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193 guides on dapp basics, newest first.
dApp basics · Explainer
The FTX collapse hit centralized lenders, trading desks and some tokens hardest, while non-custodial protocols were affected in different ways. This guide explains how to judge which dapps were exposed and how to check a protocol's current risk yourself.
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Headlines about crypto platforms moving to mobile and reporting sharp user gains are common, but a percentage on its own says little. This guide explains why platforms go mobile, how to read growth claims, and what to check before you download an app or deposit funds.
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1.country was built to join a readable Web2 domain with a Web3 name and profile. This guide explains how that works, how it compares with ENS, Unstoppable Domains and ordinary country-code domains, and what to check before you buy one.
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A bear market tests how you size positions, handle cash, use leverage, interact with DeFi and protect your access to funds. These five practical steps focus on decisions you can control while prices fall.
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Decentralized apps change how people hold money, borrow, trade and take part in decisions, but they also move responsibility onto the user. This guide explains five concrete shifts, the limits of each, and how to check current facts before acting.
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Metaverse projects touch user data, tokens, money and communities, so they face many of the same rules as other online businesses plus some of their own. This guide sets out eight practical rules to build around, with checks you can run before and after launch.
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Metaverse projects that last share a few habits: they say who runs them, protect users' data and assets, and treat safety and legal duties as core product work. This guide sets out eight rules that apply to any metaverse project in 2026, with checks readers can run before they commit time or money.
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In November 2021 Barbados announced plans for a virtual embassy in the metaverse, reported as a first for a sovereign state. This guide explains what was announced, what virtual land can and cannot do legally, and how to check where the project stands today.
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Being able to shape who you become is real, but it works within limits set by circumstance, time and other people. This guide explains what you can change, what you cannot, and how to begin.
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The phrase Berserk doubled its user base in a week does not match a crypto dApp in the sources reviewed. This guide explains what the results actually show and how to test any user-growth claim for yourself.
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A headline saying Berserk doubled its user base in a week raises a fair question: doubled according to whom, and measured how? This guide explains what the public results show, how to tell a real growth spike from an incentive-driven one, and how to check similar claims for any app.
dApp basics · Best list
Metaverse virtual worlds range from blockchain-based land economies to mainstream creator platforms with huge audiences. This guide compares the leading options, explains how to judge them and covers how to enter safely.
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Blockchain Life's 15th anniversary forum took place in Dubai on October 28–29, 2025. This guide covers what the event was, how its attendance figures compare, what the 2026 edition looks like, and how to attend a crypto conference safely.
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The idea that you can become anyone is only partly true, but you can change who you are with more reach than most people assume. This guide explains where the real limits sit and how to choose and build a direction you can live with.
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Filecoin is a blockchain-based marketplace where people pay independent operators to store data, and operators prove they are keeping it. This guide covers the mechanics, the FIL token, the risks and how it compares with other storage options.
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Handshake is a blockchain-based naming protocol that moves the DNS root zone onto a peer-to-peer network. This guide covers how it works, how names are auctioned, how to resolve them, and where its decentralization stops.
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Hooked Protocol is a Web3 education and onboarding project built around learn-and-earn tasks and the HOOK token. This guide covers how it works, how interest in it has changed, and how to check its status before you engage.
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An Android emulator lets you run mobile games on a Windows PC or Mac. This guide covers choosing one, installing it, tuning the settings and staying safe.
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"Topia" is the name of several different products, and only one of them is a metaverse-style virtual space. This guide sorts out which is which, how Topia's games and widgets work, and how to stay safe around look-alike names.
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WAX is a blockchain built around digital goods and games, and its apps differ from the Ethereum and Solana protocols most guides cover. This guide explains the chain, the kinds of apps it hosts and how to check any of them before connecting a wallet.
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A dApp is an application whose core rules run as smart contracts on a blockchain, and you use it through a crypto wallet instead of an account. This guide covers how dApps work, the main types, what they cost and how to judge the risks.
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A smart contract is a program that lives on a blockchain and runs exactly as written when its conditions are met. This guide explains how smart contracts work, what they power in DeFi, and how to judge their risks.
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Sweat Wallet is the app that pays SWEAT tokens for steps, built by the team behind Sweatcoin. This guide explains how the system works, what the rewards are, and what to check before relying on them.
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x402 revives the long-unused HTTP 402 Payment Required status code so software can pay for web resources with stablecoins in a single request. This guide covers how it works, who it serves, and where the hype outruns the reality.