Ordinals indexing is pain and expensive. Learn how to use painkillers 💊 — Running a Bitcoin full node on an AWS was a joy. It took some time to find the optimal settings but nothing crazy. Finishing IBD in under 12 hours and optimizing the instance to run for under $30 a month afterward felt great 😌 I thought the hard part was…

Learn about infrastructure and Bitcoin Core config optimisation to save money 💰 — I bought my first Bitcoin in 2017 but never considered running a node. Here I am, six years later, looking for the most efficient and economical ways to run a full node. But why? The answer is simply Bitcoin ordinals. Chasing valuable satoshis, inscribing unique art on the network… These…

Learn about the modular smart-contracts architecture of the decentralized social graph 🌿 — Lens Protocol is an exciting experiment. Building a decentralized social graph was a crazy idea not long ago. Now, it’s not an idea it’s reality. The protocol allows people to own their online identity and content. It provides the infrastructure to build apps we use every day. Your audience stays…

Meet with Multichain — Cross Chain Router Protocol — There is no shortage of new blockchains these days. We have chains like Bitcoin, Litecoin as decentralized money and chains like Ethereum, Avalanche, Fantom as decentralized internet. We also have level 2 chains like Polygon and Arbitrum for scalability. While it’s great to have all these alternatives, moving assets between…

A step-by-step guide to adding custom tokens to MetaMask — After starting using MetaMask and losing yourself in the DeFi degen world, you will quickly realize that you can’t see some tokens you own on your wallet. That’s perfectly normal, though. Let me explain. Tokens are just smart contracts with standardized functionality. Developers use the ERC-20 standard to code token…

A step-by-step guide to adding custom networks to MetaMask — MetaMask is a highly customizable cryptocurrency wallet. It became the number one web3 wallet to interact with Ethereum DAPPs. Thanks to its customizability, it’s also possible to use it with other EVM-compatible chains. There are many EVM compatible chains like Fantom, Harmony, Avalanche, Binance Smart Chain, or L2 chains like…

A step-by-step guide to installing and start using Metamask — MetaMask is a noncustodial Ethereum wallet application. It allows us to access our accounts on Ethereum, transfer funds, and interact with DAPPs. If you ever wanted to use DeFi platforms or develop your own the chances are you’ve heard about it and that is for a reason. It’s the most…

Moving your assets between Ethereum and BSC easily — ATTENTION❗️ Unfortunately, Binance Bridge has been closed and this guide is not valid anymore. I prepared a new guide about Multichain — Cross Chain Router Protocol to move over 1500 assets between 30 chains. Check it out in the below link 👇 How to Move Assets Between Different Chains using Multichain Meet with Multichain — Cross Chain Router Protocolmedium.com

Get ready to use BSC DeFi projects with this simple guide — Update: I wrote a generic updated guide about adding custom networks to MetaMask. You can take a look at it below. How to Add Custom Networks to MetaMask A step-by-step guide to adding custom networks to MetaMaskmedium.com Binance Smart Chain is very hot these days. It removes the entry barrier for newcomers to the DeFi space thanks to low transaction fees.