If you’re a crypto investor, or just starting out in crypto, staking is a concept you’ll hear about often. Staking is the way many cryptocurrencies verify their transactions, and it also allows participants to earn rewards on their holdings. But what is crypto staking? Staking cryptocurrencies is a process that involves committing your crypto assets …
Bitcoin is the first massively adopted cryptocurrency getting most of the attention and dominating other cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin was born in 2008 when an unknown person or group of people named Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Since then, many other cryptocurrency systems (including many in the rest of this list) have considered Bitcoin as a …
Credit and thanks to Nick Black! Market cap: The total value of all the coins of a particular crypto. Calculated by multiplying the current price per coin by the total number of coins in circulation. Typically used to rank cryptos, such as on the website CoinMarketCap.com. As of this writing, the total market cap for …
Credit to Nick Black and the Crypto and Coffee Team! Game theory: The process of modeling the strategic interaction between two or more players in a situation containing set rules and outcomes, often employed by Nick Black to determine the best strategy for profiting from a crypto investment. Gas: The unit used to calculate the …
Again, with Special Thanks to Nick Black and the Money Map team! dApp: Short for decentralized application, a kind of application that runs on a distributed, decentralized network, such as the Ethereum network, rather than a device such as a smartphone or PC. Decentralization: The concept of having no central authority such as a company, …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on the blog, as I’ve used social media (IG and Twitter) for the past year as my primary means of sharing info. The markets are changing quickly and so now its time to get back in the blog, and see where it goes! The reason that cryptocurrencies are …
An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos. They are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos. Although they’ve been around since 2014, NFTs are gaining notoriety now because they are becoming an …
Welcome back! If you have been following me or read any of my posts you must be bored! Or did you notice that I took some time off? The real question is why? Because I challenged myself to take some time off and focus on the things that were important to me. As a result, …
On April 17, 2020 I published the second article about health and wellness and understanding lab test results. This post is a follow-up to the first two pieces I wrote. No post would be complete without a legal disclaimer; I am not a doctor nor am I giving medical advice – I am simply sharing …
Read more “Health and Wellness over Age 50 – Blood Lab Test Results – Part 3”
It’s your body and it’s your health, yet why are so many American’s afraid to make healthy choices? In February of this year the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study indicating the prevalence of obesity rose from 30% to a staggering 42% over the past 18 years. Here are just a …
Read more “Americans are Just Too Fat! *Five Ways to Make Better Life Choices*”
As you drive north on I-95 heading up from Boston’s Logan airport (there are not a lot of non-stop flights into Portland), you start to notice the scenery changing. More trees, less cars, fewer buildings…and a subtle serenity begins to slowly take over. Regardless of the temperature outside, I always like to roll the windows …
On March 20, 2020 I published the first article about health and wellness and understanding lab test results. This post is a follow-up to that article. No post would be complete without a legal disclaimer; I am not a doctor nor am I giving medical advice – I am simply sharing thoughts from my journey …
Read more “Health and Wellness over Age 50 – Blood Lab Test Results – Part 2”