Liquidators are the silent killers of DeFi city. They operate in the shadows patrolling the block to keep the city moving and earning a pretty penny for doing so. Unlike miners or validators liquidators need no capital of their own. This has created a brotherhood of pro-executioners, jacking in from anywhere in the world to…

“It’s no secret that the Ethereum blockchain is a highly adversarial environment. If a smart contract can be exploited for profit, it eventually will be. Some very smart people spend a lot of time examining contracts for vulnerabilities. But this unforgiving environment pales in comparison to the mempool. If the chain itself is a battleground,…

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When something new comes along in DeFi you have to try it out to truly understand what it is and how it works. That’s what we’re doing with this new series. Say hi to ‘First Look’ and let’s start unboxing.

One key aspect of DeFi is that it enables users to combine different applications in new and meaningful ways. That’s what “Money Legos” are all about. In this tutorial we demonstrate how this works, quite visually, with Furucombo.

I always want to give things the benefit of the doubt, try and see the positives but I’ve never come across a project that I found as hard to like as this one. So let’s give it a fair shake and try and understand why so many are getting so excited about it.

Liquidity providing isn’t as straightforward as you might think. When becoming an LP, you’re asked to provide both of the coins the pool represents. This can become costly for many, although there is a nifty trick we demonstrate in this video that bypasses that hurdle.