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Engineering, operations and regulation, written by the people doing the work.
What MPC actually guarantees, and what it does not
Multi-party computation removes the single private key. It does not remove the need for policy, and conflating the two causes real incidents.
Read moreCut-off times are a product constraint, not a fact of nature
Most payment products are shaped around when banks stop processing. Removing that constraint changes more of the design than teams expect.
Read moreA policy engine nobody reads is a policy nobody follows
Rules enforced at signing time only help if an operator can predict them. Notes on writing policies that stay legible as they grow.
Read moreGiving an agent money without giving it a blank cheque
Autonomous payments need bounded authority. Mandates, scoped credentials and escalation paths are the difference between automation and exposure.
Read moreReconciling an onchain balance with a general ledger
Chains and ledgers disagree about time, finality and identity. Here is where the differences bite during a period close.
Read moreThe tokenized asset lifecycle after issuance day
Issuance gets the attention. Coupons, transfers, restrictions and redemptions are where the operational work actually accumulates.
Read moreFour custody models, and who each one is really for
Self, qualified, delegated and hybrid custody trade control against obligation in different ways. A practical comparison.
Read moreWhy simulation belongs before the signature
A signed transaction is final. Anything you want to know about its effects has to be known beforehand, which changes the architecture.
Read moreWhat breaks first when you create a million wallets
Wallet creation looks like a solved problem until a campaign lands. Notes on the bottlenecks that appear in order.
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