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Oracle Manipulation — Attacks That Actually Happened
bZx, Cream, Mango — how attackers moved prices to break lending protocols. Anatomy of a DeFi vulnerability class.
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GuidesIntermediate
How Chainlink Oracles Actually Work
Deviation thresholds, heartbeats, and the aggregation model. The invisible infrastructure DeFi is built on.
7 min read
GuidesIntermediate
AMM Math — Constant Product, Constant Sum, StableSwap
The three curves that power almost every DEX. Why Uniswap uses one, why Curve uses another, and what price impact really is.
8 min read
GuidesIntermediate
The Life of an Ethereum Transaction
Signed → mempool → block → finality. Every step, every fee, every risk. The end-to-end journey of any Ethereum action.
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GuidesAdvanced
Uniswap V3 Concentrated Liquidity Without a Math PhD
Price ranges, LP tokens, active liquidity. The math intuition of the biggest DEX innovation since AMMs themselves.
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GuidesIntermediate
ENS Deep-Dive — Records, Resolvers, Wildcards, Subnames
Beyond "yourname.eth" — the tech every dApp integrates against and how it actually resolves.
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AnalysisAdvanced
Reentrancy Attacks Told Through Real Exploits
The DAO, Fei, Cream — the pattern that ate $50M and how the fix works. The most-cited smart-contract vulnerability.
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AnalysisAdvanced
Solidity vs Vyper vs Rust for Smart Contracts
Three main languages, three ecosystems, three security cultures. Where each dominates and why the choice matters.
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GuidesIntermediate
How to Verify a Contract Yourself
Source verification, proxy verification, and the trust it actually earns. The habit that protects you from unverified rugpulls.
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