Zero-knowledge proofs, explained without the cryptography
Google Wallet proves your age without your birthdate. What a zero-knowledge proof claims, where it runs, and why ZK does not mean private.
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What is a bonding curve? The pricing math behind token launchpads
The price on a launchpad is a formula you can read: what a bonding curve is, what graduation costs, and why 98.6% of tokens never make it.
This Week in Crypto (August 17–24): The SEC Publishes Regulation Crypto Assets, $4B of Shorts Get Liquidated, and a DeFi Vault Gets Voted Out of Its Own Money
If last week in crypto was about things that didn't happen, this week was about all of them happening at once. The SEC meeting canceled on August 13 returned on August 18 as a published proposal, with no meeting at all. The Treasury doubled its bond buybacks, and
What is the mempool, and why is your transaction sitting in it?
Your transaction isn't broken, it's outbid. What the mempool is, how long a pending BTC send can wait, and the three ways to unstick it.
What is a UTXO, and why does Bitcoin track money this way?
Bitcoin stores no balances, only chunks called UTXOs. That's why sending BTC hands you a new address and a fee set by your deposit history.
How Bitcoin transaction fees are actually calculated
Your Bitcoin fee is size in vBytes times your sat/vB bid. The amount you send never enters it. Here's the formula and how to pay less.
This Week in Crypto (August 10–17): The SEC Cancels Its Own Crypto Vote, ETFs Give Back $389.7M in Five Sessions, and Strategy Sells Another 1,690 BTC
The biggest item in crypto news this week is a meeting that didn't happen. The SEC was scheduled to propose crypto-specific rules for the first time on August 14, then pulled the meeting the day before and named no new date. Around that: a Bank of Japan