Uncryptic Crypto

Uncryptic Crypto

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


Understanding AMPL price and supply with the Ampleforth dashboard

3 Dec 2020 2 minute read 9 comments Uncryptic

Hopefully by now you have earned some AMPL on Publish0x and taken advantage of the special withdrawal date to move it to a wallet of your choice. I moved mine to an FTX account, FTX being one of the centralised exchanges that rebases fully. And of co...

Rage Against the AMPL Meme

30 Nov 2020 1 minute read 6 comments Uncryptic

I am no master of memes but I am partial to a pun, so here are my entries in the Publish0x #AMPLMeme Contest. Please accept my sincere apologies.        

Should I withdraw from Publish0x to Celsius?

28 Nov 2020 2 minute read 27 comments Uncryptic

So this is me asking the Publish0x community for a little help and guidance. I've been using Publish0x for a couple of months and accrued some earnings - 8.6 BAT, 8.5 LRC, 0.15 ETH and now a little AMPL too. In total, at today's exchange rates, that...

Brave Rewards now pays content creators in any of 67 currencies

25 Nov 2020 2 minute read 15 comments Uncryptic

As many Publish0xers will know, Brave is a web browser that rewards users with a token called BAT (Basic Attention Token). Users can in turn choose to reward publishers and other content creators with any or all of the BAT they have accrued. Brave's...

Celsius customers locked out of wallet after DNS update

12 Nov 2020 1 minute read 11 comments Uncryptic

Customers of UK-based crypto lending network Celsius have woken up this morning to find they are unable to log in to the mobile wallet and access their funds. The Celsius website is also unavailable for many, and a message in the app explains only:...

My crypto earnings in October (or - there's nothing passive about passive income)

11 Nov 2020 4 minute read 15 comments Uncryptic

A few of the writers here on Publish0x have been amazingly open about their monthly earnings from crypto, and reading those articles has helped me identify the best opportunities for my own growth. So it only seems right for me to do the same. I am a...

How I made my first profitable crypto trade - by dumb luck

8 Nov 2020 2 minute read 11 comments Uncryptic

This is the story of my first trade: how I made a profit and dodged a bullet. Since becoming interested in crypto last year, I've done little more than hodl (hold on to it). I gained some BAT through the browser Brave, which I hodled; some ETH from t...

Stacking sats is a walk in the park with the sMiles app... literally

4 Nov 2020 3 minute read 12 comments Uncryptic

As part of my ongoing attempt to introduce crypto into every area of my life, I've been testing out the sMiles app - which rewards you in Bitcoin just for walking. Here are my initial impressions. I walk several miles a day, and until now I've been u...

Uphold introduces 'AutoPilot' feature for recurring trades

26 Sep 2020 2 minute read 10 comments Uncryptic

In all honesty, I wouldn't have an account with the trading platform Uphold if I didn't use the browser Brave. The two have partnered together, meaning that any Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) I earn in Brave can easily be transferred to Uphold then con...

Brave keeps its promise to make exceptional mid-month payment

21 Sep 2020 1 minute read 16 comments Uncryptic

Many Brave users received a disappointing payment at the start of September that didn't tally with the 'estimated earnings' the browser had been showing them. Being affected by this myself, I wrote about it here on Publish0x and explained how Brave h...