Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·8h ago · 5 min readSui RPC: Where Everything You Own Is an ObjectMost "alt-L1" chains still think in accounts and balances — Sui doesn't. On Sui, everything you own is a first-class object with its own ID and owner, and that single design decision changes the entir00
SOStephen Ombuyainmichiekawrites.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 5 min readThe Blockchain Trilemma, ExplainedIf you spend any time reading about blockchain architecture, you'll eventually run into the same term over and over: the blockchain trilemma. It's one of the most useful mental models in the space, be00
Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·1d ago · 5 min readTaiko RPC: The L2 With No SequencerEvery OP Stack chain we've covered — Base, Unichain, Zora — has a sequencer: one privileged party that orders transactions, and the thing you're implicitly trusting for liveness and fair ordering. Tai00
AGAlessio Gianniniinalessiogiannini.dev·2d ago · 7 min readMEV Does Not Disappear. The Question Is Where It Goes.1. The question has changed For the first years of DeFi, the conversation around MEV was mostly about prevention. Encrypted mempools, private transaction channels, commit-reveal schemes, mempool obfus00
Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 5 min readStory RPC: Querying the Chain Where IP Is a Protocol PrimitiveStory is the chain that treats intellectual property as a first-class protocol object — not a metadata convention, but registration, licensing terms, and royalty flows implemented as on-chain modules.00
Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 5 min readRootstock RPC: An EVM Chain Where Gas Is BitcoinRootstock (RSK) is the oldest attempt to give Bitcoin smart contracts — a live EVM sidechain since January 2018, secured by Bitcoin's own hashpower through merge-mining. For a developer it's the best 00
Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 5 min readOsmosis RPC: Querying the Cosmos DEX Where the AMM Is a Chain ModuleOsmosis is the largest DEX in the Cosmos ecosystem, and if you're arriving from Ethereum it will feel familiar and alien at the same time. Familiar: it's an AMM with liquidity pools, swaps, and concen00
Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·6d ago · 5 min readZora RPC: Building on the Creator L2Zora Network is the Layer 2 built for onchain media — NFTs, mints, and creator monetization. It's an OP Stack rollup on the Optimism Superchain, chain ID 7777777, and if you've worked with any EVM cha00
Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·Jul 13 · 6 min readCelestia RPC: Talking to a Modular Data Availability LayerCelestia is one of the most talked-about chains in crypto, and also one of the most misunderstood by developers who first connect to it — because it isn't an execution chain at all. There's no eth_*, 00
Aadmininswiftnodes.hashnode.dev·Jul 12 · 5 min readKaia RPC: The Merged Klaytn + Finschia Chain, for DevelopersKaia is one of the largest chains most Western developers have barely touched — and that's a distribution opportunity. Formed in August 2024 by merging Klaytn (Kakao's chain) and Finschia (LINE's chai00
