Token Vitals Blog
TOMI vs IPFS Gateways: Building Censorship‑Resistant Web Frontends
Dapp frontends fail when their URLs are blocked or gateways die. This post compares TOMI’s marketing stack with IPFS + Filecoin persistence, hybrid ENS/Handshake fallbacks, and pragmatic techniques (service workers, cache headers, SIWE sessions, monitoring) so teams can keep Web3 frontends reachable under DNS blocks or gateway throttling.
Agentic AI Pays Its Bills: Using LayerAI (LAI) & HashAI (HASHAI) as Micropayment Rails for Bots
Autonomous AI agents need low-friction payment rails to buy data, pay for model calls, and trigger on-chain actions. This post shows how to architect bot-to-bot commerce with LayerAI (LAI), HashAI (HASHAI), web-native standards (x402 / AP2), and streaming primitives like Superfluid—covering agent wallets, session keys, prepaid balances, escrow, receipts, settlement choices, and a reference trading agent design.
Pump.fun to Protocol: Risk, Compliance and Liquidity Playbook for PUMP Tokens
A practical guide for creators and traders who want to take a Pump.fun PUMP-style memecoin beyond the curve: how to migrate bonding-curve liquidity to DEX pools, lock governance, mitigate rug and bot risk, and measure token health with a memecoin maturity scorecard.
From Launchpad to Live Ops: Can Seedify (SFUND) Sustain GameFi ROI?
A pragmatic, KPI-driven look at Seedify (SFUND) across the lifecycle from IDO to live ops — staking, allocation tiers, tokenomics and where to watch for red flags when evaluating GameFi ROI.
ZK Coprocessors Explained: How Succinct’s PROVE Powers Verifiable On‑Chain Compute
Zero‑knowledge coprocessors let smart contracts trust heavy off‑chain computation by submitting succinct proofs. This field guide explains ZK coprocessors, dissects Succinct’s PROVE economy and SP1 stack, compares SNARKs vs STARKs, maps ideal use cases, and walks through a mini‑build to prove-and-consume a Merkle‑verified transform from Rust -> proof -> Solidity verifier.
Secret Contracts in the Wild: Practical Patterns for Private DeFi with Secret Network (SCRT)
A hands-on guide for builders and investors on using Secret Network (SCRT) and encrypted smart contracts to build private AMMs, sealed‑bid auctions, confidential NFTs and masked credit lines — including wallet UX, viewing‑key lifecycle, front-end design that avoids public mempools, selective disclosure for auditors, threat models, and a blueprint for a private lending pool with KPIs.
Arweave for AI: Verifiable Training Data on the Permaweb
How Arweave’s permaweb can anchor AI datasets, model artifacts, and evaluation logs to produce tamper-proof provenance for audits, reduce hallucinations, and enable web3-native monetization. Practical patterns, tooling, and an implementation checklist for crypto investors and engineers.
Mintlayer on Bitcoin: Primitives for Tokens, DeFi and Yield
Mintlayer (ML) is a Bitcoin‑anchored L2 sidechain focused on native token issuance, atomic-swap DEXs and Bitcoin‑settled DeFi. This post explains how Mintlayer secures itself relative to Bitcoin, compares its trade‑offs to Stacks and Runes, surveys developer primitives (MLS‑01/MLS‑03, on‑chain orderbooks, atomic swaps) and outlines practical wallet, node and liquidity realities—closing with a risk brief for builders and investors.
RNDR’s compute economy: can decentralized GPUs beat AI clouds?
An evidence-based look at Render Network (RNDR/RENDER): how its compute subnet, node incentives, staking/escrow mechanics and governance proposals aim to compete with hyperscaler GPU clouds — plus a practical valuation framework and an investor due‑diligence checklist.
November Mythbusting: Bitcoin Seasonality vs. Real Edge
Headlines claiming November is Bitcoin’s best month recycle every year. This post explains how to test seasonality properly—using medians, distribution spreads, regime filters and walk‑forward backtests with transaction costs—and gives a worksheet so traders can decide whether to act this year.