Retired, finally. I enjoy learning about crypto and sharing my discoveries. Also, I follow the News closely and enjoy discussing current events. I have no political agenda, but advance views based in reality with a slant toward real world consequences.
14 Mar 2021 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
For the benefit of those who might not know, an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) is a secured token representing ownership of something incapable of being replicated and therefore unique in nature existing on the Blockchain. Remember Cryptokitties? Unlike ...
10 Mar 2021 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
Short selling provides investors with a mechanism to exchange downward price movements of an asset into potential profit. KWENTA has now made available short selling on SYNTHETIX's sBTC and sETH. How does it work? Within the KWENTA network, a trader...
8 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
Across the Decentralized Finance universe Synthetix has placed itself as one of the largest protocols in the space. As such, it is essential for engineers, technicians and bounty hunters alike to receive incentives and bonuses to disclose errors, vul...
6 Mar 2021 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
By now you should know what Harvest Finance is. But, on the oft chance you don't, Harvest Finance "... is an international cooperative of humble farmers pooling resources together in order to earn DeFi yields. When farmers deposit, Harvest automatica...
4 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
If you have read any of my prior articles on Harvest Finance, you would know I am very impressed with this project. I scour the internet daily looking for any information to share in the hopes that it advances the project. So what follows is a very b...
4 Mar 2021 2 minute read 1 comment kev_nag
By looking at the header on the chain.link web site, according to Chainlink itself its stated purpose is to: "connect your smart contract to the outside world. Chainlink's decentralized oracle network provides reliable, tamper-proof inputs and output...
2 Mar 2021 2 minute read 2 comments kev_nag
In DeFi, Flash Loans were the first uncollateralized loan option available and were originally designed for developers. Simply put, a Flash Loan allows a borrower to easily and quickly obtain a loan without providing collateral with the condition the...
1 Mar 2021 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
The history behind what is now Aave is an interesting story in and of itself. Aave was born in Finland in 2017 under the name ETHLend. Now, when we think of Finland we do not think of it as the caldron for brewing high tech DeFi projects. Silicon Val...
27 Feb 2021 2 minute read 1 comment kev_nag
By now, unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard the phrase impermanent loss. Well, like me, I'm sure the ordinary small investor does not understand what impermanent loss is. This lack of understanding on my part required me to do so...
26 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment kev_nag
Approximately one day ago, Harvest Finance announced the addition of two new vaults to its menu of Farming investment vehicles. The two vaults involve Klondike Finance and are live at the time of this writing. The vaults are: WBTC-KBTC and WBTC-KLON...
