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Supporting Decentralization With Astar and Litentry
The access node API service is one of RockX’s leading product offerings and symbolizes our commitment to supporting…
Striving for Excellence: Now Supporting Two New Networks
As a blockchain infrastructure company, RockX’s access node service is one of the leading products offered by the…
How SSV Network’s Mainnet Launch Will Secure Ethereum
Decentralization is the key principle behind Distributed Validator Technology (DVT), an innovative open-source protocol that ssv.network has been…
The Importance of Staking in Maintaining Decentralization
It’s rapidly becoming the most important distinction and paradigm shift in blockchain and crypto history, and it never…
Changing Crypto Legislation Around the World
Legislation around crypto assets is witnessing a significant churn. The latest on the block is the Crypto Oversight…
Understanding What Managing A Node Really Means
They are, arguably, the only guardians of blockchain integrity. In many ways and in most rising blockchain projects,…
Keep Off The Tokens: The Rise of BRC-20
One could claim this complaint is as old as cryptocurrency itself: Bitcoin’s leadership role hinges on its first…
Why You Should Build on Aptos This 2023
With the increasing popularity of blockchain, the competition among layer 1s is becoming more intense. 2022 was actually…
RockX is Now Carbon Neutral: Why This Is Important
RockX is proud to have achieved carbon neutrality in partnership with Clima. Carbon neutrality is the state where…
Why is Arbitrum So Popular Among Developers?
Arbitrum – a suite of secure scaling solutions for Ethereum – has been developed by Offchain Labs, Inc.…
Modular VS Monolithic Blockchains: A Comparison
Most crypto users who are not familiar with the infrastructural part of blockchain development won’t even be aware…
RockX April Roundup: Post-Shapella, Crypto Regulation & AI
Needless to say, Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade has been the talk of the month. On 12 April 2023, Ethereum…
Starter’s Guide to Crypto Derivatives
Crypto derivatives trading on centralised exchanges surged to more than US$3 trillion in July 2022. Market experts, analysts,…
Polygon’s zkEVM: The Turning Point for an Entire Industry
In a broader sense, the digital device and blockchain markets are not that dissimilar. Both didn’t exist just…
A Complete Analysis of Ethereum Post-Shapella Upgrade
It’s been a week since the much anticipated Shapella Upgrade, and we can finally take a look at…
What is the Sepolia Testnet Faucet?
Developers need environments to test their work. For example, Ethereum developers utilise networks as environments for development, testing,…
Virtual Machine Wars: Ethereum VS Fantom
It’s becoming the archetypal crypto narrative: <insert year> will be the year where <insert blockchain project> really takes…
The Race to zkEVM: The Next Frontier in Decentralised Computing
Blockchain – driven by its technological competitiveness and innovation potential – continues to gain traction. The 2023 numbers…
Shapella Upgrade and Beyond: Key Insights from ETH’s Upgrade Timeline
The upcoming Ethereum (ETH) Shapella Upgrade is a major milestone for the Ethereum blockchain network. This upgrade is…
How RockX Has Been Future-Proofed for the Shapella Upgrade
As the crypto world eagerly awaits Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade on 12 April 2023, RockX is prepared to receive…
An Introduction to EigenLayer and Restaking
Restaking protocol developer, EigenLabs most recently raised $50 million in a Series A round led by Blockchain Capital…
Introduction to RPC: A Fundamental Crypto Protocol
For any users of cryptocurrencies or blockchain-based services, the name RPC probably means very little, but it’s actually…
Introducing Bedrock Liquid Staking for Centralised Exchanges (CEXs)
The Bedrock liquid staking solution is an on-chain, non-custodial, and independent solution that complies with regulatory requirements so…
Tightening Crypto Regulations: What Does Decentralisation Mean Now?
The tightening of crypto regulations has left the blockchain industry in a quandary. Regulatory gaps have been identified,…
Best 3 Courses to Learn Web3 Development for Free
Often called the ‘Future of the Internet’, Web3 offers a read/write/own version of the web – which is…
Exploring Order Book DEXs: Why Polkadex and D5 Exchange Will Lead the Next Wave of Decentralised Trading
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) has been gaining popularity in recent years as an alternative to traditional financial systems. And…
A Technical Overview of Polygon’s zkEVM Mainnet
Polygon, a scaling project for Ethereum, has announced the upcoming launch of its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM)…
How to Get Up to $1000 in Credits on RockX’s Access Node Portal
To encourage more builders in the Web3 space, RockX has launched a new feature on its Access Node…
The Need for Crypto: A Stable, Decentralised Currency
An ideal decentralised currency is one not controlled by any central authority or government and maintains a stable…
How to Use Bedrock: A Comprehensive Guide to Transparent Liquid Staking
RockX has launched Bedrock, the company’s proprietary liquid staking protocol. Bedrock boasts the latest, enterprise-grade security and meets…
Why Liquid Staking Is A Game Changer for Financial Institutions
Institutions have long been interested in the potential economic upsides of staking protocols. Unlike mining, staking doesn’t require…
Optimism’s Superchain: The Next Level of L2 Wars
The L2 wars have begun. And Arbitrum and Optimism are the top two fighters. Out of these two,…
What Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade Means for Validators
It’s been what feels like a week (but was actually still just a few months) since one of…
Why You Should Build on Fantom
The world of cryptocurrencies is populated by a vast array of different blockchains, each with its unique features…
Crypto Regulation: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
If you had a chat with a crypto enthusiast in the early 2010s (provided you could find one,…
Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade: Staking, Gas Fees, and More
One of the biggest impending events for the Ethereum blockchain is the Shapella upgrade, renamed from the previous…
Everything You Need to Know About Greenfield by Binance
Earlier this year, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced its new initiative called Greenfield. With this new…
Cold Storage Can Help Keep Your Crypto Safe
The crypto market is currently deep in the bear market. This is characterised by a period of continued…
The Aftermath of BUSD: Binance & Stablecoin Regulation
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could be gearing up to take action against Paxos, one of…
What Does ‘Mass Adoption’ Really Mean in Crypto?
It’s the one-billion (maybe even trillion…) question in the crypto space since the very early days of Bitcoin…
Slashing on Ethereum: Everything You Need to Know
In 2020, Ethereum began the process of transitioning to a Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain. This transition brought…
The State of Decentralisation on Ethereum
If you ask any Ethereum adopters (or even, ‘supporters’, given the tribal nature of that crypto tech debates…
Aave V3 Has Finally Arrived: Here’s What to Expect
It’s one of crypto’s biggest ironies: its toughest sentiment periods and its longest bear markets tend to have…
What the Spike in Polygon’s Users is Telling us About the Crypto Industry
There’s no denying that the crypto industry has taken a beating over the past year. With prices plummeting…
Accessing the Blockchain: the Link Between Blockchain and Crypto
Blockchain and cryptocurrency are two of the most buzzed-about topics in the financial world today. But what exactly…
DeFi Lending VS Staking: Which is Better?
When it comes to earning a return on your cryptocurrency holdings in the decentralised finance (DeFi) sector, there…
Why the New Era of Social Media is Decentralised
Social media has taken over the world. Since it first sprung up in the early 2000s, it grew…
How to Maintain Your Privacy After Metamask’s Policy Update
Metamask has recently updated its privacy policy, and the gist is that whenever you make a transaction on…
Why Lending and Borrowing on Umee is Crypto’s Safe Haven
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) protocols have become increasingly popular in recent years, as they offer a way to lend…
3 Blockchain Networks to Keep an Eye on in 2023
In 2022, the crypto market lost more than $2.55 trillion in value after the prices of the majority…