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 Ontology is a fast, secure, and accessible layer-2 public block

Balancer is a decentralized and permissionless exchange powered by an automated market maker. The goal of this project is to provide a crypto asset exchange service that is devoid of centralized infra

BitTorrent is a decentralized application built to enable peer-to-peer file-sharing between people whose computers function as nodes on the network. BitTorrent was created by Bram Cohen in 2001, and i

Dash is a decentralized, peer-to-peer (P2P) payment protocol and cryptocurrency, whose transactions are recorded on the blockchain. Users can instantly send and receive secure digital payments with mi

Sushiswap is a multichain decentralized exchange (DEX) that was originally launched on the Ethereum blockchain. On Sushiswap, users can swap the tokens they hold with other tokens on the DEX. For exam

The Numeraire cryptocurrency is the product of the hedge fund company Numerai, which helps researchers to predict stock market behavior by issuing a cleaned, regularized, and obfuscated data set. The

Arbitrum is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to increase transaction speed and reduce gas fees. It accomplishes this by using off-chain computation to process transactions faster and

DeFi (decentralized finance) keeps putting forward attractive alternatives to conventional financial offerings — those we can neatly place under the TradFi (traditional finance) umbrella. DeFi’s shiny

A global meetup series to bring together pioneers, builders, artists and creators from the Ordinals world We're teaming up with Ordzaar and other community partners from the Bitcoin ecosystem to take on a World Tour, spanning Asia, Europe and the US. It's a chance to connect and build deeper relationships in real life, and for artists and builders from other ecosystems to learn more about Ordinals. Most of all, it's going to be a whole lot of fun.

Optimism is a popular Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) blockchain designed to increase scalability. As a result, bridging is an essential part of using the technology. Optimism increases efficiency by processing transactions off Ethereum and periodically syncing them. This results in transaction fees and processing speed being significantly lower than Ethereum, making one of the most popular Ethereum L2 solutions. 

What are inscriptions? Inscriptions are a powerful new method of storing images, videos, audio, text, and code directly on a blockchain. Similar to NFTs, you can view inscriptions as digital artifacts. For example, if we were to examine ordinals, the metadata is encoded on a satoshi, the smallest unit of . Ordinals are a means of tracking individual satoshis, which you can attach data to the blockchain by inscribing them directly on chain.

What would happen if technology could transform the public web into a decentralized platform? The Internet Computer (ICP) provides a glimpse at what might be possible, being a cloudless environment that offers another way to deploy decentralized applications (DApps).

2023 witnessed an explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) models, largely driven by the widespread success and adoption of applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT . Within five days of its launch, ChatGPT attracted over a million users, setting the record as the world’s fastest-adopted online tool. The impact was swift and profound, representing a watershed moment in the everyday use of AI tools in the years to come.

A self-paying loan may sound alien in the traditional banking industry, but anything is possible in the crypto space. Alchemix is one of the fast-paced decentralized finance (DeFi), applications deplo

Ever since 2013 and the appearance of Dogecoin, similar projects have been trying to get some of DOGE’s popularity. While very few have succeeded, one definitely stands out from the rest. Shiba Inu (S

Damus caused a stir a few months ago when it arrived as a decentralized alternative to Twitter. Backed by Twitter's own co-founder and former CEO, Jack Dorsey, Damus is built on the  Nostr protocol , which allows developers to create decentralized and censorship-resistant social media platforms.

__Authored by Sally Gu, researcher @OKX Ventures__ ## TL; DR Blockchain oracles were in the crypto spotlight in 2023, but what long-term potential does the technology have? OKX Ventures' view is that

Kadena is an open-source, hybrid blockchain platform that looks to increase blockchain adoption among businesses and the general population. Kadena intends to do this by improving on the issues of sca

In 2023, thanks to developers like Casey Rodarmor from the Bitcoin dev community, inscriptions became a buzzword in the crypto space. But what are they? Similar to NFTs, you can view them as digital artifacts. Inscriptions are, in short, metadata within the blockchain. For example, if we were to examine , the metadata is encoded on a satoshi, the smallest unit of . For total clarity, ordinals are a means of tracking individual satoshis, which you can attach data to via inscriptions.

Search engines have come a long way since the early days of the Internet. In the Web1 era, search engines were primary and relied on simple algorithms to index and retrieve web pages. As the Internet

One of the main goals of blockchain technology is achieving interoperability. This is essential for the advancement of Web3, but it also allows other blockchains to access new features. The Flare Netw

Crypto staking is one of several ways investors can earn passive income from cryptocurrencies. Investors can lock up their assets for a certain period and earn rewards on centralized exchanges (CEXs)

Atomic swaps, also known as cross-chain swaps or atomic cross-chain trading, refers to the process of exchanging of one cryptocurrency for another between two parties without the need for a centralize

Censorship resistance is a concept that is becoming increasingly important in today's world, where the internet and other communication technologies are essential for social, political and economic in