Building a Privacy-First URL Shortener on Blockchain
Why Traditional URL Shorteners Are a Privacy Nightmare When you click a bit.ly link, here's what happens: Bit.ly logs your IP, timestamp, user agent T…
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Thinking Like an Attacker: The Airbags and Seatbelts of Smart Contract Security
In our last post, we built a mathematical proving ground using Foundry . We used stateful fuzzing to prove that the rules of our MilestoneCrowdfundUpg…
You Already Understand Solana Identity: You Just Don't Know It Yet
A Web2 developer's guide to on-chain identity, from SSH keys to self-sovereignty Let me tell you about the moment it clicked for me. I was on day thre…
Atomic cross-chain trades, explained: a hands-on walkthrough of HTLCs
Cross-chain trading has a hard problem at its core: how do you move value between two ledgers that don't speak to each other, without either side gett…
Breaking Down How the Lightning Network Works — It's Not Just Magic
Honestly, I was really curious and finally decided to dig deep into how the Lightning Network (LN) works. Out there, the narrative always says "LN mak…
Exploring Web3 and How Solana Handles Identity
From Web2 to Web3, identity remains an important aspect for authentication and authorization for both users and the server owners. However, the underl…
BUY_LOCK_BLOCKS: How Immute Blocks Same-Block Sandwich Attacks
Sandwich attacks remain one of the most exploitative patterns in decentralized finance. A malicious actor identifies a pending transaction, front-runs…
BUY_LOCK_BLOCKS: How Immute Achieves Smart Contract Sandwich Attack Prevention
yaml style: blog status: draft generated_at: 2026-01-25T12:00:00Z Smart contract sandwich attack prevention is a core design goal of Immute, a bonding…
0 to 1: notes to future blockchain dev self
I’m starting this blog to document my transition into protocol-level blockchain development. My upcoming work will focus exclusively on: Solidity &…
Top 6 Cryptocurrency Data APIs: Comprehensive Comparison (2026)
Most developers building crypto tools make the same mistake. They grab the first API with a free tier, get it working, then six months later realize t…
We built social escrow on-chain: tip anyone on X, Discord, or Telegram with no wallet
Two days ago, a Discord user named @test17 received $838 USDT on Celo. They had no account on our platform. Someone typed a command in a Discord serve…
Building Autonomous AI Agents That Earn Crypto: A 2026 Technical Guide
The Rise of Autonomous AI Agents in Crypto In 2026, we're seeing a fascinating convergence: AI agents that autonomously interact with blockchain netwo…
Private AI Inference on Midnight: Keep Your Data Secret, Prove Your Output is Real
Introduction There is a quiet problem at the heart of modern AI: the data powering personalised outputs often belongs to someone who never consented t…
Polymarket API for Developers: Data, CLOB, and Polygon RPС
TL;DR: Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market on Polygon where real-world events become tradable probability markets. The Polymarket API give…
Solana vs Cardano: Real Tradeoffs for 2026 Builders
If you’re weighing solana vs cardano , you’re not alone: the debate keeps resurfacing because the two chains optimize for very different things—speed …
The AI Agent Identity Crisis Is Here. The Infrastructure to Solve It Already Exists.
The Cloud Security Alliance published a report yesterday titled The AI Agent Identity Crisis . Their conclusion: AI agents operate across core systems…
How to Create a Zero Knowledge DApp: From Zero to Production, Case 2: zk P2P
Can a P2P on-ramp still work without a platform acting as escrow? In the world of crypto, the first thing a newcomer really has to do to enter the spa…
Managing Private State in Midnight: Patterns, Pitfalls, and Best Practices
Managing Private State in Midnight: Patterns, Pitfalls, and Best Practices One of the most common points of confusion for developers new to Midnight i…
Retrofitting Privacy: Adding Midnight to an Existing dApp Step by Step
Retrofitting Privacy: Adding Midnight to an Existing dApp Step by Step Last year I inherited a voting dApp that had been running in production for eig…
Building Private NFT Marketplaces on Midnight: Hidden Ownership, Anonymous Trading
Building Private NFT Marketplaces on Midnight: Hidden Ownership, Anonymous Trading NFT ownership on transparent blockchains is a surveillance tool mas…
Private AI Inference with Midnight: Proving Model Outputs Without Revealing Inputs
Private AI Inference with Midnight: Proving Model Outputs Without Revealing Inputs Every time you send a query to a language model, a credit scoring A…
Midnight Zero-Knowledge Briefing: Dual State Model Developer Walkthrough
The easiest way for me to understand the Dual State Model is I had to stop thinking about what data do I send to the chain and start thinking in terms…
I Built a PQC Native L1 Blockchain from Scratch in 9 Months
I’ve spent the last nine months deep in the weeds of Rust, distributed systems, and FIPS-standardized cryptography. The result is Dytallix : the first…
Security Checklist for Midnight dApps Before Deployment
Security Checklist for Midnight dApps Before Deployment Deploying a Midnight dApp without a security review is how you lose user funds or leak private…
How to Get AI Market Analysis On-Chain: Backtested Patterns Delivered to Your Smart Contract
What if your smart contract could receive AI-generated market intelligence — not just a price, but a pattern analysis with confidence scores, indicato…
Working with Maps and Merkle Trees in Compact:
A Guide to the State Dichotomy The Midnight blockchain introduces a fundamental architectural shift in smart contract design through its "State Dichot…
How I Built a Solana Token Bundler with Jito MEV BundlesTags: solana, web3, javascript, blockchain
When I started building SolBundler, the main problem I wanted to solve was simple: sniper bots were destroying pump.fun launches. The moment a token g…
Web3 Application Stack on Kubernetes
Web3 Application Stack on K3s Kubernetes — Lightweight, Scalable, Production-Ready 🚀 Designing a reliable Web3 infrastructure doesn’t always require h…
How AI Is Quietly Breaking Web3 Security (And Creating Invisible Attack Surfaces)
The industry is solving the wrong problem Most developers still think AI is a productivity layer. Faster code. Better autocomplete. Less boilerplate. …
Perpetual Engine Series Part 2: Real-Time PnL Calculation 📈
In Part 1, we explored Liquidation Logic —the safety net that prevents exchange insolvency. But for that safety net to work, the engine needs a precis…