Experiences of a Crypto Newb
Experiences of a Crypto Newb

Experiences of a Crypto Newb

This blog will simply be about my experiences as an inexperienced crypto trader and how to avoid the same rookie mistakes I made. I hope to help people ease into their experience instead of running head first into a brick wall like me.


Meme tokens for the beginner (SHIB, DOGE, SAFEMOON)

22 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Justin Spencer

Having any interaction with the crypto space, it's hard not to stumble over meme coins these days. They seem to be everywhere. Dogecoin, Safemoon, Shiba Inu, Banano, Hoge, ShiBonk, DogeBonk, and so on...you could spend a lifetime naming 1/10th of the...

VeChain - supply chain solutions

21 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Justin Spencer

Launched in 2015, VeChain is a blockchain solution designed to bring accountability, efficiency and transparency to operations. Originally a fork of the Ethereum code, VeChain is focused on business use cases with an emphasis on the 'Internet of Thin...

PKT Cash - the people's internet

20 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Justin Spencer

Recently I became aware of a newish project called PKT Cash. PKT Cash was launched in August 2019 and is currently in Phase 2 of 4. This is not to be confused with Playkey (PKT), they have the same symbol it seems, but Playkey is dead and PKT Cash is...

Another way to dip your toes in the water

18 Jan 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Justin Spencer

Another project I wanted to mention is called Pi Network. It's a platform like Ethereum or Cardano where users can build applications and games and transact business without the high gas fees and other problems that have plagued current blockchains....

My experience with exchanges.

17 Jan 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Justin Spencer

When I first started investing about a year ago, I had no idea what I was doing. I bought my first smidgeon of Bitcoin on Paypal, as I was already familiar with them and had an account. After that I ended up signing up for Coinbase, Uphold, Voyager,...

The Wax Wallet and a few games.

16 Jan 2022 2 minute read 4 comments Justin Spencer

My last post was about wallets, but I wanted to take a full post for this one. The Wax Cloud Wallet is something I've been tinkering with lately and it's pretty neat. Setting it up is as simple as any other wallet. Download the software, set it up, d...

Setting up a wallet, getting started with faucets.

15 Jan 2022 4 minute read 1 comment Justin Spencer

In this second post I wanted to talk about the various wallets you can use, and how to set them up, as well as a few fun ways of getting some free crypto to get started. There are a multitude of wallets out there, I am only going to talk about the on...

Don't make the same mistakes as I did.

15 Jan 2022 2 minute read 3 comments Justin Spencer

For my first entry, I thought I would just give some background on myself and my experience. I currently live in the Pacific Northwest, but I'm from the rural Midwest. I grew up lower middle class, and knew nothing about stocks or investing even up t...