This is a real life story of what NOT to do with your bitcoin and other crypto. How it started A couple of years ago, I bought one bitcoin. My bitcoin sat in a cold wallet and it started to get lonely.

Bitcoin reached ATH (all time high) this week. The total crypto market cap is also at ATH of over $120 Billion this week. Ether had made a strong recovery and looks to be heading higher. Many alts are

Delegation was introduced with Hard Fork 18 and is still an underutilized feature. In this post, I'll discuss the basics of delegation, the pros/cons, and the reason reason most people use it. What is

This is not your typical "Travel With Me" post. This is a hard hitting reality check post about Steemians who have non-Steem full time jobs. RL has gotten so busy for me lately that I have only

I'm 2 months into my Steemit journey, and I'm getting more and more tired of uppity Steemians that believe they know what's best for everybody else. Last I checked, this is a decentralized platform and

We have 7.5 months to go before 2017 taxes are due and a lot of people are unsure about how they will handle taxes in the US as it relates to crypto. There have been a couple of great posts made on the

Bitcoin could very soon be upgraded to support Segregated Witness (SegWit). On July 17th, mining pools were able to begin signaling their support for BIP 91 until August 1st. To successfully signal, miners

This is a public service announcement and security alert! Ether and a few tokens that use Parity 1.5 or later multi-sig wallet have an alleged security flaw. $32M may have been stolen from one of these

I joined Steemit around June 13th after much anticipation and waiting to get my account approved. In the 5 weeks since then, I already am starting to feel like I'm not a newbie. I'm know there is still

I have seen a few random charts on active users currently on Steemit, but the data is hard to find and doesn't look right. It is subjective because each person may define an active user differently. And,

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on Steemit about how I thought Veritaseum is a scam. I was a 10 day old Steemian at the time...had very few followers (time flies when you're Steeming!). I got a few responses

This is part 2 of a series looking at how to make more author rewards per post. All of the analysis for this post was based on Steem data from the month of June, 2017. I obtained the data using SteemSQL,

This post will show what factors lead to an author making more money per post. All of the analysis for this post was based on Steem data from the month of June, 2017. I obtained the data using SteemSQL,

This is Part 3 of a sexy three part series where I talk about an advanced ROI theory on using bots. Why the booty image?...keep reading, there is a very good reason for that. Links to the other parts of

This is Part 2 of a three part series where I talk about how to use the bots. Links to the other parts: Part 1: How To Use @RandoWhale, @Booster, WhaleShares Part 3: Advanced ROI Theory on @RandoWhale,

This is Part 1 of a three part series where I show you how to use the three paid voting bots; RandoWhale, Booster, and WhaleShares. Links to other 2 parts: Part 2: Return on Investment (ROI) with actual

Minnows have it hard on Steemit, most get eaten before they have a chance to become a dolphin. This guidance will save minnows some time and effort in their journey to becoming a dolphin. If you are already

Waves is a platform tailored towards issuing new tokens fast and easily. The Waves team has been trying to attract developers to hold their ICOs on their platform. Their interface is clean and easy to

With all the markets down the past week or two, I have been sitting on the sidelines waiting and preparing. There are a lot of tempting charts this week, with a few coins nearing their key resistance levels.

I've been trading Factom for the past few weeks. Let's discuss the fundamentals, charts, and trading strategy. I'll give you my opinion, but want to hear your thoughts as well. What is Factom?Factom is