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How Far Can Formal Verification Take Blockchains?
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Blockchains and Formal Verification: A Match Made in Heaven?

Formal verification is getting some traction in the world of blockchains. But what is formal verification, why is it relevant for blockchains, and how can we make good use of it? No matter whether

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How do we stop bots from front-running your trades?
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The Landscape of Front-running Prevention

Picture this: on a quiet Sunday morning, Alice is excited to swap a few ETH for a hot new token on a decentralized exchange. She submits her transaction and leans back, coffee in hand. Her request
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From Bentham to Bitcoin: How classical economic incentives shape modern protocol design?
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The Past of Game Theory and the Present of Blockchains

Upon entering the University College London’s Student Centre, one might stand for a few seconds to observe an odd figure. Sitting on a chair by the door is a mummy, which consists of the skeleton and
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How can consensus stay safe and responsive as participation and network conditions change?
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Event-Driven Consensus in the Age of Dynamic Availability

Designing a consensus protocol hinges on the assumptions one may make on the timing of the underlying network. If messages are guaranteed to arrive within a certain time, then the participants can

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PoW vs PoS: Can wealth truly replace work in securing blockchains? A closer look at why Proof-of-Work may be key to more robust and secure blockchain systems.
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The Battle of Blockchains: PoW vs PoS Unveiled

Since the dawn of civilization, we have managed to escape many physical barriers of nature. With enough money, a human construct devoid of any physical worth, one can buy the essentials to cover all

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Economic security asks a fundamental question: Is the cost of attacking a system lower than the cost of securing it?
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But, what about Economic Security?

Summary: Blockchain systems are secured by resources, such as stake or computational power. If the resource’s price goes down, the cost of buying enough resources to attack the system also goes down.

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$4M Exploit of a Third-Party Safe Module Called “SquidRouterModule”: What Exactly Happened

TL;DR On May 25, 2026, an exploit targeted a third-party Safe module deployed at the same address on Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum: 0x1f1d37a3Bf840e35c6a860c7C2dA71Fe555123ca. The observed victims were

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Honest Majority: A Different Kind of Blockchain Podcast

If you’re looking for a podcast that explores the people, ideas, and systems shaping blockchain infrastructure, you might want to take a look at Honest Majority. Honest Majority is a podcast by
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