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An exploration into Render Network, a P2P decentralised GPU marketplace.
Rendering refers to the final process for artists to create 3D images generated from models. Founded by the CEO of OTOY in 2016, Render Network is a peer-to-peer decentralised GPU marketplace built on Polygon and set to migrate to Solana after a vote was passed in April. They connect users in need of rendering jobs […]
An exploration into StaFi: Staking + Finance
March 1, 2023
StaFi is a cross-chain liquid staking protocol. It launched in 2020 & aims to solve the contradiction between mainnet security and token liquidity in PoS consensus. Users maintain network security by staking, while Stafi Validators (SV) and Stafi Special Validators (SSV) are responsible for the safety of the whole protocol and all Staking Contracts, respectively. […]
An Exploration into Trending LSD StakeWise
February 10, 2023
StakeWise is a liquid staking protocol that has no minimum taking requirement. Apart from using their staked ETH (sETH2) capital to earn yield throughout DeFi, users are also free to unstake at any time. StakeWise provides two products, Pool and Solo (N/A for new deposits). StakeWise Pool offers a non-custodial pooled staking solution. Staked ETH will […]
Shanghai Upgrade & LSD narrative
January 27, 2023
At the beginning of 2023, the narrative of liquid staking was revived because of the Shanghai Upgrade. It is definitely good news for protocols like Lido, whose prices have more than doubled in 10 days since January 1st. In this article, Greythorn would like to: What is the Shanghai Upgrade The Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade can […]
ZkSync: Scalability & Low costs
January 12, 2023
Basic Information Features Comparables Bullish Fundamentals 1. Vitalik is LT bullish - In general, my own view is that in the short term, optimistic rollups are likely to win out for general-purpose EVM computation and ZK rollups are likely to win out for simple payments, exchange and other application-specific use cases, but in the medium […]
About zkLend
December 7, 2022
zkLend is a money-market protocol built on StarkNet, combining ZK-rollup scalability, superior transaction speed, and cost savings with Ethereum’s security. At its core, zkLend offers a dual suite of permissioned compliance-focused solutions for institutional clients (“Apollo”) and a permissionless service for DeFi users (“Artemis”). Token Name: $ZEND (TBA) $stZEND Tokenomics Total Supply: 100,000,000 $ZEND Current […]