Fixing thoughts and evanescences like butterflies beneath glass
9 Oct 2021 1 minute read 4 comments TabbyTabby
Recently, Circle was issued a subpoena by the SEC. The fable of the scorpion and the toad applies here. No matter how much you cozy up to the feds, they'll stab you in the back in the end. Why? Because that's who they are. Silly Circle. Don't they kn...
8 Oct 2021 2 minute read 2 comments TabbyTabby
I've heard and read the idea that human beings are made of "star stuff". Usually, this is a phrase said by devout scientists with atheistic and materialist leanings. I've never understood the value of being made of star stuff. If a star is nothing bu...
5 Oct 2021 3 minute read 0 comments TabbyTabby
When the crypto market saw a dip and the trends for cryptocurrencies were heading downward, there was one bright spot: ATOM. Why is this? ATOM is the native token of COSMOS, a blockchain of blockchains, a project that allows people to use the token o...
4 Oct 2021 2 minute read 0 comments TabbyTabby
Centralization of power poses a threat to all free expression; the fewer the people who hold power, the fewer have to be threatened, bought off, controlled, or influenced to control expression. In other words, places where a few can determine the fre...
26 Sep 2021 4 minute read 12 comments TabbyTabby
So Bitcoin tipping on Twitter is now live. This brings a wider audience to cryptocurrency, which is good, but is it completely good? To answer that question we have to pull back and look at the larger picture. On Twitter, 80% of the tweets come from...
24 Sep 2021 1 minute read 9 comments TabbyTabby
Audius? Ugh. At the risk of being a black sheep, let me say that I appreciate the concept and how it's structured, but the end product is unimpressive. First, the music just isn't there. They don't have a lot of different styles of music to listen to...
18 Sep 2021 2 minute read 3 comments TabbyTabby
The entry point to this topic is a seemingly-innocent one: "How do pre-sales and ICOs work?". First, you're given a special opportunity as an early adopter. Second, it's time-limited and quantity-limited; there are only so many coins available at thi...
14 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments TabbyTabby
Lately, I've been seeing a lot of angst about Elon Musk, and his ability to affect the price of crypto. Here's two thoughts: 1. Who cares? If you are in it for the long haul, whatever he touches off will correct eventually. If you're not, then SELL S...
11 Sep 2021 2 minute read 1 comment TabbyTabby
There is something beautiful in raw, strange things. They do not conform to you. You must adapt to them. Crypto is still in this stage of being raw and strange, without the kind of protections from yourself or from ordinary dangers. A friend told me...
10 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment TabbyTabby
"I have seen the future and it is murder." -- Leonard Cohen Why do we have to build back better? What is better? Take a look at what people are saying -- how everything must change. Why? Why must everything change, and what is this change? From AI ru...
