Reports477 results
DeAI I: The Tower & the Square
Can decentralized AI (The Square) compete with the behemoth that is centralized AI (The Tower)? The following report is an exploration into the AI value-chain: a peek into the awesome resources being...
45 Min
Artificial Intelligence
Jun 2024
A Look At Dispute Resolution Protocols in Optimistic Rollups
The report discusses dispute resolution mechanisms in optimistic rollups, focusing on Arbitrum's new protocol called Bounded Liquidity Delay (BoLD). It contrasts centralized and decentralized systems,...
24 Min
Layer 2 / L2
Jun 2024
The Dawn of Bitcoin Programmability: Paving the Way for Rollups
Bitcoin's scripting system is inherently limited in its programmability. Consequently, bridges to Bitcoin rely on multisigs and federation control, introducing trust. This has constrained Bitcoin's ut...
60 Min
Layer 2 / L2
May 2024
Superchain and the Monolithic Experience
The report focuses on the concept of interoperability within the Superchain ecosystem, emphasizing the need for seamless interaction between users, dApp builders, and chain builders. It begins by defi...
67 Min
Layer 2 / L2
May 2024
Prove It: Shared Provers, Proof Aggregation & Prover Marketplaces
zk proofs boost application scalability but their generation can be costly and slow, and while zk rollups present a solution, they can lead to centralization and liveness issues. We explored the alter...
31 Min
ZK-Rollups
May 2024
Supra - Vertical Integration with The Intralayer
Supra is building the IntraLayer, a vertically integrated blockchain stack that includes a Layer 1, Oracles, Bridges, VRF, and a Virtual Machine. With emerging rollapps and appchains, liquidity is...
39 Min
Infrastructure
Apr 2024
Based Rollups: The New ETH Alignment
We explored how based rollups, preconfirmations, and shared sequencing can help to fix Ethereum's liquidity fragmentation...
42 Min
Infrastructure
Mar 2024
A Frenzy Over Bitcoin Ordinals & Runes
Introduction Bitcoin is having its moment in the sun. Once considered a boring asset within the crypto space, it is […]...
35 Min
BRC-20 / Ordinals
Feb 2024
The Real Merge
Crypto x AI is the hot new thing. Almost overnight, talk of d/acc and AI agents diffused across the timeline. […]...
28 Min
Artificial Intelligence
Feb 2024
Your Guide to Ordinals and BRC-20s
The report discusses the emergence of Ordinals and the BRC-20 token standard on the Bitcoin network, marking a transformative period in Bitcoin's history. It explains that Ordinals are specific Satosh...
22 Min
BRC-20 / Ordinals
Feb 2024
Farcastoooor
We present our thesis for Farcaster which recently took crypto twitter by storm....
19 Min
Infrastructure
Feb 2024
The State Of Bitcoin
Bitcoin rebounded strongly in 2023, not just with respect to price but on-chain activity through ordinals and renewed interest in Bitcoin scaling. This report is a retrospective on what 2023 brought t...
28 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Feb 2024
Infrastructure Year Ahead 2024 - Webinar
Join our expert analysts as they delve into their top highlights and forecast the key trends for 2024. This is […]...
1 Min
Infrastructure
Jan 2024
Our Top Picks From 2023
The last year was massive for both Delphi Research and the broader Web 3 industry. Although we only felt the […]...
7 Min
DeFi
Jan 2024
Zetachain Part 2: The Opportunity Ahead for Omnichain Applications
App Building Opportunities Zetachain’s ability to support smart contracts and connect to heterogeneous chains – including the Bitcoin blockchain – […]...
47 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jan 2024
Zetachain Part 1: A Competitive Landscape of Blockchain Bridges
ZetaChain – Architecture & Key Features Architecture At a high level, the way we would explain ZetaChain is “THORChain with […]...
51 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jan 2024
The Year Ahead for Infrastructure 2024
L2 Wars, Solana Separating From The Pack, THORChain & Chainflip: Decentralized Highways For Bitcoin, Intents & Solvers, Ethereum's 2024 Roadmap and more....
93 Min
Infrastructure
Dec 2023
WTF Is Anoma? Part 3: WTF is Typhon?
What is Anoma? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer. Anoma is not a blockchain. Or, more accurately, not just a blockchain. Anoma is an architecture....
28 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Oct 2023
WTF Is Anoma? Part 2: WTF Are Intent-Based Apps?
What is Anoma? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer. Anoma is not a blockchain. Or, more accurately, not just a blockchain. Anoma is an architecture....
24 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Sep 2023
WTF Is Anoma? Part 1: WTF Are Intents?
What is Anoma? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer. Anoma is not a blockchain. Or, more accurately, not just a blockchain. Anoma is an architecture....
23 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Aug 2023