Technologies and Implications of Appchains Web3.com Ventures Original Research Analysis 0xFishylosopher Introduction Ethereum is great — for most people at least. But one of the key problems of Ethereum and other public-facing blockchains is that there’s not that much customizability. Sure, you can write and deploy smart contracts, but as a…

Catalyzing Education, Inspiration, and Iteration Web3.com Ventures Original Research Analysis 0xFishylosopher Introduction Like many others, my mind was absolutely blown away by ChatGPT’s capabilities. Though I had played with GPT-3’s playground API before, and have written about newer image models such as DALLE 2 before, I was not prepared for the…

How zk-ASM may deliver a secure and trustless Internet Web3.com Ventures Original Research Analysis 0xFishylosopher Note: This article is a fairly technically-dense piece, and assumes basic conceptual familiarity with zk-Proofs and/or zk-Rollups. A more general introduction to these principles can be found here. Introduction Zero Knowledge Proofs, in particular zk-SNARKs (Succinct…

Post FTX: How can you trust a CEX? — Web3.com Ventures Original Research Analysis 0xFishylosopher Introduction The past few weeks have been a mess in the world of crypto. With FTX’s collapse, there has been an industry-wide reckoning, calling for centralized exchanges to prove that they hold user funds — a so-called “Proof-of-Reserves.” …

An Overview of Crypto Insurance DeFi Security In October, the security of on-chain assets regained much attention since well-known protocols such as BNB Cross Chain Bridge, OmniX NFT Platform, and Team Finance were getting hacked. It seems that the endless hacking attacks in crypto have long been commonplace. Early this year, Chainalysis…

A Critical Analysis of Sui — Web3.com Ventures Original Research Analysis 0xFishylosopher Introduction The Sui blockchain is one of the major new L1 projects utilizing the Move language, and has gathered major media and capital attention in its technological developments [1]. Compared with many other new L1 blockchains, particularly with Aptos, Sui boasts a whole set of…

The Ultimate Plumber for Ethereum Congestion Web3.com Ventures Original Research Analysis 0xFishylosopher Introduction “zk-Rollups” has probably been the hottest Web 3 buzzword of the year. With zk-Sync’s v2.0 “baby alpha” mainnet launch in just the past few days, this excitement has reached its zenith [1]. But behind all these buzzwords, what…

Web3.com Ventures Original Research Analysis 0xFishylosopher Introduction With Aptos’ recent mainnet launch and its token launch on Binance and other major centralized exchanges, there’s no better time to write an exploratory analysis of this long-hailed project. …

What decentralized identity brings to Web3.0? Introduction In our daily life, we frequently interact with different identities such as email addresses, social media accounts, passports, and more. This data is generally stored in centralized servers and controlled by third-party companies, so owners of identities have no control over this information. What’s…