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Onchain 101Build Onchain

Onchain vs Offchain: What to Store Where and Why It Matters

Learn when to use onchain vs offchain storage for Web3 projects. Clear trade-offs, practical patterns, and a decision framework for cost, trust, and permanence.

16 min read
Crypto 101Social

Creator Coins: How Vanity Metrics Finally Drive Real Revenue

Discover how creator coins on Base app and Zora transform followers and engagement into direct revenue streams. Learn how these platforms let creators own the upside while rewarding communities, plus the risks and opportunities of audience tokenization.

15 min read
AI

How to Get AI to Stop Agreeing With You: Prompt for ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor

Learn how to configure ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor to challenge your thinking instead of just agreeing. Includes ready-to-use system prompts.

13 min read
Crypto 101

How Crypto Bridges Work and How to Bridge Safely Between Blockchains

Understand how crypto bridges move assets between blockchains, what really happens under the hood, and the exact steps to bridge safely without losing funds.

15 min read
Build OnchainSocial

Crosscaster: Free Mini App to Crosspost to Farcaster and X

Learn how I built Crosscaster, a Farcaster mini app that posts to Twitter and Farcaster simultaneously leveraging x402 and Neynar.

16 min read
Crypto 101

How Crypto Wallets Work: Keys, Seed Phrases, and Smart Accounts

Learn what crypto wallets actually do, how private keys and seed phrases control your assets, and why smart contract wallets are changing Web3 security.

13 min read
Crypto 101

How Automated Market Makers Work: Liquidity Pools and AMM Pricing

Learn how automated market makers enable token swaps without order books, how liquidity pools work, and what impermanent loss means for liquidity providers.

15 min read
TokensDeFi

What Is Circulating Supply in Crypto? How Market Cap and FDV Really Work

Learn how circulating supply drives market cap calculations, where supply data comes from, and how to verify token metrics on-chain to avoid common valuation traps.

16 min read
Crypto 101Build Onchain

What is Web3: Simply and Extensively Explained

Web3 is the next phase of the internet where you own your data, content, and digital assets through blockchain technology, instead of corporations controlling everything.

15 min read