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FIELDNOTES editorial team

The articles in the launch issue were prepared by the FIELDNOTES editorial team. Authors' names and biographies will be published once the team has their consent and verified details; until then, we do not attribute articles to fictitious authors, degrees or experience.

How we work

  1. 1.Every claim about Variational is checked against a specific page of the official documentation or a dated project publication; the date of the check is stated in the article.
  2. 2.The project's claims about its own advantages are attributed and are not presented as established fact.
  3. 3.Technology claims rely on primary sources: protocol documentation and publications by central banks, regulators and standards bodies.
  4. 4.The articles in the launch issue were prepared with the help of AI-based tools and then checked against sources: every claim about the project was compared with the page the article links to.
  5. 5.Corrections are published openly: a substantive edit changes the update date, and the nature of the correction is described at the end of the article.

Articles · 15

Industry9 min read

How to read documentation and check a crypto project's claims

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Basics and risks10 min read

Margin and liquidation: the risks behind the terms

Water spilling over the crest of a concrete dam and running down its face in white streams

Variational8 min read

Protocol and application: how Variational and Omni relate

Concrete piers and two parallel spans of a road bridge under construction, with a building site and machinery below

Technology11 min read

RFQ, AMM and order books: three ways to arrive at a price

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Industry8 min read

Tokenized asset vs derivative: what is the difference

Four corrugated galvanized feed silos joined by a shared conveyor gallery running along the top

Industry9 min read

Where liquidity comes from and why it is finite

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Basics and risks9 min read

Zero trading fees: the costs that remain

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