Smart phones explained by a crypto enthusiast
The introduction of smart phones have revolutionized the use of computer to a point that can be viewed as the peak. With more and more upgrades and ideas coming up to improve the efficiency of our most loved gadgets, we should be hoping for a futuristic device soon, right?
`Our Smart phones can be likened to an extension of our body.`
Those are my cousins words to me almost Everytime we have a conversation,I absolutely support him because truly we can hardly do without our Smartphones. Both gen z and millennials have a very strong addiction and obsession to these gadgets and could even turn violent when something goes wrong with their phones.
`We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which are very slow.`
Those were Elon musk's words during an interview.
https://youtu.be/Ra3fv8gl6NE
But how much do you depend on your phone.
As a Normal user like those very few people that mainly or only use their smartphones to make calls, text their friends and family and lastly make use of Google. They no nothing about other features and just acre about making contacts with others through their phones. Or possibly sometimes play Mobile games on it. I believe this was me few years ago, unaware about the potential that this devices hold. Although limited.
As a person involved with cryptocurrency, phones are a top priority. You need them you just have to make use of them.
I stated earlier that the performance of this devices are limited and not do a good or satisfactory Job especially when you are involved in any Business. Working with cryptocurrency is time consuming and needs a very active and efficient device in most cases. one which a smart phone can't be helpful. Merely working on read.cash and noise.cash on my smartphone takes a lot of time. Using a laptop for the same work would save me about 80% of the time I spent using a smart phone. And also because my phone is an heavily damaged $105 low budget smartphone.
One of the problems that one can have with this phones is their variety. There are just so much to choose from, one of the product might be more expensive or probably newly released and yet lack some properties that the previous or lesser priced device had which are very suitable for what you need it for.
My conclusion, smart phones are expensive, and flashy. But do not meet up to the standard needed for a business. Although they are equally important for the promotion of businesses. I believe a better development on smartphones would increase greatly how we view our businesses and the zeal put into them.
The good news is Elon musk has decided to make major upgrades to smartphones with the needs of crypto investors put in mind. Elon musk Tesla company has gone into the verse of smart phones that is said would be able to self charge using solar energy and also mine coins. Although his main purpose for building this device is for his future voyage to mars, so let's hope we get to see the Tesla pi phone soon. https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2022/03/17/what-we-know-so-far-about-teslas-rumoured-model-pi-smartphone/
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Top fastest birds on the planet
In the wild speed is of upmost importance, how fast an animal is ,is what differentiates a predator from a prey. In my previous article I wrote about the top fastest animals on earth, but today its going to be about the top fastest birds on the planet. So without further ado let’s begin
THE COMMON SWIFT
Link https://images.app.goo.gl/uYzYGBdr85B7WUTU9
Common swift is a little medium-sized flying machine. This birdss has curved wings and a fork like tail that drastically improves their speeds. The common swifts can be found in their natural habitat, Europe and Asia, but migrate to southern Africa during winter.
Now let’s talk about their speed, the common swift has a speed of about 20-26 mph, and that is kind of cool, but what is cooler is that during their breeding season they could make speeds of up to 70mph as it tries to court with a mate, they achieve this speeds by altering their wing profile.
THE GREY HEADED ALBATROSS
Link https://images.app.goo.gl/mSXeHfvJxP1FxwPv7
This sea loving bird is quiet interesting in it’s own way. The grey headed Albatross could travel 7000 miles in search of food, they love the sea so much that the only time they return to land is during the breeding season to cater for their off-springs.
These birds have a wing span of over 7 feet but don’t so much fly, they prefer to glide along with the wind to reduce flapping their wings thereby conserving energy, this makes them reach a speed of about 80mph.
THE WHITE THROATED NEEDLE TAIL
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These birds are also known as the storm bird, the needle tail gets it’s name from its shard needle like tail feathers. This bird is mainly found in Eastern Asia and spends it’s time feeding on little insects and flying. According to some research this bird is believed to be able to attain speeds of about 105mph.
THE RED TAILED HAWK
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This Alaskan surprisingly not the fastest bird on this list , the red tailed hawk can only reach a speed of about 20-50mph in it’s normal day to day flight, but, don’t be fooled. This bad boy can reach a speed of about 120mph when diving, they could make a dive down to the earth and drastically increase their speed giving them the massive number.
THE GYRFALCON
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The Gyrfalcon is the largest true falcon in the world, this white devils are one of the few artic birds that can breed in the frigid artic coast.
In terms of level flight speeds these birds easily makes its way to the top of this list, the falcon makes speeds of about 50 -68mph and can maintain this speed for a very wide range without stopping.
THE GOLDEN EAGLE
Upon a more intense research I discovered that the Golden eagle is not exactly the fastest animal in the world unlike what I earlier stated in my previous article top fastest animals on earth with flies topping the list, this bird isn’t the fastest bird on the planet also. Their average flight speed is just about 28-32mph . but they have an incredible dive speed of about 150-200mph, now that’s quite impressive isn’t it. https://read.cash/@Cryptowhale/top-fastest-animals-on-earth-0f2f8d27
THE PEREGINE FALCON
Link https://images.app.goo.gl/iPvMyMY8pJAz7DMz5
Another falcon appearing on our list again, this time it tops it. The peregrine falcon beats all other birds on this list with is incredible 68mph for a normal flight and an outstanding 240mph as diving flight. This birds are known throughout human history as a symbol of haunting and culture.
The falcon reach this bad boy speeds by folding it’s wings aerodynamic wings against its body making it move against the air like an arrow.
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Top fastest animals on earth.
How fast can a human being run, research shows that human beings can run as fast as forty miles an hour but the Sprint speed is approximately 13 miles an hour. However a 13 mile per hour sprint is not sufficient to compete with some of the fastest animals in the world. crazy speed is essential for survival, a predator must run faster than its prey or it dies of hunger and the prey must run faster than the predator or it becomes a meal. The slowest animals have to be sharp enough to outwit their predators. With out further Ado here are the fastest animals on this planet.
8. Lion
With top speed 50 miles per hour,the lion is an extremely social animal who lives in the group called pride. A lion pride can contain 15 to 40 members they also hunt in the group which increases the success rate during hunting. A lion can attain a maximum speed of 50 miles per hour but they can only keep this pace for a short distance.
7 . wildebeest
top speed 50 miles per hour blue wildebeest are grass eating mammals native to South and East Africa, they grow to a height of 1.3 meters the strong legs and shoulders help them to gain speeds of up to 50 miles per hour the speedy movement helps blue wildebeest to find shelters from predators and make migration easy. They're normally found in groups and migrates in the dry season to wetlands and search for grass
6 . Quarter -horse
At top speed 55 miles per hour the quarter horse is one of the oldest horse breeds in the United States red for it's speed agility and performance, even its name refers to its capabilities the named quarter horse comes from the horses success in racing across quarter-mile courses in the 17th century, it can't maintain the speed for too long but for short sprints there's no faster horse in the world
5 . Springbok
A top speed 55 miles per hour,Springbok are exceptionally fast and can attain speeds of 55 miles per hour they can also make sharp turns when running and jump up to 13 feet through the air. They are antelopes belonging to the gazelle tribe and can be found in southern Africa. they don't have great endurance over long distances, the Springbok is also the national symbol of South Africa
4 pronghorn antelope
top speed 61 miles per hour pronghorn antelope is the North American native animal that can run very long distance with a speed of 61 miles per hour unlike other fast moving animals pronghorn antelope have the ability to run fast at the same time can travel long distance without getting tired pronghorn antelope grow up to a height of 3 feet had very strong legs and shoulders Pro born antelopes make a 300 mile long migration in the different seasons.
3 cheetah
Top speed 75 miles per hour the fastest animal on land is the cheetah cheetahs can get up to approximately 75 miles per hour interestingly the chases for prey by cheetahs meet success within 40 to 60seconds cheetahs make use of their tails to steer at the right direction of the run the prey of cheetah have to have a number of adaptations to try to avoid the speedy predator on the Savannah cheetahs typically eat gazelles and other similar type animals the cheetah has a long stride in a flexible body both of which are ideal for sprinting
2 spur winged goose
top speed 88 miles per hour spur weight goose is the largest group in the goose family native to South Africa our 40 inches long and weigh up to eight kilograms these geese can fly with the maximum speed of 88 miles per hour and are mainly found in wetlands the bank of rivers and lakes in Africa the spurring goose also makes a migration ranging to several hundreds of kilometers in different seasons
1. golden eagle
top speed 200 miles per hour. this large and powerful bird of prey is the fastest animal on earth,they're known for flying to great heights and for astonishing speed during a dive to catch prey. this amazing bird achieves an outstanding speed of 200 miles per hour. It's the sharp talons and the amazing speed of the dive which helped Golden Eagles to catch their prey.
Pets that attacked their parents
Pets, we all have one, probably dreamt of getting one as a child, probably still dreaming, we can’t deny the feelings we have when we see how pets play around or comes to you for cuddles, to me as a dog owner, the feeling is just out of this world. But still most of the animals we have as pet today were all wild animals in the past and their ancestors were domesticated so as to be able to live among humans and also be completely loyal to humans. However this animal’s instincts remain in them and are capable of unexpected actions that could cause severe harm or death to their owners and the people around them .So without further ado lets take a look at the:
Pets that attacked their owners
A hoarder killed by his pet insects and snakes
Mark voegel a resident of Dortmund Germany, lived a solitary life in his apartment, and kept collecting insects and snakes as pets, it is believed that one of his pets a black widow caused his demise, it took almost two weeks before his body was found after days of no one seeing him, his other pets ( hundreds of snakes, lizards and spiders along with a great number of termites) consumed his remains with his parts of his body scattered around the house.
Teddy the bear
Teddy, a black bear from Allentown, killed his owner while she was cleaning his cage, this seemed to have irritated the bear that ended up attacking and killing it’s owner Ann Walz . The neighbor’s children witnessed the attack and ran off to call their father who in turn put Teddy down with his hunter’s gun.
Scarface the pitbull
There have been many cases of pitbull attacks over the years, and that of Scarface attacking his owner is no different. A Florida woman and her were attacked by her pit bull dog, Scarface after trying to put on a sweater for the dog her husband and her 22 year old son were not enough to contain the rage the dog had in it as they tried to save her. Luckily the three of them made it out and called animal control that eventually had the dog subdue Scarface, I guess names with scar are never to be trusted.
Travis the chimp
Travis story is going to be a very short one. Travis was kind of a television star after appearing on TV with his owner Sandra Herold. In 2009 , Sandra contacted her friend Nash to help get the chimp back in its cage, but Travis on seeing Nash attacked its owner Sandra. Sandra tried to stop him with a knife which only infuriated the 200 pound chimp. The police were called but the chimp would go on to attack the police cars and ripping off the door of one of the police vehicles. Travis rage eventually ended when he got shot by one of the officers.
Gypsy the python
Gypsy, Gypsy, Gypsy . Hare and Charles Darnell owned a python they named Gypsy. This two Florida residents kept their beloved python and kin d of loved it until gypsy would go ahead to escape its cage and wrap itself around its daughter killing the two year old girl. Animal experts believed the python was under fed because it was severely light weight , the couple would end up being sentenced to 12 years in prison for manslaughter, third degree murder and child neglect.
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30 days of Halloween
My cousin wrote a story not so long in which I helped him edit and added some conversations to it, although it's been long I wrote stories, I tried my best. I just can't help but share it here;
Jeffery lance sat on his office chair as he gazed at the rumbling clouds through the massive burglary proof window with a cigarette in his mouth, the room was dark, but not pitch black the led lamp at the corner of the room gave it a little lightning. the table was messy, with paper documents cigarette stumps scattered all around, cut newspapers and marked book pages and printed copies pinned on the glass walls. lance was a detective, a smart hard working middle aged detective, in all his years of service lance believed the world was like two sides of a coin, he believed in the world been black and white, good or bad, a criminal or an innocent, there's no other side to it, this has been his way since he joined the force in his early twenty's, it has been what drove him forward to accomplish his status and earn to his name many many awards, but all his beliefs, his vision and how he viewed the world are all about to change.
Halloween, Christmas and the new year celebrations just passed, but still lance cannot clear his mind off the horrors of the previous year. More and more cases of murder around the world, more and more people going missing, disembodied like beings have been sighted by thousands of people, more dismembered corpses turning up. As a man of great visions and beliefs, lance did not believe in fictions, or tales of ghosts and monsters, he didn't believe this still when cases like that were brought to his desk. But he had to, he needed to, more like he was forced to believe. His wife and daughter got attacked, his wife died, his daughter missing. He could remember the last words of his beloved wife Maria has she bled out on the hospital bed, he could remember the fear in her eyes, he could remember how eager she was to die like she saw the end of the world. ' it was a monster, it took her! It took her ! It had no face it was pale' those were her words as she took her last breath. Months have passed since then but lance still sits and reads the reports that he ignored, He read them like he was meant to do, to find his daughter dead or alive he has to read through the news papers, hospital reports about people's horrific sightings.
He remembers one of the strangest cases he was ever involved in. He was called to a local catholic church right from his home, he remembers walking into the church and a sudden chill took over his body, " it's a strange one lance", mark his partner said as he approached Jeffery, " some kind of monster, I've never seen anything like it, three people dead, two underaged girls and a Gardner". " I really should have taken a coffee, I'm starting to hear strange things.... Enough tales Mark, what do we have here", Jeffery said coming to a halt in front of a gurney with a body bag, mark proceeds to open the bag a little bit such that only the corpse face is revealed. " I'm dead serious, the FBI came in earlier took the beast, look at his face, he's the Gardner, the forensics believe he was the first victim, his body was found on the alter...we also believe he killed the beast". The gardner's face was barely recognisable with huge claw marks running from his for head down to his lips, his jaw seemed to be separated, probably crushed, one of his ears missing and then three large holes in his throat. " Believe me now", Mark said staring into a baffled Jeffery eyes. " You think those reports are true?, Because I believe it now". That was the last time he saw Mark, Mark would be later found dead in a pool of an abandoned hospital......
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Top 6 most dangerous animals
previously I wrote an article 'top 6 most intelligent animals.', Well one problem with an animal not being intelligent or being too intelligent is their potential to do harm to we humans, and also other animals. They also have potential to destroy things we've built and worked so hard for. So with out further ado let's check out the top 6 most dangerous animals in the modern day world. https://read.cash/@Cryptowhale/top-6-most-intelligent-animals-d9f4dbc4
***This list is not based on hierarchy, but just The list of animals considered as the most dangerous and wildest***
**HIPPOPOTAMUS**
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This massive, giant looking animals are considered by many as Africa's most dangerous mammal. This gigantic animals are Very territorial, very un-predictable and could snap at you for literally no reason. Hippos have proven to be at a stronger level far above crocodiles as they can easily kill This African stealth submarines. Hippos are very protective When it comes to Their offspring so you don't want to go near them. ( crocodiles would stay completely still and let the younger hippos step on because of the fear of being attacked by their older ones if they try to retaliate. Hippos have been said to kill an average of 500 humans per year.
**CROCODILES**
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Crocs are considered to be the largest animal with the highest number of human deaths in Africa, this huge reptiles have all it means to be a predator, metal sharp teeth, incredible water and land speed , amazing agility and very little known weak points. This beasts are capable of totally removing human limbs with just one swipe of their, their gastric acids are capable of breaking acids. No matter where you find them they remain extremely powerful and capable of extreme speeds and damage, so don’t try to outrun this one. They have been known to take the life of over 1000 humans per year.
**LIONS**
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king of the African jungle, brave, majestic and never backs down. This are all the attributes of one of Africa’s greatest pride. And on the list of kills, they are also right on top, they have been said to kill over 563 people in 1990 just in Tanzania alone. Although these beast most times don’t attack human’s for the fun of it, they are very protective of their habitat and tend to attack anything that comes close . They are also sensitive to things that look powerful enough to take over their pride. Lions are just as brutal as any known cat family, they have a very incredible weight and take no time to trow themselves on their enemies, their paws are very powerful and are backed up by extremely sharp claws that could behead a man with just a swipe of their paw, their teeth is powerful enough to cause massive damage to any flesh, tearing it in an instant.
**SHARKS**
Link https://images.app.goo.gl/BFyUK8E7hfbDEPGe8
Big, fast and brutal. These are all three words that describe the pillar of power in the open seas, sharks are like pirates, they just don’t care, they are ready to sink their teeth into any thing that stands in their way. Although as scary as Hollywood as painted them to be there are rarely any cases of them attacking human beings. There were just 6 deaths in 2015 alone, but still don’t underestimate this beasts.
**ELEPHANTS**
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Elephants, the biggest known land animal. are easily the literal translation of power in the animal kingdom, with hardly any animal willing to take on these gigantic monstrosity. They are known to take down take down massive trees that are in their way, or just for the fun of it. They are also blessed with high IQ meaning they know exactly what they are doing, and if you see them charging at you, RUN! Or stay perfectly still, and be mindful not to get crushed. They also have massive muscular trunks that can easily pull down trees, and could life a man high into the air when hit with it. And don’t dare underestimate their tusks does horns could easily go through a man’s body. 500 are killed yearly by elephant’s .
**SNAKES**
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I guess we all saw this one coming, snakes, pythons are just as dangerous as any other animals on this list, this fast, poisonous and muscular terror have claimed the lives of over 100,000 people. Ranking it at the top.
I believe one honorable mention would be humans ; ***our kind claim the lives of over*** *****437,000***** ***humans per year and that’s wild***
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Top 6 most intelligent animals.
The intelligence of most animals in the animal kingdom are greatly underrated, animals like dogs and cats are often liked to being greatly dependent on people for their needs and lack the knowledge of what they can do by themselves or even capable of. The truth is some animals have proven to even rival the intelligence of human beings, animals like orca, cats, dogs have proven to have a very high IQ. Well without further ado let’s take a look at the top six most intelligent animals that exist in the modern day world.
***This list is not based on hierarchy, but just the list of animals considered as the smartest***
**Dolphins, and whales;**
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Dolphins and whales are very similar to primates. One of this reason is because they are mammals, a dolphin has a very large brain. The brain of a dolphin is very large and relative to it’s body size. The cortex of the human brain is highly convoluted ( that’s is the front of the brain is twisted or coiled like ), but dolphins have even more folds than that of a human being. Dolphins have also been tested and have passed the mirror self awareness test, animals like chickens will subsequently fail this test because of their in ability to passive that it’s their reflection, they end up attacking the mirror or the reflection of themselves. Whales on the other hand have a perception of what’s right and what’s wrong , there are many cases of whales attacking wild water animals that try to attack humans.
**Pigs**
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Pigs have shown that they have the ability to solve difficult problems like mazes, they also have the ability to understand and display emotions and understand symbolic languages. You still underestimate their intelligence? Piglets understand the concept of reflection at a younger age much faster than humans do. Some six weeks old piglets were tested using a reflection of food on the mirror they were facing, these piglets were able to work out the correct location of the food, it takes human babies months to understand reflection. Pigs also can play video games!, yes that’s right, pigs understand abstract representations and can use this knowledge to play video games using joysticks.
**Gorillas**
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These massive and brilliant looking beasts have very unique and interesting properties; like humans, gorillas are primates, and have seemed to gain the skill of communicating using sign language and could form original sentences to communicate with smarter beings like humans. A gorilla named Koko became very famous for being able to learn sign languages and caring for pet cats, they are really just that intelligent’
**Elephants**
Known as the most gigantic and massive land animal, the brains of these animals have also got quite the fame for being the largest brains of any land animal. The cortex of Elephants have just as many neurons as that of a human being. Elephants have a sharp memory and seem to have the spirit of co-operation among themselves. They also demonstrate self-awareness and tend to play with one another.
**Chimpanzees**
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Chimpanzees are closely related to human beings on the animal kingdom, no wonder they would easily make it to the list, and no wonder they would show a very similar intelligence to that of human beings. These animals create weapons and tools for themselves to use in their daily life, tools like small knife like woods can easily be carved by these animals and used to cut fruits, spears are also carved by these animals, they tend to display a wide range of emotions and could easily pass the mirror test. They can also learn sign languages to communicate with us.
**Ravens and crows**
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If you guessed it you’re right. The entire corvid family ( family of birds like crow) is clever . these birds are the only non-primate that can produce their own tools, they recognize human faces, so you don’t want to get on their bad side. Scientists have even likened their intelligence to that of a seven year old human child.
I guess the one thing that beats their intelligence is a scare crow
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Hackers and NFT
I was scrolling and reading some articles in noise.cash when I came across an article, Written by coinleta on noise.cash, if you read my previous article, where we reviewed an article from noise.cash about the increasing number of fraudsters and scammers in the NFT community.
We talked about about how fake NFT arts are being sold off and ripping people of their money. I remember reading @Elearah comment and replying to it talking about hackers in taking over the NFT community. https://read.cash/@Cryptowhale/nfts-and-fraud-133a8a41#comment-e024dcc7
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*Without further Ado let's get on with it*
In this post, we will talk about new and classic types of NFT fraud in #SmartBCH ecosystem
By its nature, NFT is just a certificate that indicates that such and such an address "owns" such and such a picture, for example.
There are many nuances in this technology and not always the owner of NFT has the rights to some kind of digital art or object. Nothing prevents you from attaching multiple NFTs to the same picture - it all depends on how the community agreed on the rules and the ethics of it all.
Since an NFT is just a digital certificate and not a digital object, the scammers have more free rein.
One of the new ways to cheat is to embed malware in digital art, videos and other things that are stored off the blockchain and linked to NFT tokens.
For example, a user can buy some NFT-picture, download it to his device and receive a program for hidden mining as a “gift”.
Another example: a user receives an NFT with an exploit > when he tries to view this NFT, he opens a Metamask with a transaction confirmation window > this confirmation looks like a normal request from Oasis.cash> the user confirms the transaction and loses all his funds from the wallet.
How else are users being deceived?
NFT is just one type of token. They are stored in the same wallets as regular DeFi coins, so they are subject to standard types of fraud:
• *Phishing emails*
*• Fake websites in search results*
*• Collecting money for NFT collections followed by a scam*
*• Phishing marketplaces and auctions*
*• Scam guilds with NFT leasing*
*• Sale of copies of original digital objects*
*• Copyright infringement*
*• Use of public figures without their knowledge*
*• And many other standard scams familiar to almost everyone*
A simple and effective way to protect against it all: spend time to check the site, link, NFT tokens, project, copyrights and other things. The main thing in this case is not to rush anywhere and carefully study everything before making a decision. Although this may not guarantee you might not get scammed or hacked, but it is a preventive measure
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NFTs and fraud
This article is based on 10BuffettDollar's post on noise.cash regarding the downsides of NFT that is not mostly spoken about.
If you feel any similarity with an article you've read before, it is from a noise.cash post and the link to this article is here 👉 link https://noise.cash/post/1qz3kjq6
I'm posting this article here for us to review here and discuss what we think about it.
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The Dark side of NFT that no one will tell you about.
Imagine this situation: there is an artist Vasya who draws digital paintings and decides to sell them as NFTs on a #SmartBCH platform.
> He creates an NFT collection, hosts it on Oasis
> Suddenly a wealthy collector Petya comes and buys his NFT picture for $1,000,000.
> Everyone is shocked, the media starts writing high-profile articles that some user gave a million dollars for a picture on the Internet.
> The wave of hype is growing, the community is starting to get interested in Vasya's paintings.
> People are starting to buy the rest of Vasya's paintings for a lot of money.
> And then it turns out that Petya, who originally bought Vasya's painting for a million, was in cahoots with the artist and created an artificial stir.
But it's too late... people managed to buy up the entire collection for $100,500, someone got rich on resale, and someone was left with nothing. And there are dozens of such cases.
Also, a lot of large purchases on the NFT market are just money laundering. A person creates an NFT stone in a couple of minutes and buys it from himself for $100,000.
What is all this for?
Many stories about large NFT deals are just an illusion of easy money, because of which people buy useless NFTs and lose money on it.
By themselves, NFTs are a great technology that will definitely find its application. But this is definitely not a place where you can make money out of the blue by buying any NFT for $100 and selling it for $1,000,000.
NFT collecting, searching for rare and valuable sets is a difficult job that requires certain knowledge. It's time to take off the rose colored glasses.
More and more NFT frauds are popping up everywhere, NFT is more or less just coming up and I guess the security level concerning transactions about NFT is low. I believe the identity of an artist selling NFTs should be scrutinized and a more strict method should be put in consideration before anyone can list an NFT for sale.
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Understanding Metamask
Hello dear reader,
Meta mask remains one of the most used software cryptocurrency wallet, where you can store a variety of tokens and input wallets for various crypto networks. Metamask has a browser extension, making it easier to connect your wallet to any website that requires it.
Like any other wallet, Metamask provides seed phrases for users to ensure maximum security, and also a mandatory password that must be used to open the app when the need be. In my opinion that's the best type of security. Metamask also dealt with the problem other apps haven't, and that's the ease of verification, unlike Luno and others ( I have been trying to verify my Luno account for three days now, but still it wouldn't verify).
How to create a Metamask wallet?
Creating a Metamask wallet is very easy and does not need much street to it, just follow the steps to it. One of those step is setting up password and verifying your account. You can also choose between a pin or fingerprint to access your account which makes it a lot easier.
How to input a smartBCH network?
Inputting a smartBCH network can be very very tricky, especially when you don't have the right information at hand.
First you have to click on the bar at the top left corner of the main page.
A new page appears, and then you will have to click on settings.
Settings opens another page where you would have to tap on network in order to add your SmartBCH network.
The final step is very easy and all you have to do is click on add network at the bottom of the page.
A new page appears where you have to fill in the network name and other things. The necessary Informations are:
Network name; SmartBCH
RPC URL; https://smartbch.greyh.at/
Chain ID; 10000
Symbol; BCH
Block Explorer URL; https://www.smartscan.cash/
This informations would look like this;
Click on save, Congratulations you have successfull inputed a SmartBCH network on your Metamask.
How do you import a contract address?
Importing a contract address to a particular network is very easy and fast, how fast you do this also depends on your network and your device.
Once you have your contract address, in this case I'm going to use $cats contract address; 0x265bD28d79400D55a1665707Fa14A72978FA6043
Time to input.
First click on import token.
All you have to do is paste the contract address on the token address option, and the remaining options would be filled automatically. Then you click import on import.
Your wallet will automatically appear on the he page.
Congratulations, you've learned how to import tokens.
I deeply hope this article was very useful, what more do you want to learn about Metamask let me know in the comments below.
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Starting my NFT journey
Hello dear reader,
It's been six days since I opened my read.cash account, it certainly felt longer I guess it's because I made it mandatory for me to go through all my favorite writers, to read their previous and present articles.
During this period I learned a lot about NFT, well not quite much but, I was able to learn how to mint and stake NFTs. Where to mint them, and above all how to know special characteristics to individual NFTs.
@jane and @bmjc98 did not fail in inspiring me to go into NFTs through their articles, but still I was scared. What if I messed up; I finally decided to go on with it and swap some of my BCH earned to Smart BCH, what site to use was my main concern. I read about mistswap online and searched for articles related to it here. Surprisingly @Pantera wrote an article concerning the new updates made to it( bridge between smart BCH and BCH) the article titled MistSwap Releases a smartBCH Bridge to Cryptoverse! . I tried using it but I guess I wasn't lucky, although I tried it out using just $2.36 Incase it didn't work, thank God I did, I waited hours for it but nothing. https://app.mistswap.fi/bridge https://read.cash/@Pantera/mistswap-releases-a-smartbch-bridge-to-the-cryptoverse-85236b74
Well that was days ago, today I read @Pantera 's article SmartBCH NFTs: Poolside Puffers - The Correct Rarity List **.** I got very excited and just had to ask him in the comments how I could get NFTs to mint, thanks to him I was able to get hold of two modern fairies NFTs. I used hop.cash to swap my BCH to smart BCH, to my surprise It worked so fast, still I got the idea to use hop.cash from @Pantera 's post MistSwap Releases a smartBCH Bridge to the Cryptoverse! https://read.cash/@Pantera/smartbch-nfts-poolside-puffers-the-correct-rarity-list-a1228654 https://read.cash/@Pantera/mistswap-releases-a-smartbch-bridge-to-the-cryptoverse-85236b74
**My first fairy NFT;**
I was too hasty and very inexperienced about the entire NFT world, all I did was mint an NFT I saw at a cheap price just 0.009 BCH, I guess I used this to test how well I'll do with a little amount as I had just $3+ to use. I saw a bunch of other fairies and thought to my self to mint more.
I ended up minting this NFT for 0.017 BCH because I thought bit was a bit special.
Later on I decided I needed more, and ended up minting some poolside puffer NFTs.
After reading the articles Pantera wrote yesterday I discovered I might get a chance to mint a nice puffer. I minted the first one with just 0.1BCH, It had not much special characteristics other than the covid mask.
And later I minted another with a slight better characteristics for 0.02BCHt
Although I found some animated green water background that were listed for 0.09BCH I couldn't mint it because my remaining BCH was lower.
**Listed for sale;**
Me being a very curious person listed two of the NFTs for sale. The fairy dropped green BCH wings and the puffer with the mask, I listed them for 1.1 BCH and 0.1 BCH respectively, with a duration of one month, I hope to see how well they would do.
Again I am just a noob to the whole NFT and just trying out random things to see what will come of it. But I really want to say a big thank you to Pantera, I wouldn't have been able to go about it, if not for him.
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Gettol
Hello dear reader,
Yesterday I wrote an article titled Talentpro. The article was based on a review I made about an Idea that was presented on a telegram channel that I follow. The channel makes it possible to give out or present your idea of gadgets, apps , or even organisations that would be profitable to the world and your community.
Has I stated in my previous article, the admin promised a prize money of $500-$100 in USDT is given to the best three reviews and ideas that are presented. Unfortunately i never received mine because they stopped the free money after my batch, I reviewed two ideas presented on the platform one being talentpro, the second one Gettool.
Apparently Gettool is supposed to be an app that would ease online shopping, using discounts. This could have been a very good idea if the person understood the way discount works.
I tried my possible best not to be cruel in my review, but I guess there was no other way to it. This idea was made by an Indian who believed discount helps you make money.
**Below is my review;**
Gettool is an app that would give the customer ( buyer) a discount on every product that is purchased on certain sites like Amazon, this method would save a lot of money for customers.
Pros
1. Discount on products would drastically reduce the cost of purchasing products online and allow the consumers or customers to save their money for something else.
Cons
1. You misinterpreted the meaning of discount; discount on products do not give the consumer a chance to make money, but rather it makes them able to save up their money as the cost of the intended product to be bought has been reduced.
2. The method by which the Gettool app would gain profit still remains unclear to me. you mentioned that the app would gain money through the affiliate link you provided. Unfortunately that is not how affiliate marketing works. There has to be an agreement between the marketers and your app to pay you some amount of money for bringing in buyers. This amount is very little compared to the amount you might spend in maintaining the entire project.
3. How can a discount of 10% be shared between the card holder and the shopper? what about a situation where the card holder has no intention of buying the product, as that is the only scenerio where the discount can be shared between the two.
4. Your idea tries to connect two strangers that are registered into the app, where the only form of verifying their identity is with the information that they have provided to the app which would not totally be true. Your idea gives room for fraudsters to thrive.
5. You should be aware that when you buy a product in discount, at most times the price you bought the product is still the exact price of the product or probably higher, but the marketers fake the discount to attract customers.
Conclusion
You clearly do not have any idea about how discount and affiliate marketing works, probably you have no idea how internet marketing works. The Gettool app would make shoppers waste their time on false discounts and also the app would face serious maintenance problems as the profit is not enough to maintain the app and the team.
What do you think about my review?
Talentpro
Hi dear reader,
Two days ago I was fortunate to be among a group of reviewers in a telegram channel, the goal of the channel is to get people to make ideas that can be profitable for the world, and people can participate in reviewing the ideas.
The best top three ideas and reviews are picked and awarded $500, $200, $100 worth of USDT respectively. I was able to come out third in my review, and no I wasn't given any prize money as the admins cancelled given out prize money and replaced it with one on one live sessions with investors around the world.
I reviewed two ideas, one idea called talent pro.
**Here is my review;**
Talentpro gives students the opportunity to truly get to know themselves and what they truly, honestly would love to become later on in their life. Talentpro also creates job opportunities for their previous students, standing as a link between the students and the career they choose or are very compatible with.
pros
1. Talentpro would incorporate the right method of education to their programme, which is basically a one on one teaching method which gives the tutor knowledge about the student or individual being taught, the nature of the student, response to certain activities and the skill or talent the student(s) have proven to posses.
2. Talentpro would also make students aware of their individual potential, and also to what areas they are actually very good at. an example being a student whose hobby is drawing can be taught art as it is a right choice for him/ her.
cons
1. There is a greater demand for more practical jobs out there than the individuals that are actually available to work. more complex jobs cannot be thought through simple programmes as they require a more intensive study into it. practical jobs like mining and geology are very intensive and need a detailed practical mentorship and not an online programme that could mostly or totally deal with the theoretical aspect of the course.
2. Talents and hobby are mostly misunderstood by many. an individuals talent or hobby is something the person loves doing for leisure on a regular basis or probably with their entire spare time. talents cannot be categorized with energy consuming jobs like mining and geology has earlier stated. this basically means not all or probably nobody has a talent of breaking rocks and recording the PH value of the soil, these things are practical works that need a close contact mentorship. students end up avoiding courses like this and only go for the easy courses they are familiar with or have a slight experience about it.
3. Distance and network barrier;
distance and network barrier would be a major problem, as the talentpro team might not be able to contact some of their students situated in regions with a poor network server, this means the lecture of the students would end up being unable to attend the classes and would probably have to wait till when the network improves, with time the student might get frustrated ultimately defeating the purpose of the programme.
4. Constant high expenses In maintaining the programme;
I believe this is the most important issue that the talentpro programme would face, they would have to deal with constant updating and maintenance. of the program servers and websites which is actually a lot of money; it takes about $200-$500 per month to maintain a website, this could also amount to $6,000 monthly if a developer is hired.
Conclusion
The Talentpro programme is a very futuristic idea, it would actually help a lot of students out there and most probably reduce the stress caused by physical school activities.
What do you think about my review?
Can crypto currency replace paper money?
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Hello dear reader.
In my opinion crypto currency is so popular that almost everyone around the world know about it. According to reports ,86% Americans claimed that they have had a thing or two to do with cryptocurrency. Most people save it in their various Blockchain accounts, some trade them, others invest in it...I guess I wouldn't be wrong if I named cryptocurrency the best thing that ever happened to the world.
It's no news;
Cryptocurrency was created and exposed to the world in 2009, the first cryptocurrency to be produced was Bitcoin it was invented by an anonymous person or probably a group of people named, Satoshi Nakamoto, it some how gives me the anime vibe doesn't it @Ayane-chan . Through out the few years of it's existence, cryptocurrency has become a daily word, almost like a disease that has spread throughout the entire planet. Now everyone wants a piece of it with more and more cryptocurrency fake and real being generated everyday, thousands of of people becoming wealthy and also becoming poor due to cryptocurrency, can it really surpass the traditional mode of payment. I would love to know what you think, @Jumper-01 , @Lucifer01 , @bmjc98 , @CryptoNag
What are the advantages crypto currency has over paper money (cash)
One advantage over cash is that users can be their own bank, users can mine cryptocurrency at the comfort of specially built central processors that are designed specially to mine crypto also due to their high graphic cards. Although for now these machines might be hard to build and very expensive, in later years they might come cheaper because of the probability of it being common.
Cryptocurrencies gets rid of middle men and allowing money to be transferred directly to the person at the other end. This makes the transfer faster and with Little transaction (gas) fee, compared to banks that take a longer time to transfer the funds.
Cryptocurrencies are generally more secure than bank transfers especially due to cryptography which makes it harder to manipulate or hack.
Disadvantages
Although there are numerous advantages cryptocurrency have over the traditional paper money, let's look at some of the Disadvantages.
Bad network poses a great disadvantage, unlike normal bank transfers that could be made easily with or without internet, cryptocurrency is solely based on the network and Internet, if by any means there is a bar network, a user will never be able to access their money.
Losing the private key could spell doom for the owner; unlike banks where you can go give your complaints and your problems could easily be rectified, cryptocurrency actually needs a private key to store it once lost or forgotten, the owner should forget about their money. And also never make a mistake of deleting your wallet on you PC, without your recovery phrase.
Mistakes, or transfer errors to other addresses means a permanent loss of the money, there are no refunds. So you have to be extremely careful about how you input wallet address. Unlike banks that make you come in contact with the other account user, then your funds can be refunded.
Lastly crypto wallets have potential to be hacked.
Cryptocurrencies are still in their young and sometimes might suffer from scaling issues. Nonetheless, the advantages that cryptocurrencies offer outweigh the disadvantages ratioed to paper money.
cryptocurrencies grant access to financial services to billions of people who do not have a bank account. Developing countries in particular, nearly 60% of adults are excluded from the banking system because they do not meet the minimum requirements for an account.
What do you think? Would cryptocurrency eventually replace paper money.
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The way cartoons influence kids, is it positively or negatively. Most cartoons now depict things about death, the supernatural, and love...which are all strange themes kids are yet to understand. Are cartoons really the factor shaping the future of kids?
I would really love an answer
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Pegaxy v Axie Infinity: the battle is on/ introduction
Hi dear reader, you may call me crypto whale, it's a name I adopted from the internet probably before I knew what it really meant. Although I am no where near a crypto whale, I still very much adore the name.
I have been around for a little while and gone through some accounts and articles written here and I am really pleased to find articles very related to cryptocurrency, as I wish to expand my knowledge about the manner at which it operates, I guess we can never totally know a lot about crypto currency as it changes with time.
Seven (7) hours was enough time to go through very interesting articles written by top notch writers like @jane and @scottcbusiness( I once stumbled on his YouTube channel I guess he gave me the inspiration to create an account). During this short period I realized that for more detailed and indepth explanations about updates concerning Bitcoin cash (BCH) @Pantera is the right channel to turn to.
Although there were still very interesting channels that were top notch listing all of them might alter the purpose of my article, but well, I still have to do it right?
@bmjc98 , @FarmGirl articles are also very interesting when it comes to crypto, but still gives a dose about their day to day activities, some channels like @CryptoNag caught my eye also, I guess probably because of the ‘crypto' nickname they used. More channel names coming up at the end of the article.
Well let's get back to the main deal shall we?
PEGAXY V AXIE INFINITY
The introduction and booming of crypto currency shocked the world, NFTs caused a little confusion, but now we have NFT games. Games? Well yeah, a couple of NFT games have risen just few years ago and are making people wealthy, although I'm not here to talk about how they came to be because I have seen some articles related to NFT games previously.
Millennials generally are very fond of sticking to their phones and playing games. Some crypto investors and developers aware of this created a means by which you can play these games and still earn money while doing them, I definitely call that smart.
Among those games out there came ***AXIE INFINITY***;
***Axie Infinity*** is an NFT based online game that uses Ethereum based cryptocurrencies as an in game economy. A player is expected to buy these fun looking dolls called axies.
Source https://images.app.goo.gl/zELHJju9MphH15Bh8
Axies are of different types with easy Axie possessing its own special abilities. These game allows you to connect with other players around the word that also have an Axie and play against them. That's just pure genius.
I could continue to talk about Axies all day but I shouldn't forget the ***PEGAXY***;
***Pegaxy*** is basically an horse racing game, horse racing has long been the number one (1) royal and Classic sport in the world. Now they are bringing it to your mobile or PC device.
Source https://images.app.goo.gl/gxH53QsWZoBsgcbFA
All you have to do is buy one of the NFT pega, breed them and race them. Although racing them could be very complicated. In my opinion Axie Infinity game plays are way more complex and time consuming.
You don't have enough to purchase the Axies or Pega?
Well neither do I, but I found out some generous people are actually renting them out!, Yes , you play using the Axie or pega rented out to you and then you inturn gain a percentage from the profit you made. Percentages could differ depending on the persons.
Where can I contact them?
Because I am a very generous person also, I would give you links to few discord channels where you can stand in line to be among pegaxy and Axie Infinity player.
***Axie Infinity*** :. **Discord 1** https://discord.gg/6Qwf57h6
***PEGAXY***:. **Discord 1** https://discord.gg/eevGUmEG
**Discord 2** https://discord.gg/fa6jDD2j
**Discord 3** https://discord.gg/6DUkbbXZ
So what are you waiting for? Hurry up.
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