DeFi · 07 Oct · 5 min read
What Is Yield Farming?
Yield farming means moving crypto between DeFi protocols to collect fees and token rewards. How it started in 2020, how it works and why returns often fade.
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What Is DeFi?
DeFi is financial services run by smart contracts on public blockchains: trading, lending and more without a bank. How it works, what it is for and the risks.
What Is TVL in DeFi?
TVL is the dollar value of crypto deposited in DeFi protocols. How it is calculated, what it tells you, and why price moves and double counting can mislead.
What Is a Smart Contract Audit and What Does It Miss?
A smart contract audit is an expert review of code before launch. What auditors check, why audited protocols still get hacked, and how to read an audit report.
What Is a Liquidity Pool?
A liquidity pool is a smart contract holding two or more tokens that traders swap against. How pools work, how providers earn fees, and the risks they take on.
What Is Impermanent Loss and How Do You Calculate It?
Impermanent loss is how much less a liquidity provider ends up with than if they had held. The formula, a worked ETH example and a table by price change.
How to Use a DEX for the First Time
Swap tokens on a decentralized exchange safely: set up a wallet, verify the site and token, check price impact and slippage, approve carefully, then revoke.
Where Does DeFi Yield Come From?
DeFi yield comes from borrowers, traders, staking, real-world assets, derivatives or newly printed tokens. How to tell which one pays you and why it matters.
DeFi Lending vs Centralized Crypto Lenders
DeFi lending runs on smart contracts; centralized lenders like Celsius took custody of deposits. Compare transparency, control, risks and what happened in 2022.
What Was DeFi Summer?
DeFi Summer was the 2020 boom when token rewards pulled billions into DeFi. The timeline from COMP to UNI, what it built and what it left behind.
DeFi Mistakes That Lead to Lost Funds
Fake sites, unlimited approvals, copycat tokens, wrong networks, unexplained yields and risky borrowing: where each DeFi mistake happens and how to stop it.
How Health Factor and Liquidation Price Work in DeFi Lending
Health factor shows how close a DeFi loan is to liquidation. The formula, how to find your liquidation price and a worked liquidation example with numbers.