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Beginner Crypto Lesson 02 – Understanding & Using Your Crypto Wallets
- May 4, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: Beginner Lessons Series, Exchanges \ Wallets, General Information
No CommentsContinuing our beginner’s guide, in Lesson 01 you learned how to sign up for an exchange and purchase the Crypto of your choice. Once you have made some purchases, what are some best practices and strategies to maximize your purchases? Let’s dive in. First of all, if your crypto is on an exchange that is
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Where NOT to buy Crypto: Robinhood & PayPal to Begin With.
- May 3, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: Exchanges \ Wallets, General Information
There are a lot of new “investors” entering the market recently because of word-of-mouth suggestions and an increase in the price of Dogecoin – so I think this needs to be said again. Many people within the crypto space are very aware that you must hold your own keys for true ownership and access. This
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A Basic Guide To Understanding Cryptocurrency Stable Coins
- April 30, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information, Research Tutorials
Compared to the traditional stock market, the crypto market is extremely volatile. At the time of writing, we are in a bull run. During bull runs, profit can easily be made: You invest (in a coin you researched thoroughly) and wait for your profit to grow. But what if the bull run turns into a
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Crypto Proof of Work (PoW), Proof of Stake (PoS) & Other Proofs
- April 29, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information, Research Tutorials
Every day, millions of transactions are performed on various blockchains. To perform a transaction, one has to pay a transaction fee. Transaction fees are paid to cryptocurrency miners in exchange for their transaction verification work. All transactions that take place on the blockchain are verified by a consensus mechanism on the network. In short, a
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Understanding Custodial vs. Non-Custodial Crypto Wallets
- April 27, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: Exchanges \ Wallets, General Information
What are Custodial and Non-Custodial Wallets? Having custody means being in charge of someone or something for their/its safekeeping. So how does this relate to cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency wallets? Well, the difference between a custodial and non-custodial is who has custody of your private keys. Private keys are cryptographic keys that allow people access to
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Understanding How Crypto Liquidity Pools Work.
- April 26, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information, Research Tutorials
What are Liquidity Pools? How do they work? And why do we even need them in decentralized finance? Also, what are the differences between liquidity pools across different protocols such as Uniswap, Balancer, or Curve? We’ll be going through all of this in this article. Before we start, if you’re new to DeFi you may
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DeFi & dApps: What are They? How Do They Work?
- April 25, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information, Research Tutorials
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Decentralized Apps (dApps) are the two major innovations in the crypto space that leverage blockchain technology. These two innovations help eliminate third parties, otherwise known as centralization, and give users control over their finances. Both DeFi and dApps are increasingly becoming common in the FINTECH industry as they provide users with
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A Simple Explanation of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)
- April 25, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, contain identifying information recorded in their smart contracts. It’s this information that makes each different and as such, they cannot be directly replaced by another token. What are Non-Fungible Tokens? Non-fungible tokens contain identifying information recorded in their smart contracts. It’s this information that makes each NFT different and as such,
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Beginners Guide to Understanding Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- April 22, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: Exchanges \ Wallets, General Information, Research Tutorials
What is DeFi and How Does it Work? In practice, DeFi is a network of DApps (decentralized applications) and smart contracts built on Ethereum blockchain that focuses on financial applications such as loans, derivatives, exchanges, trading, and more. DeFi focuses on the concept of “Lego” money. That is, the idea is for anyone to be able
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Viewing Balances on Your MetaMask, Trust Wallet or Other Web3 Crypto Accounts
- April 21, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: Exchanges \ Wallets, General Information, Tips & Tricks
This is a tip I stumbled onto and wanted to share for anyone using MetaMask or other Web3 Wallets. The website is super simple to use and I hope this makes life easier for other crypto owners. There may be other ways to accomplish this, but I love the simplicity. I look forward to your