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Commodity-Backed-Stables Avalanche
May 5, 2023 - Commodity-backed stablecoins AGX & AUX are now available on the rank #1 DEX on Avalanche, TraderJoe. Let's See how these tokens are being used within Avalanche and what type of users are using them.
DOT DOT, Who's There?
Dec 9, 2022 - Like most assets in the last two years, DOT saw a meteoric rise in 2021 followed by a crater in 2022. However, DOT there still remains a little bit of DOT liquidity and volume flowing through Osmosis. Is the trading activity of DOT on Osmosis real user activity, or is this just arbitrageurs? How many users are active in Pool 773 every day, week, month?
Optimism + Axelar Bridge Analysis
Mar 11, 2023 - How many unique Ethereum addresses have used both Optimism and 1 or more of the Axelar bridges? How many have used both Optimism and the Ethereum <> Osmosis bridge specifically? Of the group of addresses that have used both Optimism and 1 or more Axelar bridges, how many have used DEXs like Osmosis, Uniswap or Velodrome? How many have provided liquidity (LP) to earn yield on these DEXs?
Aave - 10. Aave Transaction Explorer
Aug 9, 2022 - Create a transaction explorer similar to Etherscan but for Aave.
DEX Change (Osmosis)
Nov 12, 2022 - This week has highlighted the need for transparency & decentralization in crypto markets. Let's see how users have reacted to this wild week in Web3. Have behaviors changed? Analyze growth in Osmosis Volumes & User Count this week. Has more money flowed into Osmosis this week compared to the past few weeks/months? Where is this money coming from? Centralized Exchanges? Have wallets moved more into stables?
Axelar Bridge
Nov 22, 2022 - let's take that a step further and plot out user types and their behavior leveraging Axelar's bridge. How often are people using Satellite - one-time transfers into IBC or more consistent/steady streams? Does this vary based on wallet size? Does this vary based on the ecosystem they are bridging from/to?
Optimism DEXs (redux)
Oct 22, 2022 - Let’s take a closer look at DEXs on Optimism. Make a dashboard that compares at least three DEXs.
Solana Phantom/Slope Hack (August 2022)
Feb 24, 2023 - One of my closest friends was a victim of Solana Phantom hack and as a result, he lost more than $1000 money.
Decentralizing Power: Governance & the Active Set (Part 1)
Oct 29, 2022 - Props 114, 196 & 337 were all passed in an effort to promote decentralization within the ecosystem. How did the voting power of the top 66% of the active set validators change after these proposals were passed? How did the nakamoto coefficient change after these events? Did time play a factor? Analyze both voting power & the nakamoto coefficient t+30,+60,&+90 days after these proposals.
Digging Deep into User Retention: NEAR, Arbitrum, Optimism
Oct 22, 2023 - This analysis delves into the user retention strategies of three prominent blockchain platforms: NEAR, Arbitrum, and Optimism. We explore how NEAR's "killer apps" - Kaikai and Sweat - have attracted a substantial user base, while major Ethereum Layer 2s, Arbitrum and Optimism, utilized airdrops and liquidity mining programs. The central question we address is: do users tend to depart once incentives disappear, and do they continue engaging with blockchains during non-incentive days?
Realms vs Snapshot
Aug 27, 2022 - Building off previous recent bounties on Realms and Snapshot, create a dashboard that shows how Realms and Snapshot are growing and used in comparison to one another. Feel free to build off previous bounty work on these platforms. What trends do you see between governance behavior between the two chains? Does a platform seem to capture more market share of its users on their respective chain than the other? What seems to influence voting behavior on each platform? Does one platform have more proposals and voting opportunities than the other? Are whales more powerful on Realms or on Snapshot? How can each platform become more decentralized?
Impact of FTX & Alameda on Solana Ecosystem and FTX,Alameda-Invested Tokens
Nov 19, 2022 - How has the recent tumult surrounding FTX and Alameda impacted SOL and the Solana ecosystem?
Red Bank USDC Repayments
Mar 18, 2023 - Earlier this week Flipside team analyzed how traders leveraged the USDC de-peg to repay loans across decentralized lending platforms. Let's see if similar behavior occurred via Mars' Red Bank.
Secondary NFT Market Mega Dashboard
Oct 1, 2022 - Create a dashboard on the secondary market for NFT sales on Optimism! Include at least these metrics, along with any others you find notable or interesting: Sales volume (daily/weekly/monthly) Total Sales Volume Daily Average Sales Price and 7-day moving average Total Unique Buyers Average Buyers/Day
Hacks, Scandals and Scams - 4. CEL token flows.
Jul 23, 2022 - Celsius Network listed a $1.19 billion deficit on its balance sheet in a bankruptcy court filing a day after the cryptocurrency lender filed for Chapter 11. Currently Celsius owns a large portion of the CEL tokens. What are the top addresses swapping and transferring CEL? How have the CEL swap volumes changed over the past 90 days? How are Celsius wallets interacting with the CEL token?
Merry Christmas?
Jan 6, 2023 - The holidays and New Year are often chaotic in the crypto and defi space, as users make a spree of new transactions and wallets as they receive (and give) some cash and coins as holiday gifts. How has this activity impacted the broader Ethereum ecosystems? Are users creating new wallets or buying tokens with their newfound holiday wealth? Are they staking all these new tokens once they get them? Or are they selling tokens to pay for their own gifts and holiday travel?
Avalanche vs. NEAR: A Comparative Analysis
May 23, 2024 - Compare Avalanche vs. NEAR blockchain activity in any timeframe.
Solana Outages
Jun 4, 2022 - Solana experienced another outage on 6/1 where validators were forced to restart the network. The network experienced a similar problem back on 5/1. After the restart happens during these outages, how do users on the network generally respond? Does the price of SOL drop because users lose confidence in the network? Is there more swapping behavior and more stablecoin activity? What protocols seem to have more activity after these types of events that on the average day in the Solana ecosystem? Is there more fear from defi Solana users than NFT enjoyers?
Hacks, Scandals and Scams - 2. Bored Phish
Jul 24, 2022 - This spring the Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord and Instagram accounts were hacked. The hackers sent a phishing link to the community. As a result of this phishing scam, users lost some Bored Apes, Mutant Apes, and other assets. How many NFTs were stolen? What is the total value of all NFTs stolen? Show the percentage of compromised wallets that bought back more NFTs from the same collection that was stolen.
SNX, UNI & MKR Borrowing Activity on Aave v2
Mar 8, 2023 - an in-depth analysis of borrowing activity on SNX, UNI, and MKR pools in the AAVE protocol (version 2).
Waiting for Aurory (Solana Bounty)
Jul 16, 2022 - Aurory is one of the most highly anticipated games to come out on any chain. Create a dashboard highlighting wallet trends around both the tokens and NFTs. Does the price of Aurory token has positive correlation with volume of nft sales? How have token staking and nft expedition patterns changed in the bear market? What have wallets been doing with their airdropped NFTs?
Opensea Fees (Polygon Bounty)
Jul 28, 2022 - Q6. Find the wallet that collects Opensea fees. Make a dashboard showing how much Opensea has earned through Polygon transactions.
JustBanana NFT Analysis on Optimism
Oct 10, 2022 - JustBanana is an NFT collection on Optimism, Quix Marketplace, which had experienced a massive rise in its activity during recent weeks. Perform a full analysis of this collection's sales and users since July 2022.
FLOW User Retention vs Other Chains
Dec 16, 2022 - How sticky are the users on Flow? Create a detailed analysis comparing user retention on Flow vs. other L1 chains like Ethereum and Solana. How often do users who make a transaction come back and make another transaction one month later? How do monthly active users compare between chains? Bonus: add a section of your analysis comparing retention specifically with regard to NFT purchases. How often do users who purchase an NFT come back and make another purchase one month later?
Sushi Revenue (Sushiswap Bounty)
Jun 29, 2022 - Q98. What is the breakdown of revenue by unit for sushi? (swaps, kashi, etc)
Optimism In & Out Flow
Oct 28, 2022 - What is the volume of ETH and three stablecoins of your choice that's moved between the Optimism network and the Ethereum network across the bridge? How has that changed over time? Note any interesting trends or outliers that you see.
Affiliate Fees (THORChain Bounty)
Jul 31, 2022 - 113. Take a deep dive on one of the projects integrating with THORChain and the fees they are charging. What fee are they charging? Does it depend on the action the user is taking at all? How has it changed over time? How much revenue have they derived from this affiliate program.
New Year New Activity
Jan 6, 2023 - The holidays and New Year are often chaotic in the crypto and DEFI space, as users make a spree of new transactions and wallets as they receive (and give) some cash and coins as holiday gifts. How has this activity impacted the crypto and DEFI ecosystems? Are users creating new wallets or buying tokens with their newfound holiday wealth? Are they staking all those new tokens once they get them? Or are they selling tokens to pay for their own gifts and holiday travel?
OpenBook
Nov 17, 2022 - One of the aftereffects of the FTX meltdown for Solana was the need to fork (replace) Serum, the OG order book on Solana due to key control risk. The Solana defi community worked together to create OpenBook https://twitter.com/openbookdex How has Solana defi responded to the risks that Serum suddenly presented and has there been any traction on Openbook so far? How has liquidity flowed through Solana defi? What programs seemed to be most affected by the replacement of Serum? Does it seem like defi on Solana is becoming more decentralized?
Tornado Cash Sanctions
Aug 10, 2022 - Tornado Cash is in the news due to the sanctions imposed by the US government and the freezing of $75K of USDC from Circle. The addresses tied to the service have been publicly posted online. (Hint: we also have them in our crosschain address labels table as well). What is Tornado Cash and why would it be targeted by the US government? Why might an address interact with the service? The addresses tied to the service have been publicly posted online. Using those addresses answer the following: How many addresses are still using the service despite the sanctions? Which addresses have been interacting the most with Tornado Cash? Break the addresses down by frequency and volume of tokens and describe how the groups are using the service differently. Is there anything else interesting about its users?
ENS Journey Through 2023:
Jan 4, 2024 - Unveiling the Depths: Comprehensive Analysis of Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and Its User Dynamics in 2023, Contrasted with Previous Years.
Opening Positions (Mean Finance)
Jun 27, 2022 - Q1. Over the last month, what volume of assets are Mean Finance (Polygon) users opening positions with (selling)? What assets are they dollar-cost averaging into (withdrawing swapped assets)? Note any large positions that don’t make sense on Ethereum due to transaction fees.
Optimistic Bears (Redux)
Nov 4, 2022 - Q9. Analyze Optimism during the month of July as markets were get turbulent, showing whatever metrics you care to unearth. You can choose any topic you’d like: How did the network perform? What about market performance? Were there significant inflows or outflows on bridges? Were there any notable patterns in user behavior?
Merry $BONK-ing Christmas
Jan 4, 2023 - It's still Christmas for Solana's dog coin $BONK — people all over crypto twitter are giving away billions of $BONK tokens, and its price has risen over 40% in the last day (NFA). Bring the world up to speed on Bonk Inu, with all of our favorite metrics.
USDC 2023 Journey in Solana vs Ethereum
Dec 29, 2023 - This analysis offers a concise exploration of the trends and activities surrounding the USDC stablecoin on Solana and Ethereum throughout the year 2023.
Osmosis Prop #466
Mar 22, 2023 - Osmosis Prop #466 was the first ever expedited vote on Osmosis. An expedited governance proposal must exceed 66.6% quorum within the first 24 hours of the voting period in order to succeed.
Velodrome Health (Optimism)
Aug 13, 2022 - Create at least 3 metrics on Velodrome with a description for each that showcase traction and success in a data-driven manner. Most importantly, your insights should help our readers answer the question "How healthy is this project?"
USDC Declining on Solana?
Oct 3, 2022 - It looks like over the last few weeks the market cap of USDC on Solana has been declining. What appears to be the cause of this? Where is USDC being removed from the ecosystem and where is it being sent to? Does this trend seem to be driven by a few big whales, or does it seem more broad-based throughout the ecosystem. Are other stablecoins also dropping in market cap on Solana?
TUSD De-pegging!
Jan 16, 2024 - Explore the TUSD On-Chain Activity Analysis Dashboard for a concise breakdown of TrueUSD's (TUSD) journey from de-pegging to the present moment.