Decentralized finance offers financial instruments without relying on intermediaries such as brokerages, exchanges, or banks by using smart contracts on a blockchain.
Questions tagged [defi]
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What is INIT_CODE_HASH and how is it calculated / used in DeFi smart contracts
I am forking the Sushiswap Exchange code for educational purposes, and I have come across a variable in the code called INIT_CODE_HASH. I am struggling to understand exactly how this variable works, and how it is used in the various DeFi…
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What are the risks of DeFi lending?
The interest rates for lending stable-coins on some of these platforms can be extremely high...I'm old enough to know that with returns like this there has to be a catch :) I'm trying to understand what risks of being a lender are. I'm specifically…
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How should we think the functions of defi projects in relation to tradfi companies?
I recently heard a quote that addressed the seemingly ponzi-like yields in DeFi: "the profits for providing liquidity are now distributed to users instead of companies".
It made me wonder, what companies in TradFi are the ones providing liquidity?…
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What are DeFi Smart Accounts?
What are DeFi Smart Accounts?
And how they are different from ethereum accounts?
It seems "Smart Accounts" is not exact thing, non-standard within Ethereum ecosystem
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What are DeFi tokens ? How to create them in Ethereum?
I found about Defi that;
“DeFi is an ecosystem comprised of applications built on top of public
distributed ledgers, for the facilitation of permissionless financial
services.” Broadly speaking, DeFi is an ambitious attempt to
decentralize core…
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What is exactly happening to DEUS
https://cointelegraph.com/news/deus-finance-exploit-hackers-get-away-with-3m-worth-of-dai-and-ether
And what does this do
I know that AMM means automated market maker.
So someone dump DEI in the maker and then what. Dump DEI to reduce price.…
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What is a buyback in the context of defi?
What is a buyback of LP tokens in the context of defi and what are it's advantages and disadvantages?
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