Educational Papa

Educational Papa

Articles are written with an intent to educate.


Abstractly thinking about the future of cryptocurrency's online interactions, marketing, and advertisements. Ramble with me here if you will as I take you through the (brief) history of the internet and social media.

29 Apr 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Papa Lou

It wasn't long ago that social media started to take shape, hell, before the internet was a thing. Does anyone remember ARPNET? The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was launched in 1969 to connect all U.S. Pentagon-funded research centers to...

The bottom line seems to be that there is no bottom line. Only suggestions of guidance.

27 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Papa Lou

If you look over various subreddits, blogs, and news outlets long enough, you will see cycles of content.   When the market is doing well, we see pump & dump posts, price prediction posts, and news articles relating to all-time highs.   When the mark...

Have we become desensitized by major growth to the point that DCA and HODL are boring?

26 Apr 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Papa Lou

To me, the sentiment of dollar-cost-averaging and HODLing for long periods of time, think 3-5+ years, are simple but effective. They may be "boring" to some, but let me say this, your portfolio should be boring. Boring old positive trend lines, growi...

Portfolio Allocation in Layman’s Terms

25 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Papa Lou

I believe there is some misunderstanding when it comes to simple portfolio allocations. Many investors who arrive at the crypto space are young and new to investing in general. They may understand that long-term plays revolving around dollar-cost ave...

Cryptocurrency is the much-needed "Personal Finance" class missing from our education system.

24 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Papa Lou

I have long stated that our education system in the US is failing our youth by not offering a proper personal finance class. No one knows the fundamentals of savings, investing, budgeting, etc. when they leave high school and college. Given that the...

Camping Will Save Your Portfolio

24 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Papa Lou

As I typed this, I was in a tent, with my wife, two dogs, a campfire going - looking out over a calm, tranquil lake. Poor cellular reception, our phones were about to die, it was drizzling, but we had coffee, food, and were content. Before we decided...

Convincing some of the local shops in my area to accept crypto. This is a real story.

22 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Papa Lou

I know, I know, we in this space tend to not like guides, and we don't like self stories. However, I do feel it necessary to show how adoption can start at home, in your communities, and doesn't always need to be on some massive scale. TL;DR: Slowly...

What The Heck Are Reddit r/CryptoCurrency MOONS? The Ultimate Guide to MOONs. I Searched Through Every MOON Flair Post On Reedit.

22 Apr 2021 1 minute read 3 comments Papa Lou

Are you curious about what the heck the MOON craze is on Reddit?  Well, this guide should help you not only get started but thrive when navigating the r/CryptoCurrency subreddit.  After spending hours crawling the annals of the r/CryptoCurrency sub,...

Did you know governments tried to ban people from reading books when the printing press was invented? A revolutionary technology giving people decentralized freedom of thought and expression. Sound familiar?

21 Apr 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Papa Lou

What is censorship? Censorship has never been well received in western society (only speaking from my experience). In a nutshell, censorship denies that facts have occurred, are relevant to a conversation, or, in some cases "is the practice of presen...

Simple PSA During Turbulent Times: You Can't Buy Everything, So Buy What You Understand

21 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Papa Lou

The above notion is from a wise investor: Warren Buffet. There are plenty of great crypto projects out there, but buying into something you don't understand is going to get you burned. A simple portfolio is diversified amongst investments you can exp...