NinjaWingnut's Crypto Blog
NinjaWingnut's Crypto Blog

NinjaWingnut's Crypto Blog

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


Earning Crypto

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...

Merged Mining

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...

Stablecoins: What and Why

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...

Cardano (ADA)

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...

Proof of Stake (PoS)

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...

Technical Analysis: MACD

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...

Basic Attention Token (BAT)

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...

What Are ERC-20 Tokens

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...

Smart Contracts: Code Is Law

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...

A Guide To Spot Trading

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...