Archive(upstream build log)

From the lab.

How the upstream DRIFT team designed the engine — from the first honest backtest to the on-chain risk guard.

  1. 01OriginWhy We Built DRIFTMost backtests are dishonest. Not intentionally — the industry just normalised a set of practices that make historical performance look better than it ever was.June 2, 2026 · 4 min
  2. 02EngineeringThe Engine Room: How DRIFT WorksDRIFT is two services: a Python FastAPI engine and a Next.js cockpit. Here is what every module does and why it is built the way it is.June 8, 2026 · 6 min
  3. 03ResearchFour Ways to Read the MarketMACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands, Dual Thrust. Each strategy bets on a different market regime. Here is the logic behind each signal.June 10, 2026 · 5 min
  4. 04EcosystemBuilding on BNB Chain: AI Meets On-Chain RiskDRIFT started as two ideas that converged: an on-chain yield optimizer and an AI trading layer. Here is the BNB Chain thesis and what we plan to build.Rewritten in September 2026 during the BNB Chain migrationJune 12, 2026 · 4 min