60 articles exploring cryptocurrency whitepapers — deep dives, origin stories, and technical explainers.
From Realcoin to USDT: how Tether created the dollar-pegged token that became crypto's de facto reserve currency, and the controversies that followed.
USDT
How an anonymous whitepaper by 'Nicolas van Saberhagen' led to a community fork that created the gold standard of privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies.
XMR
How Sergey Nazarov identified the critical gap between blockchains and real-world data, and built the most widely adopted oracle network in crypto.
LINK
How a Google engineer created a Bitcoin fork with faster blocks and Scrypt mining, establishing the template for thousands of altcoins that followed.
LTC
The origin of Tendermint consensus and the Cosmos Hub — from academic BFT research to a practical framework for building interoperable blockchains.
ATOM
From co-founding Mt. Gox and Ripple to creating Stellar — how McCaleb's focus shifted from trading to financial inclusion for the developing world.
XLM
The story of Changpeng Zhao launching BNB as a utility token and evolving it into a dual-chain ecosystem rivaling Ethereum's smart contract platform.
BNB
A beginner-friendly explanation of SHA-256 mining, difficulty adjustment, and why Bitcoin uses more electricity than some countries.
BTC
Understanding how PoS blockchains replace energy-intensive mining with economic staking, and the mechanisms that keep validators honest.
ETH
SOL
ADA
How hash trees enable efficient verification of massive datasets, from Bitcoin's SPV to Ethereum's state tries and beyond.
BTC
ETH
What smart contracts actually are, how the EVM executes them, and why gas fees exist — explained for developers and curious readers.
ETH
The mechanisms behind fiat-backed stablecoins — reserves, attestations, redemption, and the regulatory landscape that governs them.
USDT
USDC
Understanding how Arbitrum, Optimism, and other L2s process transactions off-chain while inheriting Ethereum's security guarantees.
ARB
OP
The mechanics of overcollateralized borrowing, variable interest rates, liquidation, and flash loans in decentralized lending.
AAVE
Understanding constant product formulas, liquidity pools, impermanent loss, and why AMMs revolutionized token trading.
UNI
From Byzantine generals to modern DAG-based protocols — a comprehensive guide to how distributed networks agree on truth.
BTC
AVAX
ATOM
The oracle problem, decentralized oracle networks, and why Chainlink's approach of cryptoeconomic security matters for DeFi.
LINK
Understanding IBC, XCMP, and bridge protocols that enable value transfer across independent blockchains — and the security risks involved.
DOT
ATOM
The unspent transaction output model that underpins Bitcoin — how it differs from account-based systems and why it enables better privacy.
BTC
How Ethereum tracks every contract and account using Merkle Patricia Tries, and why state management is the chain's biggest scaling challenge.
ETH