Neal's Corner

Neal's Corner

My corner of the interwebs for all things crypto and markets related that aren't splinterlands.


Does Your Job Beat Unemployment?

16 Jun 2021 6 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

    How much do you really have to make to beat unemployment and kid credits? In this video, I run through some of the analysis of that question. Of course, it varies by state. It will also vary on whether or not the feds are kick...

Monster Maverick Show Replay - Episode 51 - 2021-06-08

16 Jun 2021 34 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

      It's wild times in the Splinterlands world these days. Between recording the show yesterday and posting today, lands have SOLD OUT! Next up on the selling out docket is UNTAMED. As always, you can catch the replays on your favorite podcast n...

Splinterlands - Flippening with Untamed Packs

14 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

So if you tuned into my show earlier today I talked about how we now have a positive expected value on packs opened with potions. I have a post from a month or two ago showing that we had reached the flippening if you had discounted potions (from qu...

My Thoughts on PolyGold

14 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment nealmcspadden

PolyGold, https://polygold.finance/, is an interesting new yield farm on the Polygon network. I've been playing around on Polygon a lot lately. It's an ethereum-based chain, similar to Binance Smart Chain. Gas fees are really, really low. Like fract...

Reading Chart Levels with $CAKE

3 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

CAKE is one of my second-tier holdings. I've been bullish on it for a long time as the platform token for pancakeswap.finance. And now that we have the CAKE Kingdom on cubdefi.com, it's a no-brainer to put that capital to work and auto-compound it....

Monster Maverick Show Replay - Episode 50 - 2021-06-01

3 Jun 2021 36 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

    We discussed the new governance token, SPS, the latest UNTAMED airdrop, played some whale games, and more. Hey everybody. It is Tuesday, June 1st and 4:00 PM. That means it's time. For the monster Maverick show. And I realized, actually, I have...

[Splinterlands] SPS Airdrop Points Calculator

2 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

You've probably heard by now that the Splinterlands team is releasing a governance token and is airdropping a chunk on existing accounts. I made a spreadsheet (what else) to calculate Airdrop Points for the upcoming SPS governance token airdrop. Use...

Create Your Own Fractional Reserve Bank with aave

2 Jun 2021 8 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

          I realized after I finished recording that this is how fractional reserve banking works. With Defi, you can become your own fractional reserve banker! Transcript: All right. So this is a special post at the request of so...

Peter Schiff is Wrong about BTC - Here's WHY He's Wrong

1 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

Schiff has long been an outspoken opponent of bitcoin as money. His argument has pretty much been some form of the above tweet for years now. And $BTC has had its ups and downs over that time, mostly ups. At this point, I think it's just become a me...

Monster Maverick Show Replay - Episode 47 - 2021-05-11

28 May 2021 34 minute read 0 comments nealmcspadden

      Show Links https://mailchi.mp/splinterlands/gold-foil-press-may-7-2021https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/12th-untamed-airdrop-card-revealed https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/13/8399099/metallica-sued-napster-15-years-ago-todayhttps...