IT’S’ ALIIIIIVE!!! The first fully trustless, reward-earning AMM pool on StarkEx layer 2 has just opened on rhino.fi. Building fully trustless AMMs on our StarkEx layer 2 rollup has been one of the toughest technical challenges we’ve ever faced. It’s been audited and tested under every imaginable scenario, without shortcuts. And now the technology is …
The question ‘what is TVL’ is one of the most common in all of crypto. Check out our explainer on what the words ‘token value locked’ really means, and what TVL means specifically for DeFi projects.
The Tornado Cash sanctions are a warning shot to the entire DeFi community. If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that Tornado Cash, a privacy tool that enables you to shield your transaction history, is the first-ever smart contract to be sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury. This means you can now go to jail …
Blockchain bridges (also known as cross-chain bridges) enable data and value to flow freely between blockchains, and thus play an integral role in the multi-chain universe. However they’ve received fierce criticism over the past few months, following a string of damaging hacks. On August 2nd, just a few days before this article was written, hackers …
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Zero Knowledge (ZK) tech can solve Ethereum’s scalability puzzle. This validation concept has the potential to increase the network’s transaction capacity from 15 to 100,000 per second and trigger a huge reduction in frustrating gas fees. All it needs, in actual fact, is to be compatible with Ethereum itself. Specifically, it needs to be compatible …
Zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs can prove the legitimacy of a transaction without revealing sensitive details from either party. The technology is fast, secure and is popular among several ‘rollup’ projects on Ethereum layer 2, including rhino.fi. We’re known as ‘ZK rollups’ for this reason.
We’re launching rhino.fi’s first-ever cross-chain charge – meaning we’ll be making brand-new Polygon tokens available every day for the next two weeks, starting with Planet IX (IXT) and Automata (ATA). This means you can swap the tokens directly from your rhino.fi account on layer 2, totally gas-free, and you may even get a lovely reward at the …
