What can go wrong: the security post nobody writes
Phishing, fake support, malicious signatures, vault blowups, platform risk — ranked by how often they actually take people's money, with the boring habits that block each one.
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from cex to dex
A collection of 9 issues
Vault vs. copy trading: same promise, different machine
Both say: a pro trades, you ride along. But in copy trading you drive your own car following a GPS; in a vault you board the bus. Custody, fees, fills, exits — the full comparison.
Leaving the CEX: a step-by-step guide to your first Hyperliquid deposit
Wallet, seed phrase, the USDC transfer, the test amount that goes first — every step of the move from Bybit/Binance to Hyperliquid, written so nothing depends on luck.
How a Hyperliquid vault works: one bus, one driver, shared fate
A vault is a shared pot run by one trader: same fills, same P&L, same liquidation — split by share. The mechanics, the 10% fee, the leader's mandatory 5%, and the fine print.
Perpetual futures in plain English: the bet that never expires
Perps are the instrument behind nearly every vault you'll evaluate. Margin, leverage, funding, liquidation — explained with no formulas, because you should never fund a strategy you can't explain.
What is Hyperliquid? The DEX that feels like the apps you already know
Most DEXs ask you to accept clunky trading for the sake of self-custody. Hyperliquid's bet was refusing that trade-off — here's what it is, how it got here, and the honest caveats.
What a DEX gives you, and what it takes away
Self-custody, public receipts, always-open doors — versus no support line, no undo button, and a safe only you can lock. The honest trade-off, both columns filled in.
CEX and DEX in plain English: where is your money, actually?
Centralized and decentralized exchanges differ in a hundred technical ways, but one question separates them: who is holding your money right now? Here it is, no jargon.
From Bybit master trader to Hyperliquid: why this blog is changing
For two years this blog was about copy trading on centralized exchanges. I'm moving my own capital on-chain — and taking you along, one plain-English post at a time.