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A mixture of views and news on crypto currencies, distributed ledger technology and a small side order of cryptography.


How to claim FORTH on KuCoin

24 Apr 2021 1 minute read 6 comments Tomatosoup

For all you doubters, KuCoin have now published instructions for claiming the Ampleforth governance token FORTH.   If that is you have not been robbed of the opportunity to get a few thousand dollars by the mysterious disappearance of Publish0x's Mar...

Why the FORTH airdrop did not work for Publish0x / KuCoin

24 Apr 2021 1 minute read 24 comments Tomatosoup

This post has been edited following feedback from Igor of Publish0x clarifying why Publish0x payments to KuCoin did not result in a wallet balance that qualified holders for the Ampleforth governance token (FORTH) airdrop.   It originally focused on...

Withdraw these coins or loose them MyCointainer tells users in second round of delisting.

31 Mar 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Tomatosoup

MyCointainer, the Estonian based company best known for its services that simplify cryptocurrency staking, today emailed customers alerting them that that a further eleven coins will imminently be delisted from the company's services.  From April the...

Uniswap transaction cost $39,617.28 in gas fees! Ouch!

25 Feb 2021 1 minute read 12 comments Tomatosoup

An unlucky Uniswap user was hit with gas fees costing $39,617.28 for a single transaction on Tuesday. Even for a whale that kind of fee has to hurt, if only in the form of damaged pride. Andrew Redden chief technology officer of crypto subscriptio...

Binance launches on Telegram to support UK customers

22 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

In an email today the Binance exchange announced the launch of a Telegram channel for UK customers. The email from Ilir Laro, Head of Marketing & Community for Binance UK promises regular AMAs (Ask Me Anything) sessions with industry leaders and repr...

eToro stops crypto services in the Netherlands

11 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

eToro is halting all crypto trading and forcing the liquidation or transfer of crypto currency held in accounts in the Netherlands by the 23rd of January. The surprise move apparently follows the company's failure to complete it's registration with D...

Coinbase account restricted? Quick fix.

30 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

I tried to swap some coins in my Coinbase account via the Android App and discovered my account had been resticted. Nothing to indicate why, no email from Coinbase. Checking security settings showed I was at maximum approval.  Strange. The fix?  Log...

Two unanswered Ampleforth questions

29 Dec 2020 1 minute read 12 comments Tomatosoup

There are no answers here! But I hope that asking these questions will prompt a reply or an article for the #ELI5AMPL competition that fills the gaps in my knowledge. There are dozens of articles explaining that Ample uses automatic rebasing to chang...

Thanks!

17 Oct 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Tomatosoup

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a competition to win a Helium hotspot which would let you become part of a new telecoms network for IoT data, and earn $HNT tokens as a result. As is normal with this sort of promotion, you get entries for completi...

24 hours to Win a crypto mining hotspot from Helium.

2 Oct 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Tomatosoup

Helium are building a decentralized wireless infrastructure for the billions of IoT devices that will need active internet connections. It is currently the worlds fastest growing wireless network. The network is built on the open LoRaWAN wireless pro...