We catch up with Or aka “Trust” and learn his process for finding bugs with Immunefi, Code4rena, and his approach to security in Web3. — Introduction Recently, I had the luxury of being able to interview Or Cyngiser aka @trust_90 on twitter who went on a Code4rena competition rampage being the top earner back to back four times in a row winning over $67,000 just from those four. For those unfamiliar, Code4rena is a web3 audit…

We look at how to more effectively teach and learn as software engineers learning new technologies or as developer advocates looking to educate the web3 space. Based on a review of the book. — 🧑🏽‍🏫 As a software engineer and web3 educator, I’m always looking to be more effective at teaching & learning. I recently finished “How Learning Works: 7 Research-based principles for smart teaching” to level up these skills, and we discuss the learnings here.

Python developers love working with the smart contract framework Brownie. A successor to Brownie is in the making — creating a reimagination of the Python Web3 developer experience. — This was originally posted on blog.chain.link In this piece, I’ll be talking about ApeWorX, also known as “Ape”. ApeWorX is a Python-based smart contract development and deployment framework known for its customizability and safe private key management.

What are stablecoins? What do they do in DeFi? Why do people mint stablecoins? Where are stablecoins right now? — Thanks to ChainlinkGod, Luca Prosperi, Zubin Pratap, and Gerrit Hall for their help on this article. For those looking for some code, we have a stablecoins folder in the defi-minimal project. This blog was originallly posted on blog.chain.link Introduction When you…

We compare gas optimizations, developer experience and more between the most popular smart contract languages Solidity & Vyper and use Huff & Yul as benchmarks. — Originally Posted in blog.chain.link This article was written based on information from September 2022. Special thanks to 0xKitsune, Hari, Doggie B, Alex Beregszaszi, Zubin Pratap, and Sudo Init Vyper. Video: Introduction Recently, there has been a lot of debate about “the best” smart contract language, with maxis on each side…

Why the Tornado Cash sanction is the most important event in Web3/Blockchain/Crypto right now. We talk about what happened with Tornado Cash and the US Treasury / OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control), why it’s such a big deal, and what we can do about it. — Tornado Cash UI IPFS Hash for educational purposes: QmU3j1B1UagFbfqgwWBu3yk1La657y8hoGoA24fG3QpPjf Introduction The Tornado Cash sanction is the most important thing in web3 right now.

Pick one, and go. These will give you everything you need to become a blockchain, solidity, and smart contract wizard. We teach you how to pick one of the videos! — You can now learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about blockchain and smart contract development — in one of two videos. Learn Blockchain, Solidity, and Full Stack Web3 Development with Javascript Solidity, Blockchain, and Smart Contract Course — Beginner to Expert Python Tutorial

What is the value of smart contracts? What is the purpose of blockchain? What problems do cryptocurrencies, blockchain, smart contracts, and web3 solve? This is the article to send to your friends and family who don’t understand blockchain, or think that it’s just full of scams. — Introduction At ETH Denver, Ethereum’s largest conference, I gave a talk titled Decentralized Data and Computation, which was about Chainlink, but also I felt I needed to give the audience a gift. Every time I give a talk about anything in web3, I feel it’s important to give context for why…