Andrew Saul
Andrew Saul
Learner/investor in #defi & #decentralised social media/publishing. Find me elsewhere in web3 at BULB & Solcial, both @andrewsaul
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EigenLayer: Reselling Ethereum security
18 hours ago
https://www.eigenlayer.com/EigenLayer
FRONK: The frog who was lost but is on the way back
May 28th, 2023
I think any good crypto portfolio should have a small amount of wild bets in it. It is still such wild west times in crypto that there is a higher than usual chance of strange little projects taking off. These periods only happen once in any industry’s history and plenty are left regretful they never were a part, and that’s usually not a regret for any missed monetary gain but for the missed experience.
Scaling the OG blockchains Ethereum & Bitcoin
May 22nd, 2023
As crypto adoption as continues to grow the diversity of users has grown along with it. Once purely the domain of Layer 1 blockchain token trading the crypto ecosystem has expanded into many different use cases. So much so a new term emerged to better describe this broader church it had become: web3.
Good UX as a cybersecurity vulnerability
April 20th, 2023
Prominent tech YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips was hacked recently, having many videos deleted and a scam video streamed on their (renamed) channels for over an hour before YouTube intervened and shut the channels down. Unfortunately this type of attack on YouTube channels has not been uncommon in recent times.
Helium Network: Chapter 2 debuts on Solana
April 20th, 2023
The Helium Network is trying to renew it’s mission with a move to Solana, and more traditional staking economics, and a shift to 5G services. They cut over the network to Solana on April 18th 2023.
Stepn | ApeCoin | SweatCoin | Basic Attention Token: The alt tokenomics models
April 20th, 2023
Tokenomics is hard but we've seen some clear winners emerge over the relatively short history of blockchains and cryptocurrencies.
'Looping' with NEAR LSDs: DeFi Degen 101
April 17th, 2023
Defi is composable finance, which means you're able to take different parts of it and assemble them to form your own financial designs. Sometimes people refer to this as 'money legos'
Coinbase's BASE: Welcome to Crypto Incorporated
April 17th, 2023
Coinbase is building a new Layer 2 on Ethereum called Base. It's a it's a chain in the OP (Optimism) stack so the same mechanics apply here, aka it's copy of the existing Optimism Layer 2.
Layer 3s bring the App Chain Thesis.... & more complexity to Ethereum
April 16th, 2023
With the launch of Orbit Arbitrum has officially started the Layer3 era for the Ethereum ecosystem.