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.
13 Dec 2025 6 minute read 5 comments WinterYeti
Ask yourself a question? Who is going to take care of you when you are so old you need personal care materials like adult diapers, help getting out of bed, monitoring in case you fall and can't get up, and assistance to get to medical appointments? T...
11 Dec 2025 4 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
I first caught the topic of “tech cities” on one of those late night jaunts through YouTube stuff, the kind of mindless search down the rabbit hole where you say to yourself, “Who watches this conspiracy crap and generates ad money for these people?!...
25 Nov 2025 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
A few years back around Thanksgiving time I had a number of days off and the kids were still very young. Normally being a night owl, I was up for hours at night long after everyone else went to sleep. That gave me ample time to enjoy playing Minecraf...
25 Nov 2025 7 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
Last year, June 2024, marked the 75th anniversary of George Orwell's soul-shaking novel, 1984. One would expect that almost three-fourths of a century later, our societies would have taken a lesson from the book and history and avoided much of what O...
24 Nov 2025 3 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
Inflation is an insidious thing. It doesn't usually hit people right away. Instead, like mold, it just creeps along slowly until one day you notice it's not only present, that inflation is actually making a big impact, specifically on whatever it is...
24 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
I'm busy rethinking my garage given my ASIC project (see my other articles), and I'm doing some planning as well as cost research on materials and parts. As I'm working out the details on how to build the necessary racks and so on, I found myself sit...
23 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
When you first get an ASIC, used or new, the first gut reaction is to plug it in and get started. That's a perfectly normal, wrong response. The fact is, a good ASIC can draw as much power as a refrigerator or microwave. And that power demand can mor...
23 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
So, I've been quietly adding to my equipment collection for blockchain mining, including bona fide ASICs and related power supply units and so on. Since I'm just getting started, I'm not interested in dropping big dollars on a stupid adventure, espec...
22 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti
So, after getting settled in and understanding the basic operation of my Bitaxe Gamma, it was time to start working with the settings to tweak out a better performance. Up to date, my Bitaxe was giving me something just sly of 1 Th. With a bit of twe...
17 Nov 2025 2 minute read 2 comments WinterYeti
If you're not familiar, a Bitaxe is the latest degen trend in Bitcoin mining, basically a novelty but also a fun way to take a shot at the Bitcoin chain without spending thousands in ASICS, garage infrastructure and no results. Emphasis on the last p...
