# Blog Posts

Not comfortable with academic-style papers? The following Blog Posts explain the Whitepaper in smaller digestible articles. You can find all our blog posts on our Medium page here (opens new window).

About our journey: Getting APIs on the Blockchain

APIs: The Digital Glue - Oct 4, 2020

The API Connectivity Problem - Oct 11, 2020

First-Party vs Third-Party Oracles - Oct 18, 2020

Where are the first-party oracles? - Oct 26, 2020

Staking & oracles - Nov 4, 2020

Why security must be quantified - Nov 15, 2020

On DAOs: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - Nov 24, 2020

API3: The Glue Connecting the Blockchain to the Digital World - Dec 6, 2020

Beacons: Building blocks for Web3 data connectivity - Dec 17, 2021

What are Beacons? Why does Web3 care? - Mar 3, 2022

About Airnode: The first-party oracle node

Airnode: The API gateway for blockchains - Nov 6, 2020

Getting to know Airnode - Dec 8, 2020

Setting Oracle Integration Standards - Mar 13, 2021

About the Governance

API3 Builder Terminology - Nov 9,2020

API3 Tokenomics Update - Nov 11, 2020

Announcing Monolith #1: Authoritative API3 DAO - Nov 16, 2020

API3 Operations - Dec 10, 2020

Hello ChainAPI! - Jan 5, 2021

The DAO & Staking

Significance of the DAO and staking, Part I - Apr 17, 2021

Lessons from DAOv1, Part II - Apr 22, 2021

Fractal scaling of API3,Part III - Apr 28, 2021

Staking reward mechanics, Part IV - Jul 04, 2021

API3 Authoritative DAO & Staking Live on Mainnet - Jul 08, 2021

Redefining Trust

Aviation Finance - Apr 13, 2021

The History of Socialized Risk (Part 1 of 2) - Jul 02, 2021

Weaknesses in Modern Voting Systems - Nov 05, 2021

Core Technical Team

API3 DAO Development Update, Operations Cycle #1 - Jan 31, 2021

API3 DAO Development Update, February 2021 - Feb 28, 2021

API3 DAO Development Report, March 2021 - Mar 31, 2021

API3 DAO Development Report, April 2021 - Apr 30, 2021

API3 DAO Core Technical Team Development Report, May 2021 - May 31, 2021

API3 DAO Core Technical Team Development Report, June 2021 - Jun 30, 2021

Decentrally-governed projects can’t be roadmapped - Jul 22, 2021

API3 Core Technical Team Report, July 2021 - Jul 31, 2021

API3 Core Technical Team Report, August 2021 - Aug 31, 2021

API3 Core Technical Team Report, September 2021 - Sep 30, 2021

Beyond pre-alpha RRP - Oct 12, 2021

API3 Core Technical Team Report, October 2021 - Oct 31, 2021

API3 Core Technical Team Report, November 2021 - Nov 30, 2021

API3 Core Technical Team Report, December 2021 - Dec 31, 2021

API3 Core Technical Team Report, January 2022 - Jan 31, 2022

API3 Core Technical Team Report, February 2022 - Feb 28, 2022

Integration Team

API3 API Integrations Report, August 2021 - Aug 31, 2021

Marketing Team

API3 Marketing, Nov-Dec 2021 - Dec 22, 2021

Operations Team

API3 Operations Update: 2021 End - Jan 11, 2022

API3 Operations Update: January 2022 - Feb 03, 2022

API3 Operations Update: February 2022 - Mar 02, 2022

Enterprise Development Team

API3 Enterprise Development Report, August/September 2021 - Sep 16, 2021

API3 Enterprise Development Report, September/October 2021 - Oct 26, 2021

API3 Enterprise Development Report, November-December 2021, January 2022 - Jan 27, 2022

Standalone Posts

API3 — Decentralized APIs for the Decentralized Web - Sep 16, 2020

The Gordian Knot called “The Oracle Problem” - Oct 8, 2020

AI Winter, Oracle Frost - Oct 15, 2020

The Race to First-Party Oracles - Oct 22, 2020

Is API3 the ‘Chainlink Killer’? - Nov 14, 2020

On exclusivity deals and their implications for Ethereum - Dec 30, 2020

The API3 Alliance: 125+ API Providers on Web3 via Airnode - Aug 10, 2021

What is parametric insurance? - Oct 7, 2021

Reference-based storage of NFTs - Dec 19, 2021