Author name: David Chen

David started his journey in crypto by yield farming during the 2020 DeFi summer while working in IT support. After spending countless hours dissecting smart contracts and participating in DAO governance forums, he began writing deep dives on his personal blog. He now covers emerging decentralized finance protocols and yield strategies for everyday users.

Ethereum One Month After Frontier: Smart Contracts Emerge as Ether Stabilizes at $1.35

David Chen / September 1, 2015

Just over one month since the Ethereum network’s Frontier release went live on July 30, 2015, the world’s first programmable […]

Ethereum Frontier: The 17-Day-Old Network Navigates Its First Macroeconomic Storm at $1.57

David Chen / August 16, 2015

Ethereum was barely two weeks old when one of the biggest currency shocks of the decade rippled through global markets.

Ethereum Genesis Block Marks the Birth of Programmable Money: Inside the Frontier Launch

David Chen / July 31, 2015

On July 30, 2015, the Ethereum network mined its genesis block, officially launching the Frontier release and ushering in the

Before DeFi: How BitShares, Counterparty, and NXT Pioneered Decentralized Finance in 2015

David Chen / July 19, 2015

Long before Uniswap, Aave, or Compound, a small group of blockchain projects was already experimenting with the ideas that would

The Invisible Revolution: How Decentralized Protocols Were Quietly Reshaping Finance in Early July 2015

David Chen / July 7, 2015

While the world’s attention was fixed on Greece’s debt crisis and Bitcoin’s price rally, a quieter transformation was unfolding beneath

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