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.


Helium Journey Part 6 Up's and down's

18 May 2022 4 minute read 0 comments crypto newbie mom $0.02

Another problem to be solved.   So after a long wait for miners and antennas we have arranged a day to install Anita and Bob’s miner and arrange another day to do the antenna. The miner is set up within an hour and all seems good. The money earned wi...

Helium Journey Part 5. Delays and installations of miners.

15 May 2022 5 minute read 2 comments crypto newbie mom $0.04

  DELAYS   Well now that we actually have hosts ready and waiting, there has been a problem with the next batch of miners, we contacted the supplier in South Africa and they had actually forgotten to send out our delivery. To make matters worse they...

Helium Journey Part 4

9 May 2022 8 minute read 7 comments crypto newbie mom $0.04

  So to update we are at the stage of placing our miners with hosts, again not as easy as i thought it would be!   Maria    An amazing lady that used to be our neighbour, who has known us from the day we arrived here almost 15 years ago, who has fed...

Helium Journey Part 3 Getting organised

4 May 2022 1 minute read 1 comment crypto newbie mom $0.18

PAPERWORK DONE So our next step on our Journey is to get an EIRO number so we can get our miners through customs and on one of the hottest days of the year (40 degrees plus) we meet up with the translator as we have no idea if this will be a difficul...

Helium Journey Part 2, what we do while we wait for our 1st miners.

27 Apr 2022 7 minute read 2 comments crypto newbie mom $0.25

  I guess the upside to having to wait is now we can go into full planning mode. We also know that to make it work we will need to buy more miners as a triangle of 3 will work better than a straight line of just 2. I can’t imagine many people in a sm...

Helium Journey Part 1

21 Apr 2022 3 minute read 6 comments crypto newbie mom $0.18

To get an understanding of the irony of our new project, I will give you a bit of insight. I am a technophobe and I barely know how to use my mobile phone, David my partner is most definitely not. He learnt how to 'code' so he could turn our new buil...