Alex is a Technical Research Analyst at Coin Metrics, where he studies fundamental to bleeding edge concepts in the crypto ecosystem. He produces long form, data-centric publications leveraging Coin Metrics’ Network and Market Data to bring unique insights. Alex holds a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T12:35:14-04:00March 20, 2023|Alex R. Mead, Original Research|
A walk through the inner workings of the Uniswap V2 decentralized exchange (DEX), including the function of automated market maker (AMM) in enabling token pair swaps.
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T13:58:27-04:00January 31, 2023|Alex R. Mead, State of the Network|
MEV was never an element of the design of Ethereum—instead, it was an emergent phenomenon, and one that surprised everyone in the crypto community. It went from theoretical to operational (and very profitable) after only a couple of years, raising [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T14:50:08-04:00October 11, 2022|Alex R. Mead, State of the Network|
In this write-up, we walk through the details of how to run an Ethereum node from scratch.
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T12:35:31-04:00August 5, 2022|Alex R. Mead, Original Research|
At the core of Ethereum's transaction fee market is the important concept of 'gas.' In this report, a theoretical explanation of the need for gas from a computational theory perspective is given and how it is realized on Ethereum. We [...]
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