Uncryptic Crypto

Uncryptic Crypto

Making crypto a bit clearer, one guide at a time.


My Publish0x year in review

1 Jan 2024 2 minute read 11 comments Uncryptic

Happy new year to all my fellow Publish0xers! As I'm feeling reflective today, I'd like to take a few minutes to review my activity on this platform over the previous year. I published 10 articles on Publish0x in 2023. That might not sound a lot, but...

My surprise ACS liquid airdrop

10 May 2023 1 minute read 7 comments Uncryptic

Back in January, I took part in CoinGecko's Access Protocol airdrop - transferring some of my hard-earned CoinGecko Candy Rewards for a code to receive 5,000 ACS tokens: I didn't give it much more thought after that, because as the Airdrop FAQ said:...

Uncryptic is dreaming of all-time highs

6 May 2023 2 minute read 9 comments Uncryptic

I was lucky enough to get into crypto in 2020, so almost immediately experienced the epic bull run of 2021. I was hooked for life. The downside though is that my portfolio now - despite being much added-to - is still only worth a third of what it was...

Staying Optimistic: how I earned $4 of OP in Coinbase Wallet

3 May 2023 3 minute read 11 comments Uncryptic

Yesterday I received a marketing email from Coinbase Wallet inviting me to earn Optimism (OP) tokens by participating in quests. While I didn't know much about Optimism (a Layer 2 protocol built on top of Ethereum), I could see that its token was in...

Withdrawing from Binance? No, they won't return your gas fees

16 Apr 2023 1 minute read 15 comments Uncryptic

As you may know from my recent articles, I'm in the middle of transferring a chunk of my funds away from Binance. That means thinking about everyone's favourite topic, network fees - or gas fees as they are usually called. And Binance is less than cl...

Technically Product is now Uncryptic on Publish0x - here's why

6 Apr 2023 1 minute read 7 comments Uncryptic

This is just a quick post in case you are wondering who 'Uncryptic' is or why you are following him here on Publish0x. It's me, Technically Product - I've just changed my username. I started writing on Publish0x as a spinoff from my self-published di...

Staking BNB in Trust? Avoid these two pitfalls

12 Mar 2023 2 minute read 6 comments Uncryptic

If you've read my last article, you'll know that I'm in the process of moving some of my staking activity from Binance (custodial) to Trust wallet (non-custodial). Just this week I tried staking BNB in Trust for the first time and hit a couple of sna...

Binance stops its Earn products for UK customers - including me...

7 Mar 2023 2 minute read 13 comments Uncryptic

Sad times for Binance's UK customers: they can no longer take out new subscriptions for Binance Earn products including Simple Earn (both locked and flexible staking), DeFi Staking, ETH 2.0 Staking, BNB Vault, and Liquidity Farming. Unfortunately I'm...

Withdraw your 1FLR from PipeFlare's 'Rock Paper Scissors' game now

1 Mar 2023 3 minute read 8 comments Uncryptic

This article is for anyone who played PipeFlare's 'Rock Paper Scissors' game and either earned or deposited 1FLR there. The game has recently been disabled, so now is a great time to withdraw your tokens from the platform. For the past few months, on...

Where I stacked 11,000 BTC sats last month

16 Feb 2023 3 minute read 3 comments Uncryptic

When it comes to crypto, I'm an earner and a HODLer. I don't spend any of my fiat on crypto, and I rarely trade. So it's no surprise my portfolio has always been skewed towards alts - after all, that's where many of the earning opportunities lie. You...