Shower thoughts about subjects both great and small! Crypto, Society, Governance... What does it mean for Ponies to have Cutie Marks?
5 Jan 2021 5 minute read 4 comments bengy
Until layer-2 solutions are fully rolled (ha ha...) out for Ethereum, Defi on the by far the largest alt-chain is going to be a plaything for whales and high net-worth individuals. Interactions with DeFi contracts is expensive at the best of tim...
30 Dec 2020 6 minute read 0 comments bengy
Early in December (or was it late in November?), there was an open call put out by Kucoin looking for people interested in testing out their new in-house trading bots. I figured I may as well give it go, and put my hat in the ring to try it ou...
22 Dec 2020 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
Image from Unsplash. Creating a stable-coin in the volatile cryptocurrency marketplace is a difficult task. Ampleforth is a project that brings a novel approach to trying to create a stable token that can serve as an accepted form of collateral and...
17 Dec 2020 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
I have been a long time user of the Cindicator app to put in predictions on crypto and traditional markets. It is an app where you provide your best guesses for price movements and other market predictions and if you are in a positive balance...
7 Dec 2020 4 minute read 1 comment bengy
Unsplash A while back, I toy traded Futures derivatives on BitMex and that now seems like a dubious place to be at the moment! At that time, BitMex was pretty much the only place offering derivatives trading on any real scale with a dece...
4 Dec 2020 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
The L2 (Optimistic Ethereum) testing for Synthetix is progressing quite smoothly it seems. The third phase of the testing is now live, and it allows for the claiming of rewards from the OVM L2 to the mainnet Ethereum chain. Just as quick recap,...
3 Dec 2020 6 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash This is my entry for the Information Finding Championship Season 2 finals hosted by @ifc and @apolymask. After a long hiatus, the IFC is back with the topic of "Synchronicity". Unfortunately, as this is a concept that is completel...
2 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Every now and then, I see the endangered animals series from the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) come up for their 30 year anniversary... actually, the anniversary was quite some time ago! Earlier this year, I saw these founds come up on eBay through...
30 Nov 2020 5 minute read 0 comments bengy
I've been a long time user of the Ledger Nano S as the hardware wallet of preference. The upgraded version of the venerable Nano S launched into the red seas of 2019 and was on my wistlist for quite some time. I did pick it up sometime during 20...
25 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments bengy
Ahhhh.. we all love the AMPL daily rebasing event.... so many different reactions to it!
