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What happened to Laszlo Hanyecz's 10,000 BTC?

25 Aug 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

Most of us are familiar with the story of Laszlo Hanyecz. On May 22, 2010 Laszlo bought two large pizzas from Papa John’s for 10,000 bitcoin - worth around $41 at the time (damn, Papa John’s pizzas have always been expensive, haven’t they). But wha...

What the heck is going on with Binance?

23 Aug 2023 1 minute read 6 comments LeftFooted

I don't particularly like Binance, but it has some useful features, chief among which is the fact that it makes it easy to convert different funds from different blockchains and/or use transact using their debit card. However, I also have to say I'v...

Solana SAGA - genius move or massive fail?

22 Aug 2023 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted

Solana doesn't have buyers and holders and hodlers, it has adepts. Just like Tesla. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against Solana, I actually have some SOL (and very little hope in it), but I treat it as an investment, while I've noticed that some...

Shiba Inu dog behind several memes dies aged 12

22 Aug 2023 1 minute read 3 comments LeftFooted

  Cheems Balltze has died at 12 after a battle with cancer. The Shiba Inu, also known as Ball Ball, died last week after a thoracentesis surgery. The dog fell asleep during the surgery and never woke up. The owner of the Cheems shared the sad ne...

Good news! AMPL and SPOT on their way out

18 Aug 2023 1 minute read 10 comments LeftFooted

A few weeks ago, I shared a Publish0x post in which I complained about not being able to do anything with my SPOT. I don't wish to sound ungrateful but SPOT is probably the most useless token we've had on Publish0x since I've joined in late 2021. Ev...

Should you worry about CBDCs? The answer is yes, but only if you live in certain countries

17 Aug 2023 3 minute read 9 comments LeftFooted

Governments began looking at crypto in a significant way about seven or eight years ago. And they mostly ignored it. The crypto market was still small, and they didn't understand it. They didn't even try. They assumed it would go away. When it didn...

New day, new NFT scam - Trust wallet users beware

15 Aug 2023 1 minute read 10 comments LeftFooted

I apologize in advance if this looks like old news but I've only just noticed. I just became aware of what is undoubtedly a new scam involving fake NFT giveaways and airdrops. I opened my Trust Wallet, I have a few different wallet addresses, and t...

People aren't taking their online security seriously enough

15 Aug 2023 2 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

Last night I was having a drink with a friend when he received an unsettling email, followed by a text message. Long story short, my friend's Instagram was hacked and he was locked out of it, the email address and phone number associated with the ac...

People who think a cashless society is a good idea are WRONG

11 Aug 2023 1 minute read 11 comments LeftFooted

And they're spectacularly wrong. The idea of a cashless society is a dystopian one. The main issue with this conversation is that people dismiss your concerns right off the bat. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it is true that, at the end of the da...

Is KuCoin raising fees?

8 Aug 2023 1 minute read 7 comments LeftFooted

I use KuCoin for the sole purpose of converting Publish0x’s AMPL quickly and cheaply. I send AMPL, and ETH, to my KuCoin, and then what I generally do is I convert both into Algorand, mostly because it is super fast and super cheap, and send it eith...