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Nov 23, 2022 โ€ข 11 tweets โ€ข 3 min read
Are you curious about @chainlink staking and its impact on $LINK? Read this thread ๐Ÿš€ Image What is #Chainlink? Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that provides tamperproof data and computation.

One of the most frequently used features are Data Feeds. Data Feeds load off-chain data and bring it on-chain in a reliable and trustworthy manner.
Nov 9, 2022 โ€ข 18 tweets โ€ข 9 min read
Update on the #FTX drama, which caused the yesterday's crash in crypto market ๐Ÿ’ฅ

How did FTX, the second biggest centralized exchange, almost died overnight and got acquired by @Binance?

Find out in this thread ๐Ÿ‘‰ Most of the people think that this situation appeared out of thin air, However, it started years ago when @Binance became the early investor in FTX and obtained $2B in $FTT tokens. These were used for trading fees on FTX, as a part of the buyout.
Jul 21, 2022 โ€ข 8 tweets โ€ข 4 min read
Thread Thursday ๐Ÿงต

The Ethereum Merge - $ETH

I'm sure you've been hearing a whole lot about the Merge that is coming up, but what does it mean exactly, and more importantly: how can we profit from the situation?

Let's break it down.

1/n The Merge is the biggest upgrade for Ethereum to-date. It represents the transition from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism to a Proof of Stake (PoS) mechanism.

Why is that bullish for $ETH?
Jul 19, 2022 โ€ข 9 tweets โ€ข 3 min read
1/ Thread Tuesday ๐Ÿงต

What is a layer 2?

A layer 2 is a secondary network/protocol built on top of an existing blockchain.

The main goal of the layer 2 is to offload processing from the base chain. Image 2/ There are 3 major types of layer-2 scaling:

- State channels
- Plasma
- Rollups

Each have their own strengths and weaknesses.

The most practical type is the rollup. Let's have a closer look.
Mar 25, 2022 โ€ข 16 tweets โ€ข 8 min read
๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ.

A thread ๐Ÿงต on why Do Kwon is buying #Bitcoin and the impact it has on the crypto ecosystem.

Buckle up! 1/ Before getting into the juice some background information on Do Kwon and the #Terra ecosystem.

Do Kwon is the founder of #Terra. You can find him on Twitter under the handle @stablekwon where he tweets about his fascination for decentralized money and ... Lego ๐Ÿคฃ? Image