In this blog I tackle the crypto world from the view of a true beginner, more used to 401ks and index funds than DeFi, DEX, and DOGE. I share reviews and unexpected complications in pursuit of the fascination.
25 Dec 2022 7 minute read 0 comments PopPopPrego
This post is about what playing RollerCoin for almost TWO YEARS (seriously?) has been like for me, a sort of lazy guy who likes crypto stuff but is not very savvy about making crypto work for me. I like what I like and hate to do anything I don't wan...
27 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PopPopPrego
The market is bloody, violent, and uncaring, and it is trashing many of our fragile portfolios and Lambo dreams like a crazed robo-baby trashes its carbon fiber diapers. It's ugly. Wouldn't you like to roam a landscape that reflects the techno-carnag...
8 Oct 2021 3 minute read 0 comments PopPopPrego
Investing and playing Splinterlands can sometimes feel like running up a sand dune...you need to keep moving and it can feel like each step is harder than the last. But, at least for existing players (I am not sure about new players any more), I beli...
27 Sep 2021 3 minute read 4 comments PopPopPrego
Last week, I posted on noise.cash that I had managed to mine AlienWorlds successfully 6 times in a row! No one believed me and that brief moment of celebration melted into time, like an M&M dropped onto the airplane seat next to you... Oh Alien World...
26 Jun 2021 5 minute read 9 comments PopPopPrego
This post is going to give you not one, but TWO answers to this contest question - a real answer and a contest answer. To understand the real answer, sadly we must have some backstory. Backstory - not quite as exciting as Wolverine's but 100% True! I...
21 Jun 2021 6 minute read 48 comments PopPopPrego
In the 1970s, pretty much everything became a cult. I don't know what it was about that time...maybe fears of nuclear annihilation, maybe too much heroin, maybe too many leisure suits...we may never know. But literally everything became a cult. Here...
30 May 2021 9 minute read 21 comments PopPopPrego
I did it! I took the plunge! I am now in Splinterlands! And I am getting my ass kicked! But I'm glad I am there. This article will give you a few insights into why I finally joined this groovy crowd of gamers, what you need to know before joining, an...
29 May 2021 5 minute read 47 comments PopPopPrego
Haley Joel Osment was only 6 years old when he played Forrest Gump's son. There is only so much Tom Hanks I can take per decade (that's true-true {gag}), so I didn't see the Gump movie. But I did see The Sixth Sense. I thought it was super clever and...
26 May 2021 13 minute read 22 comments PopPopPrego
I took a solemn oath that I would be a more positive, optimistic fellow. Well, of course recent days in the crypto markets have made that challenging. It sometimes feels like we are slowly sinking into a pool that has no bottom. But hey, everyone lik...
11 May 2021 8 minute read 16 comments PopPopPrego
The Takeaway BitCoin Cash: Is a hard fork from BitCoin, spawned in 2017 Uses larger blocks and variable difficulty to process more transactions faster Has very low fees and very high processing speed comparted to BTC and ETH Is used a lot each day,...
