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Everything You Should Be Using In Crypto: Part 3/4 - DeFi

19 Aug 2020 6 minute read 18 comments walkonwayvs

What's good my crypto people. Awfully distasteful thumbnail I know. This is officially part three of a four part series that is intended to be a collection of resources aimed at helping people who are new to crypto as well as people who have more exp...

Why Crypto Gives Us All Wings

18 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: Multiple parts of the political world are fragmenting. Less seen is the fragmentation of the digital world. Its impact may be even greater. The other day, we talked about the political Balkanization of the US. There’s another type of potential...

Top Things You Should Know About UMA (UMA)

17 Aug 2020 7 minute read 3 comments MuyAsk

Hey guys :) I’m back with another comprehensive Q&A piece, this time for the decentralized financial contracts platform – UMA (UMA). UMA – short for Universal Market Access – is a decentralized protocol and financial contracts platform that enables g...

Your 101 Guide to Cardano Cryptocurrency (ADA)

14 Aug 2020 4 minute read 4 comments MintDice.com

Cardano is a lesser known cryptocurrency which was developed to bridge the gap between the more commonly known Bitcoin and Ethereum—effectively performing the jobs of both. Similar to Ethereum, Cardano is a decentralized blockchain program used to ru...

Hits of Capsaicin and the World of “Heat Trips”

14 Aug 2020 3 minute read 1 comment jer979!!

tl;dr: Persistence, patience, and a mindset of gradual improvements…a lesson learned via the Carolina Reaper. Over the last year, I’ve been exploring the world of hot peppers. The heat in a pepper is measured in Scoville Units. A bell pepper has 0, s...

What is That Giant Sucking Sound?

13 Aug 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: In 1992, Presidential candidate Ross Perot said that NAFTA would hollow out the US economy. It’s happening… again. In 1992, Ross Perot, ran for President against Bill Clinton and George Bush (41). In many circles, he was dismissed as an irrita...

Hyperion: A Decentralized Secure Map Platform - Complete Overview

12 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Ashish Gupta

Click here to participate in Ledger Nano S Giveaway. Hello Friends, This week i reviewed another good project which is "Hyperion", this project has focused towards providing decentralized map services to everyone. Hyperion aims to provide One Map sol...

Inflation and the Law of Unintended Consequences

12 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: Inflation has been officially low for a while now. What happens if we take our eye off the ball? For years now, the Fed has officially “missed” its inflation target of 2% annually. Personally, I just watch our Costco receipts and some o...

Put Up or Shut Up: Decentralized Prediction Markets Change the Game

11 Aug 2020 2 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: DeFi’s growth has been significant, the maturation of a complementary decentralized market could really put some gasoline on the fire. I’ve been watching the evolution of the decentralized markets for predictions for a while now. We may be hit...

The Unchallenged Growth of De-Insurance

10 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments jer979!!

tl;dr: Seeing is believing in crypto.  One of the strongest memes in the space is “Don’t Trust, Verify.” A look at Nexus Mutual. So, with that in mind, let’s look at just one example from the leading crypto-insurance company, Nexus Mutual (NXM). Disc...