The Evolution of DeFi Across Four Financial Primitives
This article outlines financial primitives, or the core building blocks of financial markets, which…
Decrypting Cryptography: Hash Functions
A hash function is a deterministic mathematical function that maps some input of arbitrary size to…
NFT Hype: What’s What and What’s to Come
Much of the noise around NFTs stems from the question, “what the hell am I going to do with this?”…
The missing explanation of ZK-SNARKs: Part 1
The first part of the question is pretty easy to answer. ZK-SNARKs no matter what their funny name…
Zero-knowledge Virtual Machines, the Polaris License, and Vendor ...
Recently released frameworks for building zero-knowledge applications, such as Zinc and Cairo,…
Data Availability & Scaling Blockchains
CIA. For most, the acronym conjures up the image of a well-dressed spy in some foreign locale,…
NFTs, so hot. But would you buy one?
esterday, news broke that an NFT animation from an artist called Beeple sold for $6.6 million on…
The Double-Edged Sword of Decentralization
In this last week’s episode, James Prestwich and I chatted with David Vorickfrom Skynet Labs about…
Zero Knowledge Cryptography & the Next Digital Revolution
Zero knowledge cryptography is a broad subject, but for this essay, we will zoom in on one area…