This blog will explore ideas, news, and other interesting information related to alternative investing. Though we may discuss general macro finance, investing, economic issues and even more traditional investments like equities, bonds, and RE - the main focus will be on other options such as crowdfunding, crypto, collectibles, and more.
20 Jun 2022 1 minute read 9 comments davidgyoung
If time is money, and energy is money . . . . . . . then how is it possible that Bitcoin is not money? It's not possible. Show us another technology that can extract value from the time and energy exhausted to create excess energy. Exxon Mines Bit...
16 Jun 2022 2 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
The global financial system continues to unwind and meltdown, dragging "dollar hegemony" and "reserve currency" status with it. Japan, long serving as an experiment and glimpse into the future, is now putting on display the mechanics and implication...
12 Jun 2022 1 minute read 11 comments davidgyoung
Not Ethereum flippening Bitcoin. That will never happen. Tezos flippening Ethereum. The chart below is a daily showing the ETH/BTC ratio, a much ballyhooed reference point for Eth cheerleaders historically. On or about the 10th of May, the ETH/B...
8 Jun 2022 1 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung
Courtesy of PurpleMatter.com, here are the Top 10 IDs on Tezotopia and what they generate daily as of now in XTZ: landlord tops hourlyTZ dailyTZ AINFTCreator 911 12.7 304.84 jez ...
6 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
A lot is happening right now with Tezotopia, Matterlight, and Quipuswap, so let's get a quick rundown. We published the following recently as a look inside Tezotopia and the updates and changes we have seen throughout 2022: Tezotopia Update and News...
5 Jun 2022 3 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
This article takes another look at Tezotopia and follows up on a couple of previous pieces: Economics of Tezotopia: Tezotops What Is Tezotopia? Here's what's new and been happening at the most popular Tezos NFT based game: Interface and UI/UX The UI...
3 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
The percentage of Bitcoin supply last active more than 1 year ago is now at an all time high. The markets have been beaten up significantly since November of 2021, and the "consensus" is that the Fed will keep raising rates for a long period of time...
3 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
Here we go again with Solana - halted by another bug yet again. These Eth Cult Copycat Chains are garbage. Sorry to reinforce the uncomfortable reality to you. Look at the chart above in the context of the chart shown here below: Many of the...
26 Apr 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
This post is a continuation of the following earlier post: Lightning Network Adoption Update - 1Q2022 All credit goes to the great work from Arcane Research. You can see below in Figure 6 that the largest category for Lightning payments YTD in 2022...
27 Mar 2022 5 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung
UASF. Segwit battle. Charlatans trying to co-opt Bitcoin during the "block size wars". Been there, done that. Ever since our entry in 2013, there has always been some sort of ongoing drama and/or attempt to destroy, co-opt, delay, derail, or othe...
