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Learning about and working with web3 data is challenging. This is true even if you already have experience working with data in other domains. I know this because I have been facing this problem for years. In this post, I share my experience working with web3 data. I also summarize the challenges you might face when building on it. My Experience My interest in web3 data began when I was doing my Ph.D. on financial technologies. I have studied economics, theories of value, and currencies as an ethnographer. This was interesting, but I wanted to learn more. I needed data. ...

Do you want to learn blockchain analytics to analyze data on the blockchain? Unfortunately, there are not many well-structured resources out there. This article lists hands-on blockchain analytics learning resources available as of today. It also gives an overview of blockchain analytics, its importance, and the challenges to learn it. What Is Blockchain Analytics Blockchain analytics is the practice of analyzing blockchain data to generate value from it in the form of insights and data prodcuts. ...

Intro Have you ever wondered what blockchain analytics is and what there is to analyze on the blockchain? It is not always clear what we call blockchain analytics. People in blockchain come up with new technologies, protocols, and use cases weekly. The problems and questions are still evolving. For this reason, you better understand blockchain analytics by having a high-level overview describing its main components and use cases. This article gives you an introduction to blockchain analytics. It shows what blockchain analytics is, how it relates to data analytics, and lists its main use cases and the platforms where people can analyze blockchains. ...

Summary of the article “What kind of layer 3s make sense?” by Vitalik Buterin. Images are from the original article. Are Layer 3s Useful? The article examines the usefulness of layer 3 protocols and especially the following argument: Layer 2 is secure because of layer 1 but helps to scale layer 1. Similarly, we can secure layer 3 by achoring into layer 2 and help it to scale the ecosystem even more. ...

Would you like to find DAOs or get an overview of the DAO space? One way to understand better the DAO ecosystem and to discover DAOs is to review DAO lists. DAO lists can be simple collections of DAOs or serious databases with rich up-to-date information. Here you can find the biggest DAO lists out there. DeepDAO DeepDAO is one of the most serious collection of DAOs. It taps into on-chain and off-chain data and maintains an up-to-date database. It also list people active in DAOs and tools for DAO building. It lists the most DAOs, which, as of today, means 9825 organizations. ...