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Explainers, how-tos and chain guides that help you use Web3 safely, written by our editorial team.
Web3 gaming · How-to
The Sandbox is a user-built virtual world with its own token and land NFTs. This guide explains how it works and how to join as a player, creator or landowner without taking on unnecessary risk.
Blockchain · Chain guide
TON, short for The Open Network, is a layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain that began inside Telegram and is now run by an independent community. This guide covers how it works, what Toncoin does, how Telegram connects to it and what to check before you use it.
Web3 gaming · Explainer
TreasureDAO is a community-run web3 gaming ecosystem built around the MAGIC token. This guide covers its origins, how it works, its 2025 restructuring and how to avoid confusing it with similarly named projects.
Blockchain · Chain guide
WAX, short for Worldwide Asset eXchange, is a blockchain built for NFTs, games and digital collectibles, with the WAXP token at its centre. This guide covers how it works, what WAXP does and what to check before you use it.
SocialFi and DAOs · Explainer
XCAD Network is a creator-economy project that issues tokens tied to video creators and communities. This guide explains how it works, what 'earning by watching YouTube' has meant, and how to check what is currently on offer.
Token · Explainer
YGG is the ERC-20 token that gives holders a voice in Yield Guild Games, a gaming DAO that began with play-to-earn scholarships. This guide covers what the token does, how supply is split, how governance works and where the risks sit.
Blockchain · Explainer
A zero-knowledge proof lets you show that a statement is true without revealing the underlying data. This guide covers the idea, the mechanics, SNARKs versus STARKs, and where ZK is used in crypto.
Blockchain · Explainer
ZKsync is an Ethereum Layer 2 from Matter Labs that settles batches of transactions with zero-knowledge proofs. This guide covers how it works, its history, the ZK Stack and ZK token, and how to use it safely.
NFT · Explainer
Azuki's June 2023 Elementals launch is the best-documented recent case of a blue-chip NFT sell-off, and the sources here do not confirm the same weekend for The Captainz. This guide explains what happened to Azuki, why floor prices fell so fast, and how to check current market data yourself.
SocialFi and DAOs · Review
Public reporting we could check did not document a Mirandus AMA, so this guide separates what can be verified from what cannot and gives a method for drawing lessons from any SocialFi or DAO AMA.
Blockchain · How-to
Ethereum gas fees follow demand, so the cheapest windows are usually quiet hours and weekends. This guide shows how to find them, set fees properly and decide when a layer 2 beats waiting.
Airdrop and rewards · Explainer
A widely quoted claim says 88% of airdropped tokens lose value within three months. This guide explains what that kind of figure can and cannot tell you, why airdropped tokens often fall after they arrive, and what recipients can check before they hold or sell.
NFT · Explainer
A bear market can push back an NFT music launch even when the brand is strong, because lower prices, thinner trading and weaker demand all change the economics of a drop. This guide explains the mechanics, what the public record does and does not confirm about the BAYC Music Group delay, and how readers can check status safely.
NFT · Explainer
A few artists and one collection account for most of the biggest NFT sales ever recorded. This guide explains why Beeple and CryptoPunks keep appearing, where cat-themed NFTs fit in, and how to check the current rankings yourself.
NFT · Explainer
Bored Ape Yacht Club holders sometimes sell or swap their blue-chip NFTs for cash, other tokens or different collectibles. This guide explains why that happens, what moves floor prices, and how to sell without losing assets to phishing or pricing mistakes.
Security and scams · Explainer
When a Solana wallet keeps losing funds after every deposit, the cause is usually a compromised seed phrase and an automated sweeper, not a fresh bug. This guide explains how the drains work, how to tell the types apart and what to do.
Web3 gaming · Review
Wizardia Arena is a play-to-earn role-playing strategy game built around NFT characters, and its Arena Genesis NFTs were sold in rounds. This review explains how the game and its NFTs work, what to check before acting, and where the main risks sit in 2026.
Crypto gambling · Review
Wolf Bet is a crypto-only casino and sportsbook that markets provably fair games and a wide coin list. This review explains what that means, how to verify results yourself, and what to check before depositing.
NFT · Explainer
World of Women is an Ethereum collection of 10,000 illustrated portraits created by artist Yam Karkai. This guide covers what it is, how ownership works, how to buy safely and what to check before spending money.
DeFi · Explainer
WOWswap is linked in public listings to the WOWMAX DEX aggregator, and its leverage features need checking against official documentation. This guide explains how leveraged DEX trading works, what the sources confirm, and the risks to weigh before using any leverage product.
NFT · Explainer
CryptoPunks V1 are the first-generation tokens from the original 2017 contract, and wrapping makes them tradable as ERC-721 tokens. This guide explains what a wrapped V1 Punk is, how wrapping works, how it differs from V2, and what to check before you buy or wrap one.
dApp basics · Explainer
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.
dApp basics · Explainer
XYO is a DePIN project that verifies real-world data, and xyOS is its 2024 push to make decentralized apps easier to reach. This guide explains how the pieces work, what digital autonomy means here, and how to judge the claims.
DeFi · Explainer
Yield farming means putting crypto into DeFi protocols to earn fees, interest or token rewards. This guide explains where those returns come from, the strategies beginners usually meet first, and the risks to weigh before depositing anything.