Is this the most annoying — or valuable — man in DeFi?
Even Chris Blecs biggest supporters acknowledge he can be as subtle as a sledgehammer when hes pushing for transparency from DeFi projects on Twitter.The founder of DeFi Watch puts noses out of joint across the industry whether hes hammering Polygon for putting billions in the hands of two developers with admin keys or criticizing Rari Capital for being run by teenagers.Hes exactly the kind of provocateur asking the sort of difficult questions those in power would love to see silenced. But in crypto, thats not possible and thats why he loves it.In a decentralized community, I feel like Ive....
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Since 2019, decentralized finance (DeFi) proved a valuable utility for cryptocurrency and likely kickstarted the bull market. Yield farming, staking and lending earned many cryptocurrency investors annual interest rates in double- and even triple-digit territory. Unheard of in traditional finance! But with high returns, investors faced high risks too. Numerous exploits of smart contracts where user funds were drained and malicious activity of DeFi protocols that suddenly withdrew large amounts of cryptocurrency resulted in a healthy amount of skepticism. Also, DeFi moved backstage since....
Content creators are scratching their heads while trying to come up with new ways of monetizing their content. The old traditional advertising model seems to be on the way out, as more and more users consume content on mobile devices. Now that Discontent, a new application for iOS users, has been released, monetizing content has become even more difficult, although Bitcoin could prove to be a valuable alternative. Web content has been a topic of heavy debate in recent years, as some people feel there is too much clutter posted online. Hardly any of the articles or blog posts are properly....
I am a Gmail user, and I filter all my mailboxes through Gmail. I don't find spam too annoying at the moment because Google catches almost all spam before it reaches my inbox. If anything, I find false positives (legitimate mail sent to spam) more annoying than false negatives (spam in the inbox). But that could change with new generations of blockchain-based spambots. It's a story as old as time, or at least as old as the Internet. Spammers have always found new creative ways to invade our mailboxes, and they have always been early adopters of new Internet technologies. Now, they are....
By using Bitcoin and its blockchain, consumers can eliminate fee-charging intermediaries, such as banks and credit card issuers, while preserving their anonymity when transacting on the web. Facebook Bypasses Ad Blockers. The annoying online ads that swarm web pages are detrimental to online publishers, advertisers, and consumers. Content providers....