A foray into crypto, A technophobes journey

A foray into crypto, A technophobes journey

A personal blog about how we got into crypto and the rollercoaster ride it was.


Portfolio fit for a teenager.

22 Feb 2023 1 minute read 7 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   So where would you start when setting up a portfolio for your teenager with their own money!   When we started up our network of Helium miners we set up a wallet for our teenager, more of a hands on business studies lesson and to und...

It's a date! Helium moving to Solana.

19 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   Helium have now finally announced a date for the migration to the Solana network. The proposed date is March 27th 2023 and will take approximately 24 hours starting from 1500 UTC time.     There is an upgrade readiness group to help s...

$270 worth of free money, month 8

17 Feb 2023 2 minute read 6 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   Well I have cashed out some of my free money for the first time and although it is not much I still found it quite exciting. I wanted to cash out everything and start the new year from scratch but on some I just did not have enough to...

Our first airdrop

16 Feb 2023 1 minute read 3 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   Today we received our first ever airdrop, to be more precise David woke me up at 3.28 am waving his phone at me asking if I wanted to sell. I said 'they are locked for a year' and promptly went back to sleep.     But it is still exci...

The end of cash.

9 Feb 2023 2 minute read 6 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   I was in the UK before Christmas and it had been a good few years since I was last there. It is surprising to me now how differently I look at things. I am more aware of how the markets are behaving, how the economy is and it is mostl...

Getting screwed by Helium.........AGAIN!

3 Feb 2023 5 minute read 6 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   The old saying 'if you have nothing good to say, then say nothing, often comes to mind when I write post's about Helium now. I struggle but do try to look at the positive side of it. This will not be one of those post's but my bl...

WeatherXM is it real?

2 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   I thought it was about time to do an update on our WeatherXM weather station and how it is going.   There are currently 2597 WeatherXM devices online.       I placed my order for the WeatherXM back in the spring of 2022 and our devic...

Had a spending spree, portfolio update

23 Jan 2023 1 minute read 9 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   I know it is almost February so I am a bit late but better late than never for a new year update on the portfolio.   So what have we been up too while the markets were slow and we were waking up every morning to charts of red, I know...

Cashing out free fun money, month 7

16 Jan 2023 1 minute read 10 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   Well I have cashed out some of my free money for the first time and although it is not much I still found it quite exciting. I wanted to cash out everything and start the new year from scratch but on some I just did not have enough to...

Giveaway for free Unicoins for everyone. New link

13 Jan 2023 1 minute read 16 comments crypto newbie mom

Good morning.   Around 6 months ago we were fortunate enough to receive a few hundred Unicoins. (well a certificate of ownership for 300 Unicoins as they had a lock up of 1 year). I sort of forgot about them untill going through the emails.   Unicoi...