Tl;dr Decentralization is a process not an event. True decentralization exists on multiple levels. Decentralization is something that is applicable & useful only at scale. Not everything needs to be decentralized. Crypto is a great tool to achieve decentralization.The most used & abused buzzword of the entire crypto industry has been decentralization. Many people assume that by default if a project is in the crypto space then it is/must be decentralized. As history would show us, that is absu...

Tl;dr Decentralization is a process not an event. True decentralization exists on multiple levels. Decentralization is something that is applicable & useful only at scale. Not everything needs to be decentralized. Crypto is a great tool to achieve decentralization.The most used & abused buzzword of the entire crypto industry has been decentralization. Many people assume that by default if a project is in the crypto space then it is/must be decentralized. As history would show us, that is absu...

I had no idea that I was going to write this at all. Honestly, given all of the insanity going on in the macro landscape & inside the crypto industry, it would be downright insane trying to build a portfolio now… right? Well, after the sh*tshow with the FTX sandal, SVB collapsing on itself, FUD around stablecoins, & crypto twitter singing songs of a 2008 moment for the industry Crypto… people are starting to hate it. Whenever people are terrified, angry, lost & confused; there is opportunity ...

I had no idea that I was going to write this at all. Honestly, given all of the insanity going on in the macro landscape & inside the crypto industry, it would be downright insane trying to build a portfolio now… right? Well, after the sh*tshow with the FTX sandal, SVB collapsing on itself, FUD around stablecoins, & crypto twitter singing songs of a 2008 moment for the industry Crypto… people are starting to hate it. Whenever people are terrified, angry, lost & confused; there is opportunity ...

Self-discipline is the path to crypto mastery.Getting involved in crypto is pretty easy. Staying involved long enough to make life-changing money is not. Anyone who has ever gotten into the digital asset industry has done so with a boatload of optimism & high hopes of getting rich. However, as soon as the reality of manipulated data, fake news & criminal gurus set in, that optimism quickly turned from the chance of a lifetime… into a shitstorm of emotional fear, uncertainty & doubt. Those tha...

Self-discipline is the path to crypto mastery.Getting involved in crypto is pretty easy. Staying involved long enough to make life-changing money is not. Anyone who has ever gotten into the digital asset industry has done so with a boatload of optimism & high hopes of getting rich. However, as soon as the reality of manipulated data, fake news & criminal gurus set in, that optimism quickly turned from the chance of a lifetime… into a shitstorm of emotional fear, uncertainty & doubt. Those tha...

This is not a history lesson on Bitcoin & I’m not going to preach about how incredible it is (which it is). This is meant to serve you as a simple resource to get all of the data/information that relates to Bitcoin so that you can create your own unique toolkit.Moving ever faster towards a techno-anarchist future, humanity is in dire need of a decentralized digital money; Bitcoin is that money.Like a domino effect from hell, institutions that got faked out by COVID & the FED are beginning to ...

This is not a history lesson on Bitcoin & I’m not going to preach about how incredible it is (which it is). This is meant to serve you as a simple resource to get all of the data/information that relates to Bitcoin so that you can create your own unique toolkit.Moving ever faster towards a techno-anarchist future, humanity is in dire need of a decentralized digital money; Bitcoin is that money.Like a domino effect from hell, institutions that got faked out by COVID & the FED are beginning to ...

Tl,Dr - Consensus is a fancy word for agreement - Not every consensus mechanism serves the same function - Consensus is the key element that creates trust in a system.The cryptocurrency industry is notorious for its ability to use exotic terminology to confuse the shit out of non-technical people. Hell, sometimes even the most technical of people can get lost in the sauce. The absurd rate of innovation that takes place in crypto is a breeding ground for new ideas. These new ideas require new,...

Tl,Dr - Consensus is a fancy word for agreement - Not every consensus mechanism serves the same function - Consensus is the key element that creates trust in a system.The cryptocurrency industry is notorious for its ability to use exotic terminology to confuse the shit out of non-technical people. Hell, sometimes even the most technical of people can get lost in the sauce. The absurd rate of innovation that takes place in crypto is a breeding ground for new ideas. These new ideas require new,...

Before we dive into creating your own digital asset, lets cover a few fundamental concepts to shine some light on the technical shenanigan’s & structure a mental framework to help guide you in thinking about how to take advantage of this incredible opportunity.What is tokenization?Tokenization is a fancy way of saying: “creating a digital asset”. In the context of blockchain and cryptocurrency, tokenization refers to the process of issuing tokens (digital units of account) that can represent ...

Before we dive into creating your own digital asset, lets cover a few fundamental concepts to shine some light on the technical shenanigan’s & structure a mental framework to help guide you in thinking about how to take advantage of this incredible opportunity.What is tokenization?Tokenization is a fancy way of saying: “creating a digital asset”. In the context of blockchain and cryptocurrency, tokenization refers to the process of issuing tokens (digital units of account) that can represent ...

Blockchains are like Onions, they have layers - Shrek on distributed ledger technologiesOdds are that if you are alive in the 21 century, you have heard the term blockchain at least once. It is the magic pixie dust that powers distributed ledgers and imbues cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum with “trust”. Since its arrival in the public domain, some 14 years ago, this nascent technology has undergone countless iterations and become the colloquial backbone of the digital economy. Th...

Blockchains are like Onions, they have layers - Shrek on distributed ledger technologiesOdds are that if you are alive in the 21 century, you have heard the term blockchain at least once. It is the magic pixie dust that powers distributed ledgers and imbues cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum with “trust”. Since its arrival in the public domain, some 14 years ago, this nascent technology has undergone countless iterations and become the colloquial backbone of the digital economy. Th...

*Disclaimer* No Bitcoin will not be transitioning to POS.Everybody already gets it, Bitcoin is & will forever be the OG. The god & grandfather of all cryptocurrency to come. This then begs the question;“If Bitcoin really is the superior system, how-or-why would anyone allow for Proof-Of-Stake to take over?”First and foremost, Bitcoin is a decentralized monetary network built upon a consensus mechanism called Proof-Of-Work. POW is a (sybil) fault-tolerant mechanism that leverages electrical en...

*Disclaimer* No Bitcoin will not be transitioning to POS.Everybody already gets it, Bitcoin is & will forever be the OG. The god & grandfather of all cryptocurrency to come. This then begs the question;“If Bitcoin really is the superior system, how-or-why would anyone allow for Proof-Of-Stake to take over?”First and foremost, Bitcoin is a decentralized monetary network built upon a consensus mechanism called Proof-Of-Work. POW is a (sybil) fault-tolerant mechanism that leverages electrical en...

If you are in crypto, you might have heard the saying “You’re still early”. Whether a trader, investor, or entrepreneur, that is the absolute truth. On the surface level, it seems as though the vicious market cycles of crypto flourishing, dying, and coming back to life have created the impression of technological maturation. That is just a short-sighted illusion. To put things into perspective, as of writing, the entire crypto-economy (and its many sub-sectors) carries a nominal value of ~1.2...

If you are in crypto, you might have heard the saying “You’re still early”. Whether a trader, investor, or entrepreneur, that is the absolute truth. On the surface level, it seems as though the vicious market cycles of crypto flourishing, dying, and coming back to life have created the impression of technological maturation. That is just a short-sighted illusion. To put things into perspective, as of writing, the entire crypto-economy (and its many sub-sectors) carries a nominal value of ~1.2...

This is a basic high level overview of blockchain software clients & their relationship to nodes on the network.Whenever the topics of security & decentralization around blockchain come up, the discussion tends to fall into one of two camps, consensus mechanisms or node hardware. Certainly, these are both valid & important points to address, however, there is another vector that is hidden from plain sight. That is the node client.What is a ClientIn the context of blockchain/DLTs, a client is ...

This is a basic high level overview of blockchain software clients & their relationship to nodes on the network.Whenever the topics of security & decentralization around blockchain come up, the discussion tends to fall into one of two camps, consensus mechanisms or node hardware. Certainly, these are both valid & important points to address, however, there is another vector that is hidden from plain sight. That is the node client.What is a ClientIn the context of blockchain/DLTs, a client is ...

***Some Clarification before we dive in, ***This is a rudimentary explanation that will give you a basic framework to understand how all blockchains are technologically structured.At its core, a crypto network is a distributed cloud server that uses a token for accounting in an append-only ledger. This may break some people’s hearts, but a blockchain is just a glorified accounting system and crypto is an application of it. It is definitely a technological breakthrough in terms of the systems ...

***Some Clarification before we dive in, ***This is a rudimentary explanation that will give you a basic framework to understand how all blockchains are technologically structured.At its core, a crypto network is a distributed cloud server that uses a token for accounting in an append-only ledger. This may break some people’s hearts, but a blockchain is just a glorified accounting system and crypto is an application of it. It is definitely a technological breakthrough in terms of the systems ...

Success in life is defined as much by the actions that we take as it is by the actions that we avoid.It is much harder to build momentum than it is to break it. Doing 10 good things builds momentum in a positive direction; doing just 2 bad things can destroy that momentum & set you off on a spiral out of control. This is called the law of negative interference. The cryptoverse is full of this negative interference. Operating in this nascent asset class takes a herculean amount of emotional re...

Success in life is defined as much by the actions that we take as it is by the actions that we avoid.It is much harder to build momentum than it is to break it. Doing 10 good things builds momentum in a positive direction; doing just 2 bad things can destroy that momentum & set you off on a spiral out of control. This is called the law of negative interference. The cryptoverse is full of this negative interference. Operating in this nascent asset class takes a herculean amount of emotional re...