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Welcome to SUI Basecamp 2024

10 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

SUI Basecamp is only the second crypto conference I've attended, this time technically as a guest, not as a member of the media. I heard about it while working on something totally different, but I was watching, or perhaps I should say 'listening' t...

One of the most used, most powerful emerging blockchains is causing a few head scratches

9 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

There's an emerging, very powerful, very active blockchain, not exactly an L1 blockchain to be clear, that's making some people scratch their head. Base, a Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum built by Coinbase, is on the rise, but there a few prob...

I've decided to stop spending money on things and spend them on experience instead - Here's my next project

9 Apr 2024 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted

A while back, I realized spending money on things is, ultimately and generally speaking, pointless. To me, in this particular phase of my life, it only makes sense (with exceptions) if it makes my life easier, both personal and professional. I stil...

This crypto firm is selling NFT gravestones

6 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

This company is called 'Remember', and it sells NFT gravestones. It was founded by a crypto guy who lost his grandma during Covid. Because of pandemic restrictions, he wasn't allowed to attend the funeral, which gave him the idea for this project....

Some of these Solana memecoins are too much

5 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Solana is taking a break, it seems, as the price fluctuates around the $170 mark (give or take). Mind you, new memecoins appear daily, and one of the latest ones, two of them actually, that caught my eye are parodies of Donald Trump or Joe Biden. I...

Why doesn't Coinbase have this feature?

3 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Different platforms give it different names but the bottom line is several CEXs have a feature to convert crypto 'dust' into their native token. For reference, by crypto 'dust', they mean amounts of crypto that are so small they can't converted or e...

The average person doesn't get Bitcoin, but it's not entirely their fault

2 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Bitcoin is not particularly easy to understand, or explain, for that matter. In my experience, the best way to understand it is to live with it. Live through the ups and downs, crashes and bull runs. And we have to remember that the average person...

Remember the selfie guy who made a fortune selling NFTs? He's back

1 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

During the 2021 and 2022 NFT run, there was this Indonesian guy who made a fortune (seven figures) by selling NFTs of random selfies he'd take every day. Well, he's back. His name is Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali and he minted NFTs of pictures he took o...

Bitcoin price on Easter Day

31 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Hello and happy Easter, if you're celebrating today.As I was bored, and had too much to drink, I thought I'd have a look at the price of Bitcoin over the last 12 years, on Easter Day. Here goes. From 2012 and until 2016, the price was below four figu...

I've been using an AI assistant for a few weeks - Here's my first impression

30 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

A few weeks ago I bought a Nothing Phone 2a, which is a quirky, stylish, Android-based smartphone. As it turns out, I had no idea about this, buying a Nothing phone gave me access to the Pro version of Perplexity.ai, an AI assistant. You can use it...