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Smart Contracts & Tokens

In-depth articles on blockchain technology, DeFi protocols, consensus mechanisms, and the infrastructure powering decentralised finance.

Smart Contracts & Tokens articles

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Smart Contracts & Tokens 10 min read

What Is a Smart Contract?

A comprehensive guide to smart contracts: self-executing programs on the blockchain that enforce agreements without intermediaries, powering DeFi, NFTs, and ...
Smart Contracts & Tokens 11 min read

What Are Tokens? Understanding Digital Assets

An in-depth guide to blockchain tokens: the difference between coins and tokens, fungible vs non-fungible assets, token standards, stablecoins, and the taxon...
Smart Contracts & Tokens 12 min read

ERC-20: The Fungible Token Standard

A technical deep dive into the ERC-20 token standard: its interface, approval mechanism, common extensions like ERC-20Permit, decimal conventions, security p...
Smart Contracts & Tokens 12 min read

ERC-721 and NFTs: Non-Fungible Tokens

A thorough examination of non-fungible tokens: the ERC-721 standard, metadata architecture, on-chain vs off-chain storage, ERC-1155, royalties, and NFT use c...
Smart Contracts & Tokens 13 min read

What Is a DAO? Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

A comprehensive guide to DAOs: on-chain governance, proposal and voting mechanisms, treasury management, notable examples, the 2016 DAO hack, and the challen...