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.


Solana after FTX

10 Nov 2025 3 minute read 3 comments crypto newbie mom

        15 Nov 2022, I wrote a post about Solana,    What seems like an eternity ago but was only last week (a lot has happened with the crypto space and FTX caused most if not all of it). We were looking at buying some SOL for our portfolio, I like...

Would you consider en ETF if you had loads of Bitcoin

3 Nov 2025 4 minute read 30 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening Following on from my last post about whether to sell the house and invest those funds into Bitcoin,  that also brings with it another question.  Do we trust someone else to hold our Bitcoin/Assets for us (via an ETF)? Or do w...

Sell the house, buy BItcoin, would you do it

27 Oct 2025 5 minute read 16 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   Some of you may be aware from previous posts that I am from the UK but live in Eastern Europe, (technically it is we/us) and have done now for over 16 years, this was made possible by selling some shares I had in the compan...

Stacks, earning Bitcoin or just hopium

20 Oct 2025 5 minute read 2 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   Stacks, should I sell, HODL or invest more. Yet again I am looking at another blockchain, mostly because I am trying to work out if the chain is actually doing anything? is there new adoption? Are these tokens worth holding...

How many blockchains do we really need

13 Oct 2025 4 minute read 10 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   So I have recently looked at Cronos chain to see if it has had much usage to make it worth investing in, then I looked at Celestia to see if there was anything there that would make me want to continue holding it and it has...

Is there a reason to keep holding TIA

6 Oct 2025 4 minute read 2 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   OK so you may have caught the odd grumble about the TIA  that I have my posts, I know it is my own fault, I FOMO'd in when you were getting airdrops left right and centre for holding TIA, so I DCA'd into it and by the time...

Is Cronos chain dead

29 Sep 2025 5 minute read 6 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   After reading an interesting post by Betasyndicate.eth  about Crypto dot com,  you can see the full article here cryptocom-can-kiss-my in my comment I made a fleeting comment about the Cronos chain and does anyone actually...

Common Wealth update

23 Sep 2025 4 minute read 0 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   Back in March 2024 I was grinding to earn an airdrop of WLTH tokens, but I ended up doing quite well and ended up with a slice of the pie or in other words a free $1000 investment. Just over a  year after receiving my inves...

portfolio set up

8 Sep 2025 4 minute read 3 comments crypto newbie mom

  Good morning/evening   Today I am thinking about how I will allocate my new crypto portfolio, the one for the next cycle and if you  read my last post you will know I an not fully out of this cycle, but when time is limited, I like to be prepared,...

A world on fire

1 Sep 2025 3 minute read 4 comments crypto newbie mom

    Good morning/evening   I have lived here in Eastern Europe now for over 16 years, summers can be very hot which is why I usually go back to the UK for a couple of months to escape the heat, there have, most summers been the odd wildfire but this...