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First Steps with Zig: HANDS-On Modern Systems Programming

First Steps with Zig: HANDS-On Modern Systems Programming

First Steps with Zig: HANDS-ON Modern Systems Programming

2026

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Block Magnates

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Luis Soares

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Jul 18

Your DAG Mempool Is a RAM Problem

Lock-free traversal, epoch-based reclamation, and the memory engineering hiding inside modern consensus

Your DAG Mempool Is a RAM Problem

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Coinmonks

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Luis Soares

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Jun 27

There Is No “Best” Cryptography: How Primitive Choices Define Your L1

Hashing dictates the shape of your state. Signatures bound your validator set. Commitment schemes set your on-chain footprint. None of…

There Is No “Best” Cryptography: How Primitive Choices Define Your L1

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Coinmonks

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Luis Soares

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Jun 26

One Signature to Verify Them All

BLS aggregation, the math that makes it work, and the things you simply can’t do with ECDSA or Schnorr

One Signature to Verify Them All

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Coinmonks

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Luis Soares

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Jun 16

The Memory Model Is the Architecture: Account vs. eUTXO

A protocol engineer’s analysis of state representation, parallel execution, and the tradeoffs that don’t make it into the pitch deck.

The Memory Model Is the Architecture: Account vs. eUTXO

Luis Soares

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Jun 14

Architecting the MetaDEX: Inside Aerodrome’s ve(3,3) Engine and Anti-Dilution Math

The fundamental flaw of early decentralized finance was the “mercenary capital” problem. First-generation AMMs relied entirely on…

Architecting the MetaDEX: Inside Aerodrome’s ve(3,3) Engine and Anti-Dilution Math

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Coinmonks

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Luis Soares

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Jun 12

Disaggregating the Mempool: The Memory Architecture of DAG Consensus

If you evaluate the architecture of next-generation, high-throughput networks — Sui, Aptos, or advanced modular sequencers — you will…

Disaggregating the Mempool: The Memory Architecture of DAG Consensus

Luis Soares

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Jun 9

The L2 Blind Spot: Why Your Smart Contract Audit Won’t Save You From a Derivation Pipeline Exploit

An engineering teardown of node parsing vulnerabilities, the Arbitrum zip-bomb, and why the boundary between L1 and L2 is your highest-risk…

The L2 Blind Spot: Why Your Smart Contract Audit Won’t Save You From a Derivation Pipeline Exploit

Luis Soares

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Jun 8

Breaking the Bedrock: Adversarial Testing in P2P Node Architectures

The Web3 security narrative is broken. It suffers from an extreme case of application-layer bias. Spend an hour reading industry research…

Breaking the Bedrock: Adversarial Testing in P2P Node Architectures

Luis Soares

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May 28

The $292M Kelp DAO Hack: Why the Default Is the Architecture

Code is a commodity. Judgment is a career.

The $292M Kelp DAO Hack: Why the Default Is the Architecture

Luis Soares

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Mar 24

Ownership, Mutability, Signers: Solana Thinks in Rust

If you already know Rust, you’re closer to understanding Solana’s runtime than you think. Not because both are written in Rust — that’s…

Ownership, Mutability, Signers: Solana Thinks in Rust

Luis Soares

Luis Soares

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DeFi Architect & Senior Protocol Engineer. Bridging SVM/EVM, MEV & ZK Proofs. Author of 5 books on Rust & Zig. Code is a commodity. Judgment is a career.

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