My smartBCH Adventure: 8 months of Research & Profitable Investments

@Pantera 3 December 2021 edited more from that month

SmartBCH is getting red hot lately! It is one of the few smart contract networks with immense potential. A great leap forward for the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem, opening new opportunities in the smart contracts field and sectors of the crypto economy as NFTs, Dapps, and DeFi. **70,000 BCH** are currently locked in smartBCH, a number that will certainly grow more as new projects, investors, developers, and artists join. In the few months the network is live, devs are building infrastructure, services, and projects, and the community is growing at a rapid pace. SmartBCH embraces all the crypto sphere, offering low fees and high transaction speed, adding to the overall increased network effect of Bitcoin Cash.

*Twitter* https://twitter.com/BitcoinCom/status/1463671637501374465 SmartBCH, unlike other Ethereum sidechains, doesn't use a native token but **Bitcoin Cash** instead. Investors that find potential in smartBCH, but don't want to join the DeFi/NFT ecosystem, take their positions in BCH.

The Genesis of the SmartBCH Universe

***Pexels*** *(modified)* https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-woman-wearing-turtleneck-top-2777898/ My adventure with smartBCH begins on March 2021, when I first read about the Moeing Chain, which was a temporary name before switching to smartBCH. It instantly caught my attention having used various EVM compatible blockchains previously, and I started following developments closer since then. The news was already filling the Bitcoin Cash community with excitement. Two weeks later, I wrote an article (*****DeFi on Bitcoin Cash is here!********,*** *March 22, 2021)* after watching a live stream by Marc DeMesel. Some questions in the chat mentioned the unavailability of smart contracts and DeFi in the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem and felt a response was required. https://read.cash/@Pantera/defi-on-bitcoin-cash-is-here-e748db64 *****smartBCH***** ***is a sidechain to Bitcoin Cash, compatible with EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) and Web3 API while utilizing BCH for gas, and aiming to provide similar benefits as Ethereum 2.0 will when fully developed.*** https://smartbch.org/#community -***DeFi on Bitcoin Cash is here!*** https://read.cash/@Pantera/defi-on-bitcoin-cash-is-here-e748db64 It seems the benefits of smartBCH were there even before its release and everyone was waiting with anticipation. I kept studying the smartBCH sidechain, following news and developments, such as the testnet phase and discussions. I created two guides to prepare beginners and experienced users, not accustomed to Ethereum and Metamask. I published both articles on various networks with awesome results. They are even trending on google search, no matter the platform I republished (read.cash, Medium, Hive). The Metamask tutorial for beginners describes the entire process of setting up Metamask and including networks. When the settings for smartBCH were announced, I added them as well. *****How to Set Up Metamask and Add Networks: Binance (BSC), Polygon (Matic), OKEx, SmartBCH - Tutorial***** *(July 7,2021)* https://read.cash/@Pantera/how-to-set-up-metamask-and-add-networks-binance-bsc-polygon-matic-okex-smartbch-tutorial-7265e1c4

In September, when the Metamask settings for smartBCH were announced, we could finally connect our Metamask wallets to smartBCH. I made this tutorial specifically for SmartBCH a day later: *****SmartBCH Metamask Tutorial - Connect to Network, Transfer BCH, Add Tokens and Trade on DEXs***** *(September 8,2021)* https://read.cash/@Pantera/smartbch-metamask-tutorial-connect-to-network-transfer-bch-add-tokens-and-trade-on-dexs-601f4b17

The SmartBCH mainnet launched on July 30th, and the specifications for Metamask connectivity were officially announced one month later.

*Twitter* https://twitter.com/SmartBCH/status/1421416311037435906

The First DEX and Tokens Appear!

Tokenization on SmartBCH started, and immediately the first tokens appeared! **BenSwap** was the first DEX, offering DeFi yield farming and staking, and new tokens immediately appear and receive a headstart. **MistSwap**, also followed with high yields and a fair amount of BCH locked.

*MistSwap* https://app.mistswap.fi/farm It was also positive most of these tokens were community-driven and provided much-needed support in this opening stage. **CashCats** was one of the first tokens on SmartBCH and immediately grew in popularity, handing out vast amounts of tokens to the community members with various airdrops and contests. CashCash, a meme-coin, with latest developments found a fine use case in the OASIS marketplace. https://cashcats.org/

**Bitcoin Cash Argentina** and **Knuth**, two projects with members of the Latin American community of Bitcoin Cash, created their tokens (**ARG** and **KTH**) and begin sharing them with airdrops to the community. It was vital at this stage to have tokens developed by experienced community members and both Bitcoin Cash Argentina and Knuth deserve congratulations for the development of the new DEX, **TangoSwap*****.*** https://bitcoincashargentina.com/en/ https://kth.cash/ https://t.me/BCHArgentina

DeFi started moving and we have today five DEXs offering decentralized finance on smartBCH, with two or three more under development! ***Benswap*** ***MistSwap*** ***MuesliSwap*** https://bch.muesliswap.com/ ***TangoSwap*** ***1BCH***

*DeFi Llama* https://defillama.com/chain/smartBCH **TVL** (Total Value Locked) in SmartBCH DeFi is also increasing rapidly, having tripled since a month ago.

*DeFi Llama* https://defillama.com/chain/smartBCH The DeFi part of smartBCH is experiencing healthy growth, with limited speculation and organic adoption. The increase of the userbase is expanding rapidly and we can have now hopes for a recognition of smartBCH by the rest cryptocurrency market and investors. Low network fees are the catalyst for smartBCH further adoption.

The smartBCH NFT craze! NFTs appeared next on smartBCH an immediately embraced by the community. **Law Punks**, a project similar to the Ethereum Punks NFTs, was the first collection on smartBCH. Together with **Poolside Puffers** and **CashCat NFTs** are currently the most popular. https://read.cash/@Pantera/poolside-puffers-a-smartbch-nft-art-project-with-a-good-purpose-93fc2ee5 The volumes on Law Punks marketplace had been significant and the top-two NFTs changed hands for **record prices** of 35BCH and 33BCH. https://read.cash/@Pantera/lawpunks-nft-sold-for-record-33-bch-smartbch-volumes-spike-0b3ac253 NFT volumes have been performing outstandingly and so did the total BCH locked in the smartBCH network.

The Law Punk NFTs increased rapidly in value and currently give a minimum return of 1200% since the minting phase.

*BlockNG* https://blockng.money/#/punks OASIS Marketplace OASIS, the first smartBCH NFT native marketplace is also live!

Maybe we will witness similar action and volumes on the Puffer NFTs and CashCats. OASIS will include all NFTs and soon will add sorting functionality and many more features. It Is Happening! I took the opportunity to explain SmartBCH to Hive and Medium audiences and published or republished various of my SmartBCH posts at Leo Finance and PoB communities. This was one of the first posts about SmartBCH I wrote specifically for Hive:(SmartBCH: What is this About and Why We Should Care?). https://leofinance.io/@pantera1/smartbch-what-is-this-about-and-why-we-should-care

*Celery* https://t.me/celeryToken With my articles I presented projects that were not so popular but contained potential. I explored all DEXs so far, and I take part in staking and farming. I hold various SEP-20 tokens, but I don't want to push anyone into a copy-trade situation. One of the reasons I'm not announcing my trades is this. I’ve also tried to cover smartBCH projects with enough potential but not met with enough publicity. I felt they deserved at least a thorough research and review.

In Conclusion

*Source* https://unsplash.com/photos/ir5gC4hlqT0 SmartBCH will become a beacon of hope for developers and investors fed up with the high Ethereum fees and the inability of various blockchains to scale. Investing in smartBCH has provided ROI above my expectations. Once again, though, we witness the mainstream crypto media being oblivious to anything related to Bitcoin Cash, censoring developments, and **ignoring** SmartBCH. https://read.cash/@Pantera/crypto-news-websites-massive-manipulation-propaganda-censorship-of-bitcoin-cash-071010ae Maybe this also helps for the time being, but advanced technology in any field can’t be ignored forever. As new projects appear, we all try to proceed with careful steps since we had a few rugs pulls already and awareness has been increased.

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10 comments

L@Lucifan 3 December 2021

I appreciate the effort you put into being smart bch publicity... It is really admirable... I believe with time,,, everyone would know about it... Cheers pal...
@Roojoroojay 3 December 2021

Oh wow same topic of the writing, but you all guys have the super-fantastic journey in the world of SmartBCH but am still noob there, but trying to learn the things slowly slowly. B/w best of luck for the contest.
- @Pantera 3 December 2021
  
  The first 3 words. Same topic as with everyone that participates in the BCH101.com contest.
@Ellehcim 3 December 2021

I feel like SmartBCH will really rule next year due to the uoward trend of its popularity. People may not be able to ignore its impact.
@InvestorOmar 3 December 2021

Thanks for your support @pantera. And all respect for the hard work you've put to bring BCH into notice. Keep up the good work.
@sihuda 4 December 2021

8 months is a long journey to learn and understand. I'm here just starting the first step to learn this. I learned from your articles. Keep writing.
@SmartT 4 December 2021

I appreciate you for enlighten us on this article, it will boost our knowledge
@SmartT 4 December 2021

I appreciate you for enlighten us on this article
@Dexielle 5 December 2021

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@Melissa_1998 6 December 2021

I salute you for being so thoughtful. God bless you 😇