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LEO$8.99+0.26%From your first block to the finer details. Explore the ideas, people, and systems behind the market—one useful explanation at a time.
Follow a transaction from a key to a shared ledger.
Begin with BlockchainExplore contracts, liquidity, borrowing and the risks between them.
Begin with Smart contractUnderstand what a price, valuation or sentiment indicator can tell you.
Begin with Market capitalizationLearn custody, permissions and how to assess what you sign.
Begin with Hardware walletConnect the original ideas to the incidents that changed the industry.
Begin with A Cypherpunk's ManifestoSeparate technical standards, issuer claims and legal frameworks.
Begin with Howey testDust tokens that lure you to a fake site to 'claim' or 'revoke'. Do not interact.
A multisig that can pause or upgrade an L2 in emergencies. A trust assumption to understand.
Any screenshot, cloud backup, or support scam that exposes the mnemonic. Funds are gone once it is used.
An NFT (and sometimes ERC-20) permission that lets an operator move every token you own in that contract.
Asking you to sign a typed-data message that grants operatorship or transfers assets.
Attackers port your phone number to intercept SMS 2FA. Use app or hardware 2FA for exchanges.
Guardians who can help rotate a smart-wallet key if you lose the primary device.
Compromising a dependency, CDN, or installer to reach many wallets at once.
Definitions offer a starting point. Detailed readings include the sources behind the explanation.