The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts
The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts

The Intersect of Crypto Musings & Consumer Impacts

A blog focused on ongoing government regulation for crypto or consumer issues with crypto with wide range of topics from pitfalls to avoid to opportunities to grab.


Realistic Money-Making Opportunities (or, There are No Get-Rich Quick Sites)

14 Apr 2026 8 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

So you lost a freelance job, got laid off, got a pay cut, have a medical bill or a credit card out of control and you need to make extra money. You go online, type in "how to make extra money" or some similar search, and you suddenly get bombarded wi...

Marriage, for the Sake of Marriage

11 Apr 2026 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I’ve been noticing a conflicting trend in the last few months regarding marriage and advice to younger generations, as well as observations by older ones. In short, some articles are saying young people are getting married earlier, even while in coll...

Modern Life Will Kill You Eventually, Get Over It

9 Apr 2026 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I don't think there is a day that goes by when I'm not stuck with an article in one news feed or another about how yet another source food, life, clothing, tools or fabricated environment is going to cause me cancer. At this rate, the number of thing...

Listening to the Dirt

29 Mar 2026 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I've been metal detecting for about two months now, and I've learned an incredible amount of experiential information about how things get buried. Much of that hasn't come from books or videos, but instead it's been from hands on contact with soil an...

"Yeah, if you steal, you're going to go to jail!"

22 Mar 2026 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

So got out early this morning for metal detecting, a nice weekend day before the heat broke and I found a nice spot in a local park with plenty of morning shade. That was good for two reasons; one, I wasn't cooking while working, and two the ground w...

Started Metal Detecting, Learned a Few Things

21 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

The strongest lessons in life tend to be the simplest ones dunked deep in experience and tangible memory. That's the case with some of the most basic lessons I've learned as a beginner metal detector. It's not the weight of the equipment, or actual c...

Bitaxe: Mining Solopool for BCH

7 Feb 2026 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Bitaxe is quickly dominating the reference category for the Bitcoin lottery ticket, sharing a very compact stage with Nerdaxe Q++ and a few others. In reality though, while these little Asic gadgets are fun to play with, any actual performance comes...

My Brain Changed Again

7 Feb 2026 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I remind my kids on a regular basis we are multiple people in the same person. Who I was at 20 is a different person than 30, and 40, and 50 and so on. Yet each of these personalities shaped by experience are physically the same person. My name hasn'...

Figuring out BTC Lightning and Why It Should be in Your Wallet Portfolio

16 Dec 2025 3 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

If you been in crypto for any length of time, you've probably built up a little library of wallets to handle different crypto coins. Yes, some people stick with just a few top three names like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple, but the reality is we find...

Generation X is Falling Behind Planning for Retirement... Really?

15 Dec 2025 4 minute read 2 comments WinterYeti

I caught an article today on MarketWatch that made it sound like Generation X, my peeps, were really in the doghouse when it came to retirement planning, only saving barely over an average of $100,000 for retirement so far. With time ticking and a sh...