Hardware wallet provider Ledger's release of its "idbase" key recovery service, requiring users to provide their passport or national identity card to confirm their identity and three encrypted fragments, has caused concern online due to potential security risks. While Ledger claims the service is .. read more  

Immutable, a gaming company focused on NFTs, presented its product strategy at recent industry events such as NFT.NYC, GDC, and ConsenSys. The company's relentless focus on empowering players and building a complete ecosystem could lead to a cycle of attracting games and building the ecosystem indef.. read more  

Loopring introduces access to major CEX liquidity directly, allowing for good liquidity and low slippage without the risk of fund centralization. This block trading feature has a process similar to traditional stock markets, where transactions occur outside of the open market through private purchas.. read more  

Ethereum's mainnet network suffered lack of block production leading to a temporary delay in epoch finalization. Two incidents caused approximately 200 blocks to be missed, with a lack of finality, resulting in inactivity penalties and an estimated loss of revenue for block producers. Validator slas.. read more  

Blockchain communities rely on a fragile social consensus. While necessary for upgrades and security, it should be used sparingly to avoid chain splits. Expanding the blockchain's core functionality makes it more vulnerable. Application-layer projects should be cautious about broadening consensus be.. read more  

The scalability issue with Ethereum is being tackled with rollups, although decentralized sequencers are needed to ensure sufficient decentralization in the network, and the use ofdistributed validator technology (DVT)may be a viable solution. The proposed DVT approach distributes responsibility amo.. read more  

A Bitcoin miner built around a Raspberry Pi has a tiny chance of winning the reward, as participating in Bitcoin mining requires an array of computers to solve complex math algorithms. This method is popularly known as "lottery mining" and requires configuration and wallet information to contribute .. read more  

Smart Contract Security - A mini course on smart contract security, providing a list of issues and vulnerabilities that recur in Solidity smart contracts... read more  

When most people think about web3 security, they think about smart contracts holding hundreds of millions of dollars of funds. But web3 security is much broader than that. This article explores the intersection between web2 and web3 in NFT marketplaces, and how you can find Cross-Site Scripting (XSS.. read more  

Bridge exploits account for ~50% of all DeFi exploits since September 2020, totaling ~$2.5B in lost assets, according to the Token Terminal. Ever since chain interoperability has become a hot topic, Web3 bridges became a popular target for hackers. This is due to the nature of Web3 projects (open-so.. read more