This work is part of my thesis, submitted in 2022. Thoughts and opinions are my own. Part 1 will focus on the executive summary, introductions and setting the scene on Blockchain technology and the DeFi Space. Part 2 will focus more on the TradFi – DeFi relationship, here is the Read more…
I did previous articles on NFTs regarding the concept itself and then how to mint one on Opensea (here and here), what I was missing though is to go through the process of deploying the smart contract itself, hosting the metadata on IPFS and creating the image from scratch. If Read more…
New tool to add to our toolkit : Truffle boxes ! “Truffle Boxes are helpful boilerplates that allow you to focus on what makes your DApp unique. In addition to Truffle, Truffle Boxes can contain other helpful modules, Solidity contracts & libraries, front-end views and more; all the way up Read more…
It is a piece of code that lives on the blockchain A self operating computer program that automatically executes whenc ertain conditions are met Smart contracts have an account address, like wallet accounts, they can hold Ether as well, they have their own storage Smart Contract Lifecycle Develop – Write the Read more…
Ethereum is turing complete : Any software that is able to run code written by a developer or executed by an end user. Smart contract : A contract written in code. More specifically, it is an object on the Ethereum blockchain that contains EVM code functions. Will continue running forever. Read more…
We are currently quite in an NFT frenzy, everyone is speaking about it and we can only witness the crazy prices at which those non fungible tokens (NFT) are getting sold. This week has seen the entry of crypto.com in the space with their NFT platform and big names publishing Read more…
Day 1 Introduction to Blockchains Part I: Introduction and Background Distributed Systems Overlay Networks and Peer-to-peer Systems Security and Trust Part II: Blockchain Basics (1) Principles of Blockchains Blockchain Operations Part III: Blockchain Basics (2) Blockchain Eras and Application Domains Consensus Mechanisms Blockchains and Quantum Security Part IV: Cryptocurrencies (Technical Read more…