Idle Musings
Idle Musings

Idle Musings

Shower thoughts about subjects both great and small! Crypto, Society, Governance... What does it mean for Ponies to have Cutie Marks?


Thoughts on the next Coinlist Crowdsale: Axelar (AXL)

4 Mar 2022 5 minute read 2 comments bengy

Coinlist Crowdsale: Axelar (AXL)   I was wondering if we would be getting another CoinList crowdsale in the near future... after all, these sorts of crowdsales tend not to happen with quite as much frequency during perceived "bear" markets... althou...

Thoughts on the next Binance Launchpad: STEPN (GMT)

3 Mar 2022 7 minute read 5 comments bengy

Binance Launchpad: STEPN (GMT)   Well... it hasn't been so long since the last Binance Launchpad, and here we are with another one. This is a bit of new and unusual one in that it isn't a fan token one which has been the bulk of the last launchpads....

Neat little trick for using Cointracking accounts

17 Feb 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Phew... I'm starting to have some of my crypto accounting be fully automated with API reporting and others not due to missing bits in the API imports and also some pretty funky reporting with on-chain imports. I use Cointracking for my crypto ac...

Thoughts on the next Binance Launchpad (ALPINE)

16 Feb 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

  A new month, a new Binance Launchpad. This one kicked off with an announcement that gave less than a week before the crowdsale started, which meant that anyone that was staking BNB on the Binance Chain and doing their duty as PoS validators/delega...

Ethereum fees low: GO GO GO!!!!!

13 Feb 2022 3 minute read 8 comments bengy

  Well... I was going to write a much more involved post about my new educational tool for online teaching! But I had fallen asleep for an afternoon nap after being out all day in the Sun and the park and a picnic with my family and some nephews a...

Project Galaxy (GAL): Coinlist Crowdsale

12 Feb 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy

  It feels like the time window between announcements and registration for the CoinList crowdsales are getting pretty short these days. At the moment, it feels like they are on the order of days... sometimes, at most a week. I seem to remember in th...

A second Crypto.com VISA debit card!

9 Feb 2022 4 minute read 4 comments bengy

  Normally, I wouldn't really bother about getting a second physical VISA card for my Crypto.com... the last time I upgraded my card tier, I didn't bother with changing the physical card... after all, there would be nothing different with the perk...

NYM Layer-0 Privacy: Coinlist Crowdsale

3 Feb 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Coming into February, we have ourselves an interesting new CoinList crowdsale on offer. I was a bit of an idiot and had completely forgotten about the last CoinList crowdsale that featured a distributed staking pool token that was actually quite i...

Migrating Accounts: Crypto.com

31 Jan 2022 4 minute read 5 comments bengy

    Unsplash   I have been putting this off for a bit as I've been getting everything else in Australia set up (pffff... which is also a mixed experience of completely easy... through to a big pain in the arse!)... but it is now time to bite t...

Secrecy and Privacy: A Trend for 2022?

24 Jan 2022 4 minute read 16 comments bengy

    Unsplash   One of the underlying strengths of cryptocurrencies and blockchains is the open and publicly transparent nature of the on-chain transactions. There is no hiding of your on-chain movements, and this has given rise to an industry of...