Let’s entertain the idea of becoming a billionaire through investing. How much risk will you need to take? How much capital should you have initially? I will explore two radically different approaches: Compound interest, i.e. above average return year after year Warren Buffet style. Multiple 10x returns without blowing up. Einstein called compound interest the eighth wonder of the world. Even if you achieve a modest 10% annual return over […]
Bitcoin has been a rather good investment. Everyone knows that. But how does it compare to alternative cryptos? Some, like Ether and Doge, have outperformed Bitcoin. But many more have tanked. Do you remember coins like Peercoin, BitShares, the DAO? Let’s compare these two strategies: “BTC” – As a true Bitcoin Maximalist, you hold BTC only! “TOP TEN” – Buy the top 10 coins from Coinmarketcap, 10% each. I’ll test […]
I did a little bit of research on inflation. Here are my notes. What triggers hyperinflation, quote Wikipedia: Hyperinflation is often associated with some stress to the government budget, such as wars or their aftermath, sociopolitical upheavals, a collapse in aggregate supply or one in export prices, or other crises that make it difficult for the government to collect tax revenue. May the pandemic, with its frequent lockdowns and exuberant […]
I have long been daydreaming of a unified name system for everything crypto. That is, one single namespace for: Address aliases for Bitcoin and altcoins An alternative domain name system (DNS) for the Internet Secure messaging Ticker symbols for crypto stocks and other DeFi assets Whatever else creative souls can think of I know there are many name systems out there. Namecoin, OpenAlias, Counterparty, Handshake, HNS, ENS and Unstoppable Domains […]
In March this year Telegram user Cornholio the Great discovered OLGA, the oldest known NFT. He went on to create another NFT named OLGANFT which is a tribute to the original OLGA. This screenshot of the chat is the NFT: The drawing shown on the chat is the original OLGA which he discovered on the bitcoin blockchain as a base64 image. Cornholio put OLGANFT up for auction with the following […]
These are the steps to outline text in GIMP: Write the text Right click inside text box Select Path from Text Shift+CTRL+N to open the New Layer form Enter to OK the default options Shift+V to select the path around the text Click Select, then Grow… Enter to OK the default options Shift+B to select the Bucket Fill Tool Click over the text to fill with the foreground color Click […]
Testnet bitcoins (tBTC) are supposed to be worthless. After all, the purpose of these coins are to allow for testing without risking real money. However, these coins are getting difficult to get hold on and the faucets are running dry. Will testnet coins soon be traded for real money? What is testnet exactly? The Bitcoin Core software lets you chose between two networks. The default is mainnet, or simply Bitcoin. […]
OLGA is likely the first NFT ever created. It was made through the following bitcoins transactions: #1Tx Hash: e5e9f6a63ede5315994cf2d8a5f8fe760f1f37f6261e5fbb1263bed54114768aBlock: 305451Date: 2014-06-12View on Xchain.io and Blockchain.com.Purpose: Create OLGA token with description “One & Only”. #2Tx Hash: 34da6ecf10c66ed659054aa6c71900c807875cb57b96abea4cee4f7a831ed690Block: 305455Date: 2014-06-12View on Xchain.io and Blockchain.com.Purpose: Lock the token supply at one. #3Tx Hash: 627ae48d6b4cffb2ea734be1016dedef4cee3f8ffefaea5602dd58c696de6b74Block: 369466Date: 2015-08-11View on Xchain.io and Blockchain.com.Purpose: Embed the OLGA art piece on the blockchain. The third transaction contains a […]
A twitter user claims the first ever Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is OLGA, created in 2014. I happen to be the creator of this token – and if his claim is correct – I am the “inventor” of this class of crypto assets! This is what I call a fun surprise!
I made a script for generating legal contracts with JavaScript and the PDFMake library. Github: https://github.com/Jpja/PDFMake-Contract-with-Image-Attachments/