Privacy Enabling Tech (ZK, MPC, FHE, TEE) may have more or less the same goal but each of them has a differentiated approach to privacy with its own set of ideal use cases and limitations.
ZKPs enable single-user privacy without data disclosure. MPC relies on collective trust
1/I spent the last few weeks diving into dark pools. Here's a deep dive
Since 2011, Tradfi Dark Pools have paid out over $340M in penalties for mishandling confidential trade information
The future of crypto dark pools is trustless privacy and many projects are working on it.
1/ ORU teams are shipping permissionless fraud proving mechanism but going from permissioned to permissionless opens up the network to several attack vectors. ORUs hold close to $30B that could be at risk
MEV on L2s could be getting a makeover with
@arbitrum
's Time Boost. A second-price sealed bid auction instead of First-come-first serve model could enable backrunning and arbitrage instead of just latency games.
We will also have L2 liquidations with
@API3DAO
's OEV Network
3/ Here's a dive into different fraud proving mechanisms such as Arbitrum’s BoLD, Optimism, Fuel and Cartesi, and how they model for delay, economic and censorship attacks.
@tarunchitra
's new paper dropped 🍿- An Analysis of Intent-Based Markets
This paper looks at congestion costs, i.e., costs incurred by solvers based on the number of solvers entering the competition in a given market and how that may affect the welfare of that market
2/ This is because you would no longer have a central entity whitelisting the network of proposers. It is now open season on Optimistic land. Anyone can set up a stake and start posting L2 state assertions.
2/ Privacy is a silent but growing concern in defi. People don’t mind showing their faces on social media and expressing opinions but when it comes to “putting money where the mouth is” most people prefer to do it privately. This is the case for both institutions and individuals.
As a part of the Data Alchemist program, I've created a dashboard on
@opensea
's performance on
@0xPolygon
mainnet.
Covering
@opensea
's Reach, Retention, Revenue in the following thread below.
Created using
@Covalent_HQ
's platform, Increment. 1/11
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3/ Dark Pools have existed since the late ‘60s and make up ~14% of US trade Volume. While they’ve been a tool of great convenience, dark pools are not free of trust issues. An operator can leak confidential order information to others who trade against its customers for profit.
4/ In crypto, truly private dark pools don’t have to trust an operator. Beyond privacy, dark pools also reduce the price impact large trades may have on markets. Issues like front-running, copy-trading, and wallet tracking are solved if not minimized.
6/ To learn more about how dark pools and privacy-focused projects enable private transactions on inherently transparent blockchains, dive into dark pools here:
Thank you for reading through. Feedback welcomed
Started off without knowing any SQL and now I've been getting comfortable working with SQL & blockchain data. All thanks to
@Covalent_HQ
,
@Luke_Harriman
No, institutions may not buy your fav memecoin, but for adoption at scale, privacy is a prerequisite. It didn't take
@ArkhamIntel
too long to figure out all 10 institutional BTC ETF addresses as they went live.
You have no idea what these bad boys have
ALL 10 BTC ETFS NOW ON ARKHAM
On-chain addresses for the Invesco, Valkyrie, and ARK Spot BTC ETFs are now on Arkham.
We are the first to identify all 10 BTC Spot ETFs.
BREAKING :
@Mysten_Labs
announce Walrus Devnet. Walrus is a decentralized storage and DA protocol for all chains partially powered by
#Sui
. Walrus enables you to build DA for rollups and store Exabytes of data sharded over hundreds and thousands of globally decentralized nodes.
Reach metrics cover a project's user inflow, transactions, growth.
The chart below shows monthly number of buyers (takers), sellers (makers) on Opensea on polygon
A steady decline since Jan 22 is seen after which it furthers down in Sep 22 due to overall bearish sentiments 2/11
@Ariiellus
@arbitrum
@API3DAO
Maybe you are referring to CEX-DEX Arb?
Liquidations exist on L2 lending protocols but there was no way for protocols to recapture that value. It is now possible with oracle or 3rd party held auctions.
I'm hiring just anyone.
Team will just be you. No PMs or meetings. Plan is to let you do your current job.
$0 cash + you give me 50% of your regular earnings.
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@pumpernikhil
@curiouscatwang
@evanbfish
@vikramcantsingh
@PortalVentures
Financialization and gaming are quite the centre pieces of crypto. There are other areas that haven't picked off yet such as DeSco. A core theme across these segments is identity. Crypto enables all of these utilities as a result of ownership.
@eawosikaa
@0xMert_
I wonder if Move being rust based makes it easier to onboard web2 rust developers to Sui/Aptos. Does it help them learn and use Move at a faster pace?
Number of Sales by Collection records sales across top NFT collections on Opensea - Polygon.
Opensea Collections, Opensea Storefront (orange) are collections owned by various creators but are deployed addresses by Opensea. Hence most sales come under the two collections. 3/11
@DarkDotFail
I think now we can move beyond just privacy coins for privacy because some protocols have expanded their shielded set to include other tokens as well.
We have a couple of Crypto dark pool protocols that are in development. I've covered them and other Privacy defi protocols here
@wycfwycf
@chrisliambender
@renegade_fi
Correct me if I'm wrong but with Renegade, optimizations are made for execution price more than speed?
And if a user wants faster execution, they can choose to disclose certain details of the order such as ticker/quantity.
The chart below shows Opensea's user market share compared to all NFT marketplaces on polygon.
We can see a decline in user marketshare given the adoption of other marketplaces such as Aavagotchi, Playdapp, NFTrade, Tofunft and more. 4/11
Surprise!
Uncommon Core is back, and it's all-new.
Excited to explore the technology & incentives that make public blockchains work w/ my new co-host,
@jon_charb
.
Special focus will be on MEV, blockchain security, and the rollup ecosystem
@wycfwycf
@chrisliambender
@renegade_fi
Indeed. I've looked a couple of designs and each of them are so differentiated, make different trade offs. Can't wait for them to go live. Lots of work to be done for sure.
Ways to increase retention
- Partner with creators/collections whose NFTs bring more utility
- Improve user experience with better security and smoother interface
- Improved creator/seller vetting
- Making it highly inconvenient for wash traders
11/11
@Ariiellus
@arbitrum
@API3DAO
There's also DEX-DEX arbitrage on L2s. Given that Arbitrum follows FCFS, searchers could mostly compete on latency. Here with bundling made available, searchers can get creative with their bundles, like they do on L1.
@Elegy4TheArctic
Indeed. They tie into one another. MEV capture goes through validators, which become rewards for stakers on liquid staking protocols that will soon be powered by DVT.
These charts measure seller and buyer volume across all NFT marketplaces on Polygon.
Opensea and Aavagotchi are observed to have most of the seller and buyer volume on Polygon. 5/11
These charts measure buyer and seller retention, and monthly number of new users on Opensea - Polygon.
Apart from the decline in the inflow of new users, most buyers and sellers are not retained beyond 4 months. 6/11
1) 📢 .
@stripe
processed $800B in payments in 2022 and expects to process $1 TRILLION in 2023. This fintech giant has made a significant stride towards global adoption of crypto with the launch of their crypto on/off ramp for US-based businesses. But what about constrained yet