The mental gymnastics of someone who has playing with cryptocurrencies since 2014.
Over two years ago, I posted an article on finally reaching the premium level on FreeBitco.in. I described how I used my reward points acquired over several years to get FUN tokens. For those unfamiliar with FreeBitcoin, it is a long-running faucet....
The terms money and currency are often used interchangeably, especially in causal conversation. We all call Bitcoin a cryptocurrency. But is it truly a currency? Or is cryptomoney a better term? We can start to determine this first by defining the te...
If you are a fan of PIVX, the privacy oriented alt-coin, you may be interested in a new promotion going on right now. To promote the new shielded addresses that PIVX offers, a web-site has been set up to distribute PIVX hourly to a shielded address....
Those of us who own less that 1 Bitcoin (BTC) are familiar with seeing our holdings with eight decimal places, e.g. 0.00204503 BTC. Imagine if that changed to 0.002045039684, although thoughtful websites would probably add spaces, like 0.002 045 039...
If you haven't encountered this accusation, you probably will, as governments try to protect their fiat currencies. This is my defense against this accusation. First, an opening quote: The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms -- Socrates I...
I admit it. I got greedy. I saw this PTC ad on CryptoWin and thought, why not? CryptoWin had just started a promotion of their new investment policy (I loved the old one, the new one is a bit pricey). They could be running another promotion. The webs...
They just won't give up! After failing in 2022, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren re-introduced her bill requiring cryptocurrency wallet providers comply with anti-money-laundering (AML) laws. This includes self-custodial wallets because the pro...
It's been all over the cryptocurrency news. The US government's Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) is going after cryptocurrencies by claiming they are securities. This has caused a bit of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) among crypto investors...
No, it's not banning Bitcoin (BTC). A ban would be hard to enforce and would have no effect on non-US citizens or residents. Nor is it declaring Bitcoin (BTC) a security. The ultimate weapon that could be used against Bitcoin would be to destroy trus...
This is not what I was expecting for April 1st (April Fool's Day in the US) My inbox held an email from Bittrex saying they are closing down Bittrex operations in the US by April 30. The main reason given in their statement was regulatory uncertainty...
