After Bitcoin showed the world the myriad benefits of decentralized and trustless systems, blockchain technology has emerged as the cornerstone of Web3. A blockchain’s immutable ledger provides a transparent and secure way to store data and execute transactions, making it an attractive solution for industries where breaches of trust can…

Audits play a crucial role in safeguarding the security and stability of blockchain projects. The team of expert auditors at CertiK bring a wealth of experience to the table, having successfully completed audits on over 3,500 projects, uncovered over 60,000 findings, and secured more than $300 billion of assets. The…

A smart contract audit is a line-by-line inspection of a contract’s code. Smart contract code review aims to find security vulnerabilities and code inefficiencies. Auditors propose solutions to the issues encountered during the audit and recommend ways for clients to remediate vulnerabilities. Why are smart contract audits important? Smart contracts are self-executing, which means the terms…

Algorand’s recent implementation of State Proofs marks a major step forward for web3 interoperability. With the increasingly mature web3 ecosystem seeing users move between different blockchains more frequently, finding simple and secure solutions to interoperability is a major challenge for the sector. This blog looks at what interoperability is, some…

In committing to becoming a carbon-negative blockchain, Algorand leads the way in web3’s push to become a sustainable ecosystem. This blog looks at what it means for Algorand to truly be sustainable, discusses the importance of web3’s wider shift to sustainability for mainstream adoption, and spotlights some of the projects…

Algorand is a layer 1, proof of stake blockchain developed by the MIT professor Silvio Micali in 2019. As a payments-focused network, Algorand provides rapid transaction speeds and near instant finality, opening the doors to a host of users, developers and investors seeking to take advantage of the network’s speed…

Doomslug is one of the key innovations at work behind the scenes of NEAR Protocol that is driving the adoption of the platform. Without it, NEAR’s impressive speeds and scalability would be impossible. To understand what Doomslug is, and how it works to scale NEAR, we have to take a…

The history of web3 is partly a history of overcoming key hurdles on the path to mass adoption. First, bitcoin overcame the initial hurdle of how to create a decentralized ledger technology itself. Later Ethereum showed a way of expanding blockchain technology to facilitate a near infinite functionality with smart…

NEAR protocol enters the web3 space with a host of innovations both at the level of its underlying technology, and its overall mission to put usability first. Central to both of these is its game-changing scalability solution known as Nightshade, which implements a unique sharding protocol that will ultimately lead…