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My favourite crypto moment of 2023

2 Jan 2024 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

It's not exactly a moment, and it's not even a crypto asset, it's actually a physical item. My favourite crypto thing of 2023 was... the Solana Saga smartphone. This phone had such a unique and quirky trajectory. It's a fairly normal phone, nothin...

Crypto: What is Optimism, a cheaper, more scalable alternative to Ethereum

2 Jan 2024 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

Optimism is a more scalable, cheaper version of Ethereum. It's a Layer 2 cryptocurrency, created as a spin-off version of Ethereum, designed to be more scalable. As in, designed to process more transactions, potentially cheaper and faster. The name...

Crypto: dYdX, a strange name for a crypto derivates exchange

31 Dec 2023 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

Similar to GMX, dYdX is a decentralised exchange that allows users to trade derivates. On dYdX you can also do margin trading, which is a type of trading that's done using leverage. With leverage, in a best case scenario, you X your win, but in a w...

Crypto: What is GMX, a broker-style platform for crypto

30 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

GMX is one of the largest crypto platforms for derivates. Specifically, GMX is a decentralised exchange for perpetual contracts. Derivates are financial instruments that derive their value from an underlying asset, and perpetuals are derivates that...

Crypto: What is Cosmos (ATOM), an ecosystem for blockchains

29 Dec 2023 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted

Cosmos is an ecosystem for the development of interoperable blockchains. Some people use the term 'Layer 0' for Cosmos, in that this a Layer 0 blockchain on top of which Layer 1 blockchains can be built. Cronos, Kava, Osmosis and ThorChain, for exa...

Crypto: What is Lido DAO, a 'fix' for one of Ethereum's issues

29 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Lido DAO (LDO) was launched in 2020 to fix one of the issues that come with staking on Ethereum. At the time, Ethereum was working on the 'Merge', to migrate from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake. There were a few issues. First, you needed to lock a...

We took on the internet giant and won (for now)

29 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

One of many reasons why I use is Brave is the ads free experience. More to the point, using Brave means I can watch YouTube with zero (literally) ads. It worked smoothly for about two years and then, a couple of months ago, YouTube started telling...

It's farming season

28 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Binance is on a roll with these launchpools. In close succession, we've had Memecoin (MEME), Fusionist (ACE), NFPrompt Token (NFP) and now Sleepless (AI). The reward is always pretty high in terms of APY but it obviously depends on how much you inv...

My bet on this foolish app is finally paying off

28 Dec 2023 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted

There are two things I'm proud of in the watch world. Actually more, but now I can only think of these two. First, I'm proud of sticking with Sweatcoin way before Sweatcoin made a crypto called SWEAT. I was accumulating Sweatcoin and had no idea th...

Doing my own airdrops

28 Dec 2023 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

I don't know why, but I keep missing out on Airdrops. I guess I'm too blame. I missed out on Celestia, chiefly because I was late, and I missed out on Pyth, for reasons that are unclear to me. I did receive some BonkEarn (BERN), and for some reason...