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Internet Money Wallet Review: So Far So Good As a Wallet For Pulsechain Tokens and Swaps 👍

Posted on February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 by chrisa

Pros:

Good support for Pulsechain tokens, and displaying prices in-wallet
Supports swaps in-wallet and uses multiple DEXes to shop for the best deal
Allows passive income of PLS token fees from swaps by holding T.I.M.E token in-wallet
Supports both Chrome and mobile devices

Cons:

Much less well known compared to MetaMask
Despite 2 external code audits, some default OpSec choices I don’t like (e.g. default unlimited spend limit)
Slower to load balances, often requires a manual refresh to get up-to-date balances
No Firefox extension

If you are a user on PulseChain (or want to be), you have probably struggled with finding a good wallet for self-custody. Obviously the best wallet for any significant amount of coin is a hardware wallet …

“All Crypto is a pyramid / ponzi scheme”

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 by chrisa

I wanted to write up a brief article about this to point people at when they inevitably parrot the uninformed ‘attack’ they heard from someone else on the Internet: “Cryptos are just ponzi schemes”. In my earlier article I tackled the silly notion that “only criminals use crypto”, so I wanted to specifically address the ponzi scheme angle.

Let’s start with the basics, or we have no basis for having a useful discussion. What is a ponzi scheme? According to Investopedia, a ponzi scheme is “a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam which generates returns for earlier investors with money taken from later investors. …

Forget Savings Accounts: Earn double digit interest with $FLAME on Tezos (currently >80%!)

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 by chrisa

[pre-disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any of these currencies or exchanges, and am not being compensated in any way for this article. No one is being given copy approval, and all spelling mistakes are my own. No affiliate links are used in this article as I believe strongly in individual privacy when using cryptocurrency, especially my own. I am not a financial advisor; never invest more than you can afford to lose.]

Before we begin, there are of course many ways to earn interest at rates better than even the best bank nowadays using crypto platforms. One of the most common is of course Pancakeswap on the BNB chain. At this point however, per my previous post, I’m …

Why I’m focusing on Proof of Stake cryptos from now on

Posted on June 10, 2021September 23, 2021 by chrisa

Just a short post that I’m working on articles related to Proof of Stake cryptos, namely Tezos (XTZ) and Cardano (ADA). I wanted to put down my thoughts on why separately in one place that I can link to.

I have said this to anyone who will listen: cryptocurrency is currently treated like Linux was in 1995. Most people don’t know about it, the ones that do are mostly misguided about it, and many think it will only be used for criminal activity. I really need to take a moment here and address this since I see it online all the time, and even in conversations with otherwise quite intelligent people.

“Crypto is only used by criminals”

Now, this …