Numio will be shutting down
It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of Numio and the end of app development. We will be keeping the app running for a period of time to allow people to secure their assets, after which time the app will no longer be supported. Why is Numio Closing? When we first launched […]
Beta Test the Numio Defi Dashboard
The Numio DeFi Dashboard is here and officially open for Community Testing. What is the DeFi Dashboard? DeFi swaps have been live on Numio for some time. A basic swap function on both Layer 1 and Layer 2 where you can swap one token for another wherever and whenever you want. However, we are now […]
What Is Zero-Knowledge?
Over the past couple of years zero-knowledge technology has become one of the hottest subjects in crypto. But what is zero-knowledge? Why do we need it? Why is it good to know nothing? This short post will explain zero-knowledge in a way that’s easy to understand. What is zero-knowledge, or a zero-knowledge proof, aka zkProof? […]
Proof of What? Proof-of-Work, Proof of Stake, and the Ethereum Merge
Consensus is at the heart of crypto. Blockchain technology is a way to help different parties agree with no centralized oversight. Where security and trust are instead guaranteed by a decentralized network of computers. To reach a shared consensus, blockchains have different mechanisms. At the time of writing, both Bitcoin and Ethereum are using a […]
Sanctioning Code: What Happened With Tornado Cash?
Last week the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) decided to kick up a storm and sanction the open-source cryptocurrency mixer protocol, Tornado cash. What Is Tornado Cash? Tornado Cash is a cryptocurrency mixer, a set of smart contracts (code) that allow you to hide your transactions from prying eyes. It does […]
Does This Post Contain Free Crypto?
Of course it doesn’t, I’m not giving away any free crypto, and why would I? But you clicked and that’s often all a scammer requires. Someone who is drawn in by an offer too good to be true, someone who is greedy, someone who wants something for nothing. Someone who will click a random link […]