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I shit on DeFi project all day… and now I'm launching my own
If everyone is making money in the ecosystem, then who is losing money? In fact, most projects out there are simply the game of the greater fool - it's alright to be a fool, you just need to bring along a greater fool to recoup your losses.
Useful Digital Identities are Neither Decentralized nor Centralized - they are Localized
Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) platforms are emerging from the decentralization movement citing how they will replace the traditional Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) model where Certificate Authorities (CAs) are in charge of controlling the identities, but that will not be the case unless our society becomes more egalitarian. Until then, a hybrid of centralized and decentralized identity systems that are localized shall prevail.
My Personal Finance Stack — As a Millennial Living in Singapore
In this post, I share the list of tools, products, and services that I’ve been using for myself and the rationale behind using them. It covers everything from a savings account, credit card, brokerage, cryptocurrency exchange, mortgage, and even utility account.
Securing your smart contracts with symbolic executions - Part 1
When writing code, it is not only important that the code does what it is supposed to do, but also incapable of not doing anything that it’s not supposed to do. For smart contracts which live on forever on the blockchain, this cannot be more true. Those who fail to understand this get rekted.
Comparing different ways to signal intent from multiple participants on the blockchain
Multisig wallets presents a way for different participants to issue a transaction on the blockchain but is that the only way? In this article I explore various options to represent the signalling of the intent for a transaction that requires more than one participant to agree on.
Dissecting Risk in Defi Projects
With interest rates (or yield, or APY) over 100% on every other Defi projects, one might overlook the level of risk associated with investing in Defi projects. In this post, I will explain breakdown different components of risk associated with Defi products, using models and theories borrowed from business finance.
I've lost $5000 over the last two weeks in decentralized finance farming yield. Here's my story.
Decentralized finance has been quite the hype for the past few months and I've finally decided to get my feet wet two weeks ago after my friend repeatedly prompted me to. Here's what I've learned after losing ~$5000 on yield farming.
Complete guide to buying Bitcoin, Ethereum or other cryptocurrencies in Singapore
Buying your first Bitcoin, Ethereum or other cryptocurrencies is scary. Apart from the vast selection of coins, you have to worry about which is the best exchange to buy from. In this guide, I'll compare some of the exchanges that I use and help you select your go-to exchange depending on your profile.