I'm not a financial advisor - I just play one on the internet. I write about crypto and crypto related things. Posts are cross posted from my blog at https://ninjawingnut.xyz
12 Jul 2021 5 minute read 1 comment CryptoWingnut
Today’s article is going to explore The Graph, which provides an indexing protocol for blockchains. It provides a way to search data that is stored in the ledger quickly, without having to rely on a centralized solution like Etherscan. For the usual...
10 Jul 2021 5 minute read 2 comments CryptoWingnut
The topic for today is going to be Thorchain, a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) that allows for doing swaps between different native cryptocurrencies. And it does it without the use of a wrapped version of the cryptos, it does it directly across the blo...
9 Jul 2021 5 minute read 0 comments CryptoWingnut
For today’s topic, I am going to explore Ethereum (ETH) and the upcoming changes to it’s network that make up the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade. These changes are set to solve a number of issues that the Ethereum (ETH) network suffers from. For the usual disc...
7 Jul 2021 4 minute read 0 comments CryptoWingnut
It’s time for my weekly look at the Bitcoin (BTC) price action for the week and try to make some sense of it all, and maybe make a prediction or two. It’s been an interesting week so far, so we’ll see how accurate I can be. I also do a weekly video o...
6 Jul 2021 4 minute read 2 comments CryptoWingnut
The topic for today’s post is going to be vampire attacks. These are an interesting event that occurs in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) when one protocol drains liquidity from another. These are not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s definitely somethin...
5 Jul 2021 5 minute read 3 comments CryptoWingnut
In today’s article, I am going to explore the upcoming change to the Ethereum (ETH) network that will bring a number of changes to the way transaction fees work. It is a pretty big change, and has a number of moving parts to it, beyond just the addin...
3 Jul 2021 4 minute read 2 comments CryptoWingnut
In today’s post, we are going to take a look at the Lightning Network, a layer 2 blockchain technology that aims to become the payment network for cryptos such as Bitcoin (BTC). The goal is to provide faster and cheaper transactions than can be achie...
1 Jul 2021 5 minute read 1 comment CryptoWingnut
In today’s post we are going to take a look at what gas prices are on a network such as Ethereum (ETH). Gas powers the transactions and is how you pay your transaction fees, so it is important to understand them beyond just a couple of numbers that s...
30 Jun 2021 5 minute read 2 comments CryptoWingnut
It’s time for my weekly look at the Bitcoin (BTC) price action for the week and try to make some sense of it all, and maybe make a prediction or two. It’s been an interesting week so far, so we’ll see how accurate I can be. I also do a weekly video o...
29 Jun 2021 4 minute read 1 comment CryptoWingnut
For today’s article, we are going to take a look at a useful technical indicator, the Bollinger bands. These are a useful indicator that can give you a good visual reference to how volatile the price action of an asset it. For the usual disclosure, I...
