I often receive requests for reading materials/learning resources from crypto-curious folks who want to dive deeper. Below is a curated list of recommended crypto 101 reading/listening/watching. Expect this to grow and change over time. Have resources to add? Please message me @mcutler. In efforts to simplify the journey, this reading guide is divided into five sections:Learn about Money: This is a deeper topic than many expect.Learn about Bitcoin: Where it all began. Learn about Ethereum: "L...

I often receive requests for reading materials/learning resources from crypto-curious folks who want to dive deeper. Below is a curated list of recommended crypto 101 reading/listening/watching. Expect this to grow and change over time. Have resources to add? Please message me @mcutler. In efforts to simplify the journey, this reading guide is divided into five sections:Learn about Money: This is a deeper topic than many expect.Learn about Bitcoin: Where it all began. Learn about Ethereum: "L...

Founded in 2018, Blocknative builds and operates critical infrastructure for monitoring and managing public blockchain transactions. Today, we are excited to announce that we have raised $12.0 million in new Series A financing, bringing our total raised to more than $19.0 million. We are thrilled – and humbled – to welcome a number of new investors to the Blocknative team, including: Rho Capital’s Ignition Fund, which lead the round Robot Ventures / Robert LeshnerAltonomy VenturesKain Warwick...

Founded in 2018, Blocknative builds and operates critical infrastructure for monitoring and managing public blockchain transactions. Today, we are excited to announce that we have raised $12.0 million in new Series A financing, bringing our total raised to more than $19.0 million. We are thrilled – and humbled – to welcome a number of new investors to the Blocknative team, including: Rho Capital’s Ignition Fund, which lead the round Robot Ventures / Robert LeshnerAltonomy VenturesKain Warwick...

Blocknative Transaction Simulations can be used to preview the outcome of potential transactions based on the current state of the blockchain. The introduction of Blocknative Transaction Preview expands our Ethereum Simulation capabilities beyond inflight, signed transactions to now include on-demand insights into unsigned transactions prior to broadcasting them for inclusion on-chain. This new capability enables wallets, protocols, and traders to see the expected slippage, net-balance change...

Blocknative Transaction Simulations can be used to preview the outcome of potential transactions based on the current state of the blockchain. The introduction of Blocknative Transaction Preview expands our Ethereum Simulation capabilities beyond inflight, signed transactions to now include on-demand insights into unsigned transactions prior to broadcasting them for inclusion on-chain. This new capability enables wallets, protocols, and traders to see the expected slippage, net-balance change...

When Ethereum upgraded its core gas-fee marketplace with EIP-1559, transactions moved from a first-price auction to a hybrid system involving base fees and tips. As we have previously covered, this introduced new levels of complexity for transacting on-chain. To help further clarify this, today we will explain the new terms and how to approach the core variables associated with EIP-1559 transaction fees.The New Terminology of EIP-1559 TransactionsFirst, a refresher: EIP-1559 changed how Ether...

When Ethereum upgraded its core gas-fee marketplace with EIP-1559, transactions moved from a first-price auction to a hybrid system involving base fees and tips. As we have previously covered, this introduced new levels of complexity for transacting on-chain. To help further clarify this, today we will explain the new terms and how to approach the core variables associated with EIP-1559 transaction fees.The New Terminology of EIP-1559 TransactionsFirst, a refresher: EIP-1559 changed how Ether...

Since launching our commercial plans, the crypto ecosystem has undergone transformational growth. This has driven the rapid adoption of our real-time mempool data infrastructure and suite of industry-leading solutions. Our team is proud to help support many top DeFi protocols, exchanges, NFT marketplaces, automated trading systems, and more. To scale to meet the growing demand for our services – as well as sustainably support the vibrant global crypto community – today we are introducing some...

Since launching our commercial plans, the crypto ecosystem has undergone transformational growth. This has driven the rapid adoption of our real-time mempool data infrastructure and suite of industry-leading solutions. Our team is proud to help support many top DeFi protocols, exchanges, NFT marketplaces, automated trading systems, and more. To scale to meet the growing demand for our services – as well as sustainably support the vibrant global crypto community – today we are introducing some...

Gas impacts every Ethereum participant, and estimating a competitive gas price alongside market volatility is a complex task. This challenge is particularly evident under periods of extreme market volatility — such as Black Thursday in 2020 and the crypto crash in May of 2021 As we have previously explored, the mempool acts as a competitive gas fee marketplace because miners are incentivized to include – that is, confirm – transactions with the highest gas price. Understanding how the mempool...

Gas impacts every Ethereum participant, and estimating a competitive gas price alongside market volatility is a complex task. This challenge is particularly evident under periods of extreme market volatility — such as Black Thursday in 2020 and the crypto crash in May of 2021 As we have previously explored, the mempool acts as a competitive gas fee marketplace because miners are incentivized to include – that is, confirm – transactions with the highest gas price. Understanding how the mempool...

We are excited to introduce our new Ethereum Simulation Platform and provide every member of the ecosystem with ready access to live transaction simulations of pending marketable internal transactions. Simulation Platform unlocks profit potential for traders and helps protocols intercept malicious transactions before they can get confirmed on-chain. This is a new class of mempool Lego brick that serves to further level the playing field in Ethereum's Dark Forest. Introducing Blocknative ...

We are excited to introduce our new Ethereum Simulation Platform and provide every member of the ecosystem with ready access to live transaction simulations of pending marketable internal transactions. Simulation Platform unlocks profit potential for traders and helps protocols intercept malicious transactions before they can get confirmed on-chain. This is a new class of mempool Lego brick that serves to further level the playing field in Ethereum's Dark Forest. Introducing Blocknative ...

We are pleased to announce beta support for the Polygon Network across our core mempool data platform. Polygon is available via our API, SDK, Mempool Explorer, Notify, and Onboard. Now builders and traders can leverage Blocknative's proven real-time infrastructure for reliable transaction settlement on the Polygon network – in addition to Ethereum and Gnosis Chain. New Capabilities for Polygon Builders Our platform provides Polygon network builders with support for the end-to-end transac...

We are pleased to announce beta support for the Polygon Network across our core mempool data platform. Polygon is available via our API, SDK, Mempool Explorer, Notify, and Onboard. Now builders and traders can leverage Blocknative's proven real-time infrastructure for reliable transaction settlement on the Polygon network – in addition to Ethereum and Gnosis Chain. New Capabilities for Polygon Builders Our platform provides Polygon network builders with support for the end-to-end transac...

The principle behind Ether (ETH) gas is straightforward. For your transaction to become part of the Ethereum blockchain, you must pay gas fees to transact. And the amount of gas you must pay varies from block to block — depending upon mempool congestion. The gas price paid for each transaction acts as an incentive to miners for your transaction to be included in a block. The fee miners collect for this process needs to be attractive, but paying a high gas price can result in a profit loss for...

The principle behind Ether (ETH) gas is straightforward. For your transaction to become part of the Ethereum blockchain, you must pay gas fees to transact. And the amount of gas you must pay varies from block to block — depending upon mempool congestion. The gas price paid for each transaction acts as an incentive to miners for your transaction to be included in a block. The fee miners collect for this process needs to be attractive, but paying a high gas price can result in a profit loss for...

The mempool is often referenced as a waiting room for pre-chain transactions, but “waiting room” is too passive of a term. It suggests it’s a casual place for transactions to hang out while they wait to be confirmed on-chain. In reality, it’s more like a battle zone. Bots can force their way in to exploit arbitrage opportunities. Transactions can change out of sight, leaving you and your traders unprepared for battle. Traders are your end-users, so you are building for them. The more attracti...

The mempool is often referenced as a waiting room for pre-chain transactions, but “waiting room” is too passive of a term. It suggests it’s a casual place for transactions to hang out while they wait to be confirmed on-chain. In reality, it’s more like a battle zone. Bots can force their way in to exploit arbitrage opportunities. Transactions can change out of sight, leaving you and your traders unprepared for battle. Traders are your end-users, so you are building for them. The more attracti...

Blocknative is pleased to announce it now supports Ethereum Name Service (ENS) names and records natively in Onboard — web3's most powerful connect wallet button. Now any Dapp that uses Onboard has the ability to get a user’s ENS name as well as any record associated with it. This simple callback function can be added with just a few lines of code and will help provide a more cohesive experience to anyone transacting with your Dapp. Here is a code example of how to enable the ENS integra...

Blocknative is pleased to announce it now supports Ethereum Name Service (ENS) names and records natively in Onboard — web3's most powerful connect wallet button. Now any Dapp that uses Onboard has the ability to get a user’s ENS name as well as any record associated with it. This simple callback function can be added with just a few lines of code and will help provide a more cohesive experience to anyone transacting with your Dapp. Here is a code example of how to enable the ENS integra...

Ethereum's core gas fee marketplace mechanism is set to be upgraded at approximately 5:00am PST on August 5, 2021 – when EIP-1559 goes live as part of the London Hard Fork at block 12,965,000. This will update how Ethereum transaction fees are calculated, moving from a first-price auction to a hybrid system involving base fees and tips. Given that this change impacts every Web3 builder and trader, we have updated our core Mempool API, Gas Platform, Gas Estimator, and Mempool Explorer to ...

Ethereum's core gas fee marketplace mechanism is set to be upgraded at approximately 5:00am PST on August 5, 2021 – when EIP-1559 goes live as part of the London Hard Fork at block 12,965,000. This will update how Ethereum transaction fees are calculated, moving from a first-price auction to a hybrid system involving base fees and tips. Given that this change impacts every Web3 builder and trader, we have updated our core Mempool API, Gas Platform, Gas Estimator, and Mempool Explorer to ...