Field notesFrom the practice
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An occasional note from the practice — pricing decisions, forensics craft, process choices, and the working principles behind the work. Each one comes out when it is ready, not on a schedule.
- From the practice · Pricing4 min read
Why we don't do milestone payments.
Milestone-based billing rewards the wrong behavior on both sides of the engagement. Here is what we do instead, and why it makes the work more honest, not less.
- From the practice · Forensics6 min read
What it costs to recover stolen ETH in 2026.
Most published numbers are wrong by an order of magnitude. Here is the actual cost structure of an on-chain investigation and what to expect from each tier.
- From the practice · Process5 min read
The portal is the product.
Most agencies build the marketing site first and bolt a status portal on later. We did the opposite. Here is what changed because of it.
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