The 8th Ring

The 8th Ring

Lots of talk about cryptocurrency. Will blockchain technology be endlessly fascinating? Certainly it has become a spectacle. Although there are few people genuinely expert in writing the code that runs this stuff lots of people hold genuinely expert knowledge of the scene. Then there are the rest of us.


Ridiculed, Reviled, Revered: What is it about Cardano?

29 Nov 2021 8 minute read 1 comment lofiqtip

Excluding actual scam coins, there are few cryptocurrencies quite so controversial and talked about as Cardano.  In terms of market capitalization, Cardano and its native token ADA ranks up there with the largest of them, even including so-called sta...

Has Litecoin Fulfilled Charlie Lee’s Vision of Silver to Bitcoin’s Gold?

23 Nov 2021 9 minute read 0 comments lofiqtip

It is said that gold and silver were first officially coined as money by the Lydians 600 BCE in the form of an alloy called electrum.  Gold and silver have been considered money ever since; although, their place in daily transactions has been replace...