1. Introduction & Overview What is the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)? The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a federal agency that enforces laws pertaining to securities…
1. Introduction & Overview What is Crypto Tax? Crypto Tax refers to the regulatory and financial obligation of declaring and paying taxes on profits or transactions involving cryptocurrencies. These obligations…
1. Introduction & Overview What is AML (Anti-Money Laundering)? Anti-Money Laundering (AML) refers to the laws, regulations, processes, and technologies designed to prevent the illegal generation of income through financial…
1. Introduction & Overview What is KYC (Know Your Customer)? KYC, or Know Your Customer, refers to the set of processes used by organizations—primarily in finance and fintech—to verify the…
1. Introduction & Overview What are Oracles? In blockchain systems, Oracles act as bridges between decentralized applications (dApps) and the external world, enabling smart contracts to access off-chain data such…
1. Introduction & Overview What Are Rollups (Optimistic/ZK)? Rollups are Layer 2 (L2) blockchain scaling solutions that bundle or “roll up” hundreds of transactions into a single batch. These batches…
1. Introduction & Overview What is Layer 2? In the context of blockchain and distributed systems, Layer 2 (L2) refers to a secondary framework or protocol built on top of…
1. Introduction & Overview What is Layer 1? Layer 1 refers to the base layer of a blockchain architecture, often known as the main chain. It provides the fundamental consensus…
1. Introduction & Overview What is DeFi (Decentralized Finance)? DeFi stands for Decentralized Finance, a financial system built on blockchain technology that eliminates intermediaries such as banks, brokers, or centralized…
1. Introduction & Overview What is IPFS? InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a peer-to-peer (P2P), distributed file storage protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open. Unlike…