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
14 Jun 2021 12 minute read 3 comments CryptoWingnut
In a previous post, I talked about how to get some free starter crypto. Today, I’m going to take a look at ways to actually earn it. These take a fair bit more work than and some are a long more long term plays, but in the end, I think these could en...
11 Jun 2021 4 minute read 0 comments CryptoWingnut
Today’s topic is relatively straight forward, but it is a very interesting blockchain technology. Merged mining allows a smaller crypto to leverage the mining power of a larger, more established one. There are of course benefits and drawbacks to usin...
10 Jun 2021 6 minute read 4 comments CryptoWingnut
In today’s post, I am going to explore the world of stablecoins. These handy little cryptos are useful as they aim to help curb the volatility in price in the crypto markets and give you a safe haven. They have a number of use cases, and there are a...
9 Jun 2021 5 minute read 7 comments CryptoWingnut
In today’s post I am going to take a look at one of my favorite alt-coins, Cardano (ADA). I think this crypto and it’s underlying technology is pretty great, and could help to solve some of the issues other cryptos are running into. It leverages it’s...
9 Jun 2021 6 minute read 1 comment CryptoWingnut
In previous articles about blockchain technology, I mentioned there was other methods for maintaining the network besides having miners compete to solve cryptographic equations and win rewards, which is the traditional Proof of Work (PoW) consensus m...
8 Jun 2021 3 minute read 0 comments CryptoWingnut
In today’s post we are going to continue taking a look at some technical analysis, this time in the form of the MACD. The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence indicator is a very useful tool when you are trying to gauge the momentum of the market, a...
8 Jun 2021 4 minute read 2 comments CryptoWingnut
In this article I am going to do my first full crypto review, and take a look at an ERC-20 token that actually has a real world use case, the Basic Attention Token (BAT). BAT is trying to revolutionize the way online advertising is handled, and l...
7 Jun 2021 3 minute read 0 comments CryptoWingnut
In today’s article I am going expand on my previous one, Smart Contracts: Code Is Law, and take a look into the world of ERC-20 tokens. This should be a short and sweet article, as there is not a lot to them, but they are a pretty valuable resour...
7 Jun 2021 4 minute read 1 comment CryptoWingnut
In a previous post, Blockchain: What’s A Blockchain?, I mentioned that there was something called smart contracts, that I would revisit in a later post. Well, now is the time to roll up our sleeves and have a closer look at these fancy bits of code t...
6 Jun 2021 7 minute read 0 comments CryptoWingnut
In today’s post we are going to take a look at how to actually accomplish some basic spot trading. Spot trading a little more advanced than just converting between different cryptos and fiat on something like the basic Coinbase interface. We will be...
