellies' of initial coin offerings (ICOs for all you cowpokes out the...
5 Feb 2024 5 minute read 3 comments Gryphonboy
So what is the dYdX protocol? Frankly, it's a little complicated, so let me start this essay with a primer on https://dydx.exchange/ At its core, dYdX.exchange is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange for trading perpetuals. The protocol takes a no...
1 Feb 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
You've probably heard of Web3. But what is it really? Is it just a fancy way of saying "get rich quick" or is there something more to it? Well, buckle up, because we're about to explore this wild and exciting world, beyond the financial gains. First...
31 Jan 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
My goal as a Crypto evangelist is to get people as excited about the prospect of a decentralized and permissionless world as I am. I want to live in a world where the individual is free to express themselves economically and creatively with zero over...
30 Jan 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
For many of us, cryptocurrencies and the emerging world of decentralized finance (DeFi) seem like concepts straight out of a science fiction novel. Up until recently, the idea of digitally storing and transferring value without centralized intermedi...
29 Jan 2024 3 minute read 1 comment Gryphonboy
As Ethereum has grown in popularity and usage, its main network has faced scaling challenges to support the increasing workload. If you've spent any time in the eco-system you're well aware of how high gas costs can go when activity on the network s...
26 Jan 2024 8 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
The Promise of Decentralized Technologies "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde I am excited to explore how emerging technologies like AI and blockchain could empower self-expression in the future. These technologies hold grea...
25 Jan 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy
A Primer on Optimism: Optimism is an Ethereum scaling solution that uses optimistic rollups to reduce transaction costs and increase throughput. As Ethereum has limited capacity due to the constraints of decentralization (see blockchain trilemma), so...
