What Is a Sybil Attack? How Blockchain Systems Prevent Fake Identities
A Sybil attack happens when one actor creates many fake identities to gain outsized control over a network. In blockchain systems, this can corrupt governance
Rate Limiting Nullifiers (RLN) Explained: ZK Spam Protection
Rate Limiting Nullifiers (RLN) are zero-knowledge cryptographic protocols that enforce per-account transaction quotas without requiring users to pay traditional gas fees. By utilizing
What Is On-Chain Identity? DIDs, Soulbound Tokens, and Verifiable Credentials
On-chain identity lets users prove who they are using blockchain data. It replaces logins and passwords with crypto proof. Three tools make it work:
What Is a Nullifier in Zero-Knowledge Cryptography? How Double-Spend Is Prevented
nullifier is a unique tag derived from a secret key. It marks that an action already happened. ZK protocols reject any duplicate nullifier, stopping double-
What Is a Stealth Address? How Blockchain Privacy Actually Works
A stealth address is a one-time cryptographic address generated fresh for every transaction. The sender creates it using the recipient's public key.
How Do Layer 2 Networks Make Money? The Business Model Explained
Layer 2 networks earn revenue through sequencer fees, native yield from bridged assets, app fees, and premium pricing. Status Network removes gas costs entirely. It
What Is Impermanent Loss? The Hidden Risk of Providing Liquidity
Impermanent loss is the difference in value between holding tokens in a liquidity pool and simply holding them in a wallet. It occurs when the
What Is Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi? How to Use It (and Its Limits)
Total Value Locked (TVL) is the dollar value of all crypto assets deposited into a DeFi protocol's smart contracts. It counts tokens staked,
What Is Sparse Merkle Tree (SMT)? How RLN Uses SMT for Rate Limiting
A Sparse Merkle Tree (SMT) is a fixed-size cryptographic tree where most leaves are empty by default. It proves membership or non-membership of
Why Do Ethereum Gas Fees Spike? Network Congestion and EIP-1559 Explained
Ethereum gas fees spike when user demand for block space exceeds supply. EIP-1559, activated in August 2021, replaced blind auctions with a dynamic base
What Is DeFi? Decentralized Finance Explained for Beginners
DeFi (decentralized finance) is a system of financial apps built on blockchains instead of banks. Users lend, borrow, trade, and earn yield through smart contracts.
Introducing Bermuda: The Composable Privacy Layer of Status Network
Status Network is the first reputation-based L2 designed for humans and bots, enabling gasless transactions and composable privacy at scale. Today, we are introducing
Status v2.37 is out!
Bringing you the more control over your digital footprint, view on-chain friends, Linea chain support, Keycard & dApps on mobile, smart QR code scan,
Status v2.37: More control over your digital footprint, view on-chain friends, Linea support, Keycard & dApps on mobile, smart QR code scan, and more
Release Roundup Status v2.37 brings you: * More control over your digital footprint. A Fully Sandboxed, Local-only Mode * Linea blockchain is now available in
Status Communities Get Reliable Messaging with the SDS Protocol
What is the SDS Protocol? SDS stands for Scalable Data Sync - a protocol designed to reliably synchronize messages across distributed, decentralized networks. Its full name