CryptoSensei

CryptoSensei

chronicles of an English teacher


Will Bitcoin see mass adoption?

29 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

  The crowd at Stacker News can be quite difficult to please. Some of them are die-hard maxis and have called me out more than for ‘shitcoining’. Oops.  Still, whenever an opportunity arises for me to post there, I won’t say nope to it. My wallet nee...

How many crypto scams do you know?

27 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

How many crypto scams do you know? Scammers are getting really enterprising these days. Woke up this morning to find myself tagged on a thread about SHIB airdrop, along with two other names. Thankfully employed common sense and didn’t click on any cl...

What misconceptions about the Shanghai upgrade irk you?

25 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

What misconceptions about the Shanghai upgrade irk you? Ever since the merge, Ethereum has become deflationary. Another anticipated development in the works is the Shanghai upgrade that is scheduled to happen in March 2023. Long term HODLers of ETH w...

I told a Venezuelan about Publish0x

25 Jan 2023 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei

Among the more interesting posts I follow on r/cryptocurrency are the posts by u/WorkingLime. He gives weekly updates on the hyperinflation situation in his home country, Venezuela. This is his latest post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/com...

Are you a purist or opportunist when it comes to BTC DCA?

24 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

Are you a purist or opportunist when it comes to BTC DCA? Bitcoin has been good to us this week, crabbing at $22-23k. Firm believers of Bitcoin might have been oblivious to its price increase, but for others whose resolute is not as strong, you might...

Wild Conjecture Series: where will Bitcoin go from here?

23 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

After witnessing the agonising crabbing of Bitcoin at around $15-16k for the longest time, its pump to $22-23k came as a pleasant surprise to many. Some people didn’t appear all that astonished, if general market sentiment on crypto forums is anythin...

How long do you think Bitcoin’s pump will last?

22 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Bitcoin behaved like the proverbial phoenix recently. From crabbing sideways at $15-16k, it suddenly pulled away and surged to $22-23k, where it has remained ever since. No one can lay claim to knowing what exactly caused this unexpected pump, but th...

Why is Bitcoin pumping?

21 Jan 2023 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei

After months of crabbing at $16k, Bitcoin underwent a meteoric transformation, surging to as high as $23k in recent times. Of course, the only real answer to my question-title is “No one exactly knows why”, but what fun would life be if we don’t allo...

Random things I learnt about Bitcoin from Stacker News

18 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Never knew that validity rollups can be built on Bitcoin so as to improve its scalability and programmability. Read more about it here: https://bitcoinrollups.org/ Robosats crossed the 100 BTC milestone for their all-time volume on their P2P Lightni...

I tried out Microlancer for the first time

16 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

Time is money, so we must be intentional about how we exchange our time and life energy for money. After all, we won’t want to exhaust ourselves for a few paltry dollars. Nonetheless, I’m of the opinion that everything should be tried at least once s...