Thumbs' Update

This educational content comes to you with the support of the PoolTogether Growth Team. Visit PoolTogether.com to learn more and start your prize-savings journey. You can also drop by the PoolTogether discord and join one the best communities in DeFi for friendly discussion, community-led events, and weekly community calls.Hey friends 👋 When I first came across PoolTogether, the crypto prize-savings protocol, it was in version 3 (or v3 for short) and had recently launched on Polygon. At the ...

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This issue is brought to you with the support of CryptoTaxCalculator. It’s tax time again and we all know it can be very difficult to parse all your on chain data. That’s where CryptoTaxCalculator comes in. Their innovative software makes it easy to keep track of transactions and calculate exactly what’s owed. They can even help with tax-loss harvesting! Get started today at cryptotaxcalculator.ioHey friends 👋 It's been a busy month since we last spoke. We've seen quite a few thing...

This article was originally written and released in 2021 but was updated and revised in 2023Hey friends 👋 Of all the cryptocurrencies in the world, there’s one that stands out from the crowd as the most well known and perhaps most trusted name of all. That is of course, the original cryptocurrency: Bitcoin. Settle in because this one is gonna cover a lot of ground Oh and by the way: This content is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing that follows is financial advice.What...

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Hey friends 👋 If you’ve been reading my blog or following along on twitter these past few years, you’ll know I’m a big fan of PoolTogether. In case you missed it, PoolTogether is a prize-savings protocol on Ethereum and several other EVM compatible chains. What this means is that you deposit tokens—currently just USDC though that may change in the near future—and those tokens are put to work earning yield in Aave. The interest generated is then pooled together (hence the name) and doled out ...

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Hey friends 👋 At the time I’m writing this, the year is 2022, and it’s been almost 14 years since the Bitcoin white paper was first released, yet when the broader public talks about cryptocurrencies, especially those which prioritize user privacy, we always hear the same old refrain: this technology is only used by criminals, hackers, and the far right. Despite my passion for cryptocurrency, I myself am none of the above and, believe it or not, I identify as a progressive, falling somewhere ...

Hey friends 👋 In spite of all the chaos in the world, I still fancy myself an optimist. I love how the combination of human coordination and technology can seemingly solve almost any problem 🤝 Take for example the issues the Ethereum network has faced in recent years. As a robust and secure smart contract blockchain, it has become the dominant platform for settlements, decentralized finance, and NFTs. But Ethereum’s base layer is built to put security above all else and, as such, opts for r...