Thoughts on economics - systemic, investments, and cryptocurrencies
9 Dec 2020 2 minute read 3 comments RealSociology
I often wonder what kind of information people new to Cryptocurrency use to inform themselves and make decisions about whether to 'buy-in' or not. And I must say I pity anyone who uses YouTube and simply queries 'should I buy Bitcoin', because if the...
8 Dec 2020 3 minute read 1 comment RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Naga Brute from the Dragon Splinter. I didn't actually have one of these in my collection, as they're Dice cards which I haven't been buying, preferring to consolidate my existing co...
30 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Flamesmith - from the Fire Splinter. Unfortunately I don't play Fire (it's cheaper if you sacrifice one Splinter!) so I've opted instead to focus on a battle in which repair plays a...
30 Nov 2020 3 minute read 7 comments RealSociology
So if my calculations are correct I received a nominal value of $550 worth of tax deductible Hive and Leo gift-tokens from my peers in the last 30 days. That's about $100 up from the previous month, and >$500 is a pretty substantial sum for just read...
23 Nov 2020 3 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Sabre Shark, from (unsurprisingly!) the WaterSplinter. The Sabre Shark is a classic common Beta card, price optimum level is 9/10 where he gets his his max 4 damage, with a fas...
22 Nov 2020 2 minute read 1 comment RealSociology
With Bitcoin approaching $20K, I thought I'd briefly summarise why I bought in initially, and then why I kept on buying. I'll be upfront - I bought my first 0.027 BTC in 2017 when it was priced at around $4500, and I carried on buying in gradual...
19 Nov 2020 4 minute read 5 comments RealSociology
I've been considering whether I should buy an Oculus Quest.... The Quest costs around £400, but is it worth it? This post by @themarkymark was initially quite off putting, outlining the fact that you have to merge your Facebook account with the dev...
18 Nov 2020 3 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
I've been buying up a few odd Splinterlands cards recently, thinking forwards to the Land expansion. It's already been suggested, as outlined in this summary post by @flauwy of a Splinterlands AMA on Land that there will be some value in staking mons...
16 Nov 2020 3 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
I've just been gifted £500 (kind of, the bill for the work on my house to make it gas-safety compliant was a lot cheaper than I'd anticipated), so I'm thinking of another little-in with crypto. I want to buy something a little different other than my...
15 Nov 2020 3 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
The Earth Splinter is the 'healing' splinter, and it's a good choice for those mid ranged mana battles in the mid 20s as there's lots of 2-5 mana cards that are just fantastic! But which are the most effective Earth Splinter cards to level up for the...
