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Explainers, how-tos and chain guides that help you use Web3 safely, written by our editorial team.
Blockchain · Explainer
PulseChain is an Ethereum-compatible blockchain that launched as a fork of Ethereum's state, with its own token, PLS, and its own validators. This guide covers how it works, what you can do on it and where the risks sit, without the hype.
Memecoin · Explainer
Pump.fun lets anyone launch a Solana memecoin in minutes and trade it at once on a bonding curve. This guide covers how it works, what it costs, how to trade, and where the risks are.
Wallets and tools · Explainer
Quicknode is a hosted blockchain infrastructure provider that gives apps, wallets and trading teams RPC access and data tools across dozens of chains. This guide explains what it does, how it works and when it is the right fit.
DeFi · Explainer
QuickSwap is a decentralized exchange that grew up on Polygon, and QUICK is its governance token. This guide explains how swaps, pools and dQUICK work, what the risks are, and which details to verify before using it.
NFT · Explainer
Quix was the main NFT marketplace on Optimism, and its OP-funded trading rewards became a case study in what token incentives do to NFT activity. Here is how the program worked, what happened when it wound down, and how to judge similar offers today.
DeFi · Explainer
Headlines about a billionaire pushing Rari Capital's RGT token higher are easy to share but hard to verify. This guide explains what Rari Capital is, how RGT works, why a single large holder can move a small token, and how to check any such claim on-chain before you act.
Web3 gaming · How-to
A practical walkthrough of how players approach earning in RavenQuest through bounties, guild wars and silver trading, plus what to verify before you spend time or money.
Web3 gaming · Explainer
REVV Racing is an arcade car racing game from Animoca Brands that uses blockchain technology and NFTs. This guide explains what it is, how the REVV token fits in, and how to check any tournament announcement, including a reported 150,000 prize event, before you rely on it.
Token · Explainer
REVV is an ERC-20 utility token from Animoca Brands, first traded on Uniswap in September 2020 and used in its Motorverse racing games. This guide explains what the launch involved, what happened afterwards, and how to check the token's status and contract before you hold or trade it.
Wallets and tools · Explainer
Session is an open-source messenger that needs no phone number or email and routes messages through a network of incentivized nodes. Here is how it works, where it differs from Signal, and what its limits are.
NFT · Explainer
In 2022 actor Seth Green lost a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT to a phishing scam, and the Ape was tied to a screen project he had in development. The case shows how NFT theft, intellectual property and irreversible transactions collide.
NFT · Explainer
A headline said Sneaky Vampire Syndicate did $26.9 million in volume in seven days. Here is what that kind of number means, why it can mislead, and how to check it yourself.
Web3 gaming · How-to
A practical walkthrough of how a web3 snooker game like Snook works, how to get started safely, how players typically earn SNK, and what to verify before you spend money or time.
NFT · Explainer
Snoop Dogg and Eminem put their Bored Ape NFTs on screen as animated avatars for a widely covered music video and performance. Here is what that did and did not involve, what NFT ownership can mean in media projects, and how to judge similar claims now.
SocialFi and DAOs · Explainer
Somnium Space is a persistent, VR-first virtual world where land and items are owned on Ethereum. This guide explains how it works, how it compares with other virtual worlds, and what to check before you spend anything.
NFT · Explainer
In June 2021, Sotheby's sold CryptoPunk #7523, known as the COVID Alien, for about $11.8 million. This guide covers what the NFT is, why it sold for so much, and how to check NFT sales claims yourself.
DeFi · Explainer
SparkDEX Eternal is the perpetual futures product of SparkDEX, a decentralized exchange on the Flare network. This guide explains how it works, how on-chain perps differ from exchange perps, and what to check before risking money.
Security and scams · Explainer
The Squid Game token (SQUID) rose by several thousand percent in days in late 2021, then collapsed to near zero in minutes while buyers found they could not sell. This guide explains how the scheme worked, which warning signs were visible, and the checks that apply to the next themed token.
Web3 gaming · Explainer
Sunflower Farmers was a pixel-art farming game on Polygon that showed how cheap fees and simple gameplay can pull in new web3 players. Here is how it worked, what it taught the genre, and how to check its current status safely.
Crypto gambling · Explainer
SX Bet is a peer-to-peer sports betting exchange where users can post their own prices instead of accepting a bookmaker's. This guide explains how that works, where any earnings come from, and what can go wrong.
DeFi · Explainer
Tea Fi is pitched as a DeFi superapp that owns its own liquidity, with a TEA token still to come. This guide explains what those two ideas mean, what they can and cannot fix, and how to check any pre-launch claims yourself.
DeFi · Explainer
The Curve Wars were a contest between DeFi protocols to control where Curve Finance's CRV rewards go. This guide covers how the vote-escrow system, Convex and bribe markets work, what went wrong when the competition turned aggressive, and how to judge the risks today.
SocialFi and DAOs · Explainer
Kaito turned crypto attention into something you can measure, rank and sometimes earn from. This guide explains what Kaito is, how yapping and Yaps work, and how to take part without gaming the system or taking on needless risk.
Token · Explainer
SAND is the ERC-20 token behind The Sandbox, a user-generated virtual world built around LAND, creator tools and a marketplace. This guide covers what SAND does, how supply and governance work, and what to verify yourself.