MapScraping Launch: Your Google Maps Scraping Directory Service
Hello everyone, I'm Anne Reyes, along with my co-founders Ralph Xandier and Pablo Abello, I am thrilled to officially announced the launch of MapScraping - the internet's definitive, dedicated directory for Google Maps Scraping Tools.
For years, Ralph, Pablo, and I worked as VAs for SaaS founders, and we experienced the frustration firsthand in choosing the right map scraping tool was a headache. Every company claimed they were the best, and there was no single, unbiased resource to compare features, reliability, and real-world results. We realized that if we struggled, so did countless B2B owners, lead generation specialists, and developers relying on accurate Point-of-Interest (POI) data.
That's why we build this platform. MapScraping is not just another listing site but it is a curated resource, built by power users, for power users. We hand-select and recommend solutions, and our real-time comparison engine relies entirely on authentic user reviews.
Our goal is simple: to make discovering, comparing, and choosing the absolute best Google Maps scraper easy and accessible, ensuring your maximize your ROI on every data project.
We believe that data extraction shouldn't be complex. Stop wasting time on endless searches with company-focused results. Visit MapScraping today to find the perfect tool to power your market research and lead generation campaigns.
We look forward to being your strategic partner in data extraction!
Anne Reyes, Co Founder and CEO, MapScraping.
Difficulty of Transferring BCH from Coins.Ph to Bitcoin.Com Wallet
Introduction:
This is based on my very own experience, at first I was confident that it is easy to transfer my Bitcoin Cash funds from Coins.ph to my Bitcoin.com wallet but despite all the trials I made I failed to transfer my BCH from Coins.ph to Bitcoin.com wallet.
I just want to share my own experience, although I maybe wrong with my process but this is based on my experience and I am willing to accept if ever I got some mistakes.
My own experience maybe different from your experience in transferring BCH funds from Coins.ph to Bitcoin.com wallet but this is just to make other cryptocurrency user, be aware with what I experienced so far.
Reasons Why I Need to Transfer Funds from Coins.Ph to Bitcoin.com Wallet:
The main reasons why I need to transfer my BCH funds from Coins.Ph to my Bitcoin.com wallet is because of the fact that I need to renew my PhilNews.XYZ domain and one of the way to top up my Namecheap funds is through the use of cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin.com wallet is one of the wallet accepted by Namecheap through Bitpay as source of funds, particularly using Bitcoin Cash as currencies approved by Bitpay and Namecheap.
Sources of My Funds:
Although I already used the crytocurrency payment in purchasing a domain name at Namecheap but I forgot about the process. I already wrote an article about it earlier through my Read.Cash article titled "https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/renewing-buying-domains-using-bch-with-namecheap-04b4c90c" but unfortunately I forgot to read and review my article.
Due to time constraint and the fact that my domain will be expiring a few hours before I knew it, I failed to remember the process on how I was able to pay my domain before. The easiest part of renewing a domain is through my Bitcoin.com wallet, but I failed to remember this process.
Owning my Own Mistake:
I have some mistake on the process of renewing my domain name from Namecheap, instead of sticking to Bitcoin.com wallet which is an easier way to top up my Namecheap funds.
The Process I Made to Renew my Domain:
At first I forgot to fund my Paypal and I don't have enough funds from my Bitcoin.com wallet, so I decided to add some funds through GCash.
Before adding funds to GCash I already decided to top up my Namecheap funds through one of the GCash option wherein we can add Paypal funds through American Express debit card option but unluckily it wasn't available during this time.
Adding GCash through Palawan Pawnshop:
I added GCash funds through the free facilities provided by Palawan Pawnshop, I deposited around P800.00 free of charge because the funds I need to top up my Namecheap fund is around $13.00. A few seconds after I deposited GCash funds, the amount already reflected to my GCash account.
Having enough funds from GCash is now easy for me to add funds through Debit Card provided by American Express but unluckily the feature was unavailable during this time.
Transferring GCash Funds to Coins.Ph:
Due to my failure of not adding my Paypal Funds through GCash and American Express, I decided to transfer my GCash Funds to Coins.Ph, this time around it cost me around P15.00 of transferring my GCash funds to my Coins.ph account. I only transfer P600.00 worth of GCash funds to Coins.ph and converted it to BCH.
Due to the fact that I forgot that I used Bitcoin.com wallet earlier in renewing my domain, I also transfer at least $4.00 worth of BCH to Coins.ph. The result was indeed frustrating due to the low exchange rate in converting BCH to peso account.
Trying to Pay BCH to Namecheap Through Coins.Ph
I was able to combine my BCH earnings from Bitcoin.com and the converted peso account into BCH from GCash and I thought it could be easily be accepted by Namecheap but all my efforts were in vain.
The BCH amount from Coins.Ph was not accepted by Namecheap through Bitpay, so I decided to transfer again my BCH funds from Coins.Ph to Bitcoin.com, because I remembered the process on how to renew my domain easily through Bitcoin.com.
Problem Arise in Transferring BCH Funds from Coins.Ph to Bitcoin.com:
This is the worst part of my process in adding funds to my Namecheap account, I tried several times in transferring my BCH funds to Bitcoin.com as it failed several times.
I received numerous confirmation SMS from Coins.Ph but the result was really frustrating because they keep on saying that the Bitcoin Cash Address was incorrect.
As I keep on researching on what possible solutions to be made from transferring my BCH funds from Coins.ph to Bitcoin.com wallet, I realize that is indeed easy to transfer funds from other sources and be deposited into Coins.ph but in terms of transferring funds from Coins to other wallet, the process always failed.
In order to find other solutions on how I can transfer funds from Coins.ph to other external wallet, I also used by Coinbase Wallet, Klever Wallet and Electron Wallet but all failed to transfer the funds.
Based on experience also, it took around 1-2 hours before the BCH amount from external domain to be reflected into my Coins.ph account, but the experience is indeed satisfying despite the delay in transfer. I share my experience through this article "https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/transfering-bch-from-bitcoincom-wallet-to-coinsph-needs-2-4-hours-e92b69b7"
The Solution I Made:
Due to the fact that I might lose my domain which is already seven years old, I keep on researching and decided to give up on paying my domain through the cryptocurrency option.
I stumbled upon a YouTube video about the possibility of adding Paypal funds through the newly updated Maya app or previously known as Paymaya.
This is last option that I made but I have to admit that I might lose some money through this option because I need to re-convert my Coins.ph BCH funds into a peso account and transferred it to Paymaya.
I transferred the converted and remaining P780.00 into Paymaya which runs smoothly and immediately reflected to my account. With the needed funds, I was able to transfer my Maya balance into a newly created virtual Maya MasterCard Debit Card.
The process was smoothly done and I was able to top up my Namecheap funds to pay for the $13.16 renewal pay for the domain name PhilNews.XYZ.
Conclusion:
This is just my experience on how I was able to pay for the renewal on of my domain and the difficulties I face in transferring my BCH funds from Coins.ph into my Bitcoin.com wallet.
I strongly suggest to my fellow bloggers who have their own domain to make some research first, so that you will not experience the hardships that I encountered during the last few hours.
If you have a different experience in transferring your BCH funds from Coins.Ph to other external wallets, please feel free to add your experience below.
Thank you once again for reaching this far, I truly appreciate your effort of reading my article on this platform.
At your service,
Phil Newsome of PhilNews.xyz aka Ed Umbao of PhilNews.Ph
Pros & Cons of Hosted & Self-Hosted Blog
Introduction:
Blogging is considered by some veteran writers as a lucrative source of income for the past few years but there's a huge difference between blogging using a self-hosted and a hosted blog that many are not aware of.
There are pros and cons of hosted and self-hosted blog, most newbie bloggers thought that blogging is just simply writing something and expecting people to read their blogs and there's a lot of misconceptions in terms of blogging.
I have wrote about the hard truth about blogging for money in my last article, wherein I discussed about the realities on the ground particularly the competitions from video vlogging in YouTube and on Tiktok.
Blogging came from the root word "Web Log" which also means that blogging evolved from a simple website log of various writers posted on their personal website or any blogging platform such as Blogger.com from Google, Wordpress.com, and other blogging platform that dominated the blogging world since the early 2000's.
In this article I will list down all the pros and cons of a hosted and self-hosted blog which will surely surprise some newbie bloggers who thought at first that blogging is easy as peanuts.
There are lots of blogging gurus out there who teaches how to blog but in reality they are just using their voice to entice newbie bloggers and enthusiasts to follow their lead without really giving all the details regarding the difficulties of building a blog and online audiences.
Most bloggers will only share the tip of the icebergs in terms of blogging, there are free tools to use but maybe because of the need to earn money from blogging we are overwhelmed with numerous affiliate offerings from those bloggers.
There are bloggers also who already make a living using some free platforms but they are not willing to share their secrets and techniques on how to make money online through blogging.
I have been blogging both self-hosted and hosted blog for the past decades, I encountered lots of challenges, although right now, I am not earning that much compared to the time when the competition against vloggers and platforms like Tiktok were not that tough.
In this article, I will enumerate all the pros and cons of blogging, why is it that hard to compete against self-hosted blogs and why there's a need for us to at least invest some money in terms of blogging.
What are Hosted and Self-Hosted Blogs?
Hosted blogs are blogs that are provided by companies such as Google hosted blogs like Blogger.com or Blogspot.com, Wordpress.com blogs, Wix.com, Tumblr and Medium.org to name a few.
This kind of blogs are free but controlled by the companies behind those sites, monetization are limited and anytime your blog could be deleted by the company if you violates their rules.
Hosted blogs are owned by the company and not by the bloggers themselves, most of these blogs were tied to the companies because the domain still belongs to the parent company who literally owned the blog.
Self-hosted blogs on the other hand are literally owned by the bloggers themselves, it costs some money in terms of monthly hosting fees and the domain name fees but everything are all under the control of the blog owner.
It is also easy to managed compared to the hosted blogs where there's a lot of limitations in terms of blog management, particularly the look and feel of the blog.
Here's the Pros of Hosted & Self-Hosted Blogging:
1. Primary advantage or pros of Hosted Blogs is you don't need pay for hosting and it's all for free but for making money online, it is indeed a challenge for Hosted blogs.
2. For Self-Hosted blogs you have all the control and authority over all you content and bloggers should have no fear of losing their sites and all their articles.
3. Hosted blogs are easy to start, because everything are provided by the company who owned the blog, although there are some limitations but it is already good for newbie blogger to explore the world of blogging.
4. Self-hosted blog is more of a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) solution. Bloggers should buy their own domain, pay for the monthly hosting, install the free content management system (CMS) software provided by WordPress.org, although slightly complicated but gives more flexibility as we can do pretty much everything we like on self-hosted blogs.
5. Hosted blogs are considered low cost or for some bloggers no cost at all, you can start a basic blog through Blogger.com, Wix.com or Wordpress.com for free.
6. Hosted blogs are simple and easy to use, it's quick and easy to create a blog and we don't have to worry about the technical side of things such as hosting, maintenance and software updates.
Here's the Cons of Hosted and Self-Hosted Blogs:
1. For hosted blogs there are hidden extras, although it is possible to get a hosted blog for free, there are charges for anything above and beyond. If you want to owned the domain for Blogger.com blog you have to pay for it.
2. If you want to upgrade the design or your hosted blog, or if you want extra functionality or wanted to make from it, you have to pay for extra. You have to pay also if you want to remove ads from your blog, so what started as a "free blog" can get expensive in the long run.
3. There's lack of functionality for hosted blog, because you are restricted to what you can do with your blog. There are restrictions also for hosted blogs, you are restricted by the platform's terms of service which means that you can't do what you like with your blog.
4. Lack of Control for hosted blog, you are at the mercy of your hosting platform, if they decide to make changes that affects your blog, they can do that, and you don' really have a whole lot to say in it.
5. There's lack of support for hosted blogging platform, if you have a problem with your host, you are pretty much stuck to them and with some lower levels of of hosted blogging, there is actually no support at all.
6. For self-hosted blogs there are few disadvantages because bloggers will take control of everything from hosting to managing the blog through WordPress.org and there's a lot of support from the community. If you have a problem with one aspects of your self-hosted blogs, you can easily change it, without affecting the other side of your blogging needs.
7. Self-hosted blogs have a complete set of flexibility and there are no real limits, you can make your blog look how you want and add any functionality.
8. It is also easy to monetize your blog if it is self-hosted and with self-host, you have total control over you blog, and no one can make a change to your blog unless you let them.
9. Self-hosted blogs can use thousands of plugins that you can get for free that will allow you to do almost anything you want with your blog and most of all self-hosted blogs are better for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Conclusion:
Hosted vs. Self-Hosted Blog, which is best for your blog, the answer is pretty simple, if you are certain that blogging is just for fun for you and you don't have any plans to expand it into a side-business or money from it, then you can go for hosted blogs.
However, if you are starting a blog and looking forward for making it as a side hustles or some sort of extra income or growing a business, I would definitely advise you to start a self-hosted WordPress blogs, it cost some penny but it will surely worth it in the long run.
For starter, you can still write and earn some money through various platforms like the one you are reading right now, if you don't have the finances right now, just do some research and learn to write your first article here on Read.Cash to earn some extra money while discovering on how to make a blog through WordPress.org.
Thanks a lot for reading this article and I am looking forward for more articles to come, as I am willing to share my experience and learning curve as a blogger for a decade now.
Don't forget to share it with your friends and relatives, let us all produce articles and let everybody know that there is indeed money online through blogging.
At your service, Ed Umbao of PhilNews.Ph aka BantayanIsland here at Read.Cash.
The Hard Truth About Blogging for Money
Introduction:
Blogging for money is not that easy as what most bloggers claimed due to the advent of various social media distractions and the competition right now is so stiff compared to the year 2010-2016. This article is not meant to discourage you to blog, but this article is meant to encourage you and at the same time for you to accept the realities on the ground.
This article is not meant to discredit all the bloggers out there who are already making a decent income online through blogging with the use of free blogging platform such as Read.Cash and other websites.
I just wanted to share the hard truth about blogging based on my very own experience. This is not to discourage everybody but just to remind them the realities on the ground and they should study every suggestions and be open minded.
Blogging for Money is Not that Easy:
Blogging for money is not an easy job even if you would consider yourself that you're already passionate with what you are doing, some bloggers will not accept this fact, but if we really wanted to help our fellow bloggers succeed, we should also be willing to share the hard realities on the ground and tell the truth.
As a blogger since the year 2010, when I first wrote an article online being paid by my friend who blogged since the year 2006, in fact his blog is still working fine right now, I think, it is part of my obligations to the community of bloggers to tell the truth about blogging.
Working as a part-time blogger since December 2010 while finishing my contract as a factory worker in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, I think is enough already to share my thoughts about blogging.
In blogging you need to invest not just your time and efforts in writing but prankly speaking you have to invest for the domain name, the monthly recurring expenses for web hosting and of course your internet connection fees.
Reasons Why Blogging for Money is Not that Easy:
There are lots of reasons why blogging for money is not that easy and I listed some of the reasons below, we may differ in opinions but, I fell the need to share it with you anyway.
1. Monthly recurring expenses is indeed expensive if you are just starting your self-hosted blog as you need to pay for webhosting which ranges from $4.00-$8.000 monthly aside from the yearly domain name registration and renewal worth around $10-15.00.
2. Even with the presence of free blogging site such as Blogger.com, Wix.com, Medium.com and this platform Read.Cash and Noise.Cash. There's a lot of challenge for this platform unlike the self-hosted Wordpress Blog.
3. For beginners and would-be bloggers who are already starting with Read.Cash and other platforms, it is indeed easy at first but in terms of consistency we should consider our availability. Making money is not that easy as what other bloggers claimed based on their own experience as they did not considered the efforts made during the time when they are blogging.
4. Passion for writing is good for bloggers but the motivation of making money will always haunts them for sure, but they are just in denial of this fact. I am not criticizing those bloggers who are already making a decent income in this platform, what we are doing here is just exposing the realities on the ground.
5. Competition in blogging is really tough. During the time when I started blogging, there are only few bloggers out there and the YouTube vloggers are not that popular way back the year 2010-16 compared to nowadays wherein vloggers dominated our social media sphere.
6. Mainstream news media companies and corporations have dedicated people assigned to write a blog for their companies, which are considered to be competing against home-based bloggers and they are not that easy to beat in terms of search engine optimization for they are well-funded.
7. Video vlogging dominates over website blogging with the advent of YouTube, Facebook Video, and of course the most dominant service of all, Tiktok video-sharing platform.
8. Readers have change their habits of reading into just viewing videos in terms of consuming information online. It is really hard to competed against individuals with the same topics when they presented their information in terms of video format.
9. Advertisers seems to favor video blogging compared to website blogging as a whole, bloggers earned money through advertising and affiliate marketing but this methods of making money online already focused their efforts to video vlogging instead of the usual website blogging.
10. Recommendation technology employed by Tiktok is way more powerful compared to the usual search engine optimization technology used by Google and Facebook which resulted into poor showing of results to all bloggers thereby causing for a decline in revenue.
Conclusion:
You may agree with me or not with the conclusions I made over blogging for money, but we should also be aware of the fact that should be known by everybody particularly people who are interested in blogging.
I am not using this platform to criticize all the bloggers out there who are already making a decent income online even without spending money in terms of hosting their own site but in terms of consistency, I bet they will realize sooner or later how difficult it is to make money online relying on services they don't really owned.
Some of you might question my opinion regarding making money online through blogging because you have already earned a decent income online through various means but in reality, did you really owned this service, if not, then you are at the mercy of those companies.
Prankly speaking if you are one of those who reached this part of the article, your motivation for writing is not just because you are passionate about writing but there's always some part of you who really wanted to make money online.
I have been absent for such a long while in this platform because I am having my own personal life and a day to day job but in terms of experience, you can visit my profile and know more about me.
If you are still reluctant and don't believe with my opinion, we have our own right. I am BantayanIsland, aka Ed Umbao of PhilNews.ph. You can also find all my written articles being cited by Wikipedia since the year 2010.
Thanks a lot and more power to all of us.
Done Something About BCH that Discourages Me to Blog But Totally Change My Life
Introduction:
As a blogger, it is already my passion to write something interesting about my niche, but an interesting turn of events and some mistakes with my blogging journey involving Bitcoin Cash leads me into discouragement and losing interest in a particular topic.
I have been blogging in the news and current events niche for the past 10 years but blogging a different but interesting niche hooked me up and due to some faster monetary gains, I failed to update the news blog that affected me greatly in terms of monthly earnings.
Last January 19, 2021, I discovered a blogging site that rewarded me with Bitcoin Cash cryptocurrency, and this is where I am writing right now, but I have done something, which I considered as a big mistake for a beginner like me to commit that ultimately leads me into discouragement and losing interest in my blogging career as a whole.
How I Discovered a Blogging Niche with Instant Rewards:
Being a blogger, it is already my daily routine to check for some interesting news bits online, and one of my sources is the world's largest video-sharing site YouTube.
As I watch various topics, I discovered an interesting video about making money online easily with a Twitter-like platform that rewarded its users with tips for interesting topics they shared. This particular site is the popular Noise.cash platform.
I immediately jumped on the bandwagon last January and joined Noise.Cash, after just a few minutes of logging into my account and how to set up my wallet through Coins.ph, a series of notifications was sent to my phone informing me of incoming transactions rewarding me with some Bitcoin Cash satoshis.
During my stay with Noise.Cash there were some messages regarding an online blogging platform that also rewards its users with some BCH and this platform went online first when compared to the Twitter-like platform but this site reward was way better compared to Noise.Cash.
**My Blogging Journey with Read.Cash:**
I started blogging with this blogging platform by sharing my experience as a blogger wherein I shared my story on how I was able to make at least $200.00 per month through blogging with zero capital. https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/how-i-made-20000-per-month-through-blogging-with-zero-capital-57bdadfb
My first blog with Read.Cash only generated at least $0.43 with just 39 views but it is indeed already undeniable proof that this platform really worked for me and probably will also work for newbie bloggers.
The second article surprised me with some decent earnings as it earned at least $6.30 with just 68 views. This time around I told the story about how I started blogging using one of the world's most popular blogging platforms, Blogspot. https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/how-i-started-blogging-using-blogspot-41e6d923
I wrote at least five articles first on Read.Cash before I was able to introduce myself, which is self-explanatory, why we should introduce ourselves to our readers. Introducing Myself was also my best-viewed article with more than 120 views already and generated at least $4.30 so far. https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/introducing-myself-the-blogger-behind-philnewsxyz-81cb727d
Since joining this platform last January 19 and for being absent in the last few weeks, I was able to generate at least $159.82 worth of Bitcoin Cash. The most valued article, I've ever published on this platform was the article titled "Domain Registrars Accepting Bitcoin Cash to Build Our Website" which is worth around $12.07 in terms of BCH during the time it was published. https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/domain-registrars-accepting-bitcoin-cash-to-build-our-website-adaf9525
What I Have Done that Discourages Me to Blog?
The last article that I wrote on this platform was published more than three weeks ago and before the last article, I was absent for more than one month, the reasons behind this were the discouragement brought about by my blogging journey and the hectic schedules as a full-time government worker.
Listed below are some of the reasons that Affected Me Why I Was Discourage to Blog.
**1. Time Management**
I failed to adjust with my schedules and daily routine as a casual government employee wherein I was assigned as a field worker, unlike before that I was assigned in the Information Technology Department wherein I was able to write from time to time or during my vacant schedules.
Upon arriving from home due to daily visits to communities in far-flung areas, I felt tired and immediately fall asleep without any time opening my laptop or blogging something about BCH and any other topics.
**2. Unreachable Signals**
As a field worker in the government workforce there are areas in some of the far-flung islets wherein cellular phone signals are dead and the need for internet connection are indeed a burden for us, so I lost control with my time and used to having no internet signals at all during the weekdays of immersion to some villages.
**3. Writer's Block**
I believe that there will surely come a time, even for seasoned bloggers like that writer's block will invade my way of thinking. Every writer has talked about writer's block but most of them still managed to publish a novel.
Despite all the difficulties that occurred in my blogging journey, there are times that we can't think of what to write but based on experience, we will get there eventually if we only managed to start writing at hand. If it is really difficult try to write something straight for three minutes and ideas will surely come to mind.
**4. Bloggers on Read.Cash Are Competent Enough:**
This is one of the things that discourages me to write, I perceived that all the veteran bloggers here in this community are competent and consistent enough and it's hard to get their attention.
I also believe that every single blogger, whether here on other platforms took enough time to position themselves and get to where they are today. Every blogger we considered as veterans were once in the same position as us. Indeed success doesn't come overnight, if they can do it, so we can.
Conclusion:
**Blogging is Really Hard Therefore Don't Quit:**
As a blogger it is indeed very hard to write, it is not fun and games at all, because it requires hard work, long hours of work, and most of all constant attention and intense dedication.
I believe as a blogger that I can do it, you can do it also, let us all not be discouraged when we face all the challenges in blogging.
Thanks a lot and more power.
Phil Newsome aka IslaBantayan
The Gifting Economy of Bitcoin Cash Really Works
Introduction:
The strategy of Bitcoin Cash curators and communities providing a so-called gifting economy really worked in favor of all the users of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency asset in the world today.
As a new user of BCH, It was introduced to me through a YouTube vlog showing how we can make money through various cryptocurrencies and in particular a platform providing an avenue for bloggers or non-bloggers to write a Twitter-like post, and in return, you will receive free tips from other users.
This is what we called in the online community the gifting economy which is proliferated and getting tractions and popularity with the use of Bitcoin Cash through Noise.Cash and this platform.
How I Was Convinced to Join this Community?
Without the so-called gifting feature of this platform and its sister site, I would not found any interest in sharing my experiences and articles through this site, because no matter how much we deny about our monetary motivation, in reality, it will always come out.
I join this community, frankly speaking, was due to the fact that it is an easier way to earned some cents compared to what I was doing before, or what I was usually doing as a blogger using both WordPress.Org and the free blogging platform, Blogger.com which is owned by Google.
In just a few articles, I was able to earn some dollars which are way better compared to the efforts and time I invested in my blogging journey with both my self-hosted blog and the Google-hosted blog.
In this community, I could earn some dollars in just a few days or within one week of writing one article four times a week. When compared to my blogging journey before, I need to write at least 5-10 articles per day just to compete against bigger blogs.
BCH and This Community Are Helping People Everywhere:
For newbie bloggers, the Bitcoin Cash platforms and their community are really helping each other which resulted in what do we call a gifting economy.
Most users on this platform are happy to help newbie bloggers in terms of tips, encouragement, and suggestions on how to improve our craft. Some veterans here are even using their power and influence to encourage the newcomers to stay on this platform.
There are lots of communities here wherein you can find help in any topics of your choice or any problems you encounter. All we need to do is be open with our problems and challenges and be ready to also accept constructive criticisms on our various projects.
With BCH There is Always Freedom to Help:
As days went by, most users here in this community realized that in the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, we get rewarded by helping others or encouraging others to stay in this community and be active with the conversations.
There is always what we called as a networking variable, wherein if you tip and engage others who are already present in this community, they will surely come to you as well in the future or in realities, those people whom we helped during the early days of their blogging journey will certainly find ways to return back the favor to our fellow users.
Based on history there were times in various parts of the world wherein human instincts always prevailed. In various farming communities, if a certain farmer spent his resting time helping the community, the community in return would then go back and help the farmer when it was the harvesting season.
This kind of basic human character is indeed visible in this community, when we help other writers, we will see in the future that many writers will end up helping us, this is already proven during the first few months of this community's operations featuring Bitcoin Cash.
The Gifting Economy:
The gifting economy is one of the few things that Bitcoin Cash made some resounding success and became popular in the online world and in the complicated world of cryptocurrency.
Based on the definition, a gifting economy is a type of economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards.
The gifting economy worked in contrast with the barter economy or a market economy, where goods and services are primarily explicitly exchanged for the value received instantly or in the future.
With the introduction of Bitcoin Cash and various platforms involving Bitcoin Cash, the gifting economy is visible in the BCH communities. Most users are writing to help other users or for the benefit of the communities without expecting something in return.
As human beings, we are always expecting something in return but with Bitcoin Cash, we can never be sure of how much we earned in the near future but one thing for sure there will always be someone who will reward you based on your efforts of helping the community grow.
Conclusion:
Bitcoin Cash and the entire community of BCH believers and users believed in the so-called gifting economy wherein we strive to help each other without expecting something in return.
As BCH users, we tend to extend help to newcomers and even veterans who helped us in any way possible. Helping doesn't necessarily come out from giving tips to the users in terms of monetary contributions.
We can help each other through encouragement and words of inspiration for them to continue their journey of also helping our fellow Bitcoin Cash users and believers.
Until next time, I'm always here at your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
9 Reasons Why We Should Not Stop Blogging About Bitcoin Cash
Introduction:
Blogging is considered as one of the toughest jobs nowadays with the advent of various platforms but there is an exemption with regards to the topics involving Bitcoin Cash, we should not stop blogging about BCH for some reasons and I listed the top 9 reasons why we need to keep on blogging about this cryptocurrency.
I started blogging way back in December 2010 with the self-hosted platform WordPress.Org and since then, I considered it as my side-hustle. Aside from WordPress.Org, I also blogged using Blogspot.com and WordPress.com, but two months ago, I discovered this blogging platform read.cash that kept me hooked.
Blogging is not that easy, as I mentioned earlier in my previous blog post that I almost quit blogging due to some criticisms about bad grammar, but I keep on holding on just to prove once and for all that it's not the grammar that counts but our ability to share whatever talents we have.
Without further ado, I will share with you my nine (9) reasons why we should not stop blogging about Bitcoin Cash:
1. Bitcoin Cash is Constantly Attack by BTC Maximalist:
In the latest tweet posted by Mega Founder Kim Dotcom, he joined a Clubhouse full of Bitcoin Maximalists and he was moved on stage and was asked why he supported Bitcoin Cash.
The merits of the argument according to Kim were so powerful that the laser-eyed Bitcoin crowd wanted to burn it off the internet without success.
**Watch How Kim Dotcom Stood His Ground in Supporting BCH:**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sazdLVyH6Fs&t=818s
2. Bitcoin Cash Got Elon Musk's Attention:
With the help of Kim Dotcom on Twitter, Bitcoin Cash got the attention of Elon Musk after the billionaire posted on Twitter that anybody can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin.
Kim Dotcom responded to Elon Musk tweet challenging the Tesla founder to try and buy soda with Bitcoin so that he will found out that Bitcoin's median fee is at $8.92 while Bitcoin Cash only needs $0.001 in terms of transaction fees. Elon Musk then responded by saying "Fair Point."
**Read here how Elon Musk discover Bitcoin Cash** https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/elon-musk-agrees-with-kim-dotcom-about-bch-having-advantage-over-btc-057e92bf
3. Bitcoin Cash is Digital Cash Supported by Prominent Crypto Enthusiasts
Bitcoin Cash is the real Bitcoin with its purpose as digital cash supported by prominent cryptocurrency enthusiasts which include Bitcoin Jesus Roger Ver and Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom.
According to Roger, Bitcoin Cash is a civilization-changing technology that will dramatically increase human freedom and prosperity. He is one of the founding fathers and promoter of Bitcoin. He founded Bitcoin.com, now considered the most popular wallet using Bitcoin Cash with millions of BCH users using the Bitcoin.com wallet.
Aside from Roger Ver and Kim Dotcom, other prominent cryptocurrency enthusiasts supporting Bitcoin Cash are George Donnely, Marco Oliveira, Jeffrey Tucker, and read.cash top donor Marc DeMesel.
4. Bitcoin Cash is Serving the Real Vision of Satoshi Nakamoto:
Satoshi Nakamoto, the man or people behind the first cryptocurrency Bitcoin, stated in his abstract the main purpose of Bitcoin which will serve as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
According to Nakamoto Bitcoin is a purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash that would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.
Satoshi's vision is for Bitcoin to become a fast, secure, worldwide peer to peer electronic cash system with low processing fees and this no longer applicable nowadays with Bitcoin because of high processing fees but with Bitcoin Cash this system is still applicable with a fraction of a cents in processing fees.
5. Bitcoin Cash Transactions is Undervalued But Faster in Transactions:
Bitcoin Cash is undervalued according to some cryptocurrency enthusiasts and most people are anticipating for the values to go higher as much as $1000 a coin in the next few months.
In terms of transactions, Bitcoin Cash processed over 100 transactions per second when compared to Bitcoin which can only process 3-7 transactions per second with higher gas fees. The transaction fees of BTC fluctuates between $5.00 and $50.00 compared to the under $0.01 transaction fees for BCH.
Based on the latest data from crypto analysts Bitcoin Cash is already doing 120% of the transaction volume than Bitcoin does, but it is only valued at 1% of the current Bitcoin valuation. As of posting time, April 2, 2021, Bitcoin is now valued at $58,937.00 ranked No.1 in Coinmarket Cap while Bitcoin Cash is valued at $553.00 ranked at No. 14 in the Coin Market Cap rankings.
6. Bitcoin Cash Community Help Each Other:
The Bitcoin Cash community helps each other particularly in the blogging world with the adoption of sites like read.cash and noise.cash, the BCH community grew stronger day by day.
In terms of helping each other, most users of this community tend to help those beginners who are just new to BCH as they keep lecturing about the importance of cryptocurrency and its day-to-day uses.
Two months ago, I am just a beginner here but to some encouragements and inspirations from my fellow authors I was able to learn a lot about BCH, in fact, is not only BCH that I learned but also other cryptocurrencies which is a good indication that we are not just limiting ourselves to one crypto but we are given the freedom to choose in which crypto we should support.
One of the most popular communities here on read.cash is the Club1BCH which aims to help each other in achieving their goals of hodling at least 1BCH. This virtual community provides tips and suggestions on how to accumulate BCH through promotion and adoption in the real world.
7. Bitcoin Cash Promotes Resiliency
Bitcoin Cash is accepted by over 100,000 merchants online worldwide because of the lower transaction fees resulting in borderless transactions that will surely promote resiliency among users worldwide.
Due to the uncensorable character of BCH, no account can be frozen and it cannot be shut down by any government because we can transact peer-to-peer electronic cash without a middleman, so there's no need for banks.
In times of emergencies, BCH will surely help the community live a resilient lifestyle and we can easily live back to normal if we have our own BCH account at the palms of our hands.
There is no need for more middlemen and any organizations to help those who are in need particularly our brothers in Africa because BCH will do everything for them in terms of electronic cash transfer to survive calamities and pandemics.
8. Blogging About Bitcoin Cash Needs No Capital:
In the world of blogging it is not an easy job to become a blogger because you need enough time and effort before you can gain something in terms of popularity and monetary gains.
I have been blogging since the year 2010, but it took me six months to 1 year before I was able to monetize my blog. Before monetizing my blog with Google Adsense, I posted at least 50 articles before it was approved which took a lot of time for me to finished.
**See Also:** **Almost Quit Blogging Due to Criticisms on Bad Grammar** https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/almost-quit-blogging-due-to-criticisms-on-bad-grammar-450a605c
I also worked day and night just to accumulate enough dollars to buy for a domain and at the same time hosting fees, that's the reason why I decided to blog also with Blogspot for free hosting provided by Google.
When compared to read.cash today, blogging about Bitcoin Cash needed no capital at all because there's a website where we can post our articles. Unike blogging before, you need to learn a little bit of HTML and some knowledge about CMS such as blogger.com and Wordpress.org.
9. Blogging on read.cash Earns Compound Interests:
Physicist and prominent scientist Albert Einstein was once asked what is mankind's greatest invention was, he replied "compound interest." There are even claim that Einstein called compound interest as the "8th Wonder of the World."
Now that we know the importance of compound interest, let us now discuss its relations to Bitcoin Cash. Let us never underestimate compounding particularly in the platform like read.cash as we could earn more and money with this platform.
In this community, we can compound our articles and subscribers. Whenever we write our article, it is added to the already growing list of articles we created, even if only a few of this article makes money, our articles and credibility are bound to increase.
With the number of subscribers, each subscriber we gain, it will be compounded as our subscribers can direct traffic to our blog. It is indeed the power of compounding that will bring greater visibility.
The above-mentioned lists are my personal thoughts and not financial advice, always do your own research and be prepared to make some adjustments.
Promoting Bitcoin Cash to the community is not that easy and it takes a lot of time but with proper guidance and inspiration, we will surely reap the rewards.
Thanks a lot and more power.
At your service,
PhilNewsome aka IslaBantayan (EdUmbao of PhilNews.Ph)
Thank you so much @Marc DeMesel for the upvotes you made on my two articles. It's such an honor for me to get your attention. Looking forward for more inspiration from you.
YouTuber Reveals Reasons Why Bangkok Merchants Prefers Bitcoin Cash Over Bitccoin
Internet sensation and prominent Bitcoin Cash supporter David Bond shared his experience of using Bitcoin Cash while in Bangkok, Thailand revealing an interesting trend about BCH and why it won the hearts of most merchants in Thailand.
The experience of controversial YouTuber David Bond was shared on his official YouTube account wherein he tried to find merchants in Bangkok, Thailand to accept his Bitcoin as a form of payment but he ended up using his Bitcoin Cash account due to some circumstances.
In a video posted by David Bond last February 27, 2021, titled "Can you spend Bitcoin in Bangkok?" According to Bond, he is up to a challenge wherein he wanted to live a day without spending fiat currency but he will use cryptocurrency on his various activities for the day.
At the start of the video, David revealed to his loyal fans and supporters that spending Bitcoin cost a lot of money for him.
He just sent himself $20.00 worth of Bitcoin and paid around $10.00, costing around 30.00 in total because of the urgency of his activities. He don't want to wait for days for his transactions to appear so he decided to buy$20.00 with a $10.00 transaction fee.
Later on, David Bond complaint that his transactions were delayed on the blockchain despite having paid at least $10.00 in transaction fees. His complaint came out on video after more than 20 minutes of waiting.
The first merchant David Bond visited to use his Bitcoin (BTC) as a form of payment failed. He talked with the co-owner, of Barefood Bangkok named Taxina who shared his experience about cryptocurrency in Thailand.
According to Taxina her place Barefood Bangkok starts accepting cryptocurrency in 2013 as they accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Dash, but since the pandemic, they are now only accepting Dash Coin and Bitcoin Cash, he even received at least 1 million Baht of Dash Coin.
Right after eating, since the purpose of David Bond is to use the Bitcoin (BTC) but the transactions failed and the huge amount of transaction fees cost at least $6.00.
The popular YouTuber, David Bond, on his second try visited a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, and eat some foods with the place called Kinjo. This is just one of the restaurants accepting cryptocurrencies but the second place they visited to spend BTC also failed.
David Bond's third place to spend Bitcoin also failed because the owner told him that they prefer Bitcoin Cash because it is more easier and reliable to use when compared to Bitcoin (BTC).
David Bond and his companion also showed another place that accepted cryptocurrencies but upon entering the place, the owner told them that they are only accepting Bitcoin Cash, because Bitcoin is dangerous and most customers are using Bitcoin Cash so they prefer BCH as a form of transactions.
The YouTube blogger's mission is to convert BTC or spend BTC as a form of payment until they reached The Missing Burro which claimed to be the only place to accept Bitcoin (BTC).
A few moments later, David Bond finally showed the owner of the bar to pay for the drinks but both of them discovered the difficulties of transacting Bitcoin in Bangkok, Thailand.
According to Itzco, the owner of The Missing Burro, he is a big fan of cryptocurrency and his place started accepting Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Dash coins, since the introductions of the cryptocurrency.
During the payment transactions using Bitcoin (BTC), the transactions failed and at the same time, a relevant warning was posted on the Bitcoin.com wallet warning Bond that he will be spending a huge amount to pay for his drinks.
The owner of The Missing Burro also revealed during the conversations with David Bond that Dash is the most popular in Thailand but apparently Bitcoin Cash is now considered as the most used cryptocurrency in Bangkok, Thailand.
David Bond concluded on his latest video that his mission of spending Bitcoin (BTC) only in Bangkok, Thailand failed but on the other hand their experience proved once and for all that Bitcoin Cash really worked in Thailand as a form of payment for any day to day transactions.
David Bond is also here on Read.Cash with the user name @DavidBond but his last post was written a year ago. He is also present in Noise.Cash and here's the link to his account on Noise. https://noise.cash/u/DavidBond
Watch the Video of David Bond Sharing Experience in Bangkok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlYcTV2KW9Y
Meanwhile, in terms of merchants accepting Bitcoin Cash (BCH) there are lots of sellers who posted their address with the official Bitcoin.com map showing the number of merchants accepting Bitcoin Cash in Bangkok, Thailand.
In Thailand, Bitcoin.com wallet is not that popular compared to the local wallet which is Anypay. Most merchants in Thailand use Anypay for their payment using Bitcoin Cash in various transactions.
Anypay is considered as the simplest way to pay with digital cash in Thailand. They have their own free point-of-sale app which is used globally by merchants to accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, and other peer-to-peer payment options
Based on the popular website, **buybitcoinworldwide.com** there at least nine (9) exchanges to buy cryptocurrency in Thailand and there were at least 6 Bitcoin ATMs/Tellers were available in downtown Bangkok. Four ATMs can be found in Bangkok while Chiang Mai and Pattaya had one ATM respectively. https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/thailand/
The popular exchanges offering to buy and selling cryptocurrencies include Coinmama, Paybis, eToro, and Cex.io to name a few.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my article and hopefully in the near future the Philippines will follow the footsteps of Thailand in terms of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin Cash engagement.
At your service,
PhilNewsome aka BantayanIsland
Elon Musk Agrees with Kim Dotcom About BCH Having Advantage Over BTC
The world's richest person and considered by many as technology and industrial Icon, Elon Musk agrees that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has certain advantages compared to Bitcoin Core (BTC) after he was convinced by controversial entrepreneur Kim Dotcom on Twitter.
The statement of Elon Musk appeared on social media after his tweet, announcing that his company Tesla, made some history in the cryptocurrency world when it announced that the company now accepts Bitcoin as payments for the world-famous Tesla Electric Cars.
The announcement of Musk about the decision to accept Bitcoin in exchange for Tesla cars caught the attention of Kim Dotcom, one of the most vocal supporters of Bitcoin Cash as he tried to persuade Elon Musk that BCH is a much fairer deal when it comes to payments when compared to Bitcoin.
Elon Musk on his part agrees with the statement of Kim Dotcom who gave an example that Elon should try to buy a soda for himself and he will discover that Bitcoin's median fee is worth $8.92 but Bitcoin Cash is only worth $0.001 median fee in terms of payment.
According to Kim Dotcom, the world's richest man should realize that Bitcoin Cash serves the mass market, unlike Bitcoin, which is only for the top one percent.
The founder of Tesla and SpaceX then agreed with the arguments made by the Mega Upload founder as Musk responded by saying "Fair point."
Before the Twitter post of Elon Musk agreeing with Kim Dotcom, the automaker Tesla rejected using Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment in buying Tesla products.
Tesla earlier tweeted "Our Bitcoin digital wallet is not configured to detect or receive digital assets other than Bitcoin."
Although the tweet made by Tesla was already deleted by the company, the damage has been done to the company after some analysts revealed that BCH hitting its new all-time lows against Bitcoin was due to the public rejection of Tesla using BCH as a form of payment.
This is one of the reasons why BCH supporter Kim Dotcom took to Twitter and challenged Elon Musk to buy a soda with Bitcoin to experience the higher transfer fees and the unsuitability of Bitcoin to be used as peer-to-peer electronic cash as envisioned by Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto.
Kim Dotcom also burned down Twitter user Adam Back who called out the entrepreneur to be pragmatic because no one is going to use a product if it tries to push BCH on them. The veteran entrepreneur responded by saying that 96% of the population isn't into crypto yet, so BCH has the potential to capture the largest market.
The controversial internet figure also asked his critics to visit his website, https://whybitcoincash.com/ to learn more about cryptocurrency.
Based on the history of both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, the newly-minted crypto Bitcoin Cash is a spun off from the Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017 and since then, the crypto remained to challenged the legitimacy of Bitcoin as a peer to peer electronic cash for daily transactions.
Source: Kim Dotcom's Twitter.com
At your service,
PhilNewsome aka Ed Umbao
Earning Bitcoin Cash Through Tipb.ch Project But Twitter Allegedly Suppress Tweets
After the announcement made by the community of Bitcoin Cash enthusiasts about the highly anticipated project tipb.ch which is now trending on various social media platforms, I immediately jump onto the bandwagon and joined everybody else in this community to promote this project.
As a believer of the Bitcoin Cash cryptocurrency, it is indeed an interesting story to learn from my fellow BCH believers the newest development on this project.
The first thing I made was to install an Electron Cash web wallet for more secure transactions in the BCH blockchain as what I read earlier from a suggestion made by BCH community user @btcfork who suggested using the CashFusion project which I made an article earlier today.
I posted an article on how to download and install the Electron Cash wallet and even tested my wallet by sending some amount of Bitcoin Cash to my newly-created wallet.
Read the Article Here: https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/installing-electron-cash-wallet-utilizing-cashfusion-for-tipbch-1bb77673
I posted a tweet earlier today following all the instructions made by the Noise.Cash team but all my efforts were in vain. A few hours after I posted the tweet regarding the Tipb.ch project, there's no single tip that was credited to my Electron Cash account.
I search online and found some interesting articles about the possibility of problems arising from the project because this kind of project is not yet perfect as of posting time.
Although I see so many tweets being posted on the official website of tipb.ch showing the amounts of the tips they received from the bots of tipb.ch but on my case, nothing happened.
Upon searching online, I discovered a decent explanation from the official website of Noise.cash, regarding some possibilities that my tweets were hidden online, although my personal link surely does exist.
According to Noise.cash there are some instances wherein some tweets with the hashtags #bitcoincash or #BitcoinCash were hidden by Twitter on their search results and nowhere to be found except the official account of the person who made the tweet.
Right now, we have nothing to do with this kind of glitch from Twitter but the Noise.Cash is still working hard to solve this problem.
Here's the Explanations from Noise.cash:
Image Source: https://noise.cash/post/l9q6959r
There are some pieces of evidence and alleged reports from insiders that Twitter is allegedly trying to suppress the #BitcoinCash, not to be seen by most people, particularly those Bitcoin Cash supporters in various parts of the world.
An additional post of clarification, Noise.cash announed that they still manage to catch quite some posts on Twitter faucet, even before they disappear, but it's the best they can do so far for now.
Although we failed to receive some tips in the newest project introduced by the Noise.cash family, still as a believer of this community and the BCH community as a whole we should try to focus not on the things that we can benefit from but we should focus on the things that most people can benefit.
This time around, I will be posting my journey on how I managed to become a member a of tipb.ch as I walked through the process of joining this newly-created project.
How to Register to Tipb.Ch Project
Visit https://tipb.ch/
Click the Get Started Button at the upper right-hand portion of the website.
Create a Page by replacing the name with your chosen name, it must be more than three (3) letters to be accepted.
Add your Bitcoin Cash Address. You can use Electron Cash or Bitcoin.com wallet.
Hit Create
Finished, You'll have your instant customized BCH address.
How to Get a Tip from Tipb.ch?
In order to get a tip from the newest project of Noise.cash, you need to have your own Twitter account came in handy.
You should post a tweet promoting Bitcoin Cash to the community and always add the hashtag #BitCoinCash or #bitcoincash and your very own tipb.ch account. In my case, my tipb.ch account can be accessed through https://tipb.ch/edx https://tipb.ch/edex
Based on the explanations made by Noise Cash the idea for the said project is to promote Bitcoin Cash on Twitter and in return the Twitter user can use the tip for themselves.
Warning: For all BCH Lovers out there please read the warnings.
No impersonating other names
Posting nonsense tweets and promoting other cryptos aside from BCH.
Plagiarizing posts from other users.
DO NOT CHEAT on the System.
At your service,
Phil Newsome aka Ed Umbao
Installing Electron Cash Wallet Utilizing CashFusion for Tipb.ch
Upon the announcement of the newest Bitcoin Cash project for the BCH community, the tipb.ch project, a member of the BCH community suggested to utilized the CashFusion initiative to add more privacy to our Bitcoin Cash transactions.
The suggestion was originally posted by Read.Cash user @btcfork, one of the few BCH community users who also announced the arrival of https://tipb.ch, a project which aims to provide our own tipping address which we can send to people who want to tip us with Bitcoin Cash and will go directly to our chosen wallet address.
The BCH community user made some recommendations that we could transfer any tips that we get at the address we've set up, to an Electron Cash wallet and run the CashFusion coin mixing to increase our privacy.
What is CashFusion?
According to the website CashFusion.org, it is a fully decentralized privacy protocol that allows anyone to create multi-party transactions with other network participants. This process obscures our real spending and makes it difficult for chain-analysis companies to track our coins.
CashFusion is intended for confidential business purchases, personal, privacy, and increasing overall coin fungibility.
To know more about CashFusion, which claims that using their service restores your freedom to spend money the way you see it, you can visit the official Frequently Asked Questions of CashFusion.org through the link provided below.
https://cashfusion.org/faqs/
Downloading Electron Cash Utilizing CashFusion:
Before we can use the CashFusion tool, we need to download a wallet first that utilized CashFusion, and the only recommended wallet as of posting time is no other than the ElectronCash wallet.
ElectronCash wallet is available in Windows, Osx, Linux, Android, and iOS devices. Just click the download button from the official CashFusion website.
According to CashFusion.org, they are constantly working to bring fully decentralized privacy and fungibility to Bitcoin Cash and all donations are welcome and appreciated.
As a sign of appreciation to the people behind this awesome project, they really appreciate any donations to their project. You can donate to their good cause through the bitcoin cash address here: bitcoincash:qzgds6n6apj9jzrn9jqkcnmkx7ae3qpuaq0kqk5cxj
You can also scan their BCH QR code through their official website.
Before we can download the wallet recommended by CashFusion, you will then be re-directed to the official website of ElectronCash which can be accessed through https://electroncash.org/
The website also made an announcement for us to be careful with some imposter sites claiming to be the official website. ElectronCash.ORG is the only official site for ElectronCash wallet.
What is ElectronCash Wallet?
ElectronCash Wallet is considered as an SPV Wallet. SPV stands for Simplified Payment Verification. SPV was first described by Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, in the original Bitcoin whitepaper.
SPV method allows a wallet to provide strong security without the need for downloading the blockchain running a full node. It will validate your own transactions by ensuring they are confirmed in the blockchain.
Once the .exe files were downloaded to your laptop or PC device, you can now install the program on your own computer.
Installing ElectronCash for Windows:
Go to the downloaded folder and look for the latest version of Electron Cash wallet and open the .exe file.
If you're running the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, a pop-up will appear warning you about the unrecognized app, just click the Learn More Button, and the Run anyway will appear. Click the Run Anyway button and proceed with the installation.
A pop-up will appear asking "How to you want to connect to a server?" Just choose the Auto Connect option and click Next.
Press Next to create "default_wallet"
In creating a "default_wallet" we have three options, we can create a Standard Wallet, Multi-Signature Wallet or we can Import Bitcoin Cash addresses or private keys. I prefer to choose Standard Wallet as a beginner and then click Next.
The next step is to create a new seed if your just a beginner or you already have a seed. You can also use public or private keys or you can also use a hardware device. As a beginner, I selected "create a new seed" and proceed to the next step.
You will then be given a wallet generation seed which will allow you to recover your wallet in case of computer failure.
Click Next and you will be asked to input your seed words and then click next.
You can choose a password to encrypt your wallet keys or you can leave the field if you want to disable encryption.
You're now ready to go to use your ElectronCash Wallet on your Personal Computer.
Warning for all users:
Never disclose your seed.
Never type it on a website
Do not store it electronically
Testing my ElectronCash Wallet:
In order to test my new ElectronCash wallet, I transfer some Bitcoin Cash from my Bitcoin.com wallet.
I transfer $1.01 worth of BCH to ElectronCash from my Bitcoin.com wallet by clicking the Receive Button on Electron Cash through the QR Code presented on my ElectronCash web wallet.
The Bitcoin Cash amount was sent instantly from my Bitcoin.com wallet to my newly created Electron Cash wallet. Although there's a notification already but I am still waiting for confirmation before it was credited to my ElectronCash wallet.
The transactions already appeared on my Electron Cash wallet but it is still unconfirmed. I will be updating this post, once my ElectronCash account will be credited with the amount I sent from my Bitcoin.com wallet.
I will be using this Electron Cash wallet address for the newly-created tipb.ch website.
Thank you for taking the time to read this article of mine. I will be posting more updates with regards to any development in this fastest-growing Bitcoin Cash community to spread awareness about the real Bitcoin, no other than Bitcoin Cash.
**Update:** The $1.01 worth of BCH from my Bitcoin.com wallet was credited to my Electron Cash wallet after 21 minutes of waiting. I sent the amount at around 5:59AM and received it at around 6:21AM today.
At your service,
PhilNewSome aka BantayanIsland (EdUmbao on WordPress.Org)
Thank you@RogerVer for confirming your Noise.cash account through the comment section of my previous post. It means a lot to me and all of us here on this community.
Bitcoin Jesus Roger Ver Joins Noise.Cash
One of the most popular and recognizable figures in the cryptocurrency world who is also known as Bitcoin Jesus, libertarian Roger Ver allegedly joined the fastest-growing Twitter-like platform, Noise.Cash during the past few days.
Although there is no official confirmation yet from his official Reddit account about his possible entrance to the Twitter-like platform, most Noise.Cash users felt confident that he is indeed the real Roger Ver.
As of posting time, there were only two posts with the said Noise.cash account @RogerVer but his latest post regarding the announcement of the arrest made by the FBI against the host of FreeTalkLive received some tractions and was even re-noised by BCH supporter and philanthropist Marc DeMesel.
Based on the comments posted in the Noise.Cash account of Roger Ver, most users welcome him to the community as they reasoned out that the RogerVer account in Noise is a reserved user name, the admin would've given it to a random person.
This kind of argument is quite contested as what happened to the controversial account of Kim Dotcom whose user name is now having a red exclamation point which means it needs some verification.
Noise cash user Kim Dotcom has been posting non-sense posts on the platform and keeps on re-noising irrelevant posts from random users.
User D.B.Cooper for his part personally asked the Noise.cash guys about verified accounts some time ago, they would not verify any other accounts except their own Noise.cash account.
Some supporters of Roger Ver who is already onboarded with Noise.Cash agreed that Roger Ver really joined the platform for some reasons.
User Whattheactualduck claimed that it is indeed Roger Ver, because if he wasn't he would be some guy milking for tips and he hasn't put his wallet address, so that's probably him.
Another user HariPoddar agreed as he stated that he also noticed that too, and he thinks he is the man, the Bitcoin Jesus we have been waiting to join the Twitter-like platform that rewards its users with the real Bitcoin, the Bitcoin Cash cryptocurrency.
Fellow noiser, mh, claimed that he was the one who convinced Roger Ver through Reddit to join the Noise.cash platform and made a screenshot of the conversation between him and Roger Ver on Reddit, the front page of the internet.
Noiser mh, also known as Mib0 on Reddit suggested to Roger Ver aka MemoryDealers to mirror his tweets to noise.cash and somehow tell Kim Dotcom to do the same.
Roger Ver responded by saying how to do that, even asking if there's a way to automate this project to which Mib0 answered that he also hope, but probably not yet. He also told Ver that there's a reserve account for him on Noise.cash.
**Who is Roger Ver?**
Roger Ver is a well-known Bitcoin investor, evangelist, business owner and the founder of Bitcoin.com, the company behind one of the world's most popular Bitcoin Cash wallet, Bitcoin.com wallet.
Roger Ver was once dubbed as "Bitcoin Jesus" because of his contribution to the mass adoption and spreading of Bitcoin awareness during the infancy of the Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin cryptocurrency. He is considered as one of the few Bitcoin Millionaire who is now spreading BCH awareness worldwide as the true and real Bitcoin.
**Roger Ver's Noise.Cash Account:**
https://noise.cash/u/RogerVer
**Know More About Roger Ver by Watching this Video:**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9oC_goIX8I
**Who is Marc DeMesel?**
Marc De Mesel is considered as one of the most generous Bitcoin Cash evangelists as he was recognized as the man behind the biggest tip on Read.Cash for the past few months, giving away at least $11,000 tip in a single article.
**Marc De Mesel's Noise.Cash Account:**
https://noise.cash/u/MarcDeMesel
**Marc De Mesel's Latest YouTube Upload:**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_U7V-xrlmQ
If you want to know more about Bitcoin Cash and the BCH plans and project, you should follow this two guy in various platforms.
At your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Preparations Needed on Buying & Selling CST With MemoCash Using BCH
The decentralized and censorship-resistant social media network and SLP tokens Marketplace built on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, Memo.cash needs some preparations before you can expect your dividends.
Although all SLP tokens that are worth anything can be bought or sold on memo-cash and neither the seller nor the buyer has to trust issues and are automatically executed on-chain, there are some truths regarding income-generating aspects of the said SLP tokens.
Buying Cryptosorted Tokens (CST) on Memo.Cash:
Buying CST on Memo.cash is not that easy, especially for all beginners who don't have enough revenue on their wallets in terms of Bitcoin Cash income.
Based on experience, the smallest amount of CST listed in the Memo.Cash marketplace is 20 CST which is worth around 2,784,180 Satoshis (BCH), or an equivalent of $15.18 based on the current exchange rate as posted by coinmarketcap.com
If you're just a beginner in the cryptocurrency world, investing your hard-earned dollars to Memo.cash needs a lot of thinking, whether the investments is indeed worth your time.
Truth About Buying CST:
There are lots of articles posted on various social media sites and even on this platform showing how they were able to get weekly dividends of BCH just by using CST but they did not reveal how much BCH they invested during the time they bought those CST.
A regular author on this platform even posted that on March 8, 2021, she bought 25 SLP-CST worth 0.02592300 BCH at memo.cash and received her dividends worth 0.00026266 after two days without doing anything.
Based on the statement above, we will now convert the 0.0259 BCH which is equivalent to $15 USD which is hard to acquire if you're just a beginner on this platform. In return, she was able to receive a dividend worth 0.00026255 which is equivalent to 0.14 USD.
This is the hard truth about the dividends on Memo.Cash, if you want to take a risk and invest your $15.00 and get weekly dividends worth $0.14.
Mathematically speaking you need at least 107 weeks or 26 months or an equivalent of 2 years and 2 months to be exact before you can receive your ROI without doing anything, but maybe there are other ways to make money with CST particularly the volatile pricing of BCH compared to US dollars.
In order for me to experience something about CST, I tried to transfer $2.99 worth of BCH but it was not enough to buy the minimum 20 CST which is worth around $15.00, maybe someday I could accomplish this one.
How to Fund CST on Memo.Cash with BCH:
The first step you need is to fund your Memo.Cash account with your Bitcoin Cash earnings. By doing the first step which is to fund your memo.cash account with Bitcoin Cash from the wallet of your choice.
Click on your profile and select Account
Pick your wallet address where we need to send our BCH
Copy the highlighted address as shown in the screenshot and send you BCH there.
Once gets network confirmation the BCH funds will then show up in your memo.cash account.
You can also see your Simple Ledger (SLP) Address where all SLP tokens will be credited and store.
Once the BCH arrives in your wallet, the next thing to do is to buy CST inside Memo.cash.
How to Buy CST:
Click on the link provided below:
https://memo.cash/token/4c3832528f5c79e0407eb719fda096969ea73ae6f1a33c28bbd99e2440bc85f5?for-sale
Check out the list of orders and decide for yourself which one matches the amount of CST you wish to buy.
Click the "Buy" button in front of the order.
Just click "Buy Instantly" and the correct amount of BCH will be deducted from your wallet and the CST will then be credited into your SLP wallet simultaneously.
Congratulations, you're done.
What to do After Successful Purchase of CST on Memo.cash:
Once you have successfully purchased your very first Cryptosorted Tokens (CST), you will get a weekly dividend paid in BCH credited directly into your wallet every Thursday.
The buying and selling of CST on Memo.Cash is very easy only if you have enough funds to invest in the said website.
How To Sell my SLP Tokens on Memo.cash?
Aside from buying SLP tokens, including CST on memo.cash, you can also sell your SLP tokens on memo.cash.
All you have to do is click on the Tokens page webpage link.
You will land on the page with the list of SLP Tokens which is ranked based on the number of transactions.
We can also sell tokens that are already in your wallet.
Select the token you want to sell, the amount of the token you want, and the price per token on the said list.
You're done, just wait for a buyer who wants to buy the same token and is willing to pay your asking price.
If you want to know more about Cryptosorted Token, you can read more about the project by clicking the link provided below.
https://cryptosorted.info/cst/
Cryptosorted Token is a Bitcoin Cash SLP-based cryptosorted native token with a maximum supply of 21,000, which was created last January 18, 2021. You can use CST for buying or you can also sell it if you don't want to do anything about the token or once you have reached your Return on Investment (ROI).
Right now we can buy CST through CCTip and Memo.Cash which is considered as the best option where you can get CST fast but with a fixed minimum CST you can buy for 20, 25, 50, 100, and 200 CST. This is already a huge amount among BCH beginners but someday, I will also try to buy for myself despite the longer time for me to receive my ROI based on the estimates above.
Disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor, I just want to share my experience and discoveries, I would still recommend doing your own research, and thank you for reading.
At your Service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Transfering BCH from Bitcoin.com Wallet to Coins.Ph Needs 2-4 Hours
One of the most interesting topics among beginners in this community is the time needed for somebody to transfer their BCH earnings from Bitcoin.com wallet to the most popular wallet in the Philippines, Coins.ph.
Since day one, that I joined this platform last January 19, 2019, nobody discussed how long will it take for us to transfer our Bitcoin Cash earnings from our Bitcoin.com wallet to Coins.ph which is now considered as the most convenient way if we want to exchange our earnings into our Philippine Peso fiat currency.
For those who wanted to cash out their BCH earnings from Bitcoin.com or any other wallet into your Coins.ph account, you should be aware that it will take some time depending upon the network. Once you're on emergency better not to transact from an external wallet into your Coins.ph Wallet, it is easier to borrow first from your friend who has coins.ph account to top up your needs.
Blockchain Lags Causes Delays:
Based on my experience it will take around 2 to 3 hours if we transfer our BCH earnings from Bitcoin.com wallet into our Coins.ph wallet, maybe some users will not agree with me but it is based on my own experience and will post pieces of evidence to prove my point.
According to the explanations of Coins.ph, blockchain lags cause delays in transfer getting confirmed. As a result of these delays, it takes some time for incoming and outgoing transactions to be reflected on your Coins.ph wallet dashboard.
The best thing about cryptocurrency is the fact that we can check all the blockchain confirmations through the transaction hash link.
Number of Transaction Confirmations for BCH Transfer to Coins.PH
Coins.ph explained that blockchain lags are rare, but different blockchains for each of the cryptocurrencies will need different amounts of confirmations to fully reflect in our Coins.ph dashboard.
Here's the estimated number of Transactions According to Coins.ph
Bitcoin transactions need 3 confirmation
Bitcoin Cash transaction need 12 confirmation
Ethereum transactions need 20 confirmations
XRP transactions need 6 confirmations
Comparing Transaction Time Between Different Wallets:
In order for me to compare the difference between times of transactions, I tried to use three of my BCH wallets and transfer some amounts to my Coins.ph wallet.
I transfer Bitcoin Cash worth P200.00 from my Coinbase account, $13.38 worth of BCH from Bitcoin.com wallet, and $5.00 worth of BCH from my Klever wallet.
Aside from the transaction time between the three wallets, I also took notice of the payments made for each respective transfer.
BCH Payments for Transacting with Bitcoin.com, Coinbase, & Klever Wallet:
For the $13.38 worth of BCH sent from Bitcoin.com wallet to Coins.ph, I was charged with a mere 0.000 007 24 BCH while the Php200.00, I was charged with 0.000 0002 BCH by Coinbase and the last BCH wallet through Klever, I was charged with 0.000 006 78 BCH.
It is indeed cheaper to transact with Bitcoin Cash compared to the high payment incurred once we choose to transfer Bitcoin Core to various wallets. This is also an advantage and a proven method that BCH is way ahead of BTC.
Based on my experience it took at least three to four hours (3-4 hrs.) before the transactions were completed, and the amount was transferred from my Bitcoin.com wallet, Coinbase, and Klever wallet to my Coins.ph Wallet.
Conclusion:
Therefore, I conclude that transacting with BCH will only charge us a fraction of a cents when compared to the high payment which the Bitcoin Core network will charge us once we transfer our BTC earnings.
I also conclude that transferring our BCH earnings from Bitcoin.com wallets to Coins.ph wallet needs some time to reflect into our dashboard and it is not advisable for emergency use of cash because it will take hours to be reflected ino our wallet.
This is just part of the experimentation I made so that everybody will have their own knowledge on how to transfer their accounts from any wallets to be cashed out with Coins.ph wallet in the Philippines.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my experiences on how I was able to transfer my BCH account to Coins.ph wallet.
At your service,
PhilNewsome aka BantayanIsland
Philippine Merchants Accepting Bitcoin Cash (BCH) As Payment
The Philippines is considered as one of the developing countries in the world but with the advent of cryptocurrencies, and with the introduction of Bitcoin Cash there are some Philippine merchants who are already accepting BCH as a form of payment for their business.
This small country in the Pacific made some headlines in the world map as they joined the long list of countries using Bitcoin Cash and as proof of their participation, some merchants in the Philippines listed their companies in the world-renowned BCH Maps curated by Roger Ver's Bitcoin.com website.
In this article, I will be revealing some of the Philippine Merchants who are accepting Bitcoin Cash in their businesses. Based on the map provided by Bitcoin.com there are at least 24 merchants in the Philippines as of writing time.
Worldwide Map of Business Accepting BCH:
Based on the map provided by Roger Ver's website, **Map.Bitcoin.Com**, the concentrations of merchants accepting Bitcoin Cash can be found in North America such as the USA and Canada. https://map.bitcoin.com/
The next largest place of BCH Merchants accepting Bitcoin Cash can be found in Europe but by just looking at the map you can see that the huge list of BCH merchants can be found in European countries.
Asian Merchants Accepting Bitcoin Cash:
In Asia, most Bitcoin Cash merchants are based in Japan with more than 100 merchants accepting BCH followed by Hongkong with 74 and Thailand with 47 merchants.
The number of merchants listed in the top three Asian countries with the most number of Bitcoin Cash merchants will surely be added with new merchants onboarding day by day as time goes by and the popularity of BCH will explode in the near future.
Bitcoin Cash Merchants in the Philippines:
In the Philippines, Bitcoin Cash is relatively new with only a few merchants right now accepting BCH as a form of payment in exchange for goods and services provided by the merchants.
There are only 11 merchants accepting Bitcoin Cash on the main island of Luzon followed by merchants from the Visayas Region with just eight (8) merchants accepting BCH.
In the map presented by Bitcoin.com, the second-largest city in the Philippines, Cebu City was absent from the listing of BCH merchants, which is indeed a huge challenge for us BCH believers in the Philippines.
In Mindanao, there are only around five (5) merchants accepting Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment in exchange for the products and services provided by the company or the merchant owners.
List of BCH Merchants in the Philippines:
Luzon Area:
RJM Printing - Bugallon Norte, Ramon, Isabela
Liberty Demellites - Meralco Street, Marilao, Bulacan
Lone Rider Club - Marimell Road Subdivision, Marilao, Bulacan
Quezon City Hall - Quezon City, Metro Manila
Oro-B - San Andres Bukid, Manila, Philippines
Odffell Ship Management Phils. Inc. - Malate, Manila
Aranica Fajilan - 118 Purok Sinag II
Erraville CCTV - Blumentritt St., Naga City, Camarines Sur
Bestra Aircon & Refrigeration Trading - Blumentritt St., Naga City, Camarines Sur
Gonzaga Store - Purokk 2, Tuburan, Ligao City
MORMS - Guinobata, Albay, Philippines
Visayas Area:
Princess Sari-Sari Store & Snack House - Tupas St. Poblacion, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo
National Highway - National Hway, Banate, Iloilo
Elly Jean Store - Agbatu-an, Anilao, Iloilo
Angayen Store - Brgy. Lico-an, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo
Gemma's Store - Monpon, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo
Jollibee - Villena St., Cadiz City, Negros Occidental
BCH Plants Garden - Cauayan, Negros Occidental
Mindanao Area:
Matangad - Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental
Cagayan De Oro LGU - Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental
Mahadi Magulama - Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Rose Bakeshop - Roxas St., Brgy. 4, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
Eloading Business - Kalanganan MB, Cotabato City, Maguindanao
How to Use Bitcoin.com's BCH Merchant Map:
The map can be used to obtain the contact information of the merchant including their telephone or mobile phone number and their website if applicable.
Just hover on the map provided by Bitcoin.com and click the Green marker and viola, the details will be provided by the website. Once finished just click anywhere on the map and the information of the said merchant will vanish.
Once a merchant provides all the details needed, you can get the directions and you can even call directly to the number posted in the BCH Map. You will be directed also to the website if you click the link provided by the merchant that will bring you to the official website of the said merchant.
A challenge to All Filipino BCH Lovers: Onboarding Merchants
With the small number of Bitcoin Cash merchants here in the Philippines, it is indeed a huge challenge for us believers of BCH in this small country to spread the good news about BCh and the reasons why we should entice everybody to join the bandwagon.
I call on my fellow BCH believers to join hand in hand in onboarding more merchants to the BCH Platform and allowing this real Bitcoin crypto as their primary source in terms of payment options, especially among crypto enthusiasts.
Looking forward for more Filipinos to submit their listing with Bitcoin.com Map so that we will flood this map with green colors from the Philippines.
Thanks a lot for reading.
At your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Challenges in Onboarding BCH Users
Onboarding users to the Bitcoin Cash community is not that easy based on my own experience, although some people in this community find it easy to onboard more BCH users because of their experiences.
In this article, I will share my own experience on how I tried my best to onboard people with BCH but found it difficult. I will take this opportunity also to ask for some help from my fellow BCH users on how they were able to promote BCH in their community.
Most Filipinos Are Always Looking for Free Money First:
Making money online is considered as one of the hottest topics among Filipinos, particularly during this time of the pandemic, without realizing that making easy money is very hard to find.
Most Filipinos are always searching for free money or how to make money easily online but in reality, there's no such thing as easy money, you need to have some effort and a little talent and courage to make money.
Making Money with Blogging:
As a blogger with various platforms such as WordPress.Org and Blogger.com, I know, based on experience that it is not easy to make money or make a name for yourself, as it takes months or years before you will earn a living or consider blogging as one of your sources of income.
Blogging with a self-hosted blog takes years to monetize or more than six months before you can apply for an Adsense account, so you need to take some extra effort and patients to consider yourself as a blogger.
I started with blogging through WordPress.com and then experimented with Blogger.com without making any money until I created my self-hosted blog on WordPress.Org and finally admitted to the Google Adsense Program.
As a piece of advice to newbie bloggers don't waste your time reading articles about making money online easily through blogging, it's not just easy to do so. Most bloggers and those so-called veterans in the blogging community wanted only your referrals for the hosting program they promote.
In reality, I was able to make money only during the time when I was accepted to Google Adsense program, and it took me a year to do so, without expecting in return, I just considered it as a hobby while working for the company, I once co-founded.
Introducing Bitcoin Cash Through Blogging:
Blogging during the year 2011-2019 is very difficult because of the growing demand for more relevant content and most of the news outlets were adapting to changes in delivering their news unlike during the early days of blogging wherein all the scope could be read first in various blog before it will be reported by the mainstream media.
In today's blogging world, everything was handed over a silver platter, particularly with the introduction of this blogging platform powered by Bitcoin Cash, all we have to do is to produce quality content.
The Bitcoin Cash Community really did a good job in introducing this kind of platform, we don't need any hosting fees, we don't need some vast experience in writing, and most of all the income is instantly reflected to our respective Bitcoin Cash wallets.
I invited some of my friends to join this platform if they really wanted to learn blogging for money or wanted to have a sideline but based on my own experience for the past weeks, only one of them really join me in my journey.
Accepting the Challenge in Onboarding to BCH:
I started out with the introduction of Noise.Cash and this blogging platform to my friends and colleagues at work, I even give some gifts through my Bitcoin.com Wallet.
My friends joined the Twitter-like platform and I told them to be active every day so that I can give them some little help but they only started using just for a few days and when they found out that I stopped giving some help they lost their interest.
It is indeed a huge challenge for us to onboard more people to the BCH community because most people are only interested if we could them for free, but in reality, there's no such thing as free because we need to work for it.
My Number of Affiliates Since Joining Here:
I join this Bitcoin Cash blogging platform last January 19, 2021, I was able to onboard a total of four affiliates on this platform, but out of the four users, only two posted an article, and only one of them I know personally.
My affiliates include users, @Ryan100, @jedu15, @Erdemke81, and @Rossee. The only person I know personally is jedu15 who only wrote one article since joining this platform.
The newest affiliate and the most active is no other than @Rossee who joined this platform four days ago, but since then, already wrote around
I am just sharing my experience but hopefully, someday, I will be able to onboard more and more people who are not only interested in short-term benefits but also in the long-term benefits of Bitcoin Cash.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read my experience about onboarding users with Bitcoin Cash. Looking forward to some suggestions from veteran authors here in this community.
Don't hesitate to add your suggestions and I'm willing to discover more about this challenging world of cryptocurrency.
At your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Purok System & How Community Organizing Works
What is Purok System:
Purok System is now considered as the smallest form of government in the Philippines as suggested by the law, for the delivery of basic government services and to promote Bayanihan in the community. One of the most successful Purok System in the Philippines can be found in the Municipality of San Francisco, Camotes, Province of Cebu.
The legal basis of the Purok System is provided for in Paragraph (16) Section 391 of Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 stating that the "Sangguniang Barangay can provide for the organization of Community Brigades, Barangay Tanod, or Community Service Units as may be necessary."
History of Puroks:
Purok started during the time when the Department of Education through its Non-Formal Education had organized Puroks and Purok Reading Centers in the different sitios/places in the Barangays as its support system and beneficiaries of non-formal education, and since the activity is seen by the local officials as active partners in the pursuit of local autonomy, delivery of basic services and maintenance of peace and order in the locality, some local government unit in various municipality in the country adopted the Purok System as part of their basic services.
In the Municipality of Bantayan under the administration of Mayor Arthur E. Despi, he considered the Puroks as People's Organization and one of the community service units in the Barangays, and the same have been accepted by all the 25 Barangay Councils in the LGU as one of their support services units.
The Municipality of Bantayan approved a Resolution "Enacting Municipal Ordinance Entitled 'An Ordinance Strengthening the Purok, Adopting the Purok System and Prescribing its Rules, Regulations, and Functions in the Local Government Unit of Bantayan, Cebu superseding Municipal Ordinance No. 18 Series of 2017'"
Visiting San Francisco, Camotes for Purok System Adoption:
The LGU Bantayan headed by Municipal Mayor Arthur E. Despi visited the town of San Francisco, Camotes in the Eastern portion of Cebu Province to witness how the Purok System worked in the municipality which is being considered as the model of all the Purok System implementation in the Province of Cebu.
The Municipal Mayor together with the 25 Barangay Captains and LGU workers assigned as Purok Organizers of the 25 Barangays accompanied the Local Chief Executive as they investigate and see for themselves how the Purok System worked in San Francisco and how it can be replicated in the Municipality of Bantayan.
San Francisco, Camotes' Purok System is considered as the best not only in the Province of Cebu but also in the entire Philippines as it was recognized by various Non-Government Organization and even the United Nations gave an award to San Francisco for its Purok system implementation.
Composition of Purok:
The Purok System in the Municipality of Bantayan which is patterned to San Francisco, Camotes will be composed of the following officials and members:
Purok Chairman - a Barangay Kagawad assigned by the Barangay Council concerned to coordinate with a certain Purok on whatever mandate, plans, and activities of the Barangay and/or the Municipality through the Barangay.
Purok President - elected among the Purok Members who shall head the entire Purok in all its activities.
Purok Vice-President - assist the Purok President in all the Purok activities.
Purok Secretary - shall take minutes of all the Purok meetings and keep all the records of the Purok.
Purok Treasurer - take custody of all the funds of the Purok.
Purok Auditor - examine all accounts and financial obligations of the Purok.
Purok Committee Chairman - Purok member who shall take charge of his/her respective committee assignment.
Purok Members - individuals in the locality composing the Purok System.
Eight Committees of the Purok System:
The Purok System in the Municipality of Camotes and the Municipality of Bantayan shared its own uniqueness compared to the other Purok System in various parts of the country.
San Francisco and Bantayan Purok System are composed of Eight Committees which are listed below:
Committee on Health and Social Services
Committee on Agriculture and Livelihood
Committee on Education and Solid Waste Management (SWM)
Committee on Peace and Order and DRR
Committee on Tourism, Women, and Children
Committee on Infrastructure
Committee on Budget, Finance, and Appropriation
Committee on Youth and Sports Development
How Community Organizing Works?
Community Organizing is considered as the first stage in the implementation of the Purok System in the Municipality of Bantayan. Community Organizers are assigned by the Municipal Mayor in various Barangays in the Municipality depending upon the size of the Barangay population.
Community organizers started their journey by conducting a meeting with various Puroks in the Municipality. Although there is an existing Purok in the Municipality of Bantayan, most of them were non-functional and the number of Purok members was found out as one of the hindrances why there are only a few constituents who are active in every Purok.
The Municipality decided to split bigger Purok which are composed of more than 100 households and it is the job of the Community Organizers to re-organized the Purok so that it will be split into two once they reached more than 100 households for better monitoring and active participation.
Community Organizers were equipped first with various leadership training and community organizing techniques before they were deployed to their respective Puroks to re-echo the learning they gathered through various training and seminars.
Due to the implementation of the New Purok System in Bantayan, the community organizers were able to produce a total of 392 Puroks in the 25 Barangays which is way better compared to the previous number of Puroks which is just 175 Puroks.
This is just the beginning of How Purok System worked in the Municipality of Bantayan, I will add more details and activities of the Purok System here on this page.
Although this is not related to the Bitcoin Cash community, later on, I will try to use the Purok System and Community Organizing to onboard more people to the BCH community and to inform them of the complex world of cryptocurrency to uplift their lives as important members of the society.
Thanks a lot for reading.
At your service,
BCH Enthusiasts and Community Organizer
Renewing & Buying Domains Using BCH with NameCheap
Having a domain is a sign among bloggers that you are not just an ordinary blogger but already a veteran one in this field, no matter what Content Management System (CMS) you are using right now. Renewing our domain is one of the most important factors in blogging because once you failed to renew your domain, it will surely affect your branding.
Right now buying and renewing our domain comes in handy after some of the most popular domain registrars in various parts of the world joined the cryptocurrency universe as they adapt to the changing world of our monetary system by accepting Bitcoins and other altcoins such as Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum to name a few.
In this article, we will be discussing the benefits of easily renewing or buying a domain with the use of Bitcoin Cash as a medium of payment being offered by NameCheap, one of the most dominant domain registrar in the world today.
Why do We Need to Renew our Domain?
When we purchase a domain name, we should understand and realize that actually, we don't own it, we just lease the domain for a certain period, so there's indeed a need to renew our domain.
Failure to renew our domain will result in suspension and the domain name of our choice will be eventually canceled by the registrar which is the real owner of the domain that we bought through them.
Domains should be renewed if you want to maintain your brand and in terms of search engine rankings, you will be protected. The domain name gives your site a "name" and your customers or followers will refer to it as your site and it will become synonymous with practically everything you do online.
The Need to Buy a Domain for Serious Bloggers Only:
There is a need for most bloggers to buy their domain name because in this challenging world of blogging our online identity will surely represent our company or our business.
Having a good domain name gives the owner the business credibility and sets it apart from spam websites. It will also inspire customers' trust because it is the best branding you could make in the competitive online world of blogging.
As an experienced blogger, there is indeed a need for you to buy your domain to have branding for yourself. No matter what platform you are using in your blogging journey, if you want to succeed you need to create your website and the next part is to buy your domain.
Renewing My Domain with Namecheap:
As I mentioned earlier in one of my posts, I listed some of the most popular domain registrars that accepted Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment for new domains, hosting, and renewals and that registrar is none other than NameCheap.com.
The domain name I own, PhilNews.XYZ was first registered during the year 2015 which means that the website which was bought with just $.99 is already six (6) years old under my care.
PhilNews.XYZ was first published last August 20, 2015, and since then, I was able to renew it every year with just $10.00 or more.
How to Renew Your Domain With NameCheap?:
If you have been blogging you're quite familiar with how to renew our domain but this article is intended for the newcomer in the blogging world and doesn't have any experience in renewing their domain, here at NameCheap.
The first thing you should do is to Login into your Namecheap account or if you don't have one, you should try to join first through the sign-up button.
Once inside the dashboard, just look for the Domain List in the left side portion of Namecheap's official website. Once clicked the list of domains will be presented in chronological order.
Topping Up Your NameCheap Account with Bitcoin Cash:
Before buying or renewing our domain, the first thing we should consider is to top-up our funds inside the dashboard. The funds will be added to our account by using the Bitcoin Cash payment option.
Namecheap is the first-ever registrar that accepted Bitcoin and later on Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment aside from the usual credit card and Paypal payment option.
Here's How I Top Up My NameCheap Account:
I decided to transfer a $15.00 worth of BCH from my Bitcoin.com wallet account for me to be used as payment for the renewal of my domain and at the same time to buy a new domain worth just $1.00.
This is also my way of demonstrating how cryptocurrency worked in buying a domain and renewing any domain for all bloggers out there who are silent readers of this blog.
Renewing my domain name PhilNews.xyz and buying a new domain BitCashN.XYZ through the use of the new cryptocurrency payment option provided by NameCheap in coordination with cryptocurrency payment company BitPay.
The payment processor BitPay charged around $.06 during the transfer of my BCH account to my personal Namecheap account. My Namecheap account was loaded with the exact $15.00 worth of BCH.
Renewing and Buying a New Domain Using Bitcoin Cash:
The process takes only a few minutes of my time as the BCH from Bitcoin.com wallet was immediately credited to my Namecheap account.
I also received the received upon payment of the total obligations from Namecheap. I will add more instructions and tutorials in the next succeeding articles so that anybody who has the time and effort can buy their domain and can make their website.
Still at Your Service,
Phil Newsome aka Bantayan Island
Thank you so much @Ellie for the generous $9.99 upvotes you showered upon me on my latest article about the list of Domain Registrars that accepted Bitcoin Cash as a form of payments. Looking forward for a healthy relationship with you and this community.
Domain Registrars Accepting Bitcoin Cash to Build Our Website
Building our own website is considered as one of the achievements among bloggers but aside from the free blogging platform, there are ways to consider for us to be successful in the world of blogging and one of them is to register our domain with various registrars.
There are lots of popular domain registrars in the world today, but only a few of them are accepting Bitcoin Cash which we're going to discuss in this article. Most domain registrars only accept credit cards and Paypal payments but some registrars are now ready to accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and other alternative cryptocurrencies.
One of the first dominant registrars that accept Bitcoin Cash is my personal favorite, Namecheap, since the day I started blogging both on WordPress and Blogger.com, I registered most of my domains with Namecheap, and the report announcing their acceptance of Bitcoin Cash as payment is an interesting development in the world of blogging and cryptocurrency.
Why We Should Use Bitcoin Cash for Domain Purchases?
Bitcoin Cash is considered as the true Bitcoin with its low fees and faster transactions. It is the only truly decentralized cryptocurrency that no one can control except you, the owner of the BCH.
BCH allows its users to make a transaction instantly, without permission, with anyone, anytime, and anywhere in the world. Offering Bitcoin Cash among domain name registrars is indeed the right decision ever made by these hosting and domain name providers.
As a blogger, launching a website with our domain is the first step of having full control and authority over our newly created website.
Anything else on the internet isn't truly yours if you don't have your domain. It's like building a house on rented land that could be taken away from you anytime but if you own the domain you certainly owned the land.
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Here's the List of Domain Registrars Accepting Bitcoin Cash as Payments:
NameCheap:
The first domain registrar and hosting companies that accepted Bitcoin and later on Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment is no other than Namecheap. This site also handles most of my sites since the day I started blogging through WordPress and Blogger.com.
NameCheap made a name for himself after it was considered by many bloggers as the most cheaper domain registrar in the world until this day.
HawkHost:
HawkHost is one of the few domain registrars accepting Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment. It is a Canadian-based hosting provider that started its operation in the year 2004.
The core business of the company is website hosting but they also offer domain registration to supplement their services.
As a beginner in the blogging world, I suggest newcomers or newbie bloggers register a free domain which is a bonus to the hosting package you will buy at HawkHost.
Paying for various services could be done through Paypal, credit cards, and the most favorite of cryptocurrency users, using Bitcoin Cash as a form of payment.
Porkbun:
It is a relatively new domain registrar but one of the few companies that offer Bitcoin Cash as their payment option. The company was founded in the year 2015 by serial entrepreneur and domain name investor Ray King.
Porkbun focuses on providing domain name registration services, featuring an intuitive, modern, and easy-to-navigate user interface on their website. They also offered to host solutions with their shared hosting plans.
The company has a huge list of available top label domain extensions such as .club, .vip, .services, .world, .life, .sales and many more domain extensions. Porkbun also accepts cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and USD Coin aside from Bitcoin Cash.
Hostinger:
Hostinger primarily offers different types of hosting solutions but they also offered domain name registrations. The domain name is offered for free only if you buy Hostinger's hosting package.
The company offered various ways of payment such as Bitcoin Cash, but aside from BCH the company also accepts payment using Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and USD Tether to name a few.
Hostinger started its operation during the year 2004, it is considered as one of the few companies that have a long history in the domain name industry.
Hostwinds:
Hostwinds is one of the fastest-growing hosting and domain registrar companies in the world offering a unique service to its customers as the only company that offers a 30-day money-back guarantee even if you pay in Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Cash.
The company can boasts of their unique service as they challenge every domain owner that within 30 days of opening their Hostwinds accounts, there's a money-back guarantee, if the customers are not satisfied with their services, they will refund your money. No questions asked.
*Disclaimer: As a member of the Bitcoin Cash Community, I decided to omit all the affiliate links, so that you will have total control over your domain name purchases.*
Please add your comments below. Would you purchase a domain with Bitcoin Cash? Why and Why not?
My BCH Journey: Earning $79.22 Through Blogging With Just 638 Views
Introduction:
It's been a month and a half since I joined this Bitcoin Cash community of writers and bloggers but in just a short period as was able to accumulate at least $79.22. This article is not to brag about my achievements but for newcomers to understand and be inspired by my journey despite being only a beginner on this platform.
How It All Started:
I joined this Bitcoin Cash Community after watching a video on YouTube discussing the possibilities of earning cryptocurrency by just tweeting. At first, I hesitated to join the platform but right after a won a $3.00 prize in one of the games posted online asking somebody to explain how we can promote Bitcoin Cash when given the chance which I won, triggered me to investigate more about BCH.
At first, my motivation is the possibility of potential income I could get just by tweeting but days went by, I failed to accumulate more dollars so I decided to scroll for more information and bump into a blogging platform that promises to pay some dollars in exchange for an article.
Since I am a blogger since 2010, I grab the opportunity and wrote my first article on the blogging platform that promised to give us some Bitcoin Cash in exchange for the articles we published and be upvoted by the viewers and some random people.
Why I Joined This BCH Blogging Platform?
During my first days on this platform, I discovered that there are lots of articles, frankly speaking not that impressive enough when compared to other blogging platforms but still receiving a huge amount of upvotes from the Random Rewarder, so I decided to try my luck and joined the community.
For me this is the opportune time to join the community when it is not that crowded, way back in 2010 when I joined the Blogging community through WordPress.Org and Blogger.com, the market is not that saturated and I was able to master the art of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ranking the first page on Google.com in every search items we published.
I know some people will not believe in me, but for some evidence, you can Google my name, it was even cited by Wikipedia. Since I have only a few followers here on this platform, I will reveal to you, that I am the co-founder of PhilNews.Ph using the author name Ed Umbao. You can search my author name in Wikipedia and it will give you the number of articles cited by the site. This is not to brag but to inspire everyone to write even if you are not that good at English grammar.
Maintaining a self-hosted blog through WordPress.Org is quite expensive, don't believe in everything you saw online that it is easy to create your blog, and most of the time convince you to start blogging with your own hosting, these so-called online gurus are just helping you in exchange of the commission they can get from the hosting company.
BCH Blogging Platform, A Blessings for Newbie Blogger:
Making Money Online is considered as one of the hottest topics in social media, Google, or any other platform and one of the suggestions we often read is to make money through blogging but there are always some hindrances.
Blogging is not just story-telling, by the way, the word Blogging came from the word "Web log" or online diary at first, and later on, it evolved into Blogging the predecessor of video blogging or "Vlog" as most people are into it right now through YouTube.
Blogging is not an easy job as what most people often think of, because you cannot make money easily, you need to have some expertise in SEO, managing a website with a little background in basic HTML, and the will to discuss a story which is easy to understand.
That's the reasons why, I believe that his BCH Blogging Platform, you are reading right now is indeed a blessing in disguise, at first you will surely felt hesitant to write for your audience but later on, as soon as earnings keep coming you will surely appreciate this platform as you will no longer follow the old days of blogging as everything are provided for free.
First Article in the Blogging Platform:
I joined the Read Cash community of bloggers last February 19, 2021, and the first article I wrote is about my journey of becoming a blogger earning more than $200.00 per month with just zero capital. I have been blogging since the year 2010 but I blogged first using the WordPress.Org platform and later on, I blogged through Blogspot.com.
Hosting fees is one of the hindrances why most people don't pursue their blogging dreams, especially when you are just a newbie in the platform, so I decided to start a blog with zero capital because the domain name I bought came also from the PTC sites I joined.
Blogging with Blogger.com Instead of WordPress.Org:
Blogging is already part of my daily routine during the past 10 years, writing at least 15K articles for the self-hosted blogging platform WordPress at least more than 5K articles on Blogger.com.
I decided to focus on Blogger.com because there are no hosting fees and since I joined the Local Government Unit (LGU) as a job order worker, I could only produce two to three articles per day. The blog I maintained is also a political blog so writing is indeed challenging during the time when election topics are not the talk of the town.
In Blogger.com, my spending is just minimal, I just need to renew my domain every year costing me around $12.00 and when compared to my self-hosted blog on WordPress.Org it will cost me at least $100.00 to $200.00 per year depending upon the hosting package I bought.
When you're having difficulty in terms of online income, it is indeed reasonable to choose the Blogger.com option because you are not sure whether the $100-200 investment will pay off in the future, since blogging is a competent job in today's fast-moving technologies.
Earnings on Blogger.com Compared to BCH Blogging Platform:
I joined this BCH Blogging Platform last January 19, 2021, and since then I was able to earn at least $79.22, way too small compared to my income with my blog on Blogger.com which is around $141.00 January and was paid out to me last February 22, 2021, through Western Union.
My online earnings right now are not that big because I also worked as a job order worker in the Local Government Unit, so these online earnings are just my side hustles. Unlike my early days of blogging, that I can write at least 10 articles per day with only 300-400 words, right now I could only write at least 4-5 articles per week.
So far my highest earnings on this platform is at $10.77 with my Valentines Day article "**Surprising My Wife With Bitcoin Cash as Valentines Day Gift.**" The said article was viewed 124 times here on this platform, I considered this article as the most viewed piece of content so far out of my 23 published articles. https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/surprising-my-wife-with-bitcoin-cash-as-valentines-day-gift-7902f909
The second highest-earning article here on this platform is when I recall the story of how I was able to earn a living through blogging full time, ending my career as an OFW, and ventured into full-time blogging that resulted in being interviewed a local TV station in Bacolod City.
That article titled "**First Business Blogging Full-time, Interviewed by a Loca TV Station** " earned around $10.67 worth of Bitcoin Cash with just a minimal 33 views since it was published a few days ago. https://read.cash/@BantayanIsland/first-business-blogging-fulltime-interviewed-by-a-local-tv-station-48bd91d5
When compared to online income with my blogging journey using Blogger.com since the day I separated from the company I once co-founded, the highest income I received from Google Adsense was worth $1,750.00 in one month while the lowest is at $102.34. For my blogger.com website, I was able to generate more than 100 Million Unique Visitors since 2016. For the blogging company I once co-founded, I don't have the numbers right now.
This is NOT to Brag But to Inspire:
The numbers mentioned above with regards to my blogging journey are my way of inspiring everybody here on this platform. This is not to brag but to reveal the realities of blogging, we need to work hard and work smart to achieve something on this platform.
I considered myself as a newbie blogger here in terms of cryptocurrency blogging, but I will try my best to share everything I learned and at the same time read more articles for me to study. Hopefully, some people will find it inspiring and although my time is limited because of my day job, from time to time I will surely follow all the pioneers here.
Still at Your Service,
Phil Newsome of PhilNews.XYZ aka Ed Umbao of PhiNews.Ph
Transferring BCH from Bitcoin.com Wallet to Uphold & Coins.Ph
Introduction:
A lot of people in the Philippines rely mostly on Coins.ph in cashing out their BCH earnings but only few people here have the experience so I decided to write an article on how I was able to transfer Bitcoin Cash from Bitcoin.com wallet to my Uphold Wallet and Cash it out through Coins.Ph.
I would like to take this opportunity for all of us to understand the complexity of how Bitcoin Cash works and this article is dedicated for all the users who are base in the Philippines.
Why I Choose Bitcoin.com Wallet as my Primary Wallet for BCH Earnings:
Bitcoin.com Wallet is the most widely used wallet among users of this community aside from the usual wallet we used in the Philippines but Coins.ph is not a wallet but a business for exchanging cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin.com wallet is more functional and focused only with BTC, BCH and Stable Coins.
The Bitcoin.com Wallet is also an effective tools in organizing your BCH earnings as you can add more specific wallets, unlike the Coins.ph wallet which is limited in functionality.
When compared to the other existing wallets, Bitcoin.com wallet is under the leadership of Roger Ver, the crypto entrepreneur that became famous online for his incredible promotion of Bitcoin during the early days as he is best known as "Bitcoin Jesus." He is now promoting Bitcoin Cash as the real Bitcoin and the future of cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin.com wallet is considered as the fastest Bitcoin Wallet ever created as you can easily buy Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin, you can also store BTC and SLP tokens in one safe place.
With the use of Bitcoin.com wallet, one of the project under the helm of Roger Ver, we can pay faster with InstantPay and we can enter and exit volatility with integrated Stablecoins.
Transferring BCH from Bitcoin.com Wallet to Uphold Account:
Aside from Bitcoin.com wallet, I also stored some of my BCH earnings on my separate wallet, the Uphold wallet which I considered as my first ever wallet because I earned some dollars through the Brave Browser giving away their Basic Attention Coin (BAT) which I converted into Bitcoin Cash from time to time.
Since the day I started blogging on my self-hosted website and the Blogger hosted site, I been looking for a more secure browser or browser with less ads until the day that Brave browser arrived and I used this browser since then.
Why I Transfer my BCH from Bitcoin.com to Uphold BCH Account:
Since I keep on experimenting with my BCH earnings here, I tried to record all my transactions and the speed of getting BCH from one account to the other.
Based on my own experience it took almost four hours of transaction time when I cashed out my BCH earnings from Bitcoin.com wallet to my own Coins.Ph account. Due to my previous experience I decided to transfer my BCH account first from Bitcoin.com wallet to my Uphold Wallet.
Transferring BCH from Bitcoin.com Wallet to Uphold is much more easier and faster because I was able to cash out from Coins.Ph within a few minutes compared to the hours of waiting from Bitcoin.com wallet to my Coins.Ph wallet.
From Uphold Account to Coins.Ph:
Some people may comment negatively on this post because I took the more complicated way of cashing out my BCH earnings using various wallets but in reality, I'm just giving my own opinion regarding my strategies that I believe could save some time for BCH users, particularly during emergencies.
During the first time that I have no idea on how could I cashed out my BCH earnings from Uphold to my Coins.Ph, I tried to convert my BCH earnings first to XRP inside the Uphold wallet account, because of some errors on the difference between the Legacy address of the BCH wallet. I will write about this in a separate article.
Converting BCH to XRP and Sending It to Coins.Ph:
After trying two times on the failed BCH wallet address during my transfer from Uphold Wallet to Coins.Ph, I decided to just buy some XRP coins from my BCH account and send it to my XRP wallet inside my Coins.Ph Wallet.
It just took me some seconds to convert my BCH earnings to XRP and from there, I transfer the XRP amount to my Coins.Ph XRP wallet. From my XRP wallet, I converted it to my Peso Wallet and transfer it to M Lhuillier for Cashing out.
Coins.Ph Cashout through M Lhuillier Kwarta Padala:
Coins.Ph is the most popular wallet and exchanger in the Philippine and this is the most convenient way of transacting BCH from the various earnings I was able to accumulate just by reading and writing about BCH and the community as a whole.
Faster transactions is the main reasons why I transfer my BCH earnings from Bitcoin.com wallet to Uphold and then to my Coins.Ph.
It just took me around 20 minutes and my earnings was ready for pick-up at the nearest M Lhuiller Branch with just a mere 1% transaction fees from M Lhuillier and a fraction of a cents in transferring from my two wallet accounts.
Thank for reading and believing in Bitcoin Cash, I will be adding more information and tutorials based on my own experience.
At your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Roger Ver Admires Redditor for Explaining the Real Value of BCH & Exposing the Lies
Veteran Bitcoin entrepreneur and founder of Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver, a prominent figure in the cryptocurrency universe admired a Redditor identified as minitoxin for his interesting explanation about the real value of Bitcoin Cash and exposing all the lies spreading online right now particularly the value of the once dominant cryptocurrency. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/ltcw8o/bitcoin_cash_you_are_being_lied_to/
In a **viral Reddit post by Reddit user minitoxin**, the Redditor explained that most users of Bitcoin Cash are being lied to, exposing how he was able to figure out the turning point of the lies spreading online about BCH. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/ltcw8o/bitcoin_cash_you_are_being_lied_to/
According to minitoxin he was able to uncover the lies during the time when the Litecoin's market-cap became greater than Bitcoin Cash in the 2020/2021 bull run.
The Redditor questioned the development between LTC and BCH as he noted that Litecoin has lesser ongoing development could produce a market-capitalization that surpasses Bitcoin Cash because BCH has so many positive features.
The discovery made by the concerned crypto user grew deeper and deeper as he was able to figure out that BCH came out in 2017 and it was distributed to Bitcoin BTC holders.
This means that there's a huge possibility that a lot of BCH tokens were also not yet in existence as they had yet to be mined, days after the hard fork between BTC and BCH.
The Redditor then conclude that the BCH tokens available on the open market were in short supply then and there's some possibility that until today, there's indeed a short supply of the said crypto assets.
The Wycoff Method:
Minitoxin then explained that as a long term trader and a practitioner of the Wycoff Method he understand that in order to move an asset from weak hands to institutional hands you have to capitulate the assets price and keep its price action stagnant for lengthy duration.
Based on this technique to explain in layman's terms, this will force weak holders to release their tokens onto the open market for sale.
The Redditor believe that this is really what happening today with the value of BCH and BCH being released is manipulated OTC by institutional buyers and crypto wallets.
Accumulation according Minitoxin via OTC also ensures that the market-cap and price of the asset does not rise until its ready to be moved up and this process is called "Mark Up."
In order to support the arguments posted by viral Redditor on Reddit, he shared the chart pattern which is a multi-year accumulation pattern.
Image Source: Reddit.com https://preview.redd.it/2lj3ioqi0xj61.png?width=1644&format=png&auto=webp&s=1460c32d052a84fee0e6cfe34340e5ecfaef59c1
Aside from the above-mentioned points posted by the Redditor he also noted that another important points is the fact that most traders do not do thorough research on the tokens they purchased and rather follow the crowd an buy on Hype.
Following the Crowd & Buying on Hype:
Cryptocurrency institutions and crypto whales are well aware of this and influence our purchasing decisions my moving the price of the cryptos they want purchased up and at the same time publishing supportive media articles.
The statement made by Minitoxin accusing the media of influencing the cryptocurrency market is indeed true based on various experiences by numerous bloggers and technical analysts involved in the development of the cryptocurrency universe we are all enjoying today.
The Redditor also gave an example of the things that is called the "Herd Mentality" as he posted a video link to the said experiment conducted by the National Geographic Channel.
Due to the impressive explanations and wonderful arguments presented by Redditor Minitoxin, the once known as Bitcoin Jesus, Roger Ver applauded the author with his own words of encouragement.
Roger Ver commented on the post by saying that the article is the one of the most thoughtful posts here in Reddit for a long time and thanks the man behind Bitcoin.com.
Who is Roger Ver?
**Roger Ver** is also a user of this platform having written at least four articles but it was written at least five (5) months ago, but he is still active on this platform as he keeps on tipping relevant users and useful posts on this platform. https://read.cash/@RogerVer
He is also one of the top donors here on this platform alongside the most generous of all Marc DeMesel and the Random Rewarder.
Roger Ver is an early investor in Bitcoin and other Bitcoin-related startups and early promoter of Bitcoin. He is best known as as "Bitcoin Jesus" because of his promotion of Bitcoin but right now he focused his energy into promoting Bitcoin Cash.
Ver is an investor of Charlie Shrem's Bitinstant and invested a million dollars into bitcoin related startups including Ripple, Blockchain.com, Bitpay, and Kraken. He served as CEO of Bitcoin.com and one of the five founders of Bitcoin Foundation.
Disclaimer:
This article is not a financial advice but rather an interesting piece about the latest development involving BCH and the reasons why the said cryptocurrency keeps on dipping its value compared to the US Dollars.
Bitcoin Cash Solves Difficulty in Sending Remittances by OFWs
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in various parts of the world experienced having difficulties in sending remittances to their love ones back in the Philippines but with the introduction and adoption of Bitcoin Cash, it is now a thing of the past.
How OFWs Send their Remittances to the Philippines?
As a former OFW in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we find it hard to send money back to the Philippines if our job site is far away from the city and the remittance centers needs some travel time.
In my case during my OFW days, we live in the old Industrial City in Al Khodariya, Dammam which is worth at least SAR10.00 in terms of taxi fare from our site to the city center.
Although it is quite a convenience to travel by taxi from our site to the city center where various remittances were located it is indeed a huge amount for us to spend especially when there's a need for us to send money due to emergencies.
Spending SAR10.00 alone which is already equivalent during that time with Php150.00 is expensive for us workers earning just 1,125.00 Saudi Arabian Riyal. It is also worth a meal in various Filipino-Chinese restaurant in the city.
Difficulty of Sending Remittances:
Aside from the fare we Filipinos should shoulder on our way to various remittance centers in Saudi Arabia, part of our expenses were the foods and a little shopping because most of the times we travel only once a month to the city center.
As a former single OFW, I spend at least a minimum of SAR100.00 during one time travel due to some groceries, personal expenses, remittance fees, and foods. This kind of expenses is frugal enough for us OFWs.
Higher Remittance Fees:
The remittances fees varies from the amount you send back to the Philippines, it is converted first by Saudi Remittances into US dollars but the fees are all in the local Saudi Arabian Riyal.
Fees ranges from 20-50 SAR depending upon the amount you send, in my case, when I send at least SAR500.00, I need to pay SAR521.00, because the service charge of the Arab National Bank's remittances service Telemoney is worth SAR21 which is already equivalent to P254.31 during the year 2007.
Realities of OFWs Sending Remittances to the Philippines:
Most OFWs in various parts of the world send money back to their families and love ones in the Philippines. It is indeed already a part of our culture that we care for our loved ones way back home but most of our families don't have the time to think the difficulties and challenge we face while working away from our families.
Once OFWs will fail to send at least a month their remittances, we were easily bombarded with negative speculations from our families way back home and some of them even suspected us of not remembering their loved ones because we are already earning dollars.
This is the hard truth among OFWs with families in the Philippines, they often thought that it is easy to earn dollars while away from home but in reality sending our hard-earned money back to the Philippines also hurts us because of higher fees from remittances and other daily expenses.
Remittance Fees Solved by Bitcoin Cash:
Although I am no longer an OFW in Saudi Arabia, I still have plenty of friends who preferred to stay in the Kingdom for the past 10-15 years and experienced the same difficulties of sending money to the Philippines incurring higher remittance fees.
Thanks to social media, like Facebook and Twitter, I was able to contact my co-workers and friends who are still working their sweat out in the factory where I used to work in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
I told my friend and co-worker Roberto during one of our conversation on Facebook that he should use Bitcoin Cash as a form of remittance to send money to his family in the Philippines.
Introducing BCH:
At first, I found it hard to convince him to join Bitcoin Cash community because he is used to the usual sending of his money through remittance centers but in order to convince him, I told him that I will lend my P500.00 worth of Bitcoin Cash and send it to him.
Upon receiving the BCH for the first time on his Bitcoin.com wallet, I told him to send it also to his wife who is in the Philippines and already downloaded the Bitcoin.com BCH wallet for proof that cryptocurrency is indeed real money.
Upon sending and receiving the P500.00, (I actually send P600.00 for the minor fees on his wallet), my co-worker and friend is now excited the possibilities of sending money to the Philippines with lesser fees compared to remittance fees.
Finding BCH Centers to Deposit His Riyals:
This is quite a bit of challenge for me and my friend who is new to the world of cryptocurrency. In Saudi Arabia depositing the local currency into Bitcoin Cash is indeed challenging but due to some research and hard work we were able to meet some OFW who is into trading cryptocurrencies and have some accounts on Rain, one of the Middle East's most popular cryptocurrency trading platforms.
Right now, in order not to complicate things, I convince my friend and co-worker to transact with the person whom we meet through a common friend which is indeed beneficial for both of them, our common friend earned through crypto trading on Rain and my co-worker saved some money in terms of remittance fees and expenses in going to the city.
Other forms of Payment and Sending OFW Remittances:
There are other forms of payment and other ways of sending remittances to the Philippines from Saudi Arabia such as through STCPay and Coins.Ph but it will be posted here later with a different topic.
Right now my mission is complete, onboarding my fellow OFW to Bitcoin Cash. My OFW co-worker felt happy with the achievements we made through online transactions.
Until next time.
At your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Convincing My Friend to Hodl BCH Instead of Ethereum on Coins.ph
How it all Started:
I have a close friend who have been doing crypto trading on Coins.ph for the past few months and he is a firm believer on Ethereum as the next big thing but I was able to convince him to hodl Bitcoin Cash instead of Ethereum on Coins.ph.
As a newcomer on Bitcoin Cash but already a user of Coins.ph for the past few months, because of loading transactions and the earnings from Paypal being directly deposited to my wallet, I am in the same boat with my friend and co-worker.
All my Paypal earnings from various online projects are handled by both GCash and Coins.ph for easy withdrawal here in the Philippines, so I have some experience in terms of using the platform.
Cryptos Losing It's Values a Blessings in Disguise:
During the past two days, a huge spike in the value of Bitcoin and other alternative cryptos, achieving a new All Time High (ATH) compared to the value of the dollar and other fiat currencies.
My friend earned some amounts of money during the peak of Ethereum but during the time when Ethereum dive to it's lower value during the past 24 hours, my friend immediately withdraw his stake at Ethereum as we discussed the volatility of the cryptocurrency world.
This is the time when my friend and co-worker asked me about my income online if I also lost some of my Bitcoin Cash earnings in terms of value compared to our fiat currency.
Finding Interest on BCH and the Reasons Why I am Confident on the Crypto:
My friend and co-worker could no longer hide his interest on Bitcoin Cash and the reasons why I am still confident on the said crypto despite the fact that I lost around $3 of values in my account.
I told my friend that my business ideas in terms of cryptos is not for a one-day gains only just like what he was doing on his Ethereum assets, buying low and selling high, but my purpose for a long-time gains as I hodl my BCH earnings and even converted all other assets into Bitcoin Cash.
Our work schedules doesn't permit us in always monitoring the prices of cryptocurrencies as what we are doing during our free time, there are some instances that we are busy with our respective works we could not monitor from time to time the value of our assets on Coins.ph.
Ethereum Losing It's Value:
Last February 20, 2021, the value of Ethereum in the Philippines as recorded by Coins.ph wallet was at its peak of P97K per coin, but last February 23, 2021, Ethereum's value was recorded at P77K and this is the reason why my friends gains were lost immediately and his confidence went low.
My friend lost at least P6,000 on his Coins.ph value instead of gaining more than P10,000 during the first week of February. This is the reasons why he lost his confidence on cryptocurrency as he asked some questions about BCH and the reasons why I am not affected with the losing value from my BCH assets on Coins.ph
Bitcoin Cash Also Loses its Value:
In my own experience Bitcoin Cash have its peak last February 20, 2021 with one BCH worth more than P36K but it loses its values to just P23K last February 23, 2021.
Despite the loses I incurred at my Coins.ph holdings, I still felt that the setback was just temporary because right now BCH is now at P25K per 1BCH coin at my wallet.
I am still confident that the value of BCH will go higher in terms of values compared to our fiat currency and it will surely happened in the next few hours or days.
Introducing BCH and Why I Believe it is the Real Bitcoin:
After comparing the values we lost in both Ethereum an BCH, I told my co-worker that it is now time for him to really believe in Bitcoin Cash and why it is more safe to hodl BCH compared to Ethereum for the long term.
This is the time that I introduced Bitcoin Cash to my co-worker and close friend for him to have a better understanding of the coin by directing him to visit my favorite BCH introduction website at www.whybitcoincash.com.
Demonstrating Lower Transaction Fees:
I convince my friend that in terms of transaction fees, Bitcoin Cash is the runaway winner when compared to Ethereum and other cryptocurrency because of its lower fees and faster transactions.
The transaction fees for Ethereum is way to high compared to the $0.001 transaction fees charged by BCH to their costumers, that's the reasons why it is the go-to-sites for all micro sites nowadays.
Onboarding my Friend to BCH Community:
Upon seeing with his own eyes the benefits of Bitcoin Cash, my friend immediately dumped at least 80% of his Ethereum assets and brought in Bitcoin Cash for hodling purposes.
I told him that the cryptocurrency market is indeed the most volatile investment we could ever make but with some honest transactions and a little bit of experience we can surely gain from our loses, only if we believe in the BCH community and the future of this fastest-growing crypto assets.
This is just one of my story on how I was able to convince my friend to join us on our journey of introducing and using BCH in our day to day activities and sharing our experiences, loses and gains.
Until next time!
Still at your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
First Business Blogging Fulltime, Interviewed by a Local TV Station
Introduction:
Working abroad is not my ultimate goal in life, so one of the most interesting part of my journey is when I decided to quit my job as an OFW and ventured into blogging full-time here in the Philippines.
As a newcomer in the blogging industry during the year 2010 and blogging is not that popular in the Philippines, I decided to venture into business together with a partner in my home country.
I learned blogging through a free platform at first, at WordPress.com but a close friend of mine introduced blogging through the self-hosted platform WordPress.Org. This friend convince me to finance his start-up at first, hiring some foreigners to write for his site.
Our first website which is longer online is quotednews.com but later on this site was merge to form our main website which is still working until this time. Later on I will reveal the domain of this website but I am no longer part of the business right now.
Quitting my Job as OFW and Ventured into Blogging:
Upon realizing that writing a few articles a day and after my 12-hour shift was no longer profitable for me and the business venture I started with my friend, I decided to chose whether I will continue my job as an OFW or I will return to the Philippines to focus on my job as a full time blogger.
During my early days of blogging, I could only write at least two to three articles per day but during the holidays and weekends in Saudi Arabia, I was able to produce at least 10 articles per day on our growing website.
I made a promise to myself that once my goals of making at least $400 per month through Google Adsense earnings, I will certainly quit my job as an OFW and ventured into blogging full time.
What Convince Me to Quit:
Aside from the goals that was reached after six months of blogging part-time in Saudi Arabia, what really convinced me to work full time as a blogger was the plagiarism made by one of our writer, also a close friend, whom we paid $1.00 per article to write for us.
After discovering that one of our writer plagiarized his work and earned some money from us, I decided to convince my business partner that I could do the job of the other writers we hired only if I will be given the chance to work full-time on our blog.
One of the reasons also why I quit my job as an OFW was the fact that the company that I used to worked with in Saudi Arabia made some changes in the management department putting the son of the owner as in-charge in our day to day operation.
The son of our boss is a totalitarian one, although I am the supervisor in one of the shift, we should always follow his new set of rules, one of the worst rule is the "salary-cutting" condition every time an operator made a mistake. That situation in our company puts the nails in the coffin and ended my journey as an OFW.
Going Home With Only SAR200.00 in my Pocket:
I returned to the Philippines and settled in Bacolod City together with my long-time girlfriend but one of the most memorable moment in my career as an OFW was when I went home with just SAR200.00 in my pocket.
Before I decided to worked full time as a blogger and quit my job as OFW, it was pure courage and determination that I could fulfill my dreams of going into a business venture with uncertainty.
My girlfriend don't have any idea that I have only SAR200.00 in my pocket during that time because I already bought a ticket from Manila to Bacolod City and paid the rent of the house where we will be staying for the first three months.
Blogging Business with 60/40 Shares:
I know in my heart that what I was doing during that time was a bit of scary and challenging but my burning desire to venture into the new world of blogging business is more than enough to motivate me to pursue my dreams of writing for money.
Together with my business partner, we decided to put into accounts our partnerships as he was the one who will be in-charge with the site maintenance and everything technical in making a website and I will be the one who will be in-charge of all the write-ups and articles to be posted.
I agreed with the 60/40 partnerships in favor of my partner but in one condition because I lost my job as an OFW and I wanted to work full-time as a blogger, during the first few months when our earnings will not reach P20,000, I should received at least P15,000 and the rest was given to my partner.
Only when our income will reached P40,000 that we will be having a 60/40 split in favor of my partner and the rest will be reinvested back to our company.
**Business Went Profitable After Six Months:**
After six months of our business venture our website went profitable and we were able to hire some new writers on board and publish not only one but at least four websites.
We hired newcomers with a starting salary of at least P8,000 per month writing only for our numerous blogs with just one rule in mind, no copy-paste article and plagiarism because we rely mostly on Google Adsense earnings.
Interviewed by a Local TV Outlet:
In one segment of the local news outlet in Bacolod City, we were interviewed in one of their shows, featuring new forms of emerging markets and developments involving the internet and the new media.
We were asked how we make money online and how we were able to sustained the salaries of our workers despite working only from home. The TV station toured our home office which is the garage of my business partner and how everything went behind the scenes, producing quality blogs.
Most of our article were ranked higher in Google, particularly in search topics about the Philippines. We somewhat master the art of Search Engine Optimization during the early days of blogging. Some of my articles were even cited by top websites like Wikipedia and prominent news media outlets in the Philippines.
This is my own story and nobody can take it away from me. I know some people will ridicule me and will not believe on how I was able to quit my job and ventured into blogging but sooner or later, I will share it here on this platform.
This is not to brag my achievement but to inspire aspiring writers, that anybody can write even if you're not that good in English, and I don't care about criticisms, there's a lot of free tools to help us in writing.
For now, still at your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Road to 1BCH Goal, $42.14 After 1 Month of Free Crypto
Road to Club1BCH Goal
As a newcomer on this platform and in the world of cryptocurrency particularly Bitcoin Cash, I felt satisfied so far with some little achievements I made for the past month. The figure above is not to brag but to inspire everybody to join this virtual group #Club1BCH.
How It All Started:
I joined this blogging community last January 19, 2021, out of curiosity and some financial gains to be honest, but later on I realized it is not only for the benefits waiting for me but because of the opportunity that I can share whatever knowledge I got based on my experience as a blogger for the past ten years.
The Bitcoin Cash community here on this site were so helpful for beginner like me in the world of cryptocurrency as they explained to me the very basic information why we need Bitcoin Cash in our society.
Inspired by Filipinos in the BCH Community:
Although, I am just new here on this platform, I am so thankful to all the Filipino pioneers who dominated here in terms of articles produced and the engagement they provided with the community.
At first, I felt hesitant to join the discussion about this so-called #Club1BCH which is a goal by some Bitcoin Cash enthusiasts to inspire everybody to hodl at least 1BCH.
The group which called themselves as one family is spearheaded by **@PVMihalache** **@Eybyoung** and other prominent members of the community. https://read.cash/@PVMihalache https://read.cash/@Eybyoung
Starting from Scratch:
I joined this community after reading an article from Noise about a blogging platform that discusses information about the cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash, the low transfer fee and the way it was promoted by one of my internet idol, Kim Dotcom.
Upon reading some cryptocurrency articles I noticed that some users claimed they earned some real BCH on this platform, so I joined the bandwagon and started writing about my passion.
Writing online is a already a natural act for me because I have been blogging for the past few years both on free platform Blogger.com and the self-hosted blogging platform WordPress.org.
Due to the fact that I don't have any topic to talk to, I started my journey here by writing a tutorial on how I was able to published my blog without spending so much money, only time and determination.
One Week Experience:
After one week of writing, I received my first payout and transferred it to Coins.ph worth $4.00 and upon reaching at least P900.00 equivalent, I tried to cash it out through MLhuillier.
Due to some financial difficulties, instead of holding my hard-earned BCH, I was tempted to sell it for a few pesos due to some financial mess in our family budget.
Upon cashing out my earnings, I felt motivated to work for more and to write various topics but most of these topics were my personal experience because in terms of cryptocurrency articles, I am still learning.
BCH Saved Me from Delayed Salary:
In the company where I am working right now there are instances that our salaries got delayed and it happened during this past two months. Despite the delay I really felt grateful because I discovered BCH that saved me from the problems by providing for our daily needs.
As a part-time blogger earning around $100-200 per month through Google, a minor glitch occurred in the system and I was late to discover that the earnings was already credited to Western Union but I failed to withdraw it. This is just another story to tell.
Earnings from Other Platforms Converted to BCH:
Aside from this platform, I also earned from Brave and other platforms providing free cryptocurrency and all the earnings were converted to BCH for easy cash out with the Philippines most popular crypto exchange and wallet, Coins.Ph.
The free cryptos from other sites got their home at my Coins.ph wallet and I converted it to my local currency that helps in my daily needs.
My First Mistake $30.00 Worth of BCH Gone with the Wind:
During difficult times, no matter how prepared we are, there are instances wherein circumstances occurred that we find it hard to fight with.
This is what happened to me, I don't have any choice but to sell my BCH crypto assets for a few pesos for my family to survive due to some delayed salary and other circumstances affecting us.
I sold my $30.00 worth of Bitcoin Cash to Coins.ph in exchange for a peso account that I withdrew through M Lhuillier and LBC.
My New Goal, Starts from Zero to Infinity & Beyond:
I really learned my lesson in the world of cryptocurrency and the volatility of the price of BCH compared to dollars or peso but the most important realization for me is the fact that no matter how volatile BCH is, there's no other way, but to go up in value in the near future.
This is what I really believe, and as part of the community of BCH believers, I promised to allocated even a small amount per week to achieve my goals of earning at least 1BCH within this year.
If my goals will be reached after a month of two, it's already a bonus for me. Once my Paypal earnings from various survey sites, I will also add it up to my portfolio as i will try to buy more assets to achieve my goal of acquiring at least 1 BCH within this year.
Right now my Bitcoin.com's wallet balance is only at $9.00 which is way below to the my dream of achieving my goal but I am confident enough, that if anybody from the 1Club1BCH family could do it, we could also succeed on our journey towards financial freedom and spreading BCH awareness to our community.
To know more about Club1BCH, just start reading these articles below:
**Club1BCH - The Genesis** https://read.cash/@PVMihalache/club1bch-the-genesis-dbb27252
**Club 1BCH 😱** https://read.cash/@Eybyoung/club-1bch-df96508b
At your service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland
Almost Quit Blogging Due to Criticisms on Bad Grammar
Have you experienced almost quitting with your passion of writing due to criticisms from your fellow Filipinos because of bad grammar? If you have experienced it, then this story of mine is for all of us to ponder, and take it as an inspiration.
How it all Started:
Since High School I started to love writing and story telling but I never thought I could write any piece of content and published it online, just like what we are doing right now, because in the Philippines there are lots of people who claimed to be "grammar-perfect" individuals who were always looking for ways to humiliate their fellowmen.
I started writing online during my OFW days in Saudi Arabia, almost ten years ago, and blogging those times were at infancy. Together with my former co-working student, we created a blog through WordPress.org and published a news site.
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My First Writing Gig on a WordPress Blog:
Working in Saudi Arabia as a factory worker with a salary of $300.00 per month is not enough for me during those times, so I ventured into blogging upon the invitation of a close friend of mine who started blogging in the Philippines hiring writers from India and Pakistan.
Upon learning the in and outs of blogging through WordPress, I realized that in some countries they earned a penny just by writing in a blog and sooner I realized that I could do better compared to those people, so I convinced my friend and partner that I will financed his blogging journey but we should hire Filipinos to write for our blogs.
This is the time when I discovered that writing for a blog is not an easy job because of some online users who bombarded our sites with negative reviews and most of the time commenting negatively due to some minor grammar mistakes.
How I Cope Up with Negative Criticisms:
Despite the fact that there were some comments who were below the belt and calling us not worthy to be called as writer and authors, I never quit in my passion of writing.
Our articles were mostly about news in the sporting world, local news, entertainment and other Filipino-related contents. Writing online is indeed challenging but the motivation for me is the dollar earnings from our blog and my dreams of someday quitting my OFW job and focused on blogging.
In blogging, you control all your contents, so when somebody told you that you have made some grammar mistakes it could be corrected just by editing your post and viola, everything will be okay.
Negative People and Grammar Police Are Present Everywhere:
As a blogger for the past few years writing in different websites and producing more than 15K articles on WordPress.Org and 5K articles on Blogger.com, my experience of being humiliated online is indeed worthy of sharing.
In the Philippines grammar police are everywhere but in reality those grammar police could not produce thousands of article online as what most of us can do because they're afraid that someday, someone from the community will criticize their writings online.
As an inspiration to all of us who enjoyed writing and discovered this platform just recently, I advice you not to quit with your passion of writing. Everyone of us have our own grammar mistakes and limitations of the English language but our determination to express our experience in words is already an achievement.
Motivating Every Filipinos to Write and Helping Each Other:
In this challenging online world, we met different people from different countries not only from the Philippines, so we should adjust in terms of understanding that not all of us can express our thoughts in the English Language, because it is not our first language.
Some educated Filipinos or those who master the English Language often criticized us for our grammar mistakes but in reality they're just looking for a venue to prove that the are superior to their fellows and this should not be our reason to quit our passion in writing.
As a writer we should also listen to those honest individuals who corrected us with our grammar mistakes and just edit our articles, it's just that simple. Constructive criticisms is good for the community and for us to prosper and improve our craft in writing.
Quitting My Job as OFW to Focused on Blogging:
After a few months of writing online, juggling around my contractual job as a supervisor in a plastic factory in Saudi Arabia, I decided to quit my job despite my $400.00 earnings which is a bit higher compared to my $300.00 salary as a new worker.
Blogging also came as a blessings in disguise for me because our company face some challenges during those times and a new management imposed some changes.
Upon learning the benefits of blogging and the potential of earning dollars which is more than the earnings of an OFW, I decided to quit and ventured into blogging full time as I realized that although I am not a good writer but everything can be edited on our blog, I decided to quit my job as an OFW.
Conclusion:
I wrote this piece as an inspiration to everybody here on this site, particularly those people who almost quit due to some hindrances and anxiety or fear of failure.
Expressing ourselves in various ways or through this platform is already an achievement, we should inspire our fellow Filipinos to write for more, whether we are new here or we considered as veteran authors elsewhere.
Grammar Police are everywhere but every piece of article we wrote online can never be taken from us, because we owned it and nobody does better than yourself.
Until next time, At your Service,
Phil Newsome aka BantayanIsland aka (Blogger Behind PhilNews.Ph)
