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I have been looking into this whole crypto currency mining thing going on. I'm not a tech person so it's hard just reading about it. But I don't want the current gravy train on printing digital money to pass me by. I kept running into this thing called ASIC and finally looked it up - an application-specific integrated circuit is an integrated circuit (IC) customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general- purpose use. Why should you care and how does this relate to crypto mining? Advanced Miners https://advancedminers.io/ created their own ASIC specific for mining crypto currencies. They are selling these mining machine and using them to create crypto mining farms. They also offer a platform for you to use their token to mine crypto coins without any hardware or anything. Any normal person like myself can instantly be earning income from crypto mining. From my iphone I can mine crypto using their platform. The calculator on advancedminers.io shows s...

Look, I'm just a normal person. If you asked me what mining was I would say it had to do with coal or precious metals like gold. I would have thought you were crazy if you told me a few years ago computers could mine digital currency that has huge value and growth potential. But here we are today in a time where the cost computers mining these digital coins is skyrocketing as everyone is going for the gold rush. Really this is the California gold rush all over again. Every tech person is racing to build the fastest crypto mining machines in order to take advantage of this huge rush. The returns are potentially huge in a short time frame. As that normal not too techie person mining on my own is out of the question. That doesn't mean I cannot benefit by backing some of the crypto mining projects popping up. One project in particular ETHernitymining https://www.ethernitymining.com/ has caught my attention. There are of course problems with crypto mining, most notably energy ...

If you are like me and have been playing around in the crypto markets for some time you must have some coins in your wallet that are worthless. Everyone makes mistakes and followed some dumb project or maybe you did some airdrops and have random coins that don't trade anywhere. It's almost like having physical currency that is not accepted anywhere but you just cannot throw it away. CoinJanitor https://www.coinjanitor.io/ is going to buy those coins from you. Their goal is to take over unsuccessful cryptocurrencies and restore some value to the investors by giving them CoinJanitor tokens(JAN) that will be easily traded on multiple exchanges. So you have some worthless coin and CoinJanitor buys the project out and then you get some JAN coins to sell and recoup some value. There so many websites rating blockchain projects like CoinJanitor but not all of them are created equal. The sites below are well respected and provide quality information about blockchain projects...

If you are following my blog you know I have a soft spot for crypto exchanges. Bitxoxo https://www.bitxoxo.exchange is an existing exchange in India started back in 2016. They have growth be the India's largest Bitcoin exchange. The XOXO token is going to pay back fees the exchange generates from trades. When users make trades the exchange charges .01% as a fee from both the buyer and seller. 25% of those fees go back to XOXO token holders. There are multiple websites ranking ICO projects like Bitxoxo. The sites below are well respected and provide additional information to back their ratings. Make sure to check multiple sites before backing any particular project. ICObench.com https://icobench.com/ico/bitxoxo/ratings has a solid 4 out of 5 star rating for Bitxoxo. The strongest rating came for ICO Profile at 4.5 out of 5 stars. Team received 3 stars as well.   ICOmarks.com https://icomarks.com/ico/bitxoxo has 7.1 out of 10 rating with ICO Profile receiving 8 and Soc...

Taklimakan Network is more then just an investment platform. Think of it as an education platform for crypto investing. New crypto investors can increase their knowledge utilizing a wealth of information including educational resources, webinars, analytics, trading tools, reviews and trading signals, strategies, recommendations from professionals. Dozens of websites rank ICO projects like Taklimakan Network but many of them don't have much information. The sites two below are all well respected and provide more explanation behind their ratings. Make sure to get multiple opinions before backing any particular project. ICObench.com has Taklimakan Network rated 4.4 out of 5 stars. Taklimakan Network received a 4.6 for ICO Profile, 4.3 each for Team, Vision and Product.   ICOmarks.com has Taklimakan Network rated 8.5 out of 10. The high scores came from ICO Profile 9.6 and social activity 10. ICObazaar.com Taklimakan Network AA or 4.5 out of 5. If you th...

If you are following my blog you know that I am investigating different upcoming cryptocurrency exchanges that are due to open this or next year. There are dozens of new crypto exchanges coming out and each one has different features and benefits. We all know the potential if a crypto exchange takes off. Just this year an exchange called Poloniex was sold for 400 million dollars. That exchange didn't exist five years ago and it just sold for 400 million! Yahoo Japan is launching a new crypto exchange too. Step one was the investment 2 billion yen(19 million USD) for a 40% ownership on BitARG which was already approved by the country to operate a crypto exchange. Over the next year further investments will follow with a new exchange launched in April of 2019. What other exchanges are coming out and how can we get in early? The Qurrex project caught my eye recently. Calling itself the first hybrid crypto exchange combining the traditional stock exchange infrastructure with a...

As a normal person looking for an opportunity all of these crypto exchanges coming out seem like great buys. How much are you paying each time you convert some crypto just to make a trade? How many different exchanges are you holding coins on? Sint Global https://sint.global/ is a blockchain project looking to create an Exchange Point Platform providing instant transactions between cryptocurrencies and fiat. Supporting multiple payment platforms allow users to convert funds funds from crypto to FIAT or back instantly.   Sint works as follows:   When you need to fun a wallet first pick the cryptocurrency you want to receive. Then specify the address of a wallet where you want to receive the crypto. Then deposit the fiat currency from your credit card or bank account with one click via a system of instant payments. Your crypto address has now been funded.   When you need to take money out and transfer to your credit card or bank account first chose the...

Gambling has been around forever. Everyone has seen depictions of Roman gladiators battling it out in the Colosseum. More recently the internet has allowed anyone from anywhere bet on just about any professional sporting event. Online gambling has grown into a $500 billion dollar market. Betting in particular amounts for $70 billion of that amount. This is only accounting for the legal gambling markets. The unregulated markets are worth potentially more then regulated markets. Think about how few USA states allow Casinos or sports books. Betrium http://www.betrium.co/ is planning to offer a zero commission worldwide betting service surrounding sports and events. The platform will accept cryptocurrency from users to place bets on events located around the world. Utilizing the Betrium Public RESTful API event organizers can provide betting for their fans easily and securely. One thing I look for in a token I may hold long term is if that coin can generate any extra income. The BT...

There are so many blockchain projects coming out with opportunities for average people like me to partake. I am not an expert so picking which projects to follow has always been a challenge. Before starting to research blockchain companies for possible investment I made a list of industries that interest me the most. I figure if I am going to invest in some ICO projects I might as well target industries I am interested in. Investing and Real estate has always been on the top of my list in terms of industries that interest me. I've been investing for years and have owned real estate myself in one of the most well known and largest cities in the world. The Equitybase ICO https://equitybase.co project is looking to harness the power of blockchain to create an ecosystem consisting of Equity Reserve, Equity Invest, Equity Exchange and Equity Fund. Equity Reserve will be a reserve operator which provides a layer of liquidity to the Equity Exchange platform . Equity Invest allow...

Privacy is obviously a huge issue right now. There are multiple blockchain companies taking different approaches on how to handle privacy when utilizing cryptocurrencies. The IAME project (https://iame.io/) is going to allow users to do transactions that are verified without having to share non needed sensitive personal information. When interested in a project like this it's always best to get multiple opinions, especially from industry insiders. There are a bunch of websites that rate and rank blockchain project like this. See what a few of them have to say below. ICObench.com (https://icobench.com/ico/iame-identity) rates IAME a 4.4 out of 5 overall. That rating breaks down into 4.5 for ICO Profile, 4.1 for Team, 4.4 for Vision and 4.4 for Product. ICOmarks.com (https://icomarks.com/ico/iame-identity) is also positive on IAME with a 7.3 out of 10. Team Proof rated a 10 and Social Activity scored an 8. TrackICO.io (https://www.trackico.io/ico/iame-identity/) was also p...

If you follow my blog you know I'm interested in blockchain projects and playing video games. During my research for blockchain projects to possibly invest in I found Flux Gaming Ecosystems (https://flux.fund/en OR https://flux.games). The recent boom in ESports is insane. According to Forbes  the industry took in 655 million in 2017 and is expected to do over 900 million in 2018. Blockchain projects like Flux are looking to take advantage of this boom by uniting all segments of the gaming industry with a multi part ecosystem centered around the FLUX coin. Check out their ecosystem below: The industry really likes Flux with high ratings from multiple sources. ICObench.com  rated Flux 4.3 out of 5 stars. This was broken down into 4.9 for ICO Profile, 4.4 for Team, 4.1 for Vision and 4.1 for Product. TrackICO.io  gave Flux a 4.6 with high marks for Milestones, Video, description and GitHub. ICOmarks.com agrees with a 8.2 out of 10. This rating incl...

The Acorn Collective project caught my eye recently when researching new projects. First off, as you know I’m just a normal person. This is not investing advice but rather me passing on some research. Crowdfunding is in the news every day. We hear stories about people raising funds for charity or to start business all the time. There are very popular websites out there like Kickstarter and GoFundMe are making huge bucks. The market is estimated at 35 billion and has the potential to grow to 1 trillion over the next 10 years. Acorn Collective is looking to use crypto currency and the blockchain to lower the barrier of entry so anyone from anywhere can use free crowdfunding for any legal project. Using blockchain Acorn will eliminate all fees which can be 3-5%. This competitive pricing can change the marketplace if successful. One thing that I noticed and may bode well for Acorn has David Ives ( LinkedIn ) as an adviser. David was the Chief Technology Officer at Crowdcube whic...

I am just an average guy looking for some interesting projects that use blockchain technology. Crypto Currency exchanges are popping up left and right lately. The exchanges that get a good following are making tons of money on trading fees. Recently an exchange called Poloniex was sold for 400 million dollars. Poloniex was started in 2014 and isn’t even the top exchange by volume. If a new exchange can get a good following they can be worth lots of money very fast. AbacasXchange isn’t going to be just for crypto currencies too. Their concept is unique in that you will be able to trade any type of equity for any other type of equity across different investment types. No joke, you can trade Microsoft stock for Litecoin crypto currency. One interesting aspect is when you sell an asset you can chose to pick the proceeds in multiple assets. For example, if you sell 100 shares of Facebook stock for say $15000 you can then pick how to receive that $15000. You might want 25% in BitCoin ...

As you already know if you are following my blog I am no expert on crypto investing. I’m a normal guy who is researching projects and passing along that information. There are many people with much better and more legitimate advice out there. Do your own research before investing in any crypto project. I found this ICO project called Liberty Lance and went over to their Bitcointalk thread and asked some questions. They were kind enough to offer the answers below. ICOinvesting101: Can you explain this project in just a few sentences? LibertyLance: To sum our project in a few sentences: LibertyLance is a self regulatory decentralized gig based marketplace for freelancers and clients built on the Etherum blockchain. Our platform gives freelancers the opportunity to showcase their gigs for a particular fixed price and will give clients the opportunity to select from various gigs based on the ratings, price and delivery. Smart contracts will be used to ensure smooth transac...

When looking for blockchain projects I try to find things I am interested in myself. I first started playing video games in 1985 on an IBM computer my father purchased. I’ve owned many gaming systems and logged thousands of hours playing all types of games. Games based in space have always been some of my favorite. I ran into this blockchain gaming project called Parsec Frontiers during my research. If this game takes off early backers of the project will be rewarded. Parsec Frontiers falls under the MMO category of gaming. MMO stands for Massively Multiplayer Online game and usually means thousands of players and subscribers generating revenue for the game maker. Some of the most popular online games have huge economies. One popular space based MMO is Eve Online released in 2003 and still with a huge player base. Eve Online has an online economy worth with an estimated 20 million dollars. Online gaming and MMO’s are a huge growing economy with an estimated 19.9 bil...

I am just a normal guy looking for interesting blockchain projects. I have always been interested in saving long term so the Coinseed project made perfect sense to me. Maybe you are different, but I still have jars filled with spare change sitting in my wardrobe. It’s been on my non-urgent list for years to bring those coins somewhere. I bet I have $500 sitting around doing nothing but collecting dust. Those coins could be worth so much more had I invested them in crypto currencies over the past few years. Coinseed is going to take your spare change and invest it into crypto currencies as easy as possible. What I like about Coinseed is the ease of use. I can use the app on my phone to buy crypto currencies. I can follow successful portfolios or create my own. The fees are low, 1% only when I am converting assets. As a CSD coin holder I could share in any profits they generate, 50% of those 1% fees. They have multiple options including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Et...

Lots of people want to try investing in the crypto space but there are so many options it’s overwhelming.  Safinus  is going to allow experienced investors create portfolios that any other investor can follow. The experienced investor can earn profit by sharing his portfolio with other users. New crypto investors will have confidence following the experienced trader’s portfolios due to the blockchains earnings authentication method of tracking the profits generated. The most successful portfolios will have huge followings and Safinus is allowing worldwide registrations. So within this platform the trader may have worldwide clients following the portfolio. Another interesting feature of Safinus is how traders can operate on multiple currency exchanges simultaneously as the platform will unify the exchanges interface. This can be extremely helpful when looking for opportunities across exchanges. One reason to be optimistic is that the project already hit their $500,...

If you are following my blog you know that I am no expert at crypto or investing. I’m just a normal guy looking to get in early on some interesting blockchain projects. The Streamity ( https://streamity.org/en ) project is creating a crypto exchange that acts P2P (person to person) removing any middle man. Their platform using blockchain and smart contracts will allow buyers and sellers to bypass any intermediaries. Here are three of things that stood out hen reviewing their website: They are making it simple by allowing you to buy and sell crypto in just a few clicks. Within the platform their interface will allow communication between buyer and seller using smart contracts and blockchain. The platform will offer a wide range of cryptocurrencies right from the start. It will support major coins like BTC and ETH but also more coins allowing you to create a diversified portfolio. Low fees – since they are making this a P2P exchange there are no intermediaries slowing things down...