DeFi and Protocols Writer
Boni is a crypto and DeFi writer at DEXTools News focused on analysing trends, protocols, and opportunities across decentralized finance. He covers lending, perpetual DEXs, yield, and tokenomics, explaining how protocols work and where the real risks and edges sit, with an emphasis on mechanics over speculation.
454 articles published
Centralized hardware requirements threaten blockchain decentralization. We break down how Ethereum's Full Danksharding utilizes polynomial data sampling to scale rollups.
Running an Ethereum validator node currently requires storing hundreds of gigabytes of state data on disk. We break down how Verkle Trees use vector commitments to enable stateless clients.
Ethereum's Pectra upgrade represents a massive infrastructure rewrite. We break down the technical execution of Type 4 transactions, validator key consolidation, and blob capacity shifts.
Leaving Bitcoin on single devices creates catastrophic points of failure. We break down the technical setup of distributed thresholds and programmable decaying vaults.
Smart contract networks cannot run native Bitcoin. We break down the differences between centralized corporate storage, federated custody, and threshold math for wrapping BTC on-chain.
Managing inbound liquidity and channel management bottlenecks limits Lightning's consumer scale. We break down how the Ark protocol uses vUTXO transaction trees to achieve self-custodial offline payments.
Traditional NFTs rely on external web servers that can be deleted or altered. We break down how Bitcoin Ordinals use Taproot witness scripts to etch immutable digital artifacts directly on-chain.
Running payments directly on Bitcoin's base layer can be slow and expensive. We break down channel reserves, inbound liquidity splits, and automated LSP architectures.
A focused BUIDL guide covering institutional onboarding, subscriptions, redemptions, liquidity rails and how treasury exposure moves on-chain.
Traditional businesses own trillions in productive assets but struggle to access capital. We break down how Centrifuge uses blockchain enclaves to turn these RWAs into DeFi collateral.
A focused Maple Finance guide explaining borrower underwriting, institutional credit structure, pool design and risk controls in 2026.
A focused Ondo guide covering OUSG, USDY and how tokenized treasury yield access works across wrappers, liquidity and distribution channels.
