CryptoSensei

CryptoSensei

chronicles of an English teacher


Do you think that the Lightning Network will thrive in time to come?

10 Jan 2023 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei

Do you think the Lightning Network will thrive in time to come? The Lightning Network was created to facilitate micropayments and remove some burden from on-chain transactions. It seems that more entrepreneurs are getting on board this Layer 2. Walk...

Promising Developments on MATIC

10 Jan 2023 1 minute read 4 comments cryotosensei

Promising Developments on MATIC A dynamic blockchain as it easily meets the A tier by boasting more than 100,000 daily active wallets and 1,000,000 daily transactions (https://polygonscan.com/charts#blockchainData) Magic Eden, Solana's biggest NFT p...

I won 11,100 sats through Twitter giveaways!

9 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

Last year, my goal was to get at least one tip, be it BTC or BAT, on Twitter. But I wasn’t active on Twitter, so I didn’t manage to attain this goal.  Then, because I grew adept with the use of the Lightning Network, I began to use Twitter more regul...

Have you kept your New Year’s resolution?

7 Jan 2023 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei

Undoubtedly, we can start anew at any time of the year, but many of us like to ride on the momentum of a brand new year and make New Year’s resolutions so that we rid ourselves of bad habits and acquire better routines. Examples of crypto bad habits...

I “plagiarised” content on R/Cryptocurrency

5 Jan 2023 1 minute read 4 comments cryotosensei

I read this from an article written by a crypto writer, and it has stayed with me for a while. Specifically, he wrote that there is a market in extracting key insights from a crypto report and publishing them because who has the time to read and dige...

Every day I’m shuffling on Stacker News

5 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

If you have been wondering why I seem to write exclusively about Bitcoin these days, it’s because I discovered Stacker News. I reviewed it two weeks ago. I had used up my two free sats and didn’t receive any traction for my postings, so I mentioned t...

What will you say to anti-BTC investors?

4 Jan 2023 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei

Bitcoin Genesis Block was mined on 3 January 2009. It turned 14th yesterday. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore or casual Bitcoiner, this date must have been an opportunity for you to feel thankful for the power and control this inaugural digit...

If you love Coinbase’s Learn n Earn lessons, you will love Vestly as well. Here’s why

4 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

A disclaimer first: you aren’t going to get rich by using Vestly. It pays satoshis, which makes it less gratifying than Coinbase’s Learn and Earn lessons. But it is legitimate and quite fun to do, so I do Vestly’s lessons every day. Another thing to...

I joined Kahoot! quiz organised by R/Cryptocurrency

3 Jan 2023 2 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei

If you have been following my articles, you wouldn’t be surprised to learn that I have been a regular, even compulsive, user of r/cryptocurrency. It is a subreddit on Reddit that dishes out Moons every month. Each Moon is about 7-8 cents and is a wel...

Happy Proof of Keys Day (and other random things about Bitcoin)

3 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

January 3 is Proof of Keys Day, in which Bitcoiners celebrate how they are their own bank by removing their Bitcoin from third-party services and transferring them to non-custodial wallets. (https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/01/03/proof-of-keys-...