Founders & Origins5 min read
Karma, Selfish Mining, and Team Rocket: The Research Behind Avalanche
A Cornell researcher, a Bitcoin incentive problem, and an anonymous paper: how these threads converged in Avalanche.
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Crypto Feature Stories — 9
Every coin has a story. Explore the human dramas, multi-million dollar heists, and visionary breakthroughs behind Web3.
Lost Fortunes & Windfalls5 min readUpdated 2026-09-05
The Unwanted 50%: Buterin’s Roughly $1 Billion SHIB Gift and Ryoshi’s Exit
How an unsolicited half-supply allocation became a roughly $1 billion relief donation, a 410.242 trillion SHIB burn-address transfer and a founder’s exit.
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Icons & Legends4 min readUpdated 2026-08-19
The World of Warcraft Nerf That Shaped Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Story
How a World of Warcraft spell change became the psychological spark behind Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum vision.
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Lost Fortunes & Windfalls5 min readUpdated 2026-08-19
Bitcoin Pizza Day: Laszlo Hanyecz and 10,000 BTC
How two pizzas turned 10,000 BTC into Bitcoin's most enduring real-world transaction story.
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Lost Fortunes & Windfalls5 min readUpdated 2026-08-19
From Internet Joke to $92 Billion: Dogecoin’s Wild Rise
A joke coin became a tipping currency, a fundraising vehicle and a reported $92 billion market phenomenon.
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Protocol Wars & Forks5 min readUpdated 2026-08-19
From EOS to Vaulta: The Afterlife of a $4.1 Billion Token Sale
How the $4.1 billion EOS sale was followed by a funding break, Vaulta and a new leadership process.
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