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Explainers, how-tos and chain guides that help you use Web3 safely, written by our editorial team.
Wallets and tools · Explainer
Freename lets wallets, apps and communities hand out blockchain domains, and some of those offers are free to claim. This guide explains how the claim works, what 'free' usually covers, and how to avoid fake claim pages.
NFT · Explainer
A plain guide to reading an NFT giveaway announcement, checking that it is genuine, and protecting your wallet while you enter. It covers the Frutti Dino giveaway in general terms, since the specific details should come from the project's own announcement.
NFT · Explainer
A headline about a large sum 'locked away forever' in blockchain limbo can mean very different things, from a contract with no withdraw path to a project that simply stopped operating. This guide explains how assets get stranded on-chain, how to check a stuck balance yourself, and what realistically can and cannot be recovered.
Blockchain · Chain guide
Fuse Network is an EVM-compatible chain that has positioned itself around mobile payments, community currencies and consumer wallets. This guide explains what that means in practice, how to use it safely, and what to verify before relying on it.
Security and scams · Explainer
Gala Games grew into one of the biggest blockchain gaming brands, then drew headlines for a founder feud, a 2024 token-minting exploit and loud scam accusations. This guide separates what is documented from what is opinion, including the 'Town coin' claim, and shows how to protect yourself.
Airdrop and rewards · Review
Galxe is a Web3 quest and credential platform where projects hand out badges, NFTs and token rewards for completing tasks. This review explains how it works, what it is good for, and where the risks are.
Web3 gaming · Explainer
Crypto game worlds tie in-game items, land and rewards to tokens, and the way those tokens are created, used and removed decides whether the economy holds up. This guide explains the core mechanics and the main models used across six named worlds, with a checklist for judging any project.
Web3 gaming · Explainer
On-chain gaming puts game rules, assets or outcomes on a blockchain so anyone can check them. This guide explains what that means for fairness, what it cannot guarantee, and how to judge any platform that promises fun and fair play.
NFT · Explainer
GameStop's move into NFTs was one of the best-known attempts by a mainstream retailer to run a marketplace. This guide covers what was planned, how it was meant to work, what became of it and what to check before trusting any brand-run NFT platform.
Wallets and tools · Explainer
GasNow was a popular gas price tracker built by a Chinese mining pool for Ethereum users. This guide explains what it did, how gas price predictors work, and what to use now.
NFT · Explainer
Genie was an NFT aggregator that let collectors buy many listings from several marketplaces in one transaction. This guide explains how sweeping works, where Genie ended up, and how to buy at the floor safely now.
NFT · Explainer
A headline about Ghxsts taking the spotlight from Art Blocks in a top 10 NFT sales list raises a bigger question: how are these rankings built, and what do they actually tell you? This guide explains the mechanics and how to check any such claim yourself.
NFT · Explainer
NFTs do not have one global rulebook. Whether an NFT is treated as a collectible, a security, a payment tool or property depends on how it is built, sold and marketed, and on where buyers and platforms are located.
Web3 gaming · Explainer
Gods Unchained is a free-to-play digital card game where the cards are NFTs that players actually own. This guide explains how it plays, how ownership and the GODS token work, what earning realistically looks like, and where to check current details.
NFT · Explainer
Habbo, the pixel-art social world that launched in 2000, has a place in the NFT market through avatar collections that draw on its look. This guide explains the nostalgia trade, how to read chart claims, and how to check what you are actually buying.
NFT · Explainer
Claims that Habbo credits are reserved for dedicated NFT holders are hard to verify and often tied to scams. This guide explains what credits and Habbo's NFT avatars are, how token-gated perks really work, and how to check an offer.
Token · Explainer
Halloween is a handy lens for real crypto risks: ghost tokens, vampire attacks, rug pulls, depegs and haunted contracts. This guide explains each one, shows where to study it in live dApps, and ends with a defensive checklist.
dApp basics · Explainer
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.
NFT · Explainer
Hic et Nunc was once the busiest art marketplace on Tezos. Its website went dark in late 2021, but the NFTs did not vanish. Here is what happened, what it means for owners, and how to find the work today.
NFT · Explainer
Hic et Nunc, the Tezos NFT marketplace that many artists treated as a home base, went offline in November 2021. This guide explains what happened, whether HEN NFTs still exist, and where collectors and artists went next.
dApp basics · Explainer
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.
NFT · Explainer
An Aavegotchi land auction bid is a commitment of tokens to buy a Realm parcel through the game's auction mechanism. This explainer covers how bids work, how to verify a live auction, and what risks to weigh before you commit funds.
Web3 gaming · Explainer
Aavegotchi owners can earn GHST, the game's token, through staking and in-game play. This guide explains how those routes work in general, what costs and risks to weigh, and where to check current rates and network status.
DeFi · Explainer
This explainer covers how token burns work and how to check a Bancor VBNT burn yourself. Public reporting gathered for this piece were about a 3D printer system, not Bancor, so the specific Vortex mechanics are not confirmed here.