The Crypto Masters Guide (TCMG)

The Crypto Masters Guide (TCMG)

Journey through the world of superfluid finance, on-chain analytics, & off-chain politics. Take a step closer to becoming the master of your digital financial life. Get ahead of the game… or get left behind!


MEV: The Art of On-Chain Extortion

23 Apr 2023 8 minute read 6 comments Andrey Didovskiy

tl,dr- MEV stands for Miner/Maximum Extractable Value- It is a subtle form of extortion that steals money from end users- Miner/Block producers are the only users with the power of MEV   Empowering people around the world with the freedom of trans...

Tapping into the Potential of Underrated Crypto Sectors

20 Apr 2023 6 minute read 5 comments Andrey Didovskiy

If you are in crypto, you might have heard the saying “You’re still early”.  Whether a trader, investor, or entrepreneur, that is the absolute truth. On the surface level, it seems as though the vicious market cycles of crypto flourishing, dying, an...

Blockchain Layers 0-3

18 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Andrey Didovskiy

Blockchains are like Onions, they have layers- Shrek on distributed ledger technologies Odds are that if you are alive in the 21 century, you have heard the term blockchain at least once. It is the magic pixie dust that powers distributed ledgers...

The 5 Layers of Technology in Blockchain Crypto Networks

14 Apr 2023 3 minute read 2 comments Andrey Didovskiy

This is a rudimentary explanation that will give you a basic framework to understand how all blockchains are technologically structured. At its core, a crypto network is a distributed cloud server that uses a token for accounting in an append-only...

Top 11 Things to AVOID in Crypto to Protect yourself from the heartache

12 Apr 2023 8 minute read 1 comment Andrey Didovskiy

Success in life is defined as much by the actions that we take as it is by the actions that we avoid. It is much harder to build momentum than it is to break it. Doing 10 good things builds momentum in a positive direction; doing just 2 bad things...

Tokenization Masterclass: Fungible or Not, Here I Come!

9 Apr 2023 6 minute read 5 comments Andrey Didovskiy

Before we dive into creating your own digital asset, lets cover a few fundamental concepts to shine some light on the technical shenanigan’s & structure a mental framework to help guide you in thinking about how to take advantage of this incredible...

Why Bitcoin loves Proof-Of-Stake and how PoS benefits BTC

4 Apr 2023 3 minute read 8 comments Andrey Didovskiy

*Disclaimer* No Bitcoin will not be transitioning to POS. Everybody already gets it, Bitcoin is & will forever be the OG. The god & grandfather of all cryptocurrency to come. This then begs the question; “If Bitcoin really is the superior system,...

How Client Architecture applies to decentralization & security in Crypto

2 Apr 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Andrey Didovskiy

Whenever the topics of security & decentralization around blockchain come up, the discussion tends to fall into one of two camps, consensus mechanisms or node hardware. Certainly, these are both valid & important points to address, however, there is...

Disambiguating Decentralization - The untold truth about how things actually work

27 Mar 2023 6 minute read 5 comments Andrey Didovskiy

Tl;drDecentralization is a process not an event.True decentralization exists on multiple levels.Decentralization is something that is applicable & useful only at scale.Not everything needs to be decentralized.Crypto is a great tool to achieve decent...

Crypto Consensus Breakdown - Understanding 15 powerful forms of Distributed Agreements

20 Mar 2023 13 minute read 10 comments Andrey Didovskiy

TL;DR - Consensus is a fancy word for agreement- Not everything that has “proof-of” in its name is a consensus mechanism- Not every consensus mechanism serves the same function- Consensus is the key element that creates trust in a system.   The cr...