Protocols & Platforms
Reviews and walkthroughs of major DeFi protocols: Aave, Uniswap, Compound, Curve, Lido, and more.
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How to lend crypto on Aave: approve, supply, track aTokens, withdraw cleanly
Aave “lending” is supplying to a chain-specific pool, receiving aTokens that accrue variable interest, then redeeming them to withdraw.

How do automated market makers work: pricing swaps with on-chain inventory
AMMs quote prices from pool reserves, so every swap shifts inventory, creates price impact, and invites arbitrage to realign the pool with external markets.

How Aave bad debt works: from post-liquidation leftovers to reserve deficits
Aave v3.3 turns bad debt into an explicit per-asset reserve deficit by burning leftover borrower debt after liquidation.

How to buy tokenized real estate with crypto: a compliance-first walkthrough
Most tokenized real estate purchases use KYC/AML onboarding and issue security tokens tied to an LLC or SPV that owns the property.

How txToken share-price compounding works, and how it differs from yield farming
Taurox describes a pool-share token whose price rises with trading profits, replacing emissions and manual reward claiming.