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Santiago Rodriguez

Independent editorial contributor covering sport, tactics and athletic performance for VUGA Network publications.

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Altcoins

What ERC-20 Token Approvals Are and Why Wallets Warn About Them

Before a smart contract can move your tokens, you must grant it an allowance — a standing permission that persists until revoked, and the mechanism behind the…

Santiago Rodriguez · Mar 17, 2026

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Altcoins

How Stablecoin Pegs Are Maintained — and How They Break

A stablecoin holds its peg through redemption promises, collateral and arbitrage; every major depeg in history traces to one of those three links failing.

Santiago Rodriguez · Feb 23, 2026

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Altcoins

How Ethereum Gas Fees Work: Base Fee, Tips and Blobs

Every Ethereum action is priced in gas — a unit of computation — with fees split into a burned base fee set by protocol demand and a priority tip paid to…

Santiago Rodriguez · Jan 31, 2026

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Altcoins

What Altcoins Are and How They Differ From Bitcoin

Altcoins are every cryptocurrency besides bitcoin — thousands of them — and they differ from it in consensus, supply schedule, governance and, above all, in who…

Santiago Rodriguez · Jan 8, 2026