You load a Web3 app. The hero text is shouting something about “decentralized future,” there are three gradients fighting in the background, and front and center is The Button: Connect Wallet You click it. A panel slides out. Fifteen wallets appear. Half of them you have never heard of. One of them you installed once … Read more
If Web3 were a city, blockchains would be the courthouse: public, tamper-evident, and a little too serious. But the courthouse is terrible at holding stuff. You don’t store everyone’s furniture in the courtroom. That’s where Web3 storage and indexing come in: Let’s unpack all of this without needing a PhD in distributed systems or a … Read more
Move is the programming language that treats digital assets like they’re real things you could drop on your foot. It’s strongly typed, resource-oriented, and designed so tokens, NFTs, and capabilities can’t accidentally vanish in a puff of “whoops.” Born at Facebook’s Diem project and now powering chains like Aptos and Sui, Move aims to make … Read more
If the first three episodes gave you the lay of the land, this one is the trail run with ankle weights and a snack break. Rust is what happens when a systems language hits the gym, reads a few chapters on type theory, and decides memory safety can be fast, actually. If you need a … Read more
If Episode 1 set the stage and Episode 2 wrestled Solidity into a friendly headlock, this chapter is where we pour tea for the other EVM language in the room: Vyper. If you’re arriving fresh, start with the Web3 overview and catch up with Episode 1 and Episode 2 — then come back for the Python-flavored dessert. … Read more
If you missed the series intro, start with Episode 1: The Big Four — Solidity, Vyper, Rust, and Move and the Web3 overview — then come back for today’s deep dive into Solidity, the EVM’s chatty extrovert who always shows up with a toolbelt and a stack of audit notes. Solidity in One Breath Solidity is a contract-oriented, statically … Read more
Want the 10,000-ft tour first? Here’s the Web3 overview you can actually own. If you’re here mainly for systems-level nerdery, the warm-up act was this Rust piece. Today we’re kicking off a five-parter on Web3 programming languages with a snackable, mildly opinionated overview of the four you’ll bump into most: Solidity, Vyper, Rust, and Move. … Read more
Web3 overview — What is Web3? — 2025 Global Crypto Adoption Index — L2 ecosystem tracker — State of Crypto 2024 — Product: MetaMask Web3 is the idea that the web should feel less like a mall owned by a few landlords and more like a bustling bazaar where you actually hold the keys to your shop. It’s built on blockchains (shared databases with receipts), … Read more
So, you’ve heard about NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and now you’re thinking, “Hey, I can totally do that myself!” Well, hold onto your crypto-wallets, folks, because while it’s absolutely doable, you’re in for a bit of an adventure. But don’t worry — I’ll guide you through this blockchain-flavored jungle safari, and by the end, you’ll either have an … Read more