DeFi Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Decentralized Finance

DeFi and Yield Farming have been the most popular buzzword among the crypto community in recent months. Indeed, DeFi has become an important investment tool that investors cannot ignore. However, the complexity of the DeFi protocols has created a huge challenge for crypto traders. Therefore, I have written this handbook with the mission to help everyone understand DeFi and maximize returns from DeFi.This handbook provides a comprehensive guide on how to use all major DeFi platforms comprising decentralized exchanges, loan, and savings markets, and more like Uniswap, Sushiswap, Compound, dYdX, AAVE, YAM finance, Balancer, Bancor, MakerDAO etc. Besides that, this book also explains yield farming and how to use it to maximize returns in DeFi. Table of Contents:1. Introduction.2 Blockchain. 3 Bitcoin. 4 Ethereum -The engine that powers DeFi 5 Storing your Cryptoassets. 5.1 Crypto Wallet 5.2 Types of Crypto Wallets. 5.2.1 Full Node Wallet 5.2.2 Hot Wallet 5.2.3 Centralized Wallet 5.2.4 Cold Wallet 5.3 Installing the MetaMask Wallet 5.4 Creating Multisig Wallet 5.4.1 Steps in Creating a Multisig Wallet 5.5 How Should You Store your Cryptocurrencies? 6 - Crypto Fundraising. 7 Decentralized Finance. 7.1 DeFi Features. 7.2 The Advantages of DeFi 7.2.1 Maintain Full Control of Your Own Digital Assets. 7.2.2 Increased Accessibility. 7.2.3 Opportunity to Own a Portion of An Expensive Asset 7.2.4 Transparency. 7.2.5 Types of DeFi Products. 8 Compound-A DeFi Money Market 9 Maker DAO-The Decentralized Credit Platform 10 AAVE-The Decentralized Lending and Borrowing Platform 11 DHARMA-The DeFi Smart Wallet 12 dYdX- A Decentralized Trading Platform12.1 Lending12.2 Borrowing12.3 Margin Trade12.4 Perpetual Trading13 Uniswap- A Decentralized ER20 Token Exchange14 Balancer-An Automated Market Maker 15 Radar Relay- An DEX Powered by DEX. 15.1 No Need KYC. 15.2 Easy Wallet Integration. 15.3 No Deposits. 15.4 ERC20 Token transfers. 16 Bancor-A Non-Custodial Token Exchange. 17 Kyber Swap-A Blockchain-Based Liquidity Pool 18 Synthetix-A Platform for Trading Synthetic Assets.19 Curve Finance-A DEX for Trading Stablecoins. 20 Fulcrum-A Tokenized Margin Lending and Trading Platform 21 DeFi Saver-A One-Stop DeFi Management App. 21.1 MakerDAO Dashboard. 21.2 Compound Dashboard. 21.3 Aave Dashboard. 22 1inch-A Decentralized Exchange Aggregator 23 Airswap-A Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform24 Matcha-A DEX Powered by 0x25 Tokenlon-An Atomic Token Swap DEX26 Totle Swap-A DEX Aggregator28 IDEX-World Most Advanced Crypto Exchange29 DEX.AG-A DEX Aggregator that Offers Real-Time Trading27 Yield Farming28 Yearn Finance-A Decentralized Ecosystem of Aggregators28.1 Vaults28.2 Earn28.3 Zap30 YAM Finance and Sushiswap31 Ampleforth-A DeFi Token with Elastic Supply.32 Accessing DeFi Platforms Directly via MetaMask32.1 MetaMask on Chrome Browser 32.2 MetaMask App33 DeFi Markets Analytics and News Providers33.1 Defipulse. 33.2 DeFiprime.com.33.3 CoinMarketCap33.4 Binance34 DeFi Gaming-PoolTogether 35 DeFi Portfolio Management35.1 TokenSets35.1.1Portfoliosb) DeFi Pulse Indexb) ETH USD Yield Farm35.1.2 Social Trading Sets35.1.3 Robo Sets35.2 Zapper.fi 35.3 Zerion36 DeFi Enablers36.1 Chainlink36.2 RenVM36.3 0x37 Gas Fees Management 37.1 What is Gas? 37.2 What is Gas Price?37.3 Gas Limit 37.4 Managing the Gas Cost