Category: Cryptocurrency
Airdrops I’m Hunting or Received (Big List for 2024)
If you’ve read my last post on airdrops, you’re probably interested in what I’m currently positioning for. This post contains a list of projects with confirmed or probable potential for airdrops. Remember: this is just your starting point. If you’re interested in any of the listed airdrops, make sure to DYOR and figure out how …
Airdrops – The Real 0 to $100k Opportunity
An Airdrop represents a distribution of free crypto to users’ addresses. These distributions may be worth up to 6 figures and oftentimes require no financial investment. However, they’re rarely announced or guaranteed. As a veteran in the DeFi space and a recipient of tens of airdrops, I want to shed some light on the process. …
Bitcoin Block Reward Halving (Explanation & Price Impact)
The block reward halving is one of the key characteristics of Bitcoin. It’s extremely relevant both for ideologists and investors, so make sure to understand it. Introduction to Bitcoin Block Rewards All Bitcoin transactions are grouped into blocks, which are added to the blockchain through a process called mining. Each Bitcoin miner tries to be the fastest one to …
The Death of the Gold Standard – What Happened in 1971 (Part 1)
The gold standard is a monetary system where a country’s currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold. Investopedia, What is the Gold Standard? Throughout a major part of human history, gold was the only globally recognized unit of account. And it still has that status, as every system/country/empire agrees on its …
DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) – Investment Strategy Explained
Cost averaging (DCA or dollar cost averaging) is an investment strategy for investing capital over time. It can be especially valuable to beginners that determined their asset allocation but still looking for an entry point for the actual purchase. This post will describe one of the best and time-tested strategies of deploying cash. What is Dollar …
The Byzantine Generals Problem – Simple Explanation
The Byzantine generals problem is a distributed computing problem introduced in 1982, in a paper of the same name. In this post, I’ll give a simplified summary of a formulation of the problem. Then, I’ll explain how the Bitcoin blockchain and its use of Proof of Work solves it in practice. The Byzantine Generals Problem: …
Preparation for EigenLayer’s Restaking Unpause (Airdrop Opportunity ๐ช)
EigenLayer announced that they’re unpausing restaking on 29th of January. I already feel sufficiently exposed to EigenLayer’s contracts, but decided to do one last deposit. As they’re integrating new LSTs (liquid staked tokens), I spent some time evaluating which ones to use. If unfamiliar, I recommend learning about restaking, as it’s a completely new and revolutionary narrative …
Protect Your Seed Phrase (10 Tips to Secure your Crypto)
Having control over your seed phrase is equivalent to having control over your crypto. I already covered the importance of self-custody before, so if you’re reading this post, make sure to know the basics. With that being said, let’s dive into how you can protect your seed phrase and increase the security of your crypto assets. …
The SEC Approved the Spot Bitcoin ETF
We’re witnessing history being made, ladies and gentlemen! The spot Bitcoin ETF is now approved in the US. Here’s the SEC’s statement. The main reason for this update are my 2024 predictions where the Bitcoin ETF approval was the first one. Four more to go! These are the ETFs’ providers and tickers: iShares (BlackRock) – …
Self-Custody Explained – “Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins”
Self-custody gives people total control over their digital assets without having to trust anyone. Ownership without trust is something that has never been possible in human history until now. And yet, many ignore it – even investors with hundreds of thousands in the cryptocurrency market. In this post, I’ll cover why and how a person should take …
Bitcoin Price Prediction (X Thread)
Enjoy the screenshots from my Bitcoin price prediction thread on X: If you want to follow me on X: @petkovskix
The Inevitability of Bitcoin
Once it clicks, the inevitability of Bitcoin becomes so obvious that there’s no going back. This is especially common with people that have a more-than-basic understanding of the economic framework we all live in. It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, …
5 Crypto Predictions for 2024
I always liked making predictions over a course of a year. And I especially like to be rewarded for being right when doing so. Here’s how I see 2024 playing out in the context of the cryptocurrency market: 1. Bitcoin ETF Approval in the US My prediction is that a spot Bitcoin ETF will be …
How the Money Printer Makes You Poor
You might have seen the “Money Printer” meme – it’s been all around the internet since the last economic crisis. In case you’re not sure to what extent the money printer impacts your life, you urgently need a lesson on quantitative easing. Quantitative Easing Simply put, quantitative easing is a monetary policy implemented by the …