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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
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
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,
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
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
How to Avoid Common Cryptocurrency Scams (Basic)
- April 20, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information, Tips & Tricks
If you have fallen victim to a cryptocurrency scam, you’re not alone, and millions of people around the world have been taken advantage of by these swindlers. Furthermore, a total of 1.7 billion dollars was lost to cryptocurrency scams during 2018 in the US alone. There are a variety of tactics that are used by these
Crypto Tokenomics Explained In Plain English
- April 19, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information, Research Tutorials
What is Tokenomics? Tokenomics is the study of how cryptocurrencies work within the broader ecosystem. This includes such things like token distribution as well as how they can be used to incentivize positive behavior in the network. The idea of the token economy was propounded first by the Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner in 1972. He
How to Read & Analyze a Crypto Coin Whitepaper
- April 18, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: General Information, Research Tutorials, Tips & Tricks
What is a Whitepaper? Before learning about cryptocurrency, I had never read a whitepaper. Now I read one to two per week. It’s the least I can do when trying to decide whether to invest in a new crypto project. Although there really aren’t any rules on what a white paper should include, a good
How to Buy BitTorrent Coin (BTT) In the US
- April 18, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: Exchanges \ Wallets, General Information, Tips & Tricks
There has been some confusion over how to buy BTT (BitTorrent) in the United States – here is a simple guide. You will need an account at KuCoin (Fast and easy to Create) or Voyager (Currently has a waiting list) Here are the steps for KuCoin once your account is set up, Voyager is just
Beginner Crypto Lesson 01 – Getting Started In Cryptocurrency
- April 17, 2021
- Posted by: DanCurranJr
- Category: Beginner Lessons Series, Exchanges \ Wallets, General Information
Here we go! The Tutorials Begin. The Beginner Lessons Series is designed to get you from knowing nothing to buying crypto and making informed choices to keep your investments safe. So . . . . Your mom heard about BTC, you told your co-worker about what you were doing and they want in. You support them