"[Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)] enable new markets by allowing people to create and build upon new forms of ownership. These projects succeed by leveraging a core dynamic of crypto: A token’s worth comes from users’ shared agreement — and this means that the community one builds around NFTs quite literally creates those NFTs’ underlying value. And … Continue reading How NFTs Create Value
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Is/Ought Fallacy: Exhibit A
"Crypto is gambling, and you should never gamble more than you can afford to lose, right? So the only people who held onto their bitcoin when it was worth $100,000 dollars were:* People who could afford to lose $100,000 * People who couldn’t afford to lose it and were therefore making a very, very stupid … Continue reading Is/Ought Fallacy: Exhibit A
bash: Cryptocurrency Prices From the Linux Terminal
#!/bin/bash printf -v coin '%s' -1 # crypto.sh bitcoin price() { # A function that pulls cryptocurrency price data from coingecko curl -X 'GET' 'https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids='"$1"'&vs_currencies=usd' \ -H 'accept: application/json' 2> /dev/null | # sends download data to /dev/null sed 's/.*usd"://' | # Removes everything before the price sed 's/..$//' | # Removes back two }} … Continue reading bash: Cryptocurrency Prices From the Linux Terminal
Cryptocurrency Platform Cardano & Ada Coin
Disclosure: I own Ada. This is a condensed summary of what convinced me to start buying cryptocurrency, specifically Ada. I'm happy to share what I learned, but this is not investment advice. I don't know you. I don't know your situation. Cryptocurrencies are a speculative investment, and you could lose all your money. If that's … Continue reading Cryptocurrency Platform Cardano & Ada Coin
