Tale of a Replacement Phone Charger, Lost Keys and Other Trouble

By Great White Snark | Cryptographic Anarchy: (Mis)Adventures in Crypto | 22 Aug 2024

Oof! Today, I have spent 350 banana republic bucks on a new phone charger, which I didn't anticipate. The old ones I have don't fit the slot properly and no longer work. I'm tired of struggling to get them working and dealing with a phone battery almost constantly half-charged or completely red.

Unfortunately, I've had to dip into my savings account to compensate for that unanticipated expenditure and keep my current account out of the red. I am not thrilled, especially since, all going well, I'm seeing a friend for lunch on Sunday and will no doubt be spending more money. I can't just back out because of a money problem.

In other news, I've also tried closing my Luno account (since all crypto exchanges in my home country are required to register as financial service providers and perform KYC on users). I've been unable to do that, since I still have a non-zero balance in BCH and transferring that to another wallet is pending. Hopefully, that goes well, clears all balances and I can then close my account. The last thing I want to do is go through the KYC process and let the infernal revenue service be able to see at least some of my crypto activity (not that I have much as things stand). Unfortunately, the two twelve-word passphrases that I have for Exodus are for empty accounts, instead of the one that had balances (including some staked ADA). I have no idea what the passphrase is for that one, since I apparently didn't write it down and the backup I made, before switching to another PC, is corrupt. I also have no idea why I wrote down passphrases for empty accounts and not the one that actually has crypto balances. At least I have the right one for Atomic Wallet, for all the good that does me (since there's barely anything in it).

Oh well, what the hell? It's just another mishap in a long line of them when it comes to me and crypto. It's probably best for my sanity and stress levels for me to have no further dealings with crypto, since I invariably manage to cock up. It's not like I can do anything with it (other than give it away), anyway.

If you'd like to send me Nano (XNO), my address is nano_3snarky6acx7xemo6ipt1gti6dxxtg7b5ku7c5s5ymr659dgzcg83761ztrr

If you'd prefer to send me some Bitcoin Cash (BCH) for my troubles, my address is bitcoincash:qq4em2hvjxx8hx9kpqgs32gkm6g2jc02qgquhtg5xl

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Great White Snark

I'm currently seeking fixed employment as a S/W & Web developer (C# & ASP .NET MVC, PHP 8+, Python 3), hoping to stash the farmed fiat and go full Crypto, quit the 07:30-18:00 grind. Unsigned music producer; snarky; white; balding; smashes Patriarchy.

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