Introduction – The YAM Protocol So what is the story behind YAM, a defi protocol that attracted $600M of capital and ceased to exist in less than 48 hours? Let’s start with what Yam protocol was all about. Yam, a protocol built as a monetary experiment, combined some of the […]
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Intro What is the latest update to the Bancor protocol called Bancor V2? Will Bancor V2 outcompete other decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap, Curve and Balancer? Also, why are Bancor V2 pools integrated with Chainlink? We’ll be going through all of this in this article. Bancor Let’s start with a […]
Intro What is Ampleforth? How does it work under the hood and why do the number of my AMPL tokens keep changing every day? You’ll find answers to these questions in this article. What is Ampleforth? Okay, so what is Ampleforth all about? Ampleforth, in essence, is a new cryptocurrency […]
Intro What are Liquidity Pools? How do they work? And why do we even need them in decentralized finance? Also, what are the differences between liquidity pools across different protocols such as Uniswap, Balancer or Curve? We’ll be going through all of this in this article. Before we start, if […]
Intro Yield Farming is now one of the hottest topics in decentralized finance and there is a high chance you may have already heard something about insane returns that some of the yield farmers are making. So what is yield farming? How did it all start? What are some of […]
What is DeFi? Have you ever heard about defi before? Are defi apps the ultimate killer apps in the crypto space or just new hype? No matter if you never heard about defi before or you want to make sure you understand it right this article is for you. DeFi […]
Introduction Have you ever heard the expression “code is law” where technology is used to enforce rules? In that case, do we even need lawyers? Or maybe we can live in a fully automated world where code dictates what we can and cannot do. With the current development of smart […]
Introduction When it comes to code compilation and execution, not all programming languages follow the same approach. One of the common although not ideal ways to differentiate them is to split them into 2 groups compiled and interpreted languages. The main goal of both compilation and interpretation is to transform […]
Introduction UDP and TCP are both transport protocols used for communication between different hosts. They’re part of the transport layer in the broadly-known OSI model. The transport layer is responsible for delivering data to the correct application processes over a network. UDP and TCP combined together contribute to pretty much […]
Pub/Sub Before we dive into Kafka let’s start with a quick recap on what publish/subscribe (pub/sub) messaging is. Publish/subscribe is a messaging pattern where the sender (or the publisher) doesn’t send data directly to a specific receiver. Instead, the publisher classifies the messages without knowing if there are any subscribers […]