A technical guide to Aiken, the smart-contract language for Cardano. Covers the eUTXO validator model, the single-binary toolchain, Plutus V3 validator handlers, parameterized minting policies, the built-in test runner, and the CIP-57 blueprint deployment flow.
2026, Jul 16 — 15 minute read
A technical walkthrough of three real, resolved findings from the OpenZeppelin Stellar Contracts audits — silent supply inflation via self-recovery, signer aliasing through non-canonical keys, and a ledger-arithmetic TTL underflow — each with the vulnerable code, a flow diagram, and the fix.
2026, Jul 10 — 15 minute read
A technical walkthrough of the three ways to issue a fungible token on Stellar, the architecture of the OpenZeppelin stellar-tokens library, and a compile-verified SEP-41 contract from cargo new to a funded testnet deployment.
2026, Jul 09 — 27 minute read
A technical survey of the Ethereum ERC standards for AI agents, from ERC-8004 Trustless Agents to verification, coordination, commerce, and verifiable ML inference.
2026, Jul 06 — 24 minute read
A technical deep dive into ERC-8004 Trustless Agents - its three registries for agent identity, reputation and validation, the pluggable trust models, and how the standard is being deployed.
2026, Jul 06 — 24 minute read
A simple guide to ML-KEM, the new way two computers share a secret code that quantum computers cannot steal, explained with padlocks, locked boxes, and a clever double-check.
2026, Jul 03 — 11 minute read
A simple guide to ML-DSA, the new signature that quantum computers cannot fake, explained with everyday analogies about wax seals, secret paint, and drawings that must stay inside the lines.
2026, Jul 03 — 12 minute read
