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CryptoCurrencies – Security, Mnemonic and 2FA

In my previous post, I wrote about the importance of owning your own keys instead of keeping your coins in an online wallet or on an exchange.  Owning your own keys brings with it the responsibility of keeping it safe and out of the hands of other people.  To do this it is important to […]

Bitcoin – Sick and tired of hearing about crash

I am getting so sick and tired of hearing about how Bitcoin has crashed everytime it drops by a couple of hundred dollars.  Then every Tom, Dick and Harry has something to say and write about the death of Bitcoin  Well, Bitcoin has died at least 6 or 7 times and will probably die another […]

CryptoCurrencies – No Keys No Coins

Whoever controls your private keys controls your crypto. If that’s not YOU, that’s not good. So what does this really mean? Let’s first look at Fiat currencies like USD, ZAR or any currency for that matter.  Most of the currencies you “own” is in some bank account.  Now you might think that you own that […]

Earn and Accumulate Bitcoin the simple way: Earn.com [Update]

Replace your public email with an inbox that pays you! Update: Earnings from 1 Jan 2018: 0.00180905 BTC ($22,82 at time of publishing this post) Set up an Earn.com profile to receive paid messages from people outside your network. It’s like LinkedIn InMail, except you get paid! There are various lists that you can join that […]

[Update] Bitcoin: How long to accumulate 1 BTC by buying $20 per day?

I came across this tweet today which lets one think a bit. New adopters may never own a whole BTC (100,000,000 satoshis.) If you start buying $20 / day and price increases 0.2% daily, will take 2 years to acquire 1 BTC. pic.twitter.com/OkalWFyOYC — Jameson Lopp (@lopp) November 19, 2017 [Update]: So my maths was […]

Bitcoin and Crypto Journey – layman’s experience.

With Bitcoin  currently trading at around $7200.00, that is around R102000.00, I want to give you, the reader a view of my experiences.  I am what they call a HODL. ie I am a holder of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies and not a trader at all. I will try to give you an overview […]