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31 Mar 2021 7 minute read 1 comment tigerbot4947
I'm a fan of paper cryptocurrency wallets. I'm not sure an explanation would do them justice. It could just be that I'm a mathematics major and keeping important information for solving math problems down on fancy pieces of paper just feels really na...
28 Mar 2021 9 minute read 1 comment tigerbot4947
It's February 25th, 1995. Across the nation, youngsters wake up to enjoy their weekend. Fathers and mothers, some still wearing pajamas, prepare breakfasts consisting of waffles, pancakes or bacon and eggs. The paperboy passes by each home, heaving t...
26 Mar 2021 8 minute read 2 comments tigerbot4947
On March 24th, Fidelity Investments announced that it's presently looking to establish its own protocol for electronic transfer of funds, filing its S-1 form with the SEC. In a mad scramble, Goldman Sachs did the exact same thing. Elon Musk announced...
24 Mar 2021 7 minute read 34 comments tigerbot4947
At their most fundamental level, every single cryptocurrency wallet on the face of the planet must be able to perform two functions. First, it must have an address -- a public key -- that may be distributed to anybody. This public key allows the user...
20 Mar 2021 7 minute read 2 comments tigerbot4947
I frequently find myself undergoing the experience that I can't help but describe in any other way but "shouting through an electric tube at a robot". I implore you not to laugh -- or if you must, let it be out of a place of relation. I'm absolutely...
18 Mar 2021 7 minute read 1 comment tigerbot4947
I'm of the mind that humanity does better overall when we treat any sort of currency as a means to an end, not as an end by itself. I haven't made myself a part of crypto just because I wanna make several thousands of United States Dollars -- setting...
14 Mar 2021 5 minute read 0 comments tigerbot4947
It's not uncommon for cryptocurrency newcomers to have painted expectations about what they're getting into, framed from how it's portrayed by the public. It's not a stretch of the imagination to picture a Rich Uncle Pennybags type of character puffi...
12 Mar 2021 7 minute read 0 comments tigerbot4947
So you just got started with this whole cryptocurrency extravaganza and you're slightly more confused than the sum total of a mental hospital put in charge of filing a former representative's tax paperwork. You don't exactly know what you're doing, b...
12 Mar 2021 11 minute read 12 comments tigerbot4947
Cryptocurrency folk are a confused and suspicious people -- especially when the free market is able to do practically whatever it likes without facing serious repercussion. If somebody phishes poor little Timmy's Bittlecoins away, there really isn't...
11 Mar 2021 10 minute read 2 comments tigerbot4947
You're in a bar. The year is 2017. Some slick looking tool wearing sunglasses indoors who probably owns way too many fidget spinners downs his last drink, draws a smug smile, and pulls out a phone with a QR code on it. Judging from his demeanor, you'...
