Allow me to introduce you to the Energy Web, one of the best use cases for blockchain technology I have come across. I like to envision a future that is totally rad, think of what technology it would have, and then pay attention to projects that are working to make…

Acala and Karura are the DeFi hubs of Polkadot and Kusama, respectively. They’ve taken the best parts of DeFi and combined them into a simple package that is loaded with utility — loans, a Decentralized Exchange, liquid staking, oracles, governance, and a Decentralized Sovereign Wealth Fund. Let us explore… Loans I…

Welcome back. Today we’re diving into the relationship between inflation and staking rewards — who benefits from increased purchasing power, and who loses purchasing power. Inflation Inflation of the US Dollar decreases the purchasing power of each dollar, evident by the fact that a loaf of bread used to cost a…

Welcome to the Dotsama ecosystem, home to Polkadot ($DOT) and Kusama ($KSM), whose names refer to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who uses a lot of polkadots. These two make up an ecosystem because they are built on almost entirely the same code, and will shortly become connected and interoperable. In…