Hi everyone. This is just a place for me to post some of my thoughts and analysis. I hope that someone finds them useful.
5 Nov 2022 1 minute read 3 comments The Part Time Economist
The Solana blockchain narrowly averted another network outage as cloud service provider Hetzner turned off 40% of the nodes with the flip of a switch. The issue isn't unique to Solana, and centralized providers host up to 70% of Ethereum's nodes. Cr...
30 Oct 2022 7 minute read 10 comments The Part Time Economist
Play-to-earn gaming (P2E) leverages blockchain technology to allow players to earn real-world rewards for simply playing their favorite video games. Play-to-earn gaming sounds like a utopia that pays players for having fun, but could there be a dark...
29 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments The Part Time Economist
Contrary to popular belief, having a limited or fixed supply does not make a cryptocurrency or other asset inherently valuable. Rather, price is determined by both supply AND demand, and assets that are produced in small quantities (limited edition...
23 Oct 2022 1 minute read 1 comment The Part Time Economist
Non Fungible Tokens, also known as NFTs, are a fantastic way of representing assets as we move to an increasingly digital world. Because NFTs leverage the power of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, it's possible to have an immutable public r...
16 Oct 2022 1 minute read 9 comments The Part Time Economist
Stablecoins are one of the most fundamental building blocks of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Without stablecoins, trading on most crypto exchanges would grind to a halt, and DeFi would be incredibly risky. We know that stablecoins are important, but...
15 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments The Part Time Economist
Robo advisors are popular in traditional finance because they allow busy people to deposit their money, sit back, relax, and watch as an intelligent algorithm does all the hard work to invest their money on their behalf. Cryptocurrency yield aggrega...
9 Oct 2022 1 minute read 9 comments The Part Time Economist
After being hacked for around $570 Million, the Binance Smart Chain did what any other self-respecting, decentralized, permissionless, unstoppable blockchain would do...they coordinated with all validators to collectively freeze transactions and hal...
8 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments The Part Time Economist
People often say that Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is like "money Legos" and that the composability of cryptocurrency is the key to building a new financial future, but what does this mean? In today's post, I'll explain how different DeFi protocols...
19 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments The Part Time Economist
With thousands of different cryptocurrencies and hundreds of different blockchains, there are almost limitless ways for crypto investors to put their capital to work earning a return. Unfortunately, not all blockchains have the same level of feature...
12 Sep 2022 1 minute read 3 comments The Part Time Economist
Why do some cryptocurrencies charge users high transaction fees to use the blockchain while other cryptocurrencies are "gas-free cryptocurrencies" that don't charge fees for each transaction? Are some cryptocurrencies greedier than others, or could...
