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3 days ago

What is going on in Ethereum regarding the validator set?

There are nearly 900,000 active validators on the Ethereum blockchain who are helping to process transactions and keep the network aligned on the state of the world. …

Cryptocurrency

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What is going on in Ethereum regarding the validator set?
What is going on in Ethereum regarding the validator set?
Cryptocurrency

4 min read


Nov 10

Pig Butchering: Recent arrests and the role of the “dog pusher”

Pig butchering, or financial grooming as it’s started to be referred to, is still catching the headlines but this time for a good reason. Earlier this month two criminal rings were disrupted and the scammers have been arrested. Police in Namibia recently announced the arrest of 20 individuals who were…

Crypto

3 min read

Pig Butchering: Recent arrests and the role of the “dog pusher”
Pig Butchering: Recent arrests and the role of the “dog pusher”
Crypto

3 min read


Oct 27

What is sleepdropping?

This is the term being used to describe the situation where you’re airdropped a token that appears to be from a legitimate source when in fact it’s fraudulent and intended to direct you to a phishing website. The term is inspired by “sleep minting” a technique used by scammers to…

Crypto

3 min read

What is sleepdropping?
What is sleepdropping?
Crypto

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Sep 29

What is sim swapping?

In September this year Vitalik Buterin (co-founder of Ethereum) became the latest target of a sim swapping attack. His Twitter account was compromised and sent out a tweet which directed any of his 4.9million …

3 min read

What is sim swapping?
What is sim swapping?

3 min read


Sep 18

What is a sequencer and why is the aim to move towards decentralisation?

To understand sequencers it’s first important to revisit the topic of what a layer 2 network is vs a layer 1. Taking Ethereum as an example layer 1, there’s a block (referred to as a slot) every 12 seconds which can fit up to 30million gas worth of transaction related…

Blockchain

4 min read

What is a sequencer and why is the aim to move towards decentralisation?
What is a sequencer and why is the aim to move towards decentralisation?
Blockchain

4 min read


Aug 21

What is a protocol treasury?

Treasuries are pools of cryptoassets which are used to fund public goods, or services for a specific blockchain-based project or protocol. They effectively operate as a ‘budget’ to further develop the offering and can be made up of a mix of the project’s own tokens, stablecoins and other cryptoassets. These…

Crypto

6 min read

What is a protocol treasury?
What is a protocol treasury?
Crypto

6 min read


Jul 18

What is a Submarine Swap?

A few weeks ago I wrote a long read about the Lightning Network, a layer 2 scaling solution for Bitcoin which allows users to make off-chain payments with near-instant settlement and near-zero fees. You can read the full piece here: https://tara-annison.medium.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-lightning-network-aa2f7f9c6c31 One of the key concepts of the Lightning Network…

Bitcoin

4 min read

What is a Submarine Swap?
What is a Submarine Swap?
Bitcoin

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Jul 7

How can we protect against smart contract exploits?

So far this year there’s been over $410m stolen from dApp exploits and bridge attacks alone ( https://web3isgoinggreat.com/) and the running total stands at more than $3billion. This represents dastardly hackers taking advantage at the protocol level and finding backdoors, unexpected contract behaviours and using tricks such as flash loan…

Crypto

5 min read

How can we protect against smart contract exploits?
How can we protect against smart contract exploits?
Crypto

5 min read


Jun 27

A comprehensive guide to the Lightning Network

This weekend Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network, hit a record-high capacity of 5,630 BTC — a 42% increase in the last 12 months. …

Lightning Network

15 min read

A comprehensive guide to the Lightning Network
A comprehensive guide to the Lightning Network
Lightning Network

15 min read


Jun 9

After you sanction mixers, where does criminal crypto activity go?

As long as DeFi dApps are exploited, scammers scam, and exchanges get hacked there will be a need for crypto criminals to launder the proceeds of crime so that they can eventually convert it into fiat. After all, cash is still king when it comes to crime. The go to…

Crypto

9 min read

After you sanction mixers, where does criminal crypto activity go?
After you sanction mixers, where does criminal crypto activity go?
Crypto

9 min read

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