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26 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
Only El Salvador and the the Central Africa Republic adopted Bitcoin as legal currency, or legal tender, if we wanted to use some big words. El Salvador doesn't even have its own currency, it uses the US Dollar, while the Central African Republic us...
23 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
Here's a timeline of all the financially significant moments in my lifetime. Between the late 1990s and the early 2000s, when I was basically a kid, 11 European countries gave up their sovereign currency to adopt the EURO. The countries in question...
17 Sep 2023 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted
In no particular order 1. In 1999, a small internet company had the option to buy Google for $750,000. The CEO said no. 2. In the early 2000s, Blockbuster coudl've bought Netflix. But the CEO said "no thanks, we're good. 3. MySpace was offered to...
16 Sep 2023 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted
I started fiddling with Bitcoin in 2013 and 2014, accumulated about half a Bitcoin, then lost everything due to a 'technical glitch' on the part of eToro. Then I got involved with a crypto exchange between 2015 and 2016, started doing some side gigs...
15 Sep 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
Today I happened upon the news of a guy who got 7,000+ BTC for a job and lost the password to the encrypted HDD in which he stored his Bitcoins. It's a well-known story, it happened a long time ago and it resurfaces every once in a while. Probably b...
13 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
In a way, Coinbase fancies itself as a crypto equivalent to PayPal or Revolut, in that it combines financial feature with social media-style qualities. The thing is, it doesn't always work. Not that long ago, you could send crypto from Coinbase acc...
11 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
I'm back home for a few weeks and I need fast, reliable WiFi to work. Ordinarily, what I'd do is replace my Serbian sim card with my EU sim card and use my phone as hotspot but I'm tired of doing that simply because it drains the battery like mad....
6 Sep 2023 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted
A quick recap. Late 2022 FTX goes bust, November 2022 the snowball effect begins and BlockFi also goes bust. November 2022 - now, BlockFi sends users email about Chapter 11. September 2023 I receive an email about MY BlockFi. In short, I'm now 'e...
6 Sep 2023 1 minute read 5 comments LeftFooted
The writing was on the wall, and I should've known better. I wasn't invested in FTX, but I had some money in BlockFi, and as soon as FTX began teetering, I should've removed funds from BlockFi. But I didn't, so here we are, lesson learnt. When Bloc...
5 Sep 2023 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted
I'd like to create my own faucet website, ideally with a lesser known crypto, like Ravencoin for example, or something. Does anybody know how? Please write in the comments, cheers!
