What is ZKSwap and how does it use ZK-Rollup technology?
ZKSwap is a protocol and decentralised exchange built on ZK-Rollup technology.
What is ZKSwap and how does it use ZK-Rollup technology?
ZKSwap is a protocol and decentralised exchange built on ZK-Rollup technology.
What is yield farming?
What is yield farming? Attention! The article is outdated and awaiting an update. Yield farming is the practice of earning additional returns—typically governance tokens—by users of DeFi protocols for lending, borrowing and providing liquidity to decentralised exchanges (DEXs). The first success is widely attributed to Synthetix, but the boom began after Compound launched its governance token (COMP), which drew liquidity providers and pushed the token price higher. Other projects quickly followed.
What is decentralised finance (DeFi)?
What is decentralised finance (DeFi)? Decentralised finance (DeFi) is the idea of an open, trustless ecosystem of financial applications and services built on public blockchain networks. The term DeFi refers to the market for decentralised applications (dapps) in financial services and transactions, including lending, trading and borrowing. Such peer-to-peer systems allow anyone to access traditional […]
Crypto‑collateralised loans: why they exist and how they work
1 What is a crypto‑collateralised loan? Attention! This article is outdated and awaiting an update. A crypto‑backed loan works like a conventional one: a borrower takes money for a fixed term and pledges cryptocurrency. At maturity the borrower repays the principal and interest in the same currency as borrowed.
What are atomic swaps?
An explainer on atomic swaps — direct, trustless exchanges between cryptocurrencies using HTLCs, available on-chain or off-chain. It covers the technical mechanics, a step-by-step example, the Lightning Network’s role, the on-chain versus off-chain distinction, early demonstrations, and projects working on implementations such as Komodo’s BarterDEX.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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