The Other Side

The Other Side

Contrary to the popular perception, things are not always the way people see. Our journey in the crypto-world has revealed quite a few dark sides, that need to be uncovered.


Satoshi Nakamoto mines the first Bitcoin block

6 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment ScreenTag

It's Saturday, January 3rd of the year 2009. Satoshi Nakamoto writes the run command on his computer, and a few minutes later the first Bitcoin block is mined. 50 brand new Bitcoins are created. But where are they? The answer: Practically nowhere. Al...

Shitcoins was not the final frontier of human stupidity

4 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ScreenTag

Shitcoins like Dogecoin, bearing absolutely no use or value, were for quite some time the final frontier of how far stupidity could go. Shitcoins were born to prove that stupid people are not only unaware they are being defrauded, but also proud to b...

eToro review: A SEC licensed Ponzi scheme

1 Jul 2021 4 minute read 4 comments ScreenTag

You might have watched one or more of their ads on YouTube. You might have visited their website. They seem to be one more of the many stock trading apps. And they are licensed by the SEC, and a bunch of other regulators. Your money must be safe with...

Africrypt can happen to you too, even if you don't live in Africa

28 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments ScreenTag

One of the largest crypto exchanges in Africa under the name Africrypt went bust last April, right on the ATH Bitcoin price, after allegedly their hot wallets got hacked, and hackers transferred crypto-assets valued at around $3.6 Billion (at current...

How de-fi lending apps may lead Bitcoin to $20,000

22 Jun 2021 1 minute read 4 comments ScreenTag

Why $30,000 is a critical price point for Bitcoin, and what happened the last time de-fi apps were massively selling the collateral they were holding? Why  flash crash is inevitable if Bitcoin goes below $30,000? Here are the answers. First, a flash...

Is dividend investment strategy worth it?

31 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments ScreenTag

Quite a few people select to invest only in stocks that pay (high) dividends. To them, the higher the dividend, the better. They believe that companies have the obligation to reward their investors, offering them back some of the earnings achieved du...

Pump and dump

25 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ScreenTag

He tweeted. Again! As if the market didn't have enough of his farts... 'Potentially promising'. Not even 'promising'... That's all the herd that calls themselves investors needed to read. And then they ran on their apps to buy like there is no tomor...

Ooops! He tweeted again!

24 May 2021 1 minute read 1 comment ScreenTag

(Sing along lyrics) Oh yes! I tweeted again...I made you believe one more of my farts Oh babyIt might seem like a crushBut it doesn't mean that I'm serious Cause to steal all your moneyThat is just so typically me Oh baby, baby Oops, I tweeted again...

Bitcoin to $400,000!

20 May 2021 3 minute read 1 comment ScreenTag

Analysts trying to predict a future price for Bitcoin have recently presented theories - taking data from the gold exchange markets - suggesting that Bitcoin will go to $400,000 sometime in the next few years. Regardless whether this prediction comes...

Deja vu

19 May 2021 1 minute read 5 comments ScreenTag

Desperate 'analysts' are trying to convince, first themselves, then the readers, that this is not what happened in 2017-2018. That the bull run is not over. The weird thing is that things unfold exactly as happened back then. Here is the chart that w...