Hi everyone. This is just a place for me to post some of my thoughts and analysis. I hope that someone finds them useful.
24 May 2021 4 minute read 7 comments The Part Time Economist
I recently received a request to make a post explaining the concept of liquidity and how it affects cryptocurrency trading. In this post, I'll explain what liquidity is, and why it matters for cryptocurrency traders. What is Liquidity I think the b...
13 May 2021 6 minute read 4 comments The Part Time Economist
Just a few years ago, being a cryptocurrency investor was like being part of a secret club. It was something that was mysterious, and not a lot of people seemed to be interested in it or understand it. Now, cryptocurrency is in the mainstream, and it...
1 May 2021 4 minute read 18 comments The Part Time Economist
This morning, I logged in to my Alien Worlds account and was excited to mine some Trilium when I got an error message saying that I had "run out of CPU" and couldn't claim my TLM. Unlike chains such as Bitcoin Cash or Ethereum, which use a single nat...
21 Mar 2021 5 minute read 9 comments The Part Time Economist
Just a few days ago, a CryptoPunk sold for over $7 Million breaking the previous record of $2 Million. According to the New York Times, we are currently in a Non-Fungible Token Mania with some NFTs being sold for $69 Million. NFT prices have gone par...
16 Mar 2021 6 minute read 8 comments The Part Time Economist
IPFS is a "peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open." Although IPFS isn't strictly blockchain-based, it does embody many of the core principles of blockchain including decentralization, distributed nodes,...
11 Mar 2021 3 minute read 16 comments The Part Time Economist
If you are new to cryptocurrency, it can be hard to know where to start. Whom can you trust, and what websites can you turn to for trusted and valuable information? CoinGecko is a cryptocurrency website that offers many resources that can help whethe...
8 Feb 2021 1 minute read 16 comments The Part Time Economist
In the past, adding a custom token to MetaMask was a somewhat difficult process that involved manually adding a token by finding the token address and manually entering it into MetaMask. Although the process worked, it could be a bit difficult to fol...
2 Feb 2021 3 minute read 12 comments The Part Time Economist
If you are new to cryptocurrency, you might be confused when you hear someone mention “wrapping” a crypto. In this post, I will explain what it means to “wrap” a cryptocurrency, why someone would wrap a crypto, and how it works. What is "Wrapping" ...
28 Jan 2021 4 minute read 12 comments The Part Time Economist
What Is a 51% Attack One of the most well known blockchain attacks is the 51% attack. In a 51% attack, a malicious actor is able to control more than 50% of the hashing power and temporarily control the network for their benefit. Due to the way that...
24 Jan 2021 1 minute read 28 comments The Part Time Economist
Understanding block times, mempool size, median fees, and pending transactions is key to understanding not only how blockchains work but for comparing and contrasting different chains. Unfortunately, this can be rather technical and sometimes a graph...
