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31 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments TheDesertLynx
Dash Core Group's CFO Glenn Austin comes on the podcast to talk about Dash's financials and Dash Core Group's financial outlook specifically, and on the financial challenges of accounting in cryptocurrency as a whole. We go deep into which Dash pric...
29 Aug 2020 1 minute read 14 comments TheDesertLynx
You really should be using Twetch, the Bitcoin SV-based Twitter. Not because it's necessarily the best social media platform around, but because it's trying something very interesting: running entirely on economic incentives for behavior. It's a gre...
27 Aug 2020 2 minute read 10 comments TheDesertLynx
Bitcoin ABC, a main development organization for Bitcoin Cash, has announced the formation of a new governance council to oversee the distribution of infrastructure funds. These funds would come from an address under Bitcoin ABC's control derived f...
26 Aug 2020 4 minute read 5 comments TheDesertLynx
As someone who has come of age in parallel to the social media age, and who has used untold dozens of services and platforms for a wide variety of professional and personal purposes over the last dozen or so years, I've gained a certain degree of k...
20 Aug 2020 2 minute read 7 comments TheDesertLynx
Dash has demoed four separate decentralized applications (DApps) leveraging blockchain accounts and usernames, including a basic username wallet, a Twitter alternative, a merchant point-of-sale app, and an online merchant back-end system. These DApp...
18 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments TheDesertLynx
I had the fantastic pleasure of speaking at length with Rice, crypto YouTuber and content creator, about the ins and outs of making a living trying to create engaging content. We covered some of the basic pitfalls, such as trying to rely on YouTub...
18 Aug 2020 2 minute read 12 comments TheDesertLynx
Crypto broker Uphold has instituted a 65-day waiting period for new users seeking to make purchases using funds from ACH bank transfers. This is due to security issues related to the ACH system. Last week, Uphold instituted a 65-day "cooling off pe...
16 Aug 2020 1 minute read 14 comments TheDesertLynx
No one likes paying high fees for anything, but whenever transaction fees go up on the major cryptocurrency networks, you'll hear people saying that it's actually a good thing. Which is it? Are high fees as symptom of the inability to properly scale...
15 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments TheDesertLynx
YouTuber Rodrigo of Dash Brazil comes on the podcast to talk about Dash adoption in Brazil, as well as the state of cryptocurrency as a whole in Latin America. We talk about Brazil's impending transition away from card-based payment solutions, and w...
13 Aug 2020 2 minute read 21 comments TheDesertLynx
The typical cost of an Ethereum transaction has now passed the cost of a meal in Brazil, as well as the cost of a Bitcoin transaction. Blockchain data by BitInfoCharts shows that the median transaction fee for Ethereum, or what a user may typically...
