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.
4 Jan 2022 5 minute read 2 comments kev_nag
Introduction Tedious. That is the perfect word to describe the current state of providing and verifying your identity on-line. Other descriptive words and phrases include: repetitive; boring; time consuming; and let's face it, the all encompassing 'p...
2 Jan 2022 3 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
Introduction Following the 'silent patches' policy, Polygon has reported it has fixed the current code bug behind closed doors. This policy was first introduced in 2020 by the Go Ethereum team under which the subject project reports their key code bu...
30 Dec 2021 4 minute read 1 comment kev_nag
Introduction The music industry is suffering - badly. On a whole, it is experiencing declining revenues across the board, and adding to the malaise are the multiple concerts and shuttered music venues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This poses...
25 Dec 2021 3 minute read 1 comment kev_nag
Introduction: Why Proof of Burn (PoB)? Looking at Proof of Work (PoW), well, we all know it provides a high degree of decentralization, but at the same time PoW displays high degrees of inefficiencies. Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanisms are go...
12 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
So the Chaos packs have arrived and can be opened. I have managed so far to avail myself of opening 15 packs and have pulled several real good cards. I'm very pleased with the new cards but that is not the purpose of this article. You see, while I'm...
1 Dec 2021 3 minute read 0 comments kev_nag
***INTRODUCTION*** With traditional financial institutions paying basically nothing on interest accounts and world governments threatening regulation of fiat backed stablecoins, the average investor needs a break. And the needed break is here - the H...
29 Nov 2021 6 minute read 2 comments kev_nag
***INTRODUCTION*** So, you might be thinking this guy's gone totally nuts. Well folks, I haven't (at least not yet!). The title to this article may seem unbelievable but trust me, keep reading, it's 100% genuine, First things first, let's get all the...
28 Nov 2021 6 minute read 1 comment kev_nag
***INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND*** 2021 has not been an easy year for THORChain by any stretch. The summer brought three exploits to this chain all within one month. In July, as a result of these exploits, the price of RUNE, the protocol's native token,...
26 Nov 2021 4 minute read 2 comments kev_nag
***INTRODUCTION*** The idea of American energy independence had all but been forgotten. After all, we gave up being energy independent in 1957. But during the Trump administration a pledge was made to restore energy independence and in December of 20...
25 Nov 2021 5 minute read 3 comments kev_nag
***INTRODUCTION*** If we find ourselves in a position where we have a solid trading plan in place and are still losing money, it is time to look inside ourselves and examine our own psychology to attempt to discover a solution. In dealing with our ow...
