Avalanche DeFi and yield farming, plus DeFi security
Avalanche DeFi lessons, learned the hard way.
Zabu Finance is an educational magazine about Avalanche DeFi, yield farming, and on-chain security. The domain once hosted a real Avalanche yield farm that lost roughly $3.2 million to a contract exploit in September 2021 — so the lessons here aren't theoretical. We publish plain-English guides, honest protocol histories, and simple tools that turn APY hype into numbers you can judge. Educational content only, never financial advice.
Zabu Finance is an independent magazine about Avalanche DeFi. We explain yield farming, staking, and the math behind those giant APY numbers — in plain English, with no token to sell you and no app asking for your wallet.
This domain has a past, and we don't hide it. In 2021 it hosted a real Avalanche yield farm. That September, an accounting bug in its farm contract was exploited for about $3.2 million, and the ZABU token never recovered. The farm is gone. Today this site teaches what we all learned — starting with the full story of what happened here.
Begin with the basics, learn to spot trouble before it costs you, and turn any advertised yield into real dollar figures with our calculator. Everything here is educational content, not financial advice.
Useful Links for Avalanche DeFi
The short list of explorers, wallets, safety checks, and learning spots we actually use — with zero affiliate strings attached.
Read it →DeFi Basics
Plain-English guides to yield farming, staking, and how Avalanche DeFi actually works.
Best Yield Farming Platforms
How to tell a solid yield farming platform from a time bomb — the types, the well-known Avalanche names, and the chec...
Staking for Beginners: Earn While You Hold
How proof of stake pays you for holding, the four ways to do it, and the fine print nobody reads.
APY vs APR: Small Letters, Big Difference
The two little acronyms behind every yield number — and how one of them quietly flatters the truth.
Avalanche DeFi, Explained Simply
What AVAX is, why the 2021 farm crowd loved it, and what's left standing after the boom.
What Is Yield Farming? A Plain-English Guide
Rent out your crypto, collect rewards, and learn what those giant APY numbers are really telling you.
Security Desk
Exploit histories, rug-pull red flags, and the habits that keep your wallet intact.
How to Spot a DeFi Rug Pull Before It Hits You
Anonymous devs, absurd APYs, liquidity nobody locked — the pattern repeats, and you can learn it.
The Zabu Finance Hack: What Really Happened
The 2021 exploit that emptied an Avalanche farm in an afternoon — told plainly by the people who now keep its domain.
Tools
Simple calculators and checklists for thinking through DeFi decisions before you make them.