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EthereumHow does Ethereum work?
Bitcoin is mostly a ledger of coins. Ethereum adds a way to run small programs on that shared computer. Here is what that means in ordinary language, including the bits that confuse newcomers.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
BlockchainWhat is a crypto bridge?
A cross-chain bridge is a contract — or a committee — that watches one notebook and writes on another. Useful. Historically accident-prone. Here is the product map without a ranking of remaining holes.EasyCryptoGuides · · 5 min read
BlockchainWhat are crypto network fees?
A network fee is a bid for limited room in the next block — or the next batch. Wallets guess. Failed Ethereum transactions can still cost gas. Layer-2s are cheaper because they share the bill, not because fees were abolished.EasyCryptoGuides · · 6 min read
DeFiWhat is Liquity USD (LUSD)?
LUSD is a stablecoin from the Liquity protocol: over-collateralised with ETH, redeemable, with a stability pool. The peg is a mechanism, not a promise from a treasury.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readWords in this topic
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SecurityACryptoS says about $665,000 left its vaults. Deposits are closed. Withdrawals are not.
ACryptoS says about $665,429 left concentrated-liquidity vaults on five chains on 8 November. Deposits are rejected. Withdrawals stayed open. The project is retiring the vaults and is not promising to repay depositors.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readSecurityInitia halted after unbacked tokens left a bridge. A pause is not a refund.
Initia halted on 23 October after unbacked bridged tokens left, and said on 2 November that the chain was back. On 10 November exchanges said blocks had stopped again. Later reports put about 605,000 USDC out. That is a new incident.EasyCryptoGuides · · 5 min readSecurityArkadiko’s own vote installed a contract that emptied vaults. A quorum is not a lock.
Arkadiko said a governance attack on 22 October 2026 drained vault collateral, on the order of 2 million stSTX and 1.65 sBTC in its preliminary count. It paused governance and vault redemptions. It has not published a dollar total.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min readStuck on a definition? Glossary · Ask EasyCryptoGuides · Start here path