This article covers core concepts in decentralized identity, the evolution of identity on the internet, a layer-by-layer overview of the web3 identity infrastructure stack, and related developments in privacy primitives. Proof-of-Personhood, compliance, and the application layer will be covered in a future article. Identity is an emergent property consisting of…

Self-custody has long been heralded as a best practice for managing cryptoassets. The unraveling of FTX and Celsius are the latest in a long list of incidents that remind the industry “not your keys, not your coin”, triggering a flight to non-custodial wallets. …

Last week we wrapped up Macro Hackathons: NFT Finance. The hackathon lasted 2 weeks featuring protocol and smart contract workshops and AMAs from industry mentors. Thank you to all builders, sponsors, judges, and mentors who participated in this first edition. We’ve received some amazing submissions and are proud to showcase…

Over the past 2 years, NFT financialization infrastructure has emerged alongside the meteoric rise in popularity of NFTs, mainly serving trading and valuation activity for NFTs as collectables (PFPs, art, game assets). Existing examples are protocols that allow users to find liquidity for their NFTs such as marketplaces, aggregators, liquidity…

Over the past 2 years, DeFi and NFTs have ushered new users into crypto by the millions, driving demand for more complex use cases and creating an ecosystem rich in activity and ever-growing on-chain histories. The Ethereum blockchain alone is approaching 1TB in size. While blockchain data is open for…

At the first edition of Codeless Conduct in December 2021: We’ve had 46 submissions across 300 participants Distributed 39 bounties and $20k in prizes In February, we scaled the hackathon to 2 weeks 620 submissions across 1200 participants 42 bounties and $40k in prizes Experimented with quadratic voting as a…

Only 1 month to go until Devconnect! We are delighted to be hosting the P2E gaming track and look forward to seeing you all there. …

Last week we concluded the second edition of Codeless Conduct, which took place from February 23rd to March 11th. We are extremely humbled by the turnout and engagement in this edition. The hackathon ended with over 1200 participants and 630 bounty submissions 🎉 In this latest round, we aimed to…

In 2021, crypto’s user base expanded from technologists and yield farmers to creators, collectors, and gamers. Along with this widening user demographic came a plethora of new web3-native products and services. Today, there are over 1,000 protocols (400+ of which have $10M+ in TVL), over 100 public blockchains, and over…