Crypto Blog & Historical Archive
The Bitcoin Genesis Block (2009): Block 0 and the Chancellor Headline
How Satoshi Nakamoto's Block 0 launched Bitcoin with an unspendable 50 BTC reward and a timestamped newspaper headline.
Historical ArchiveBitcoin Pizza Day: The 10,000 BTC Pizza Purchase of May 22, 2010
Laszlo Hanyecz traded 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas, creating the first well-known real-world Bitcoin purchase.
Historical ArchiveEvery Bitcoin Halving Compared: 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024
Block heights, subsidy cuts and supply inflation across all four Bitcoin halvings.
Historical ArchiveThe Mt. Gox Collapse (2014) and the Rise of Proof of Reserves
How the largest early exchange lost about 850,000 BTC and why Merkle-tree proof of reserves emerged.
Historical ArchiveEthereum Frontier (2015): The Launch of a World Computer
The July 30, 2015 Frontier release brought the Turing-complete EVM and programmable smart contracts to mainnet.
Historical ArchiveThe DAO Hack (2016) and the Ethereum Classic Fork
A reentrancy bug drained 3.6 million ETH and led to the contentious hard fork at block 1,920,000.
Historical ArchiveThe 2017 ICO Boom and the ERC-20 Token Standard
How EIP-20 made tokens interoperable and fueled billions in crowdsales.
Historical ArchiveBitcoin 2017: SegWit, the Blocksize Wars and CME Futures
UASF BIP-148, SegWit activation at block 481,824, the Bitcoin Cash fork and the CME futures debut.
Historical ArchiveMakerDAO: From Single-Collateral Sai to Multi-Collateral DAI
How MakerDAO evolved a decentralized stablecoin from ETH-only to multi-asset collateral.
Historical ArchiveBlack Thursday (March 12, 2020): The Crash That Stress-Tested DeFi
A 50 percent ETH crash, gas spikes and zero-bid Maker vault auctions.
Historical ArchiveDeFi Summer 2020: COMP, Yearn and the AMM Explosion
How liquidity mining turned DeFi from niche to multi-billion dollar ecosystem.
Historical ArchiveThe Uniswap 400 UNI Airdrop (September 2020)
A retroactive drop to 251,534 addresses that defined airdrop culture.
Historical ArchiveBeacon Chain Genesis (December 1, 2020)
Ethereum's proof-of-stake chain launched with the 32 ETH deposit contract.
Historical ArchiveEIP-1559 and the London Hard Fork (August 2021)
Block 12,965,000 introduced the base fee burn.
Historical ArchiveSolana 2021: Proof of History and the Ecosystem Breakout
How Sealevel and PoH scaled Solana.
Historical ArchiveNovember 2021: The $3 Trillion Peak, Taproot and the ENS Airdrop
The cycle top.
Historical ArchiveTerra LUNA and UST Collapse (May 2022)
Curve 3pool imbalance and LUNA hyperinflation.
Historical ArchiveThe Ethereum Merge (September 15, 2022)
Paris at block 15,537,393.
Historical ArchiveThe FTX Collapse (November 2022)
CEX contagion and the move to self-custody.
Historical ArchiveThe BONK Airdrop (December 2022)
A community token that revived Solana.
Historical ArchiveUSDC and the SVB Depeg (March 2023)
A $3.3B reserve freeze.
Historical ArchiveThe Arbitrum ARB Airdrop (March 2023)
1.16B ARB to users.
Historical ArchiveShapella (April 2023)
EIP-4895 withdrawals.
Historical ArchiveCelestia Launch (October 2023)
Data availability sampling.
Historical ArchiveSolana Airdrop Season: JTO, PYTH, JUP
Drops that reshaped Solana TVL.
Historical ArchiveSpot Bitcoin ETF Approval (January 2024)
11 ETFs approved.
Historical ArchiveDencun and EIP-4844 (March 2024)
Blob space.
Historical ArchiveBitcoin's Fourth Halving and Runes (April 2024)
Block 840,000.
Historical ArchiveEigenLayer and Ethena (2024)
Restaking and synthetic dollars.
Historical ArchiveHyperliquid HYPE Airdrop (November 2024)
310M HYPE without VCs.
Historical ArchiveHistory of AMMs: Uniswap v1 to v4
x*y=k to hooks.
Historical ArchiveHistory of Cross-Chain Bridges
Lock-and-mint to intents.
Market & On-Chain GuidesFDV vs Circulating Market Cap: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to fdv vs circulating market cap.
Market & On-Chain GuidesToken Unlock Schedules and Vesting Cliffs: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to token unlock schedules and vesting cliffs.
Market & On-Chain GuidesPerpetual Futures Funding Rates and Open Interest: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to perpetual futures funding rates and open interest.
Market & On-Chain GuidesImpermanent Loss Explained: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to impermanent loss explained.
Market & On-Chain GuidesConcentrated Liquidity Tick Ranges and Fee APR: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to concentrated liquidity tick ranges and fee apr.
Market & On-Chain GuidesCash-and-Carry Basis Arbitrage: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to cash-and-carry basis arbitrage.
Market & On-Chain GuidesOrder Book Depth, Slippage and Price Impact: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to order book depth, slippage and price impact.
Market & On-Chain GuidesBitcoin vs Ethereum Monetary Policy: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to bitcoin vs ethereum monetary policy.
Market & On-Chain GuidesEIP-1559 Base Fee and Priority Tips: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to eip-1559 base fee and priority tips.
Market & On-Chain GuidesOptimistic vs ZK Rollups: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to optimistic vs zk rollups.
Market & On-Chain GuidesSolana Local Fee Markets, Compute Units and Rent: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to solana local fee markets, compute units and rent.
Market & On-Chain GuidesLiquid Staking Tokens vs Native Staking: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to liquid staking tokens vs native staking.
Market & On-Chain GuidesDeFi Health Factors, LTV and Liquidations: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to defi health factors, ltv and liquidations.
Market & On-Chain GuidesStablecoin Architectures Compared: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to stablecoin architectures compared.
Market & On-Chain GuidesHow Oracles Prevent Price Manipulation: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to how oracles prevent price manipulation.
Market & On-Chain GuidesMEV Explained: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to mev explained.
Market & On-Chain GuidesProtocol Revenue, Real Yield and P/E: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to protocol revenue, real yield and p/e.
Market & On-Chain GuidesMcap-to-TVL Ratio: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to mcap-to-tvl ratio.
Market & On-Chain GuidesDollar-Cost Averaging in Crypto: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to dollar-cost averaging in crypto.
Market & On-Chain GuidesPosition Sizing and Drawdown Recovery: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to position sizing and drawdown recovery.
Market & On-Chain GuidesIsolated vs Cross Margin: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to isolated vs cross margin.
Market & On-Chain GuidesBitcoin Mining Economics: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to bitcoin mining economics.
Market & On-Chain GuidesUTXO vs Account Model: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to utxo vs account model.
Market & On-Chain GuidesToken Approvals, Permit2 and Revoking: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to token approvals, permit2 and revoking.
Market & On-Chain GuidesSpotting Fake Airdrops and Drainers: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to spotting fake airdrops and drainers.
Market & On-Chain GuidesFIFO vs HIFO vs LIFO: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to fifo vs hifo vs lifo.
Market & On-Chain GuidesveTokenomics and Gauge Bribes: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to vetokenomics and gauge bribes.
Market & On-Chain GuidesRWA and Tokenized Treasuries: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to rwa and tokenized treasuries.
Market & On-Chain GuidesDePIN Token Economics: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to depin token economics.
Market & On-Chain GuidesModular vs Monolithic Blockchains: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to modular vs monolithic blockchains.
Market & On-Chain GuidesAccount Abstraction and ERC-4337: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to account abstraction and erc-4337.
Market & On-Chain GuidesCandlesticks, Volume Profiles and Moving Averages: A Practical Guide
A clear, data-driven guide to candlesticks, volume profiles and moving averages.
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