Remarkable App to IMPROVE your read.cash
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This article idea was inspired by @kli4d's article: How I read, or listen rather, to your articles? https://read.cash/@kli4d/how-i-read-or-listen-rather-to-your-articles-f70a24af
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**So, let's jump into my read.cash adventures.**
For those of you who have been here on read.cash for a while, you know the importance of giving back to the community and reading other authors' articles.
I set my main reading time around the same time I publish an article.
First, I prioritize those peeps who have left a **comment or an upvote** on any of my articles, as a way of saying **thanks**!
Then, I head over to my favorite authors' profiles, who have been *active recently* and have consistently provided *value*, and finally, I go looking for new authors to subscribe to.
This is my petite way of trying to give back.
**However, I have been guilty as charged.**
Of course, I must admit that there were a couple of things hindering me from getting as much active reading as I intended to.
Namely:
Eye straining
Distractions
Lack of reading comprehension due to interrupted reading
Time constraints, etc.
At the end of the day we're all just humans. Prone to wear and tear. Hehe
**Hence, let me tell you about the App that turned it around.**
Everything changed, after I downloaded a particular Text2speech application.
The app is called ***T2S: Text to Voice - Read Aloud*** which I downloaded from the play store.
Here's the link to download:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hesoft.T2S
Do you want to know why this app turned out to be useful?
Then, stay a while and read (or listen) hehe down to the end. 😉
**The Killer Feature: COPY-TO-SPEAK!**
With this neat feature you'll copy any article or text that you want to absorb information from, and Voila!
Your bot sounding voice comes to life and reads outloud what ever you copied. 🎉
No need to paste it anywhere.
If you'd like the instructions on how to set it up, I invite you to read @kli4d's article: How I read, or listen rather, to your articles? https://read.cash/@kli4d/how-i-read-or-listen-rather-to-your-articles-f70a24af
However, I'll just quickly give the specifications on how I personally use it.
I do actually change the voices between a girl and a guy sounding voice depending on the author.
You don't have to do this. I do it because it helps me distinguish the different authors. After a while they start to really sound unique because of their peculiar writing styles.
**My personal subjective settings, mess with them if you will.**
For girl authors I use...
Speech voice: United States - 1
Voice rate: 2 or 2.5 (so I can get more articles in)
Speech pitch: 1
For guy articles...
Speech voice: United States - 4
Voice rate: 2 or 2.5 (so I can get more articles in.)
Speech pitch: 0.9
**Of course, not everything is buds and roses.**
I do want to give the fair warning that since my activation of the copy-to-speak feature, my mobile battery life doesn't last as long.
To prevent this, I just click the 'STOP' option on my notifications bar once I'm done and manually turn it back on within the app settings when needed again.
**Automate, Automate, Automate! 😉**
I've been really content with this little app. I save a lot on reading time and am actually getting through to more articles than before because I can speed up the little bot's reading rate.
And because I'm 100% better at listening than reading, my concept comprehension has gone up when listening to your articles, which then has allowed me to leave better comments.
**Furthermore, it helps your writting too!**
Not only do I use it for reading your articles but I also use it to read out loud my own article drafts.
That way it's easier for me to catch syntax errors, as well as mistructured sentences and ideas.
**This can help you too! 😀**
I invite you to try it and let me know in the comments below what you think.
If you know of any other tools that are extra useful, let me know too! 😊
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Estrategia de PREsearch para ganar $70 Dólares
¿Sabes cuándo se te viene a la cabeza el tema de un artículo y crees que será un gran artículo? Pero luego haces tu propia investigación (DYOR) y te decepciona descubrir que lo que ibas a escribir no es tan GRANDE como alguna vez pensaste. Jaja, bueno, este artículo va a ser un poco sobre eso.
**El Mercado Alcista (Bull Run) puede engañar.**
Creo que todos podemos estar de acuerdo en que la carrera alcista de las criptomonedas aporta una cantidad increíble de riqueza a diferentes proyectos cripto.
Durante cada alza, tenemos nuevos inversores que levantan una ceja ante la oportunidad de hacer un buen dinero rápido. *(Aunque la verdad es: muchos nuevos en cripto se inauguran con pérdidas rápidas, debido a la falta de investigación).*
Fuente https://stats.buybitcoinworldwide.com/stock-to-flow/
Cada cuatro años tenemos una corrida de cripto alcista que se desborda (afortunadamente) para financiar nuevas ideas. Esto es genial porque entonces las ideas que de otro modo no hubieran encontrado financiación, realmente tienen la oportunidad de cobrar vida. ¡Lo cual es fantástico!
**Aunque, al mismo tiempo, las ideas aparentemente "buenas" terminan resultando mediocres o malas.**
Aquí es donde entra PREsearch. PREsearch es un motor de búsqueda descentralizado que te paga tokens cripto PRE por usarlo como su motor de búsqueda predeterminado.
Inicialmente y superficialmente, parece una gran idea. Hasta que comienzas a usarlo y te adentras más en los detalles esenciales.
**Mi experiencia con el motor de búsqueda de PREsearch.**
He estado usando PREsearch como mi motor de búsqueda predeterminado durante 3 meses. Es el motor de búsqueda predeterminado tanto en mi computadora de escritorio como en mi teléfono celular.
Entonces, esencialmente, obtienes 0.12 tokens PRE por búsqueda, hasta 30 búsquedas pagan por día y un límite mínimo de retiro de 1,000 tokens PRE.
Mi pensamiento inicial fue: "Seamos estratégicos al respecto". Planeaba hacer 30 búsquedas al día hasta llegar a los 1000 tokens PRE e incluso había configurado un despertador para recordármelo.
**Haciendo algunos cálculos matemáticos rápidos de PREsearch.**
Bueno, las reglas son $ 0.12 PRE x 30 búsquedas pagas al día = $ 3.60 PRE al día.
En un mes *(excepto los domingos, para descansar y relajarse)*, ganaría alrededor de $ 86,40 PRE al mes. Por lo tanto, me tomaría alrededor de 12 meses alcanzar el límite mínimo de retiro de 1,000 PRE. ¡Así es! ¡Un año entero!
En el momento de mis cálculos, PRE valía $ 0.07 USD. Entonces, después de 12 meses, habría ganado $ 70 USD, si el precio se hubiera mantenido. Lo cual, pensarías que es una cantidad razonable hasta que la dividas entre 12, lo que hace que sea alrededor de $ 5 USD al mes o alrededor de $ 0.20 centavos de dólar por media hora.
Fue entonces cuando tuve que preguntarme, ¿cuánto vale mi tiempo? ¿Qué tal mi concentración y esfuerzo físico? Todas las cosas intangibles tienen un valor monetario y por ello les invito a intentar calcular de forma aproximada.
Sé con certeza que, como persona bilingüe, mi tiempo vale un mínimo de $ 4 USD / hora en México y $ 16 USD / hora en EE. UU.
**Ahora, la razón por la que DEJARÉ de promover a PREsearch.**
Uno o dos días después de que vi el precio PRE en $ 0.07 USD, bajó a $ 0.04 y ahora está alrededor de $ 0.02 USD. Lo que a hecho insostenibles mis planes.
Además, al leer los blogs de PREsearch en Medium. Pronto me di cuenta de que cualquier forma estratégica de búsqueda para ganar PRE tokens está prohibida e infringe los Términos y Condiciones del proyecto.
Es probable que esto se deba a una afluencia de spammers que realizan búsquedas falsas. Los mismos spammers que dicen: "Este es un gran proyecto. Estoy seguro de que esto se va a ir a la luna. Gracias, sers".
Para ser honesta, no quiero esperar un año entero para recibir una recompensa cripto cuando los "pagos en continuo" están a la vuelta de la esquina en nuestro futuro cercano.
**En honor a la objetividad: respuestas a las objeciones de PREsearch.**
**Objeción n. ° 1:** ***PREsearch está orientado a la privacidad, por lo que vale la pena promocionarlo.***
**Mi opinión:** Sí, se supone que está orientado a la privacidad, sin embargo, el navegador Brave saldrá con su propio motor de búsqueda orientado a la privacidad. Si ambos tendrán las mismas funciones, entonces iré con Brave, porque si ni siquiera puedo retirar mis tokens PRE, entonces es como si no los tuviera. No son tus llaves, no son tus criptomonedas, mis queridos.
***En una nota al margen:*** *si dejas que tu PREsearch permanezca inactivo después de algún tiempo (de acuerdo con los Términos y condiciones), tus tokens PRE caducan y esencialmente vuelven al proyecto para su redistribución. ¡Todo tu tiempo, energía, y concentración, PERDIDOS!*
**Objeción n. ° 2:** ***¿Qué pasa con la compra de apuestas y publicidad?***
**Mi opinión:** Aun asi, requieres 1000 tokens PRE para retirar. Y SOLO ENTONCES, puedes comprar anuncios de palabras clave con tus tokens PRE.
Solo para darte una idea, he usado PREsearch durante tres meses, siguiendo los términos y condiciones mediante el uso del motor de búsqueda con búsquedas diarias normales, nada más allá de eso y, sin embargo, me ha resultado casi imposible cumplir con las 30 búsquedas pagadas. Después de 3 meses solo tengo alrededor de 48 tokens PRE. A este ritmo, haré unas 150 tokens PRE al año. Nada cerca del requisito de 1000 PRE. ¡Una broma total!
Para mis intenciones y propósitos, no valió la pena ni mi tiempo ni mis otros recursos intangibles. Además, realmente odio la idea de la caducidad de tokens.
**Objeción n. ° 3:** ***¿Qué tal el programa de afiliados?***
**Mi opinión:** Aparte de que los incentivos no son tan buenos. Personalmente, no puedo (en buena conciencia) ganar dinero haciendo que la gente se inscriba en un proyecto que probablemente les haga perder el tiempo como lo hizo con el mío.
(Pic affiliate info)
Fuente
Además, la mayoría de las personas no tienen un seguimiento (audiencia) lo suficientemente grande como para que el programa de afiliados sea rentable.
Básicamente, estarías trabajando para promover el proyecto PREsearch de forma gratuita.
**Objeción n. ° 4:** ***El equipo de PREsearch está trabajando en una integración web3 que permitirá a todos retirar sus tokens PRE por su propia cuenta.***
**Mi opinión:** una criptomoneda es tan buena como su comunidad. Por lo que entiendo, la comunidad de PREsearch se superpone con la de Brave. Tan pronto como Brave lance su propio motor de búsqueda de integración web3 y privacidad, podría ser el final de PREsearch, que es el menos conocido de los dos.
**En el fondo, realmente quería que ganara el** pequeñin**.**
Lamentablemente, PREsearch es solo otro cripto proyecto que hace promesas y no cumple.
Los proyectos de cripto que han brillado son aquellos que han encontrado una manera de recompensar a sus partidarios básicos de la comunidad.
Los pobres que creen en el proyecto. Pero PREsearch es solo otro proyecto que amarra un hueso más alto de lo que puedes alcanzar.
**La tokenómia apesta, pero ¡la característica de privacidad es lo mejor!**
Sí, algunas personas pueden sentirse así. Sin embargo, ¿cuál es el punto de tener un motor de búsqueda inclinado a la privacidad si la mayoría de nosotros todavía miramos videos en el YouTube de Google, que prácticamente rastrea todos nuestros movimientos?
En mi opinión, frustra un poco el propósito. Jajaja.
**Mi más sincera recomendación.**
Esta ha sido mi experiencia personal con PREsearch. No funcionó para mí. Sin embargo, hay la posibilidad de poder beneficiar a alguien que viva en un país cuyo fiat tiene cantidades locas de inflación.
En ese caso, los invito a hacer su propia investigación.
Examina e evalúa tu propia situación, recursos y prioridades.
**¡Gracias por leer! ¡Únete a mi proyecto!**
Si encontraste útil este articulo y te gustaría ver más de mi viaje cripto, ¡considera suscribirte! ;D
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PREsearch Strategy To Earn $70 Dollars
You know when an article topic pops into your head and you think it will make for a great article but then you Do Your Own Research (DYOR) and you're disappointed to find that what you were going to write is not as GREAT as you'd once thought. Haha well this article is going to be a little about that.
**The Bull Run Can be deceiving.**
I think we can all agree that the crypto bull run brings in an incredible amount of wealth to different crypto projects.
During each bull run we have new investors lifting an eyebrow at a chance to make a nice quick buck. *(Though the truth is: many peeps new to crypto are inaugurated with quick losses, due to a lack of research)*.
Source https://stats.buybitcoinworldwide.com/stock-to-flow/
Every four years we have a crypto bull run that spills over (thankfully) to fund new ideas. This is great because then ideas that would otherwise not have found funding, actually gets a chance to come to life. Which is fantastic!
**Though, at the same time, seemingly "Good" ideas end up turning out to be mediocre or bad.**
Now this is where PREsearch comes in. PREsearch is a decentralized search engine that pays you crypto PRE tokens for using it as your default search engine.
Initially and superficially, it sounds like a great idea. Until you start using it and get more into the nitty gritty details.
**My experience with PREsearch engine.**
I have been using PREsearch as my default search engine for 3 months now. It's the default search engine both on my desktop computer AND on my cellphone.
So, essentially, you get .12 PRE tokens per search, up to 30 paid searches per day and a minimum withdrawal limit of 1,000 PRE tokens.
My initial thought was, "Let's be strategic about it." I planned to do 30 searches a day until reaching 1,000 PRE tokens and I had even set up an alarm clock to remind me of it.
**Doing some quick PREsearch math.**
Well, the rules are ***$0.12 PRE x 30 paid searches a day*** ***= $3.60 PRE a day***.
In a month *(excluding Sundays, for resting and chillaxing)*, I'd be making around $86.40 PRE a month. Therefore, it would take me about 12 months to reach the min withdrawal limit of 1,000 PRE. That's right! A whole YEAR!
At the time of my calculations, PRE was worth $0.07 USD. So after 12 months I would have made $70 USD, if the price was sustained. Which, you'd think was a reasonable amount until you divide it by 12, making it about $5 USD a month or about $0.20 USD cents per half an hour.
That's when I had to ask myself, how much is my time worth? How about my concentration and physical effort? *All intangible things that are worth monetary value* and of which I invite you to attempt to roughly calculate.
I know for a fact that as a bilingual speaker my time is worth a minimum $4USD/hour in Mexico and $16USD/hour in the U.S.A.
**Now, the reason why I will STOP promoting PREsearch.**
A day or two after I saw the PRE price at $0.07 USD, it went down to $0.04 and is now currently around $0.02 ish. Legit, making my plans unsustainable.
Additionally, in reading PREsearch's blogs on medium. I soon realized that any strategic forms of searching to gain PRE are forbidden and *infringes the project's Terms and Conditions*.
This was likely due to an influx of spammers making fake searches. The same spammers that say, "This is a great project. I'm certain this is going to go to the moon. Thank you, sers."
To be honest, I don't want to wait a whole year to receive a crypto recompense when streaming payments are just around the corner in our near future.
**In Honor of Objectivity: PREsearch objections answered.**
****Objection #1:**** ***PREsearch is privacy oriented so it's worth promoting.***
**My opinion:** Yes, it's supposed to be privacy oriented however, Brave browser will be coming out with it's own privacy oriented search engine. If they will both have the same functions then I'm going with Brave, because if I can't even withdraw my PRE tokens then it's as if I don't own them. Not Your Keys Not Your Crypto, honey beans.
***On a side note:*** *If you let your PREsearch sit idle after sometime (according to the Terms and Conditions) your PRE tokens expire and they essentially go back to the project for redistribution. All that time, energy, concentration, WASTED!*
****Objection #2******:** ***What about the staking and advertising part of the search engine?***
**My opinion:** You still need 1000 PRE tokens for withdrawal. THEN, you can purchase keyword ads with your PRE tokens.
Just to give a clear picture, I've used PREsearch for three months now, following the terms and conditions by using the search engine with normal everyday searches, nothing beyond that and yet, I've found it near impossible to meet the 30 paid searches everyday. After 3 months I only have about 48 PRE tokens. At this rate I'll be making about 150 PRE tokens a year. Nothing near the 1,000 PRE requirement. A total joke!
For my intents and purposes it was not worth my time or my other intangible resources. Plus I really hate the idea of expiring tokens.
****Objection #3****: ***What about the affiliates program?***
**My opinion**: Aside from the incentives not being that great. l personally can't *(in good conscience)* make money off having people sign up to a project that very likely wastes their time as it did mine.
Source https://presearch.org/account/referrals
Plus most people don't have a big enough following (audience) for the affiliate program to be profitable.
You would essentially be working to promote the PREsearch project for free.
****Objection #4****: ***The PREsearch team is working on a web3 integration that will allow everyone to withdraw their PRE tokens on their own.***
**My opinion**: A cryptocurrency is as good as its community. From what I understand PREsearch's community overlaps with Brave's. As soon as Brave puts out it's own web3 integration and privacy inclined search engine, it might just be the end of PREsearch which is the lesser known of the two.
**Deep down I really wanted the underdog to win.**
Sadly, PREsearch is just another crypto project that over promises and under delivers.
The crypto projects that have shone bright are those who have found a way to recompense it's base supporters from the community.
The poor people who believe in the project. But PREsearch is just another project that ties a bone up higher than you can reach.
**The tokenomics stink but the privacy feature is the bomb.**
Yeah, some people may feel that way. However, what's the point of having a privacy inclined search engine if most of us still watch videos on Google's YouTube, which practically tracks your every move.
It kinda defeats the purpose, in my opinion. Lol.
**My Honest Recommendation.**
This has been my personal experience with PREsearch. It didn't work out for me. However, I can see how it might still benefit someone living in a country who's fiat has crazy amounts of inflation.
In that case, I invite you to Do Your Own Research.
Look into and assess your own ***situation,*** ***resources*** *and* ***priorities***.
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Introducido a los 66 años a Crypto a través de Brave Browser (reseña)
¿Las arrugas que se muestran en el rostro de un anciano ilustran años de sabiduría o años llenos de terquedad? Descubrámoslo con una revisión rápida del navegador Brave.
**Un hombre de 66 años.**
El papá de mi esposo es un tipo que tiene que "ver para creer". Es casi imposible convencerlo de la mayoría de las cosas, porque pretende haber visto casi todo en sus 66 años de supervivencia en nuestra "aburrida" tierra.
A menudo consulta a otros de su generación antes de concluir algo sobre cualquier tema y examina con dureza las nuevas ideas presentadas por una generación más joven.
Soy de la opinión de que las nuevas ideas a veces pueden ser buenas y saludables de adoptar. Sin embargo, la verdad es que no tengo ni idea de cómo animar a las generaciones mayores a que las abracen conmigo.
Y así comienza esta historia:
**Las investigaciones económicas.**
De vez en cuando, mi suegro nos pregunta cómo estamos económicamente. Lo cual, para ser honesto, en algunos contextos esto puede parecer grosero, sin embargo, en nuestra unidad familiar se considera que está bien, ya que es una suposición subyacente de que no hay mala intención al preguntar. Él cuestiona principalmente para asegurarse de que vamos bien financieramente.
A fin de cuentas, trato de ser discreta ya que no quiero que mi suegro piense que estamos ganando toneladas de dinero con nuestras iniciativas empresariales y de adopción de criptomonedas. Jeje. Porque no es como que nos hemos vuelto ricos, excepto en la rara ocasión en que esas jugosas airdrops criptográficas pasan volando y nos da la casualidad de capturar una.
Ahora, mi esposo es un poco más abierto sobre sus proyectos. En muchas ocasiones ha intentado explicarle a su Pa cómo funciona la adopción de criptomonedas, qué es bitcoin, etc. Con la intención de incorporarlo a una experiencia de criptomonedas que lo beneficiará económicamente. Mi esposo le explicaba cómo nos beneficiamos de las criptomonedas y las plataformas de adopción de criptomonedas y, sin embargo, mi suegro es un hombre difícil de convencer.
Mi suegro dice que todavía recuerda cuando a las figuras de autoridad se les dio más credibilidad, por lo tanto, tenían una mejor oportunidad de arreglar las cosas sin ser reprimidas por las críticas.
Para mí, este fue un argumento difícil de aceptar, ya que parecía que estaba insinuando que la desconfianza del gobierno es injustificada. Sin embargo, la era de Internet realmente ha arrojado luz sobre la actividad gubernamental ilegal y en parte ha contribuido al cansancio de muchas personas hacia sus líderes.
Si te estás preguntando, aquí es donde la tecnología de cripto resulta útil. Solo tenemos que seguir trabajando para incorporar a más y más personas de manera rápida y competente.
**Ahora: abordaré algunos comentarios despectivos.**
De vez en cuando, mi suegro de 66 años hace comentarios sobre cómo se encontró con un artículo de estafadores que usaban bitcoin para estafar a la gente. "¿Quieres el enlace?" Nos pregunta...
En otra ocasión comenta que bitcoin es una burbuja económica. En pocas palabras, cuando Bitcoin se hundió no hace mucho tiempo, declaró triunfalmente: "¡La burbuja estalló!" Jejeje
No me enojo porque sé que ha tenido su parte de dificultades económicas debido a la fiat. Aquí en México tuvimos una crisis económica en México de 1994. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_econ%C3%B3mica_en_M%C3%A9xico_de_1994
¿Te estás preguntando qué fue eso? Fue una devaluación del peso MXN debido a la retirada de los inversores. Vendiendo su MXN y convirtiéndolo a USD debido a la inestabilidad política aquí en México en 1994.
Los que no pudieron vender, es decir, el pueblo mexicano, el José promedio, se atascaron con una inflación que causó mucha hambre y pobreza financiera personal.
Sí, leíste bien, las monedas Fiat funcionan de manera similar a las criptomonedas en el sentido de que FUD (Miedo, Incertidumbre y Duda, del ingles, Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) también causa daño al reducir el valor de la moneda.
Volviendo al otro día, después de una larga conversación sobre la adopción de criptomonedas, mi suegro concluyó que no le gustaban las criptomonedas porque simplemente no eran tangibles.
Como mencioné anteriormente: Él es un tipo de hombre de "verlo para creerlo". ;D
Entonces, comencé a preguntarme y reflexionar sobre qué probaría que las criptomonedas son "tangibles".
**La resistencia al cambio y la aceptación de una descarga de Brave Browser.**
Bueno, dio la casualidad de que hace un tiempo mi esposo instaló en secreto la descarga del navegador Brave en las computadoras de sus padres y escondió Chrome. Jejeje
*(Nota del autor: haz esto solo si tienes una relación cercana con tus padres y se entienden. Lol. No quiero fomentar ningún comportamiento que pueda dañar las relaciones).*
Cuando se dieron cuenta de que Chrome no estaba por ningún lado, gritaron como una leónesa protegiendo a sus cachorros: "¡Rompiste mi computadora!", "¿Dónde está mi YouTube?" Y "¿Dónde está mi Duolingo?"
En consecuencia, les explicó los cambios y los beneficios de la descarga del navegador Brave y el uso del propio Brave Browser. ¡Recibes criptomonedas en forma de token BAT todos los meses cuando habilitas la visualización de anuncios!
En pocas palabras, el navegador Brave bloquea los anuncios externos y tiene su propio sistema de anuncios. Las marcas comerciales pagan por una campaña publicitaria del navegador Brave y, a su vez, Brave paga a sus usuarios una parte de esos ingresos en forma de tokens BAT por ver los anuncios. En su mayor parte, los anuncios que he visto están relacionados con la tecnología y la criptografía.
Por cierto, echa un vistazo a las actualizaciones móviles implementadas recientemente. Ahora puedes hacer pestañas de grupo.
Bueno, un par de meses después de la instalación de Brave Browser, mi esposo verificó frente a su padre, el saldo de recompensas de su token BAT.
Tenía un valor de 3 USD en tokens BAT a un precio de 1.09 USD por BAT. Que son unos 59 pesos mexicanos. Sé que puede que no parezca mucho, pero es suficiente para comprar 10 viajes en autobús con la tarifa actual de autobús para personas mayores. ;)
O también equivalente a 1 hora de salario mínimo aquí en México.
Fuente https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/basic-attention-token
Más importante aún, hubo un silencio prolongado que nadie quería romper. Jajaja.
*(Nota del autor: No queríamos decir: "¡Te lo dije!", Y él no quería admitir claramente que "Sí, tal vez las criptomonedas pueden ser 'tangibles'").*
Hasta que finalmente mi suegro rompió el silencio con un tono de voz más alegre y preguntó: "Entonces, ¿Cómo retiro ese dinero?" Jajajaja. ;D
**Muy bien ahora, pasemos a la reseña:**
En general, puedo ver que Brave Browser ofrece adecuadamente a sus usuarios una forma de proteger la información personal de la abrumadora industria de la publicidad.
La interfaz de usuario es satisfactoria y su software de bloqueo de rastreadores lo hace más rápido. Para que te des una idea, tengo unas 27 pestañas abiertas y no percibo ningún retraso en este momento.
En comparación con los navegadores alternativos que he usado, como: Vivaldi, Opera y Yandex. Prefiero Brave Browser sobre todo.
Suena bien, ¿verdad?
**Bueno, esa no es toda la historia...**
¿Qué me molesta de Brave Browser: BAT Token, por qué en este momento no estoy tan optimista con Brave Browser?
Aunque si, este navegador es el mejor de su tipo, tiene un defecto importante: Retirar el token BAT.
La verdad es que esto es algo que no he visto a mucha gente criticar tanto como debería, probablemente debido a un conflicto de intereses. La mayoría de las reseñas en Brave Browser incluyen un enlace de afiliado. Sin embargo, ahora que el programa de afiliados se ha cerrado para nuevos registros, espero que veamos más personas señalando esto:
**La única forma de retirar los tokens BAT es a través de su empresa asociada de billetera Uphold, que tiene un requisito de KYC (registro de identidad) muy riguroso.**
No confíe en mi palabra, aquí está Uphold:
Fuente https://uphold.com/en/faq
Y robusto es un eufemismo, echa un vistazo a todos los KYC por los que tienes que pasar solo para cobrar tus tokens BAT:
Fuente https://uphold.com/en/faq
Entonces, ¿por qué KYC es tan significante?
Permíteme compartirte un par de tweets para ilustrar mi punto.
Irónicamente, el cofundador y director ejecutivo de Brave, Brendan Eich, pregunta: *"¿Quién es el dueño de tu atención? ¿Quién es el dueño de tu experiencia de navegación web? ¿A quién se le paga? Si no eres tú, entonces eres [el] "producto". Es hora de que te paguen."*
Bueno, aquí está el truco, si para Brave es tan importante la privacidad, ¿por qué tenemos que hacer KYC para que nos paguen?
Es por eso que encontré el tweet de Alex Van de Sande tan identificable con un poco de humor:
Para aquellos que han hecho el KYC, potencialmente podrían ser rastreados hasta cierto punto a través de su billetera Uphold.
**PROS:**
Buena interfaz de usuario.
Bloquea el software que lo rastrea y vende su información a empresas de marketing de terceros.
Thor navegación privada.
**CONTRAS:**
KYC para retirar BAT.
**Pero espera, aquí tienes las buenas noticias: ¡Brave está trabajando en un DEX!**
En defensa de Brave Browser, han anunciado que lanzarán un intercambio descentralizado (DEX) para la experiencia de navegación. https://decrypt.co/59219/brave-browser-is-building-its-own-decentralized-exchange-aggregator
En aproximadamente 12-16 meses a partir de ahora, veremos un despliegue de DEX que nos permitirá intercambiar BAT con otras criptomonedas.
¡Creo que este es un gran paso hacia la descentralización! Pero, ¿qué pasa con todos los creadores de contenido que tuvieron que vender su identidad por un par de BAT al mes?
Volviendo a la pregunta de mi suegro:
**¿Cómo se retiran los tokens BAT?**
De momento yo personalmente no he hecho el KYC y no recomiendo a nadie que lo haga.
La mejor opción será HODL sus tokens BAT hasta que se libere el DEX y luego intentar retirarlo, SI lo hacen disponible.
Será una forma fantástica de incorporar a amigos y familiares a la criptografía. Aprenderán a usar un DEX y tendrán una forma tangible de usar sus tokens BAT de la forma que quieran, sin tener que hacer un KYC intrusivo.
¡Brave será su primer grifo de criptomonedas! ;D
**Al punto:**
Todos buscamos formas de incorporar a las personas a las criptomonedas. La tecnología criptográfica ha aportado valor a nuestras vidas y queremos compartirlo con quienes amamos.
Si deseas ver más ejemplos de adopción de las criptomonedas y reseñas de criptos, ¡únete y suscríbete! :D
Este artículo se hizo con ❤️ y ☕.
66 yo Introduced To Crypto via Brave Browser (Review)
Are wrinkles displayed on an old man's face illustrating years worth of wisdom or years full of hard headedness? Let's find out with a quick Brave Browser Review.
**A 66 Year Old Man.**
My husband's old man is a "See To Believe" type of guy. He's almost impossible to convince of most things, because he purports to have seen almost everything in his 66 years of surviving in our uneventful earth.
He often consults others of his generation before concluding anything about anything and scrutinizes new ideas presented by a younger generation.
I'm of the opinion that new ideas can sometimes be good and healthy to embrace. Yet, the truth is, I have no idea how to encourage older generations to embrace them with me.
And that's how this story commences:
**The Economic Inquiries.**
Occasionally, my father-in-law asks us how we are doing financially. To be honest, in some contexts this can come off as rude, however, in our family unit it is considered okay since it's an underlying assumption that there is no ill intent in asking, it's mostly asked to make sure we're doing alright.
All things considered, I try to answer discreetly since I don't want him to think we're making tons of money off of our entrepreneurial and crypto adoption endevours. Hehe. Because we're not, except on the rare occasion when those juicy airdrops fly by and we happen to snatch one.
Now, my husband is a bit more open about his projects. On many occasions he has attempted explaining to his Pa how crypto adoption works, what bitcoin is, etc. With the intent to onboard him onto a cryptocurrency experience that will benefit him economically. My husband explains how we're benefiting from cryptocurrencies and crypto adoption platforms and yet, my father-in-law is a hard man to convince.
He says that in his youth because authority figures were given more credibility, then, they had a better opportunity of fixing things without too much criticism holding them back.
This was a hard argument for me to swallow since it appeared like he was implying that government mistrust is unwarranted. However, the internet age has really shed light upon unlawful governmental activity and in part has contributed to many people's weariness towards their leaders.
In case you're wondering, this is where crypto tech comes in handy. We just have keep working to onboard more and more people in a proficient way.
**Now: Addressing Some Disparaging Remarks.**
Once in a while my 66 year old father-in-law makes comments about how he came across an article of scammers using bitcoin to rip people off. "Do you want the link?" He asks....
Another time he remarks that bitcoin is an economical bubble. Simply put, when Bitcoin dipped not too long ago, he triumphantly declared, "The bubble popped!" Hehehe
I don't get mad because I know he's had his share of economic hardships due to fiat. Here in Mexico we had an economic peso crisis in 1994. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_peso_crisis
Wondering what that was? It was a devaluation of MXN peso due to investors pulling out (dumping). Selling their MXN and converting it to USD due to political instability here in Mexico in 1994.
Those who couldn't sell out, that's to say, the mexican people, the average Jose got stuck with an inflation that caused a lot of hunger and personal financial poverty.
Yes, you read that right. Fiat currencies work similar to cryptocurrencies in the sense that FUD (*Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt*) also takes a toll by reducing the value of the coin.
Coming back to the other day, after a long conversation about crypto adoption, my father-in-law concluded that he didn't like cryptocurrencies because they simply weren't tangible.
Like I previously mentioned: He's a see it to believe it type of guy. ;D
So, I started to wonder and ponder about what would prove cryptocurrencies to be "***Tangible***"?
**Resisting the change and acceptance of a Brave Browser download.**
Well, it just so happened that a while back my husband secretly installed the Brave browser download on both his parents' computers and hid chrome. Hehehe
(*Author's note: Only do this if you have a close relationship with your parents and you understand each other. lol. I don't want to encourage any behavior that'll cause harm to relationships.*)
When they realized that chrome was nowhere to be found, theeeeeey roared like a lionness protecting it's cubs, "You broke my computer!", "Where is my YouTube?", and "Where's my Duolingo?!"
Consequently, he explained to them the changes and the benefits of the Brave browser download and the using of Brave Browser itself. You get paid crypto in the form of BAT token every month when you enable ad watching!
Simply put, Brave browser blocks outside ads and has it's own ad system. Brands pay for a Brave browser ad campaign and in turn Brave pays it's users a part of that revenue in the form of BAT tokens to watch the ads. For the most part, the ads I have seen are crypto and tech related.
By the way, check out the recent mobile upgrades. You can now do group tabs.
Well, fast forward a couple of months from the installation of Brave Browser and my husband checked in front of his dad, his BAT token rewards balance.
He had a whooping 3 USD worth of BAT token priced at 1.09 USD per BAT. Which is about 59 MXN pesos, I know it may not seem like much but it's enough to buy 10 bus rides on the current bus fair for the elderly. ;)
Or also 1 hours worth of minimum wage here in Mexico.
Source https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/basic-attention-token
More importantly, there was a prolonged silence that no one wanted to break. Lol.
*(Author's note: We didn't want to say, "I told you so!" And he didn't want to out right admit that, "Yeah, maybe crypto can be 'Tangible'.")*
Until he finally broke the silence with a more light hearted tone of voice and asked, "Sooo, how do I withdraw that money?" Hahahaha. ;D
**Alright now, roll in the review:**
Overall, I can see that Brave Browser properly offers its users a way to protect personal information from the overpowering advertising industry.
The user interface is satisfying, and its tracker blocking software does make it faster. Just to give you an idea, I have about 27 tabs open and I don't perceive any lag at this moment.
In comparison to the alternative browsers I've used such as: Vivaldi, Opera, and Yandex. I prefer Brave Browser over all.
Sounds good, right?
Well, that's not the whole story...
**My Brave Browser pet peeve: BAT Token, Why at this moment I'm not so bullish on Brave Browser**
So, just to clarify, this browser is the best of its kind but it has one major flaw: ***Withdrawal of BAT token.***
The truth is, this is something that I haven't seen many people criticize as much as it should be, probably due to conflict of interests. Most reviews on Brave Browser include an affiliate link. However, now that the affilliate progam has been closed off for new sign ups, I'm hoping we see more call outs on this:
***The only way to withdraw BAT Tokens is via their partner Uphold wallet which has a very rigorous KYC requirement.***
Don't take my word for it, here's Uphold themselves:
Source https://uphold.com/en/faq
And robust is such an understatement, check out all the KYC you have to go through just to cash out your BAT tokens:
Source https://uphold.com/en/faq
**Well, why is KYC such a big deal?**
Allow me to share a couple of tweets with you to illustrate my point.
https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/718581319060426752?s=20
Ironically, Brave co-founder and CEO Brendan Eich asks, "*Who owns your attention? Who owns your web browsing experience? Who gets paid? If not you, then you're [the] "product" Time to get paid.*"
Well here's the kicker, if Brave is so big on privacy then why do we have to do KYC to get paid?
That's why I found Alex Van de Sande's tweet so relatable with a bit of humor:
https://twitter.com/crypto_citrus/status/1389645662627713027?s=20
For those who have done the KYC, you could potentially be tracked to some extent via your Uphold wallet.
***PROS:***
Good User interface
Blocks software that tracks you
and sells your info to third party
marketing companies
Thor private browsing
***CONS:***
KYC to withdraw BAT
**But wait, here's the good news: Brave is working on a DEX!**
To Brave Browser's defense, they have announced they will be releasing a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) to the browsing experience. https://decrypt.co/59219/brave-browser-is-building-its-own-decentralized-exchange-aggregator
In about 12-16 months from now, we'll be seeing a DEX roll out that will allow us to exchange BAT with other cryptocurrencies.
I think this is a great step towards decentralization! But, what about all the content creators who had to sell their identity for a couple of BATs a month?
**Coming back around to my father-in-law's question:**
**How do you withdraw BAT tokens?**
At the moment I personally haven't done the KYC and I don't recommend anyone do it.
The best option will be to HODL your BAT tokens until the DEX is released and then attempt to withdraw, IF they make it available.
It'll be a fantastic way to onboard friends and family to crypto. They'll learn how to use a DEX and they'll have a tangible way to use their BAT tokens anyway they want, without having to do an intrusive KYC.
Brave will be their first crypto faucet! ;D
**To the point:**
We're all looking for ways to onboard people to crypto. It's brought value to our lives and we want to share it with those we love.
If you like to see more examples of crypto adoption and crypto reviews, join me! Subscribe! :D
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Érase una vez un desarrollador valiente
El valor de una criptomoneda es sostenida por su comunidad. ;)
**El comienzo de un cripto-grifo elaborado.**
Los cripto-grifo de calidad fomentan la adopción de las criptomonedas. Pueden lograr tres cosas, un ingreso adicional para aquellos que estén dispuestos a jugar según las reglas del grifo, un ingreso para el desarrollador del grifo o la adopción masiva de la criptomoneda. ¿A quién no le gusta el dinero gratis, eeeeh?
Como prometí que lo haría en mi publicación anterior: **¡No más Cripto Pasividad!** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/no-mas-cripto-pasividad-f175bd62
Les presento la historia de la lucha contra el spam de esta cripto plataforma para bloggers. ¡Empecemos!
**El dilema de read.cash.**
Hace un tiempo, había estado investigando cómo hacer que tu cuenta se marcara como no spam en read.cash porque había mucha gente preguntando lo mismo por todas partes. En el pasado, le decía a la gente que enviara un correo electrónico a los desarrolladores de read.cash.
Sin embargo, me preguntaba si alguien más había descubierto una solución mejor. Bueno, después me di cuenta de que era logísticamente imposible para los desarrolladores marcar manualmente como no spam a todos los que habían sido marcados. Decidí realizar un "PREsearch".
¡Prueba Presearch y gana monedas PRE gratis! https://presearch.org/signup?rid=2337940
Porque pensé: "Está bien, tal vez los desarrolladores hayan hablado sobre el algoritmo que verifica tu cuenta y lo elimina de la lista de spam".
Ahora, según mi investigación, puedo decir que no han elaborado en detalle sobre esto. Parece que todo es un gran algoritmo, tanto el que te recompensa como el que marca tu cuenta como spam. Todo depende de tus actividades.
Por ejemplo, estoy en el chat de telegram de @carisdaneym2 y aquí pude preguntarle a @MicroReylatos cómo su cuenta fue finalmente eliminada de la lista de spam. Esencialmente, dijo que el sistema finalmente reconoció su actividad como actividad humana y, por lo tanto, su cuenta fue eliminada de la lista de spam.
Curiosamente, mientras hacía la investigación, encontré la verdadera razón por la que se crearon read.cash y noise.cash. Esta es una historia interesante para aquellos que aún no lo saben.
**Sigue la causa y el efecto.**
Saber por qué una cuenta de read.cash puede estar marcada como spam puede ayudarte a mejorar lo que ganas en read.cash, pero para entender esto debes saber cuál es el propósito de read.cash.
¿Por qué fue creado? ¿Cuál es la causa y los efectos previstos de estos cripto proyectos de Bitcoin Cash (BCH)?
¿Por qué están dando dinero gratis?
Si lees hasta el final, verás que en realidad no están dando dinero completamente gratis. ¡No existe el almuerzo gratis! ;)
**¡Dejen que el desarrollador hable!**
Al leer varios comentarios del desarrollador de read.cash, verás el panorama del propósito de read.cash, noise.cash y el grifo de propinas:
Su meta es cambiar la percepción de la humanidad con respecto a las criptomonedas a través de Bitcoin Cash (BCH) desde la base. De abajo hacia arriba. Si la mayoría de la humanidad puede ver cómo cripto los beneficia, será más probable que lo defienda contra leyes injustas. Así, cuando llegue el momento, ¡lo defenderán!
Fuente de Imagen https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/gly9qg/the_state_of_readcash/fr0uq11?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
**De acuerdo, hablemos un poco sobre: ¡Spammers! Jejeje**
Al principio, cuando se lanzó read.cash, los spammers impedían que las personas nuevas probaran Bitcoincash (BCH).
¿Te preguntas por qué los spammers impiden el crecimiento? Bueno porque...
Generan interacciones molestas en la comunidad.
Al engañar al sistema, los spammers hacían menos trabajo de calidad y se les recompensaba más por ello. Porque pudieron moverse más rápido que aquellos que se tomaron su tiempo para crear contenido de calidad.
El spam mancha la reputación de read.cash entre los forasteros que se asoman y etiquetan la plataforma como spam.
También le da una mala reputación a Bitcoincash (BCH) haciendo que su valor baje.
Si deseas ver a alguien que anteriormente era un spammer y cambió de opinión, consulta el artículo de @kingofreview :
****I'm A Spammer Before On noise.cash (What I Have Learned)**** https://read.cash/@kingofreview/im-a-spammer-before-on-noisecash-what-i-have-learned-c169457a
**Entonces, volvemos a dar la vuelta para responder por qué algunas cuentas están marcadas como spam.**
Esta es mi observación de por qué sucede posiblemente:
**Su estilo o estructura de escritura:** si es muy similar en muchos de tus artículos y todo lo que haces es cambiar el tema. El algoritmo podría categorizarte como un robot y marcarte como spam. Esto se debe a que existen herramientas que cambian las palabras de un artículo para convertirlo en uno "diferente" pero, en esencia, resultan muy similar. Se llaman artículos giratorios.
**TIP:** cambia tu estilo de escritura para que no se parezca demasiado al de los demás. Agrega algo de humor. ¡Haz lo tuyo! :D
**Cómo interactúas:** ¿respondes a los comentarios de tus artículos? Si es así, ¿tus interacciones con los demás son muy similares? Como usar la misma estructura de oración y palabras similares una y otra vez.
**TIP:** Intenta comentar con un mínimo de dos oraciones. Puedes consultar tu propio historial de comentarios para comparar si tus comentarios son demasiado similares.
**Actividad:** ¿Estás leyendo artículos de otros? ¿Con qué frecuencia inicias sesión para read.cash?
**TIP:** Suscríbete a autores interesantes y lee artículos que aparecen en su buzón de notificaciones. Si ya no estás interesado, puedes cancelar la suscripción.
**Hacer crecer la comunidad:** ¿Estás ayudando a que otros autores crezcan dándoles propinas o comentando sus artículos? Una comunidad saludable significa una criptomoneda saludable (BCH). Un BCH saludable significa captar la atención de nuevos ojos.
**TIP:** Si no tienes dinero para dar propina a un artículo de calidad, deja un comentario relevante.
**La reacción de la comunidad:** ¿Cómo interactúan otros autores contigo? ¿Se quedan para leer hasta el final para darte un like, un comentario o para suscribirse? ¿O están cerrando la ventana de tu artículo?
**TIP:** aporta valor a tus ávidos lectores. Piensa en cómo tu artículo los ayudará a crecer. Haz que tu perspectiva sea única. ¿Cómo sabrás qué es único y qué no se ha dicho mil veces? Al leer los artículos de otros y luego escribir sobre lo que muchos otros no han dicho.
**NOTA:** Esto es diferente a escribir sobre el mismo tema. Puedes escribir sobre el mismo tema, sin embargo, usa diferentes palabras, ideas, estructura, encuentra un ángulo único. ;)
**Gramática:** busca una herramienta gratuita que te ayude. Personalmente, me gusta usar WordCounter.io, ¡esta herramienta revisa tu gramática y ejecuta un contador de palabras! Al robot le gustan más de 600 palabras. ;)
**TIP:** comprueba la connotación de tus palabras a través de Dictionary.com. Se utilizan diferentes palabras para pintar una imagen diferente en la imaginación del lector. https://www.dictionary.com/
**Por ejemplo:** TORPE contra SIN GRACIA. Ambos son sinónimos, lo que significa que dicen casi lo mismo, en este caso, ambos pueden usarse para describir una acción incomoda. Sin embargo, tienen una SENSACIÓN ligeramente diferente a entre si, una IMPLICACIÓN diferente.
Torpe es más como incómodo debido a la falta de agilidad y sin gracia es más como alguien torpe debido a que no es sofisticado.
Una herramienta que utilizo es Thesaurus.com. ¡Las palabras pueden marcar la diferencia entre un buen artículo y uno asombroso! https://www.thesaurus.com/
**Emociones:** ¿Estás poniendo inteligencia emocional en tus artículos? He notado que a veces al robot le gustan mucho las emociones crudas. ¿Le hiciste llorar? ¿Sonreír? ¿O ambos? Jejeje
**TIP:** ¡Al agregar emociones y experiencias personales exclusivas tuyas, hace que el robot se acerque con una propina! Solo recuerda mantenerlo elegante, nada demasiado crudo. Además, los humanos somos seres emocionales. También te ayudará a conectarte con otros autores. Haciéndote identificable.
**Ten cuidado.**
Ahora, hay cosas que harán que tu cuenta se incluya en la lista negra para siempre.
Descubre cuáles son todas esas cosas con este artículo: ****Have I tipped you?**** https://read.cash/@TheRandomRewarder/have-i-tipped-you-3630b082
Y también echa un vistazo al articulo de @Eybyoung : ****Forgotten By The Robot?**** https://read.cash/@Eybyoung/forgotten-by-the-robot-929825f4
En resumen, esta plataforma en la que estamos es un esfuerzo por incorporar a miles de personas a las criptomonedas. Los que financian este proyecto y los desarrolladores no están regalando dinero gratis. Más bien, están comprando tu tiempo y "Proof of Work" o sea prueba de trabajo para que intentes BCH y, finalmente, te eduques sobre las criptomonedas. Que es exactamente lo que está sucediendo con muchos aquí. Hay muchos más artículos sobre intentos de comercio con criptomonedas y HODLing que cuando me inscribí por primera vez.
**Pero espera hay mas...**
Estas son observaciones generales y mejores prácticas para ganar dinero en read.cash.
Sin embargo, haré una serie de artículos más detallada sobre cómo hago para crear mis artículos, así como las herramientas exactas que utilizo.
Si estás interesado en ver cómo ganar dinero escribiendo blogs en read.cash, únete a mí, suscríbete! ;D
Este artículo se hizo con ❤️ y ☕.
Once Upon A Spunky Developer
The value of a coin is sustained by its community. ;)
The beginning of an elaborate faucet.
Quality crypto faucets encourage adoption of crypto currencies. They can accomplish three things, a side income for those who are willing to play by the faucet' rules, an income for the faucet developer or mass adoption of the cryptocurrency. Who doesn't like free money, eh?
As promised in my previous post: **Crypto Benchwarmer No More!** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/crypto-benchwarmer-no-more-72a1a446
This is the story of the true purpose of this crypto blogging platform. So, let's dig in!
**The read.cash dilema.**
A while back, I had been doing some research on how to get your account unspammed on read.cash because there were so many people asking everywhere I went. In the past I'd tell people to email read.cash's developers.
Yet, I wondered if anyone else had figured out a better solution? Well after I realized that it was really logistically impossible for the devs to manually unspam everyone's account. I decided to presearch it.
Try Presearch and earn free PRE coins! https://presearch.org/signup?rid=2337940
Because I thought, "Okay, maybe the devs have talked about the algorithm that checks your account and unspams you."
Now, from my research, I can say that they haven't elaborated in detail about this. It seems that it's all one big algorithm, both the one that rewards you and the one that marks an account as spam. It all depends on your activities.
For example, I'm in @carisdaneym2 's telegram chat and here I was able to ask @MicroReylatos how his account was eventually unspammed. Essentially he said that the system eventually recognized his activity as human and therefore his account was unspammed.
Interestingly enough, while doing the research, I did come across the real reason why read.cash and noise.cash were created. This is an interesting story for those who don't already know.
**Follow the cause and effect.**
In order for you to know why a read.cash account may be marked as spam or how to earn more money via read.cash, then you must know what the purpose of read.cash is.
Why was it created? What is the cause and the intended effects of this Bitcoin cash (BCH) crypto project?
Why are they giving out free money?
If you read all the way to the end you'll see that they are actually not giving money out entirely for free. There's no such thing as a free lunch! ;)
**Let the developer speak!**
By reading several comments from the developer of read.cash, you see the panorama of the purpose of read.cash, noise.cash and the Tips Faucet:
Which is to change humanity's perception of crypto currencies via Bitcoin cash (BCH) at the grassroots level. From the bottom up. If the majority of humanity can see how crypto benefits them, they'll be more likely to defend it against unjust laws. When the time comes, they will stand up for it!
Image source https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/gly9qg/the_state_of_readcash/fr0uq11?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Okay, yeah, let's talk a little about: Spammers! Hehehe
Early on, as read.cash launched, spammers were preventing new people from getting a yummy taste of BCH.
Are you asking yourself why spammers were preventing growth? Well, because...
They make for annoying human interactions in the community.
By cheating the system there was less quality work being done by spammers and getting rewarded more for it. Because they could move faster than those who took their time to create quality content.
Spam smears read.cash's reputation for outsiders peeking in, tagging the platform as spammy.
It also gives a bad reputation to Bitcoincash (BCH) and it will go down in value.
If you want to see someone who was previously a spammer and had a change of heart, check out @kingofreview 's article:
**I'm A Spammer Before On noise.cash (What I Have Learned)** https://read.cash/@kingofreview/im-a-spammer-before-on-noisecash-what-i-have-learned-c169457a
**Soooo, we circle back to answer why some accounts are marked as spam.**
This is my observation as to why it possibly happens:
**Your writing style or structure:** If it's very similar in many of your articles and you just changed the topic. The algorithm could categorize you as a bot and mark you as spam. This is because there are tools that change the words of an article to make it a "different" one yet it essentially turns out looking very similar. It's called spinning articles.
**TIP:** Change up your writing style so it doesn't look too much like everyone else's. Add some humor. Make it yours! :D
**How you interact:** Do you reply back to comments on your articles? If so, are your interactions with others very similar? Like using the same sentence structure and similar words over and over.
**TIP:** Try to comment with two sentences minimum. You can check your own comment history to compare if your comments are too similar.
**Activeness:** Are you reading other's articles? How often do you sign in to read.cash?
**TIP:** Subscribe to interesting authors and read their articles that appear in your notifications box. If you are no longer interested, it's okay to unsubscribe.
**Growing the community:** Are you helping grow other authors by tipping them or commenting their articles? A healthy community means a healthy cryptocurrency (BCH). Healthy BCH means catching the attention of new eyes.
**TIP:** If you don't have money to tip a quality article, leave a relevant comment.
**The community's reaction:** How do other authors interact with you? Are they staying to read all the way to the bottom to like, comment and subscribe? Or are they clicking away?
**TIP:** Bring value to your avid readers. Think about how your article will help them grow. Make your perspective unique. How do you know what's unique and what has been said a thousand times? By reading other's articles then writing about what wasn't said already by many others.
**NOTE:** This is different than writing about the same topic. You can write about the same topic, however, use different words, ideas, structure, find a unique angle. ;)
**Grammar:** Google a free tool to help. I personally like using Word Counter.io it checks your grammar and runs a word counter! The bot likes 600+ words. ;)
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Clumsy is more like awkward because of lack of agility and Graceless is more like an awkward that is unsophisticated. A tool I use is Thesaurus.com.
Words can make the difference between a good article and an awesome one! https://wordcounter.io/ https://www.thesaurus.com/
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**Be Careful.**
Now, there are things that will get your account blacklisted forever.
Find out what all those things are with this article: **Have I tipped you?** https://read.cash/@TheRandomRewarder/have-i-tipped-you-3630b082
And also check out @Eybyoung's: **Forgotten By The Robot?** https://read.cash/@Eybyoung/forgotten-by-the-robot-929825f4
To sum this up, this platform we're on is an effort to onboard thousands of people onto crypto. Those funding this project and the devs are not giving away free money. Rather, they are purchasing your time and proof of work to get you to try BCH and eventually educate yourself about crypto. Which is exactly what is happening with many here. There are a lot more articles of attempts to trade and HODLing than when I first signed up.
**But wait, there's more...**
These are general observations and best practices for earning on read.cash.
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Calibrando mis errores, ¡todos necesitamos hacerlo!
Si todo sale como lo planeas, ¿crees que tu vida seria aburrida? Yo personalmente no lo sé. Realmente nunca he tenido un día en mi vida como adulta en el que todo se desarrolló exactamente como lo había previsto. ¿Y tu?
**Nación de recalibración.**
Es hora de reevaluar mis objetivos de abril y calibrarlos en consecuencia. Es bueno cambiar de rumbo cuando el camino en el que estoy ya no funciona. Si te perdiste el artículo donde expuse mis metas para abril, aquí está:
**Las intenciones positivas y sinceras también cuentan** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/las-intenciones-positivas-y-sinceras-tambien-cuentan-9b13d592
Bien, ahora, ¿Qué te digo primero? ¿Las buenas o las malas noticias?
Siempre pido las malas noticias primero, de esa manera las buenas noticias actúan como una curita. Jeje. Esto se debe a que a veces duele la crítica constructiva.
El mes pasado logré subir **5 artículos de los 15** que me impuse como objetivo. Jajaja. Eso es exactamente un tercio completado.
No está tan mal en realidad, ya que es mi primer mes estableciendo metas. ¿Estoy en lo cierto?
Ahora es el momento de un poco de autorreflexión...
¿Cuáles eran los frutos que estan al alcance de mi mano?
Las áreas de oportunidad que están al alcance de la mano son lA que no debes dejar pasar porque son muy fáciles de recoger.
Entonces, muy rápidamente, recapitulemos lo que hice en abril...
**Publiqué un total de 3 artículos y 3 traducciones:**
**¡No más Cripto Pasividad!** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/no-mas-cripto-pasividad-f175bd62
**¡Mango Blockchain al rescate!** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/mango-blockchain-al-rescate-5042ad21
**Las intenciones positivas y sinceras también cuentan** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/las-intenciones-positivas-y-sinceras-tambien-cuentan-9b13d592
**Durante el mes probé al menos una nueva receta de comida.** Probé una quesadilla frita cubierta con salsa verde, lechuga y queso. ¡Estaba sabrosa! La consistencia era semi crujiente por fuera y esponjosa por dentro, no demasiado salada y con la cantidad justa de picante.
Además, la lechuga le dio el equilibrio de frescura que necesitaba.
**Luego, escribí un artículo con una duración de 6 minutos.** Este logro fue realmente nuevo para mí. Realmente me demostró que es posible escribir contenido de gran calidad, el cual lleva más tiempo compilar, sin embargo, al final, el contenido más extenso ayuda a expresar mejor las ideas. Las ideas son más claras con más palabras. Más longitud significa más espacio para que los ejemplos también se aclaren.
Me desvié un poco...
Ahora, en cuanto a por qué no logré dos tercios de mis metas el mes pasado. Debo admitir que me desvié un poco con algunos proyectos nuevos:
**Abrí mi propio sitio web cryptocitrus.org.** (Todavía estoy trabajando para activar el SSL, esto podría etiquetar mi sitio web con errores de seguridad. ¡Lo tendré pronto!)
El propósito principal de tener mi propio sitio web es poder tener más libertad para introducir diferentes fuentes de ingresos en el futuro a través de afiliados, productos, etc. Además de crear posibles mini concursos en beneficio de otros. Será mi rincón en Internet donde puedo alentar a las personas a que se unan a mí para involucrarse con la tecnología de cripto.
**He sido más activa en las comunidades HIVE** como LeoFinance, Ecency, Proof of Brain y dBuzz.
Esto me ha permitido diversificar mi audiencia y ganar el doble de cripto por los mismos artículos.
Para ayudar a otros, en un artículo futuro escribiré sobre cómo diversificar los ingresos con diferentes plataformas de blogs que pagan en cripto. ¡Suscríbete para ser notificado!
**Además de todo esto (y con la ayuda de mi esposo), cuido de mis pequeños.** Y esto consume la mayor parte de mi tiempo y energía, pero es lo más gratificante.
Esto incluye: entretener a los niños, cantar y bailar con ellos, educarlos, alimentar y limpiar, etc. 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana.
Por lo tanto, para mí, un área de oportunidad sería no morder más de lo que puedo masticar. Muy a menudo me encuentro extendiéndome demasiado.
Otra cosa que veo como un déficit es hacer demasiadas cosas manualmente. Muchas tareas que no están dando suficiente retorno de la inversión. En este caso mi tiempo y energía son mi inversión.
**La automatización como mi solución.**
Para este mes de mayo, mi principal objetivo será encontrar formas de automatizar la mayor cantidad de tareas ordinarias y mundanas que hago todos los días.
Con la eliminación de las tareas delegables, podré concentrarme en mi familia y mi presencia en línea a través de blogs en diferentes plataformas de cifrado.
Además, ya tengo un artículo reservado sobre el tema de la automatización. ¡Suscríbete para verlo en el futuro! ;D
Si conoce formas útiles de automatizar, ¡hazmelo saber!
Todos necesitamos trabajar inteligentemente, no duramente.
**Gestionando mi tiempo con la tecnología.**
La tecnología está infrautilizada en mi vida y realmente necesito usar más para llegar a donde quiero ir, más rápido.
Quiero ser económicamente libre dentro de un año. Lo bueno es que las criptomonedas nos están ayudando a lograrlo.
Sin embargo, todavía tengo que ser prudente con mi tiempo. Sé que puedo sacar más provecho de la tecnología que tengo a mi disposición. Por lo tanto, el enfoque principal en este momento será investigar cómo usarla en mi beneficio. Estoy planeando documentar mi viaje, de esa manera todos los que quieran seguirme puedan aprender de mis errores. Gracias por leer esta breve actualización.
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Recalibrating Mistakes, we all need to!
If everything goes as planned would life be boring? I personally don't know. Never have I really had a day in my adult life where everything played out exactly how I forecasted it to happen. Have you?
**Recalibration nation.**
Time to reassess my April goals and calibrate accordingly. It's good to change course when the path you're on is just not working out. If you want to read the article where I lay out my goals for April, here it is:
**Positive Heartfelt Intentions Count Too** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/positive-heartfelt-intentions-count-too-4827f4ab
Alright, now, do you want the good news or the bad news first?
I always ask for the bad first, that way the good news acts like a band-aid. Hehe. Constructive criticism hurts sometimes.
Anyway, last month I met **5 out of 15** of my self-imposed goals. Lol. That's 1/3 complete.
Not too bad actually, for my first month setting goals. Right?
Now, time for a little self reflection...
**What were my low hanging fruits?**
Low hanging fruits are areas of opportunity that are right at your fingertips and that you shouldn't let pass by because they're so easy to pick.
So, real quick, let's recap what actually got done in April...
**I published a total of 3 articles and 3 translations.**
**Positive Heartfelt Intentions Count Too** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/positive-heartfelt-intentions-count-too-4827f4ab
**Crypto Benchwarmer No More!** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/crypto-benchwarmer-no-more-72a1a446
**Mango blockchain to the rescue!** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/mango-blockchain-to-the-rescue-108fc5e3
**During the month I tried at least one new food recipe.** I had a fried quesadilla, it was covered with green salsa, lettuce and cheese. Tasty for sure! The consistency was semi crunchy in the outside and fluffy in the inside, not too salty and just the right amount of spice.
In addition, the lettuce gave it the balance of freshnesses it needed.
**Then, I wrote an article that was 6 minutes long.** This achievement was actually ground breaking for me. It really showed me that it is possible to write long-quality content. It does take longer to curate but in the end longer content helps express ideas better. The ideas are more clear with more words. More length means more room for examples to clarify too.
Getting a bit side tracked...
Now, as for why I lacked achieving 2/3rds of my goals this past month. I must admit that I got a little side tracked with some new projects:
I started up my own website cryptocitrus.org. (Still working on getting the SSL activated, this could tag my website with security errors. Will have that up soon!)
The main purpose for owning my own website is to be able to have more freedom for introducing future sources of revenue via affiliates, merchandise, etc. As well as creating possible mini contests for the benefit of others. It will be my corner of the internet where I can encourage people to join me in getting involved with crypto technology.
I've been more active in HIVE communities like LeoFinance, Ecency, Proof of Brain and dBuzz.
This has allowed me to diversify my audience and earn twice as much crypto for my same articles.
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On top of all this (and with the help of my husband), I look after my little kids. This takes up most of my time and energy, yet it is the most rewarding.
This includes: entertaining the kids, singing, and dancing for them, educating, feeding, and cleaning, etc. 24 hours / 7 days a week.
Therefore, for me, an area of opportunity would be not biting more than I can chew. Very often I find myself spreading too thin.
Another thing I see as a net loss is doing too many things manually. Tasks that are not yielding enough return of investment. In this case my time and energy are my investment.
**Automation as a solution.**
For this month of May, my main goal will be to find ways to automate as many of the ordinary and mundane tasks that I do everyday.
With the removal of delegateable tasks, I'll be able to focus on my family and my online presence via blogging in different crypto platforms.
Plus, I already have an article in store on the topic of automation. Subscribe to see it in the future! ;D
If you know of useful ways to automate, let me know!
We all need to work smart, not hard.
**Managing my time with technology.**
In my life, technology is underutilized and I really need to use more of it to get where I want to go, faster.
I want to be financially free in a year from now. The great thing is that crypto currencies are helping my family and I achieve that.
Yet, I still have to be wise with my time. I know I can get more juice out of the technology that's currently available to me. So, the main focus right now will be on researching on how to do that. I am planning on documenting my journey, that way those who want to follow along can learn from my mistakes. Thanks for reading this short update.
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¡Mango Blockchain al rescate!
Donde vivo crece una fruta de notable sabor que es agridulce, de un amarillo intenso y afrutado tropical. Crece aquí en México.
El Mango, una fruta ácida con un aroma fresco y dulce que hace que tu paladar salte de alegría. ¡Hurra! ¡Fiesta de papilas gustativas! Jajaja.
La temporada del mango en México. ¿Quieres ver cómo se ve?
¡Mira eso! 🤤🤤 Y un poco también rinde mucho.
Es curioso cómo se usan los mangos para decorar todo, desde pasteles hasta paredes y camisetas. Aquí en México también hay vasitos de frutas que puedes comprar a los vendedores ambulantes, generalmente cubiertos con chilito.
**Recientemente leí un poco sobre nuestra distribución de fuentes de alimentos.**
El otro día me encontré con este artículo que hace un buen punto sobre nuestra distribución de alimentos y la tecnología blockchain. https://conceptodefinicion.de/blockchain/
En años anteriores, he visto artículos de noticias sobre enfermedades desastrosas transmitidas por los alimentos causadas por productos agrícolas. Como los desastres de la espinaca y la mantequilla de maní en los EE. UU.
Ambos eventos separados.
El comercio globalizado que hemos creado ha ayudado a expandir nuestros recursos con la cadena alimentaria. Gracias a los avances tecnológicos, nos hemos visto empujados a un pequeño dilema. Cadenas alimenticias de las que consumimos a ciegas.
**¿Por qué es una buena idea saber de dónde provienen sus alimentos?**
La producción de alimentos es una industria. Se puede ganar dinero con la agricultura y esto a veces significa que puede haber lugar para el abuso.
Los seres humanos no son perfectos y algunos se sienten tentados a tomar atajos para aumentar uno o dos centavos reduciendo el control de calidad.
Otras veces, los agricultores no son plenamente conscientes de que determinadas malas prácticas podrían dañar la salud de una gran parte de sus consumidores. Tú y yo.
Debido al auge de la industrialización, realmente hemos perdido la pista de dónde se origina nuestra fuente de alimentos.
Lo que quiero decir es que, la humanidad no solo solía comprar localmente, sino que incluso cultivábamos nuestra propia comida hace solo un par de generaciones. Todavía recuerdo las historias de mis padres sobre cómo tuvieron que ayudar a sus padres con las cosechas para tener incluso comida en la mesa.
Con la globalización, ahora tenemos crecientes fuentes de alimentos con una falta paralela de responsabilidad.
**¿Cómo nos estamos poniendo al día con las tecnologías emergentes?**
Bueno, Wal-Mart implementó la tecnología blockchain para rastrear el origen de sus productos. Se empleó específicamente una cadena de bloques para registrar la ruta de envío de mangos desde México hasta las tiendas de Wal-Mart.
"Por ejemplo, Walmart ha puesto a prueba la tecnología para rastrear mangos mexicanos en rodajas desde los huertos hasta sus tiendas. Durante 30 días, se rastrearon decenas de miles de mangos en su viaje desde 16 granjas mexicanas, dos empacadoras, tres corredores, dos almacenes de importación, etc. y una instalación de procesamiento antes de llegar finalmente al estante de la tienda.
Usando métodos manuales tradicionales basados en papel, tomó casi una semana rastrear un mango específico hasta la granja. ¡Con blockchain, ese tiempo se redujo a 2,2 segundos!
La tecnología promete no solo simplificar y automatizar registros complejos de la cadena de suministro. Ofrece el potencial de investigar enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos en segundos, al tiempo que garantiza la calidad y autenticidad de los productos. El próximo otoño, Walmart planea lanzar blockchain para rastrear cada bolsa de espinaca y lechuga colocada en sus estantes".
-Kathleen M. Hamm, discurso https://pcaobus.org/news-events/speeches/speech-detail/mexican-mangos-diamonds-cargo-shipping-containers-oh-my!-what-auditors-need-to-know-about-blockchain-and-other-emerging-technologies-a-regulator-s-perspective_684
¡Esto es extraordinario! Ahora solo piensa en todas las posibilidades. Un código QR en cada producto que te envíara (en 2,2 segundos) a una página que muestra todos los lugares con los que este producto ha entrado en contacto. https://www.unitag.io/es/qrcode/what-is-a-qrcode
Me gusta especialmente la idea de poder rastrear un brote de enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos.
Una mayor transparencia por parte de las grandes corporaciones nos permitiría votar responsablemente con nuestras compras.
**Algunas posibilidades adicionales.**
Lo que ponemos en nuestro cuerpo tiene un gran impacto en nuestra salud.
Las criptomonedas devuelven el poder del dinero a la gente.
Sin embargo, se puede emplear tecnología Crypto descentralizada para mejorar la transparencia y la detección de abusos en tiempo real.
Con esta tecnología de seguimiento de blockchain, los proveedores de alimentos podrían ser incentivados con un token especializado que los recompense por hacer lo correcto.
Es de esperar que el rastreo también prevenga las falsificaciones de alimentos que son potencialmente dañinas.
Eventualmente, si logramos que el 20% de los principales productores de alimentos se unan a la tecnología blockchain, entonces el 80% de los productores más pequeños seguirían sus pasos.
Al igual que Wal-Mart ya lo está haciendo, también puedo imaginarme a los agricultores orgánicos siendo los primeros en adoptar la transparencia de blockchain.
**¡Hola! ¿Qué piensas? ¡Comenta abajo!**
Intentaré dar propina a los comentarios de calidad dependiendo del robot. ;D
Gracias por leer mi lluvia de ideas sobre implementación de blockchain. Hay mucho potencial y aún estamos en las primeras etapas de la adopción masiva.
¡Es por eso que disfruto haciendo mi parte de ruido al respecto, con la esperanza de llegar a nuevas personas! https://noise.cash/u/CryptoCitrus
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Mango blockchain to the rescue!
Where I live there exists a remarkably flavored fruit that is sourly-sweet, loudly yellow, and tropically fruity. It grows here in Mexico. https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/10-didnt-knows-about-mexico-as-a-mex-american-part-1-fe5a6478
The Mango, a tangy fruit with a fresh and sweet aroma that causes your tastebuds to jump up with glee. Yay! Tastebud Party! Lol.
Mango season in Mexico. You want to see what it looks like?
Look at that! 🤤🤤 And a little goes a long way too.
It's funny how Mangos are used for decorating everything, from cakes, to walls and t-shirts. Here in Mexico there are also fruit cups you can buy from street vendors usually topped with chili. https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/10-didnt-knows-about-mexico-as-a-mex-american-part-2-7f5969a8
**Reading Up A little On Our Food Source Distribution**
The other day I came across this article that makes a good point about our food distribution and blockchain technology.
In previous years, I've seen news articles discussing disastrous foodborne illnesses caused by farming products. Like the spinach and peanut butter disasters in the U.S.
Both separate events.
The globalized commerce we've created has helped expand our foodchain resources. Thanks to technological advancements we've been pushed into a little dilema. Blind foodchain consumption.
**Why It's A Good Idea To Know Where Your Food Comes From**
Food producing is an industry. There is money to be made in agriculture and this sometimes means there might be room for abuse.
Humans are not perfect and some are tempted to take short cuts to increase a cent or two by reducing quality control.
Other times farmers are not fully aware that certain malpractices could potentially harm the health of a big portion of their consumers. You and me.
Because of the industrialization boom we've really lost track of where our food source originates from.
What I mean is that, humanity not only used to buy locally but we even grew our own food just a couple of generations ago. I still remember my parent's stories on how they had to help their parents with the crops in order to even have food on the table.
With globalization, we now have growing food sources with a paralleled lack of accountability.
**How Are We Catching Up With Emerging Technologies?**
Well, Wal-Mart implemented blockchain technology for tracing back the origin of their produce. A blockchain was specifically employed to record the shipping path of mangoes from Mexico to Wal-Mart store fronts. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp
*"For instance, Walmart has piloted the technology to track sliced Mexican mangos from orchards to its stores. Over 30 days, tens of thousands of mangos were traced on their journey from 16 Mexican farms, two packing houses, three brokers, two import warehouses, and one processing facility before eventually arriving on the store shelf.*
*Using traditional manual, paper-based methods, it took almost a week to trace a specific mango back to the farm. With blockchain, that time was cut to 2.2 seconds!*
*The technology promises to not only simplify and automate complex supply-chain records. It offers the potential to investigate food-borne illnesses in seconds, while ensuring the quality and authenticity of produce. Next fall, Walmart plans to launch blockchain to track every bag of spinach and head of lettuce placed on its shelves."*
*-Kathleen M. Hamm,* *Speech Source* https://pcaobus.org/news-events/speeches/speech-detail/mexican-mangos-diamonds-cargo-shipping-containers-oh-my!-what-auditors-need-to-know-about-blockchain-and-other-emerging-technologies-a-regulator-s-perspective_684
This is remarkable! Now just think of all the possibilities. A QR code on every product that sends you (in 2.2 seconds) to a page showcasing all the places this product has come in contact with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code
I especially like the idea of being able to trace back an outbreak of food borne illnesses.
More transparency from big Corps would allow us to responsibly vote with our purchases.
**Some Additional Posibilities.**
What we put into our bodies has a big impact on our health.
Cryptocurrencies return the power of money to the people.
However decentralized Crypto technology can be employed to improve transparency and real-time abuse detection.
With this blockchain tracking tech, food suppliers could potentially be incentivized with a specialized token that rewards them for doing the right thing.
The tracking would also hopefully prevent food forgeries that are potentially harmful.
Eventually, if we get 20% of the top food producers to join blockchain technology, then 80% of the smaller producers would follow in their footsteps.
Just like how Wal-Mart's already doing it, I can also picture organic farmers being early adopters of blockchain transparency.
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¡No más Cripto Pasividad!
Escuché por primera vez sobre las criptomonedas en 2013. La tecnología se estaba filtrando lentamente. Me convertí oficialmente en una **cripto-pasiva** cuando mi esposo compró su primer bitcoin en 2019.
Permíteme contarte una historia de fondo.
Hace unos cuatro años, antes de convertirme en un cripto pasiva, me lancé a la idea de querer convertirme en una **creadora de contenido**. Principalmente, por el lado creativo, para poder expresarme. A veces, como madre, es fácil olvidar que necesitamos pasatiempos que nos ayuden a relajarnos y ser creativos.
Me había suscrito a canales de YouTube como Think Media y Video Creators, etc. https://www.youtube.com/user/THiNKmediaTV https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ
Y aprendí mucho sobre nichos, marketing en redes sociales, creación de contenido, monetización, etc. pero nunca llegué a publicar mis creaciones a medias y les diré por qué en un momento...
Ahora también había estado aprendiendo sobre las criptomonedas a traves de mi esposo. A medida que investigaba más y más, hablábamos y hablábamos y hablábamos sobre la tecnología de las criptomonedas.
Bueno, un día, mi esposo mencionó que había estado escribiendo en read.cash y había estado ganando criptomonedas. Me animó a empezar a escribir artículos sobre read.cash y, aunque un poco indecisa, seguí su consejo.
Comencé a escribir ensayos por primera vez desde la escuela secundaria, aunque había olvidado muchos ensayos que había aprendido en la clase de comunicación y cuando comencé a escribir aquí en read.cash, fue cuando entendí lo que me había estado perdiendo en mi viaje de creación de contenido.
*Más adelante escribiré un artículo que explique la verdadera motivación de los desarrolladores de read.cash para crear esta plataforma. De hecho, es una historia interesante. ¡Suscríbete para recibir notificaciones!*
Mis dicotomías introvertidas.
Hubo problemas que impidieron que mis proyectos creativos volaran.
**Falta de relación de nicho.** Simplemente tuve dificultades para combinar nichos que me permitieran sentirme cómoda escribiendo contenido imperecedero para los próximos años.
Estaba el **nicho de "mamá"**, pero realmente no quería hacer mi contenido únicamente sobre cosas de mamá. Hay más en mi persona que ser madre.
El **nicho "Arte y artesanía"** cruzo por mi mente, pero era demasiado trabajo. Además, necesitaba dinero para comprar los suministros. Dinero que no tenía.
El **nicho de la "cultura"** me llamó la atención, pero no sabía cómo destacar de una manera con la que me sintiera cómoda y estoy culturalmente por todas partes. No soy ni de aquí ni de allá metafóricamente hablando.
**Seguí posponiendo la creación de videos** **porque tenía miedo de cansarme por el estrés.** Cualquiera que esté familiarizado con la edición de video sabe que a veces la edición de video puede ser dolorosamente meticulosa. Me refiero a la logística como la edición, la música, la utilería, etc.
Sin mencionar que la monetización en YouTube es abrumadora. **Conseguir un patrocinio puede ser difícil** desde el principio.
Sin embargo, lo que realmente quería era crear contenido que yo misma disfrutara consumir. Contenido que retratara mis experiencias al mismo tiempo que aportara valor a la gente, y si me pagaran por ello, sería un extra, sería un bono.
**¡Pero primero valor para la gente!**
Dejar de lado el vídeo y sumergirse en la escritura.
Después de haberme animado durante una semana a empezar a escribir artículos. El día de acción de gracias, mi esposo me dio un tema sobre el que escribir y me ayudó a comenzar: "****12 Things You Didn't Know You're Grateful For****". https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/12-things-you-didnt-know-youre-grateful-for-5eb23ead
Entonces, agarré un cuaderno y un bolígrafo. Me senté y escribí pensamientos profundos, sentimientos y experiencias a las que me había aferrado durante mucho tiempo.
Y luego me di cuenta de que...
**La escritura debe preceder a los videos.**
La escritura debe preceder a los videos porque la escritura es más fácil y brinda estadísticas de qué temas son exitosos y cuáles son un fracaso. También sirve como transcripción de un video.
Desde que comencé a **escribir en read.cash**, me he dado cuenta de los beneficios de los **pensamientos organizados a través de la redacción de ensayos.**
Entonces sí, en el futuro, planeo hacer videos. Quizás dentro de un año.
Me considero **abierta a todas las criptomonedas**, lo que significa que estoy abierta a proyectos que tienen potencial.
Esto me ha abierto a un nicho en el que tenía ganas de entrar pero no sabía por dónde empezar: **el mundo de las criptomonedas**. La mayor parte de mi información sobre criptomonedas provino de una fuente de segunda mano y ahora quiero sumergirme por mi propia cuenta y tener mi experiencia.
Publicar en una plataforma de escritura basada en criptomonedas me ha permitido retribuir a la comunidad a través de votaciones positivas y escribiendo contenido que alenta a las personas con las que vivo e interactúo a sumergirse en la **tecnología de las criptomonedas** también.
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Esta breve introducción sobre mi ensayo de evaluación es para mostrar que mientras veía crecer la comunidad de criptomonedas durante los últimos dos años, aprendí mucho observando hasta el punto en que yo comencé a desear unirme.
Afortunadamente, finalmente decidí unirme cuando comencé a escribir en plataformas de blogs financiadas con criptomonedas como read.cash, Hive, LeoFinance.
Organizar mis pensamientos me ha ayudado a ubicar nichos sobre los que escribir y posiblemente (en un futuro lejano) también a crear videos.
Me gustaría presentar ideas que yo misma disfruto consumiendo y que también ayudarán a otros con el valor agregado que espero incluir.
Me diversificaré, conoceré gente nueva y también probaré diferentes plataformas para llegar a más personas. Quiero cambiar vidas de manera positiva.
Entonces, si te gusta Lifeservations, Culture Shocks y el contenido de Cryptomom, únete a mí suscribiéndote.
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Mira mis metas para abril: **Las intenciones positivas y sinceras también cuentan** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/las-intenciones-positivas-y-sinceras-tambien-cuentan-9b13d592
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Crypto Benchwarmer No More!
I first heard of crypto back in 2013. The technology was slowly seeping in. I officially became a **crypto benchwarmer** when my husband bought his first bitcoin back in 2019.
**Allow Me to Give You Some Backstory**.
About four years ago, prior to becoming a crypto benchwarmer, I had jumped into the idea of wanting to become a **content creator.** Mainly, for the creative side of it, as a creative outlet. Sometimes, as a parent, it is easy to forget that we need hobbies to help us relax and be creative
I had subscribed to YouTube channels such as Think Media and Video Creators etc. https://youtube.com/user/THiNKmediaTV https://youtube.com/c/VideoCreators
And I learnt so much about **niches, social media marketing, content creation, monetization, etc.** but I never got around to publishing my half hearted creations and I will tell you why in a bit...
Now I had also been learning about crypto from my husband. As he researched more and more, we would talk and talk and talk about crypto technology.
Well one day, my husband brought up that he had been writing on read.cash and had been earning crypto. He encouraged me to start writing articles on read.cash and although a bit hesitant, I took his advice.
I began to write essays for the first time since highschool, though I had forgotten a lot of essay writing I had learnt in communications class and when I did start writing here on read.cash, that is when I understood what I had been missing in my content creating journey.
*Later I'll write an article explaining read.cash's developers' true motivation in creating this platform. It's actually an interesting story.* ***Subscribe to be notified!***
My Introverted Dichotomies.
There were problems that prevented my creative projects from fledging.
**Lack of niche relatedness.** I simply had a hard time combining niches that would allow me to be comfortable writing evergreen content for years to come.
There was the **"Mom" niche** but I did not really want to make my content solely on mom stuff. There is more to my persona than being a mom.
The **"Art and crafts"** niche but it was too much work. Plus I needed money to buy the supplies. That is money I did not have.
The **"Culture" niche** did catch my attention but I did not know how to stand out in a way that I would be comfortable with and I am kind of culturally all over the place. I'm neither from here nor there metaphorically speaking.
**I kept putting off creating videos because I was afraid of burning out.** Anyone who is familiar with video editing knows that sometimes video editing can be painfully meticulous. I am referring to logistics like the editing, the music, the props, etc.
Not to mention that monetization on youtube is overwhelming. **Getting sponsored can be tough** right at the beginning.
Yet, what I really wanted was to create content that I myself would enjoy consuming. Content that portrayed my experiences while bringing **value to the people**, and if I got paid for it, that would be an extra, it would be a bonus.
**But first value to the people!**
Setting Aside Video and Diving Into Writing.
After having encouraged me for like a week to start writing articles. On thanksgiving day my husband gave me a topic to write about and get me started, "**12 Things You Didn't Know You're Grateful For**". https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/12-things-you-didnt-know-youre-grateful-for-5eb23ead
So, I grabbed a notebook and pen. I sat down and wrote down deep thoughts, feelings and experiences that I had been holding on to for a long time.
And then I realized...
**Writing should precede videos.**
Writing should precede videos because writing is easier and it gives statistics of what topics are successful and which are a flop. It also serves as a transcript for a video.
Since I have started **writing on read.cash,** I've become aware of the **benefits of organized thoughts via essay structure writing**.
So yes, in the future, I am planning on making videos. Maybe a year from now.
I consider myself a **open to all cryptos**, which means I am open to projects that have potential.
This has opened me up to a niche that I have been wanting to enter but did not know where to start: **The crypto world**. Most of my info on crypto came from a second hand source and now I want to dip my own toes and get my own hands on experience.
Posting in a crypto writing platform has allowed me to give back to the community via upvoting and by writing content that will encourage the people I live with and interact with to dive into **crypto technology** too.
**Join me! Subscribe!**
This quick intro about my benchwarming is to show that while I watched the crypto community grow for the past two years, I learned a lot by observing to the point where I wanted to join myself.
Gratefully, I finally chose to join when I started writing in crypto funded blogging platforms like read.cash, Hive, LeoFinance.
Organizing my thoughts has helped me locate niches for me to write about and possibly (in the distant future) create videos too.
I would like to put out ideas that I myself enjoy consuming and that'll also help others out there with the added value I hope to include.
I will be branching out, meeting new people and also trying different platforms so as to reach more people. I want to change lives in a positive way.
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Las intenciones positivas y sinceras también cuentan
No se puede mejorar lo que no se mide.
La creadora de Metas.
En las últimas horas, leí un artículo por aquí que realmente me impulsó a actuar en consecuencia. Era un artículo que hablaba de haber logrado metas durante el último mes.
Aquí lo pueden leer, si tienen curiosidad: **Monthly BCH Goals: MARCH - Achieved!** https://read.cash/@immaryandmerry/monthly-bch-goals-march-achieved-cbbaed01#comment-b2f5d6e0
Pude percibir el éxito en las palabras escritas y una sensación de logro con un toque de compostura y determinación.
Y esto es lo que más me gustó:
*"Lograr estos objetivos fue de gran ayuda para hacerme más productiva. Es solo que cuando tengo un objetivo en mente para lograrlo, me enfoca más y me hace trabajar más duro solo para lograrlo. Porque nada supera la satisfacción que estoy obteniendo cuando veo que mis objetivos se van cumpliendo uno por uno".*
*-immaryandmerry*
Creo que esto me pareció cierto porque ¿quién no querría todo eso?:
**Productividad, enfoque y realización. Jejeje**
**La Indecición.**
Ahora, admito que este no es el primer artículo que leo sobre el establecimiento de metas. De hecho, aquí hay dos artículos que he leído antes de este:
**Me towards my $200 in BCH Goal this month and How BCH shaped my perspective in life** por carisdaneym2 https://read.cash/@carisdaneym2/me-towards-my-200-in-bch-goal-this-month-and-how-bch-shaped-my-perspective-in-life-7c37d4ca
**New Goal, New Challenge, New BCH Wallet** por Laurenceuuu https://read.cash/@Laurenceuuu/new-goal-new-challenge-new-bch-wallet-888a9a2a
Para ser honesta, **¡me divertí leyéndolos!** ¡Creo que ellos siempre saben cómo imprimir su personalidad en sus escritos y la gente lo disfruta! jeje. Yo misma incluida.
Su estilo de escritura es tan único que no pude evitar sentir que:
*"Oh, bueno, ellos son capaces de hacer 100 dolares al mes por su increible humor, entusiasmo y abilidades. Pero va a ser muy dificil para mi llegar a una meta como esa."*
Y no fue para menospreciarme. ¡Para nada!
Lo que quiero decir es que **toda mi vida siempre he sido del tipo reservada**. No es tímidez, eso sí. Porque hay una diferencia.
Tímido es cuando no quieres hacer cosas por timidez. Sin embargo, **reservado es cuando el silencio baila pacíficamente mientras observas calladamente al mundo jugar frente a ti.**
Entonces, cuando leí el articulo **Monthly BCH Goals: MARCH - Achieved!** https://read.cash/@immaryandmerry/monthly-bch-goals-march-achieved-cbbaed01#comment-b2f5d6e0
Realmente pareció tan alcanzable porque vi que el estilo de escritura de Immaryandmerry era más cercano al mío.
Tranquila y relajada. 😁
Las Metas...
De acuerdo, suficiente charla, esto es lo que espero lograr este abril de 2021:
**11 artículos** *(Actualmente solo he podido hacer 4ish).* 😬
**Prueba 1 nueva receta de comida** *(solo porque sí).*
**Escribe un artículo de 6 minutos de duración** *(Este me hace sudar, no sé si tengo tanto de qué hablar sobre un solo tema).*
**Ser amable conmigo misma.**
**Leer 1 documento técnico de criptomonedas.**
Y todo esto en 30 días. Manteniéndolo simple... Sin presión...
**** Nota: No incluí una meta de dinero** porque en este momento solo quiero enfocarme en mis habilidades de escritura y en diversificarme hacia otras plataformas de blogs. Aunque a finales de este mes intentaré mostrar cuánto he ganado en read.cash y en las otras plataformas.
¡Gracias por leer y esten atentos!
De acuerdo, para ser honesto, ya estoy sintiendo la presión y ni siquiera he publicado esto todavía y he tenido dudas acerca de dejarlo en vivo ...
Creo que **tengo miedo de fallar en público** jaja. Lo que quiero decir es que **tengo miedo de morder más de lo que puedo masticar.**
Pero al mismo tiempo, quiero fallar porque sé que aprenderé más rápido y eso me mantendrá humilde. De cualquier manera, es un ganar-ganar. Si logro mis objetivos, realmente me habría esforzado por ser más **productiva, concentrada y cumplida.**
Si no lo hago, habré aprendido de mis errores y lo intentaré de nuevo el próximo mes.
Si tienes algún consejo que me ayude a alcanzar mis objetivos, déjalo a continuación. ¡Realmente lo agradecería!
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Positive Heartfelt Intentions Count Too
You can't improve what's not measured.
**The Goal Setter.**
In the past hours, I have read an article around here that really moved me to act upon it. It was an article that talked about having accomplished goals for the past month.
Here it is, if you're curious: Monthly BCH Goals: MARCH - Achieved! https://read.cash/@immaryandmerry/monthly-bch-goals-march-achieved-cbbaed01#comment-b2f5d6e0
You can perceive success in the words written and a sense of accomplishment with a touch of composure and determination.
And this is what I liked the most:
*"Making these goals was such a big help to make me more productive. It's just that when I have a goal in mind to accomplished, it makes me more focused and it makes me to work harder just to achieved it. Because nothing beats the fulfillment that I am getting as I see my goals being accomplished one by one."*
@immaryandmerry
I think this rang true for me because who wouldn't want all of that:
**Productivity, focus and accomplishment. Hehehe**
****The Hesitation.****
Now, I'll admit this is not the first article I've read on goal setting. In fact here are two articles I've read before this one:
Me towards my $200 in BCH Goal this month and How BCH shaped my perspective in life by @carisdaneym2 https://read.cash/@carisdaneym2/me-towards-my-200-in-bch-goal-this-month-and-how-bch-shaped-my-perspective-in-life-7c37d4ca
New Goal, New Challenge, New BCH Wallet by @Laurenceuuu https://read.cash/@Laurenceuuu/new-goal-new-challenge-new-bch-wallet-888a9a2a
To be honest, **I had fun reading them!** I think these two always know how to imprint their personalities into their writings and people enjoy it! hehe. Myself included.
But that was just it...
Their writing style is so unique that I couldn't help but feel like:
*"Oh, well, they're able to do $100+ a month because of their incredible humor, enthusiam and entertaining abilities. But it would be too hard for me to pull off a goal like that."*
And It wasn't to put myself down. Not at all!
What I mean is that, **all my life I've always been the reserved** **type**. Not shy, mind you. For there is a difference.
Shy is when you don't want to do things out of timidness. **Yet** **reserved is when silence dances with peace while you quietly observe the world play in front of you.**
So, when I read Monthly BCH Goals: MARCH - Achieved! It really made it seem so achievable because I saw that @immaryandmerry 's writing style was more closer to mine. https://read.cash/@immaryandmerry/monthly-bch-goals-march-achieved-cbbaed01#comment-b2f5d6e0
Calm and chill. 😁
****The Goals...****
Okay, enough chit chat, here is what I'm hoping to accomplish this April 2021:
**11 articles** *(Currently only been able to do 4ish).* 😬
**Try 1 new food recipe** *(Just because)***.**
**Write one article that is 6 minutes long** *(This one makes me sweat, I don't know if I have that much to talk about on a single topic).*
**Be kind to myself.**
**Read 1 whitepaper.**
And all of this in 30 days. Just keeping it simple... No pressure...
**** ***Note: I didn't include a money goal*** *because at this moment I just want to focus on my writing skills and on branching out to other blogging platforms. Though at the end of this month I will try to show how much I've made on read.cash and in the other platforms.*
**Thanks for reading and Stay Tuned!**
Okay, to be honest, I'm feeling the pressure already ~~and I haven't even published this yet~~ and have had second thoughts about letting it go live...
I think **I'm afraid to fail in public** haha. What I mean is that **I'm afraid to bite more than I can chew.**
But at the same time, I do want to fail because I know I'll learn faster and it'll keep me humble. Either way, it's a Win-Win. If I accomplish my goals I would have really pushed myself to be more **productive, focused and accomplished.**
If I don't, then I will have learnt from my mistakes and try again the next month.
If you have any tips to help me achieve my goals, please leave them down below. Would really appreciate it!
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Llegó mi elegante crypto tarjeta de débito: ¡Tauros!
A medida que el tiempo nos ha pasado increíblemente rápido, los generosos capitalistas de riesgo nos han brindado **integraciones de criptografía prácticas** que nos ayudan con nuestras experiencias de compra cotidianas.
Hemos recorrido un largo camino en el esfuerzo por la **adopción masiva de las criptomonedas** y, aunque se han implementado mejoras para interfaces de usuario más intuitivas, no puedo imaginar que sea lo suficientemente simple como para que **mi madre** se sumerja todavía.
En la misma línea de pensamiento, las **Dapps (aplicaciones descentralizadas)** útiles nos han permitido experimentar la aplicación en la vida real de redes peer-to-peer con tecnología criptográfica. Como LBRY, Hive y CubFinance. ¡Que es genial!
Sin embargo, todavía estamos bastante **temprano** en la accesibilidad masiva de las criptomonedas en nuestro día a día.
Debido a que la **automatización** es algo difícil de comprender para muchas personas, es necesario cambiar la mentalidad a nuevos terrenos. Después de averiguar qué harían con el tiempo recién encontrado en sus manos.
La automatización obliga a repensar en el **propósito** porque se hace cargo de aquellas tareas manuales que provocan un sentimiento de importancia. Haciendo que muchas personas se sientan incómodas y no estén dispuestas a aceptar.
Otra razón es que la **tecnología de las criptomonedas aún se encuentra en sus etapas iniciales**. Con muchos errores cometidos, la mayoría de las personas tienen miedo de perder porque cuando caen, no saben cómo volver a levantarse.
Existe el temor de ser estafado y la creencia de que para evitar estafas, el dinero ganado con tanto esfuerzo debe mantenerse físicamente a la mano.
Pero, por supuesto, esto es ilógico porque la gente es estafada todo el tiempo con dinero que emana de los gobiernos.
Por lo tanto, para **acelerar la adopción masiva de las criptomonedas**, necesitamos una educación masiva sobre cómo funciona la tecnología y cómo se puede aplicar a la vida cotidiana.
Esto significa que por ahora tenemos que integrar las criptomonedas con la tecnología ya disponible. Esto hará que las personas se vayan acostumbrando poco a poco y las ayudará a sentirse cada vez más cómodas, hasta que su familiaridad las lleve a completar la integración a el mercado de las criptomonedas.
Un buen ejemplo en esta área es la tecnología disponible para mí en México y que integrará las criptomonedas fácilmente en mi vida. La **tarjeta de débito para criptomonedas Tauros**.
https://youtu.be/lSxnexOWb_0
Aproximadamente 4 días después de que lo solicité a través de la aplicación de celular, y pagando la tarifa de la tarjeta de $ 300 pesos, ¡finalmente llegó por correo!
Mi esposo se había comprado una hace un tiempo y funciona. Nada super extravagante. Como una tarjeta de débito debería ser jaja.
Entonces, ahora que he estado recibiendo Bitcoin Cash en read.cash, necesitaba una forma de usarlo para hacer compras donde vivo.
Por supuesto, el escenario más ideal sería **usar BCH directamente con los proveedores en mi área** para pagar las cosas. Sin embargo, en este momento **no es una opción fácil**.
Entonces, ¿cómo funcionará esto?
Déjame mostrarte las capturas de pantalla de cómo se ve la aplicación del celular:
Mi objetivo para este producto es usarlo como una forma rápida de comprar artículos de primera necesidad con mis criptomonedas.
No será donde guarde una gran cantidad de criptomonedas, ya que está centralizada y hay lugares más seguros para mantener su dinero seguro. Si no tienes tus claves no es tu cripto. jajaja.
En aproximadamente 6 meses escribiré una reseña sobre esta tarjeta de débito Crypto para ver qué tan bien me ayudó a integrar las criptomonedas en mi vida personal.
Si vive en México y desea una tarjeta de débito criptográfica, aquí está el enlace para descargar la aplicación y obtener una:
https://tauros.io/signup?ref=TKW68V4M
Gaste, ahorre y administre su dinero, todo en una sola aplicación. Obtenga una cuenta digital que se sienta como un banco, pero en su teléfono inteligente.
Requerimientos:
18 años o más
Usas moneda MXN
Entender español
Cargo único por tarjeta de $ 300 MXN
Residencia en México
Identificación nacional
**Este es el comienzo de mi aventura cripto.** Comenzaré un viaje para usar mi escritura para ayudar a alentar a quienes me rodean a aprovechar los beneficios de las criptomonedas y cómo usarlas para salir de la pobreza.
Si hubiera sabido cómo interactuar con las criptomonedas hace años, quién sabe, quizás ahora ya tendría una casa propia.
**¡Así que comienza tu propia aventura cripto conmigo! ¡Suscribete!**
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UPDATE: Hey everybody! Hope you're doing good. :D
I will be translating and publishing my articles in Spanish. Please excuse the language barrier.
If I could, I would have two seperate accounts for each language but I think the rules are 2 or 3 accounts per household. Don't want to risk being blacklisted. Hehe
Kindly stay tuned for upcoming articles in English.
Wishing you well,
La Grapefruit.
a.k.a. CryptoCitrus on noise.cash
My Elegant Tauros Crypto Debit Card Arrived!!
As time has incredibly winked past us, gracious venture capitalists are providing us with **practical crypto integrations** that are assisting us with our ordinary, day to day, shopping experiences.
A long way we've come in the endeavor for **crypto mass adoption** and although, improvements have been implemented for more intuitive user interfaces, I can't imagine it be sufficiently simple enough for **my mom** to dive in yet.
In the same line of thought, useful **Dapps (decentralized applications)** have allowed us to experience real life application of peer-to-peer networking with crypto technology. Like LBRY, Hive and CubFinance. Which is awesome!
Yet, we're still quite **early** in the mass accessibility of crypto in our day to day lives.
Because **automation** is a hard thing to grasp for many people, it means shifting their mentality to new grounds. They will have to figure out what they would do with newly found time on their hands.
Automation forces the rethinking of **purpose** because it takes over those manual tasks that causes a feeling of importance. Making many people uncomfortable and unwilling to accept.
Another reason is that **crypto technology is still in its infant stages**. With many mistakes being made, most people are afraid of losing because when they fall, they don't know how to get back up.
There's a fear of being scammed and a belief that in order to prevent scams, then hard earned money must be held physically in the hand.
But of course, this is illogical because people get scammed all the time with fiat.
So, in order to accelerate **crypto mass adoption we need mass education** of how the technology works and how it can be applied to everyday life.
Which means that for now we have to **integrate crypto with already available technology**. This will slowly warm people up to it and help them feel more and more comfortable, until their familiarity shifts them over to complete crypto integration.
Therefore, case in point, the technology available for me in Mexico and which will integrate crypto easily into my life is the **Tauros crypto debit card**.
https://youtu.be/52whESTnoW4
About 4 days after I applied for it via the phone application, and paying the card fee of $300 MXN pesos, it finally arrived in the mail!
My husband had gotten one for himself a while back and it does the job. Nothing super fancy. Like a debit card should be haha.
So, now that I've been receiving BCH on read.cash, I needed a way to use it for making purchases where I live.
Of course, the most ideal scenario would be to use **BCH directly with the vendors** in my area to pay for stuff. However, at this time it's just **not an easy option**.
So, how will this work?
Let me show you the screenshots of what the phone app looks like:
My goal for this product is to use it as a quick way to buy necessity items with my crypto coins.
It will not be where I HODL a big amount of crypto, since it's centralized and there are just safer places to keep your money safe. Not your keys not your crypto. lol.
In about 6 months I will write a review on this Crypto debit card to see how well it's helped integrate crypto into my personal life.
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Requirements:
18 years or older
You use MXN currency
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Residence in mexico
National ID
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Light Revealing My Genuine Feathers
All colors depend on light.
The other day I was working on the computer, when all of a sudden, smothered was my laser focused concentration when my excited kindergartener waved a bird's feather in front of my eyes, enunciating, 'Look mammi. It's beauuuuu-ti-fulllll.'
Having been deeply concentrated in my work and thought process, it took me 5 unfading seconds to pull out of that fine absorption I was in.
It took me a while to snap out because I was remembering that nine times out of ten, when kindergarteners want your attention it's usually not for anything absolutely earth shattering. Being that, kids are new around here and what's shockingly new to them is just plain and ordinary for us adults.
Yet, this time, to my surprise, THIS TIME, my little girl's excitement correlated the value of her newly found treasure. What she found was actually something interesting to look at from an adult's perspective.
A beautiful parakeet's feather. Which shifted from semi dull grayscale to a vibrantly yellowish-teal as the light hit it just right.
Which kindly reminded me of how I used to see the world, I used to see it as black and white. Lots of things to me seemed to be either this or that. You're either with me or you're against me type of deal.
For example when I was young, even though I am a girl, I had a distaste for flowered dresses and baby dolls. If I ever saw any girl using either, I regarded them as irrational and somehow inherently bad.
With flowered dresses I thought that it was so vain to wear fake flowers. It seemed to me as a desperate attempt to get attention (😅🤦🏽♀️). But now I realize that fake flowers on a dress are alright and certainly NOT 100% a bad thing.
With the baby dolls, I thought, "Why would anyone like to play with a fake baby if you can interact with real humans?" I would even look down upon other little girls my age who would play with dolls and dismiss them as childish.
Now as an adult with daughters of my own, I realize that baby dolls are kinda useful 😄😄. It's just not practical to let a toddler play with a real baby!
Of course, now I realize my childish foolishness. 😊😊😊. Certainly it is not necessarily bad to wear fake flowered dresses, and it is NOT always equivalent to being vain and flirtatious.
See, many things are subjective. That's to say, you can have your own opinion about it and that's okay. For example **having a favorite color is subjective**.
On the other hand, when something is objective, that's when there's only one true answer. For example **facts are objective**.
*Some things are not black and white and it's okay to take a stand.*
As my young kids are starting to understand more and more everyday. I would like to illustrate to them the difference between 'Objective' and 'Subjective'.
What is fact and what is opinion.
It seems simple but as adults, we tend to think our opinions are absolutes and we risk sabotaging good friendships due to our unwillingness to understand that opinions are questionable. It's okay to question opinions.
That's why I find debates to be a healthy way to prove your reasoning and I wish more people would make the distinction between fact and opinion.
Some things are not definite and no human in this era is pure light nor complete darkness.
Thus, when we let light hit us, that is, when by God's grace we let virtues and facts guide us, just like that parakeet feather, we turn into a more attractive version of ourself.
Hence, may your feathers ever be so saturated with light!
**Best Regards!**
@lagrapefruit
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When Strengths Are Weaknesses!
Oh! How easy it is to complain! It gives the illusion of something being done about all present dilemas.
It's funny how over the years I have become more aware of how inefficient whining actually is. Time after time, it always makes things worse and yet every once in a while I catch myself doing it. Hehe
I guess old habits die hard because I'm so cozy and warm in them, like my comfort zone blanket.
I have recently pinpointed and acknowledged my present strengths.
I had never really put much attention to them because I was too busy reacting to my never ending dichotomies. However, it caused me to realize, that many of my struggles have been created due to my strengths.
Sounds so counter intuitive and it kind of is. Allow me to explain.
I always thought my dilemas arose from me not being skilled enough and no matter how hard I tried to fix my weaknesses, the break-throughs were always few and far between.
For a while now, I had been frustrated at how my actions had not been producing new results.
For example, right after highschool I hit the ground running into the work force, trying to improve my financial situation. I worked myself hard and it usually paid off monetarily but I found myself exhausted all the time.
So, I quit that life and moved to another country after meeting and marrying my husband. I've learnt so much about culture, about people and about different living conditions.
However, no matter what I tried, I would still often find myself tired and lacking physical rest. "Well," I would ask myself, "What am I doing wrong? What is the weak link causing this?"
Now around that time, out of curiosity, I had taken an online personality test and to my surprise, I actually gained valuable perspective about myself.
I learnt that I tend to be ambitious about life! And that's when the lightbulb lit up.
Here I had been trying to figure out how to improve my sleeping skills (my weakness), which I thought I lacked, and yet this was not the root cause! The true cause for my chronic fatigue was my ambitions!
All those wonderful projects I wish to push forward...
Need to wait!
The earth wasn't built in one day and neither should my ambitions.
One could say ambitions are not a weakness because they can help get so much done, they can help push through the hardships and discomforts because dreams await on the other side. Somewhere in that distant future...
Sure, ambition is very useful but it can also be very destructive and that's the realization I've come to:
I need balance between my present self and the world I'm working to achieve for my future self.
**How do I plan on finding this balance?**
I will not so much focus on my weaknesses, but rather I will moderate my ambitions to allow for improvement on my weaknesses.
For if I'm always using my strengths as a crutch, I am never really using my weaknesses. And if I can't even truly use my weaknesses then when am I going to nurture them into strengths?
Exactly! I won't!
Also, I will work on building new habits. This will allow me to live more in the present moment because who doesn't become more aware of their enviroment when they're learning new skills?
Now, to all my ambitious junkies out there:
Know your limits, listen to your body as it lets you know when it needs rest.
Because it's not worth building a future in which you'll not be a part of.
I mean case in point:
Look at Steve Jobs, the guy worked himself to death for Apple. His potential was shortlived. He died young, in my opinion.
So, if you're really good at something, prevent it from taking over your life.
***Moderation is key!***
Instead of that "I'll never be good enough" mentality or lingering in bitterness, think of what you're already good at and figure out how that's preventing you from improving.
**Wishing you the best!**
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A pinch of Compassion
Compassion is like a teardrop of happiness that lands on a seed and enables it to sprout. Like waking someone up from a deep sleep.
Some say compassion is charity, others that it is mercy. I say it is a beautiful combination of both.
Compassion is to sympathize with those struck with misfortune.
War, greed and illnesses always multiply the number of the disadvantaged around us.
Sometimes I wonder if wars would cease all together if compassion was taught to all peoples from a young age. Who knows? Maybe not, though, for we all have free will, yet, even a decrease in the number of wars would be a remarkable improvement.
Considering that even a small decrease in wars would prevent thousands and thousands of unnecessary and futile deaths. Deaths that have brought sadness to many.
I dream about it all the time. I wish that compassion could bring back someone's brother, another's father, an aunt or uncle, a sister or a cousin. I mean it in the sense of those unnecessary deaths not having occurred at all, had compassion kicked in and prevented them.
But that's the thing about life. Is it not? It is so fragile and irreplaceable. I guess that is why it is so valuable.
Everyone has heard the golden rule: "***Treat others the way you would like to be treated***."
It is the long way of saying: **Be compassionate**.
Be merciful and charitable to those in unfortunate states of life, as you would wish them to be with you when in that same situation.
That is what love is.
But why is it, then, that compassion is so lacking in our day and age?
Well because of another rule: "You can not give what you do not have."
As I observe the world around me, I can see a lack of self compassion.
Many lack empathy for others because they themselves do not have compassion for themselves.
This probably sounds strange but hear me out.
There are two ways to not have compassion for yourself.
You do everything for others and not yourself.
You do everything for your own benefit and not for others.
In the first case, compassion for others is shortlived and does not reach it's full potential because by not caring for yourself, your body quickly deteriorates into illness and you can no longer care for yourself nor others but rather you will need someone to care for you.
In the second case, by concentrating compassion only for yourself and not for others, you are actually not being truly compassionate with yourself because it will push away those who love you, leading to an unhappy life.
Like this study on happiness shows:
https://youtu.be/8KkKuTCFvzI
Compassion starts with yourself, then towards others.
**Hey Saplings!**
I hope you have been well! Because of St. Valentine's day, I thought it was fitting to write about compassion.
I'm in a busy season of my life right now, which has delayed some articles that I have lined up.
I guess it's the story of many grownups' lives. Busy. Busy. Busy. Hehe
Every once in a while, though, I'll go and read some of your articles. You will know I've passed by because I try to leave a meaningful and reciprocating comment or if I do not have time for a comment, I'll leave a tiny but meaningful tip.
On my part, I'll continue writing at my own pace. Since I appreciate being able to release my thoughts in article and freeing up space in my head. Lol.
Thanks for reading! @lagrapefruit
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Tiny Remarkable Accomplishments
Sometimes it's the little accomplishments that keep us going strong.
In light of this, I thought I'd share with you some of mine. Just in case you too might be going through similar struggles and need a teeny bit of encouragement.
Therefore...
**#1 True Friends:**
2020 kicked off with apathetic sentiments. Everyone was in a rush to **react** over irrelevant dramas like Trump's wall, Craig Wright's libel lawsuits, and the fleeting discomforts of a face mask.
Many years of redundancy had us going in a cycle of **static** thoughts. Monotony was king. Circular reasoning was queen.
Unfortunately, the world seemed to be begging for a monkey wrench and in hindsight a monkey wrench was glaring at us.
Yet we were all too occupied with our own troubles to forsee what was to come.
So, a fitting monkey wrench is what we got. **A novel coronavirus was unleashed throughout the world.**
With this unleashment, two major sentiments arose: ***Covid real vs. Covid hoax***.
Ever heard of hardships showing people's true colors?
Well, as I personally took the "Covid is real" path, what followed was the tragic loss of many so-called friends and acquaintances who became "Covid hoaxers". Their stubborn confirmation biases lead to irreparable damages to our relationships.
But despite the losses, there were a few friendships that shone. People who's true colors shone bright, despite adversity.
To those people, I tip my hat to you, for showing maturity when things got hard. For being there, during the difficulties.
**#2 A Precious New Arrival**:
The arrival of a healthy newborn after an alarming high risk pregnancy was an astounding experience. **A bag full of mixed emotions**.
Nine months worth of intense uncertainty, but thankfully, the pain and discomfort vanished and was replaced by a delicate being: a precious baby.
*Kindly read my article:* **A Newborn's Smile** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/a-newborns-smile-5c56e189
The connection between a mother and her child is filled with inmense emotions. Even more so when the stakes were high. For the more you give, the more you love.
Can anything compare the love between mother and child? It hardly seems so.
I guess once you become a parent, that love feels incomparable and it's an experience to remember for a lifetime.
**#3 Finding my voice:**
For the longest of time I had pondered over my identity, my priorities and what I should stand for.
It wasn't until I was deceived by those I thought had my back, that I was able to materialize what I stood for.
In all things, I want to stand for **justice**, for **honesty** and **charity**, for **compassion** and **mercy**. I also wish to encourage others to stand up for this too, as well as for many other virtues.
So, that's why I have started this "**La Grapefruit**" project which had been marinating in the back burner for about 4 years and it's finally beginning to materialize.
**#4 Overcame Food Intolerances:**
**Struggles** can bring out the best or the worst in us and avoiding them is impossible. Since we all live in this valley of tears. Yet I believe we should benefit from these struggles as **gems of learning experiences**.
My struggle with food intolerances is a real fight and a hard one.
Since it's not a full-on food allergy, life has gotten in the way and it's usually been put off for later. Until the inevitable has happened: the discomfort has turned unavoidable and something needed to be done.
That's the point I reached in 2020 and something was done.
After lots of research, I finally came to the conclusion that I needed a diet equally balanced in proteins, carbs and oils. With heavier proteins in the morning and leaner proteins in the evenings.
So the rice intolerance was overcome by adding butter and serving it with meat.
The raw banana and oatmeal intolerance was overcome by making banana-oatmeal pancakes.
The sugar/sweets intolerance was overcome by consuming meals before desserts.
And for whatever reason, adding sour cream to my meals also helped my digestion.
This might sound weird to some people but that's what I found works for me and diet fads are long gone for me because I've finally found a tailored way for consuming those foods I've been intolerant to.
So if you too are struggling with food intolerances, stick with the trial and error and soon you'll have your compensation!
**#5 Found Oregano Tea:**
And the last accomplishment I would like to mention is having found oregano tea benefits.
Of all the holistic things I've tried to help ease my indigestion, the one thing that I've without a doubt felt has made a difference is oregano tea.
*If you're interested on the benefits of oregano tea kindly read* @Purebeauty *'s informative article:*
**Oregano oil and oregano tea - benefits** https://read.cash/@Purebeauty/oregano-oil-and-oregano-tea-benefits-669443c8
I know you'll find it useful!
**Hey Saplings!**
I hope that you have found these personal accomplishments useful.
I don't know what you all are going through. However, I do want to encourage you for this new year to start with small accomplishments.
In spanish there's an allegory that says:
***"De gota en gota se lleno la copa."***
Which means:
***"Drop by drop the cup is filled."***
This metaphorically means that if you show up everyday to accomplish the little things, then eventually you'll reach your dreams!
Consistency is key. 👍
Thanks for reading! @lagrapefruit
I would like to give a shout out to @milanlukic
🥳🥳Thanks for becoming my first sponsor! 🥳🥳
I'm enthusiastic to see what the new year
has in store for us all here on read.cash. 😊😊😊
Ocean of Nostalgic Memories
Dear One-of-a-kind Pal,
If you're reading this, then our paths must have once crossed. Leaving an indistinguishable mark within me.
Please know, you've not been forgotten.
Your unique face appears near.
Here in my book of nostalgic memories.
A book full of shiny smiles and crystal tears.
I was honest with you then and
am honest with you now:
If ever you need
a shoulder to lean on,
a hand to hold,
an ear to hear...
Reach out and I'll be here.
To walk by your side
in this valley of tears.
Sincerely,
Your Nostalgic Homie
**Hey Saplings!**
Above is a small memorandum dedicated to those people who I remember keenly from my past and who at times, I have missed.
People who have become a part of my life experience, who I have looked up to, who have amused me with their stubborn uniquenesses or whom I have held dearly in my heart at one point in my life.
People who have seen something in me that at the time, I myself could not see.
Who have encouraged me to keep pushing.
Who have taken the time to dream with me.
The connection with them has made me who I am today. The trials we faced together and the constructive criticisms they showered on me, made me stronger.
Would that I could see them once more in person. I would first and foremost say, "Thanks".
Thanks for making me laugh with your witty jokes. They still tickle my brain even to this day.
Thanks for enjoying my ever so quiet presence. It's like you intuitively knew I needed the time to process everything that was being layed out before me and you were okay with that.
Thanks for trusting me even though I had a hard time trusting back. It was nothing personal and you knew that.
Many times did I wish to open up but saw that there just was not enough time to layout years worth of thoughts in one sitting, so I just kept silent and did a lot of listening instead.
I listened to your elegant hopes and dreams. I heard your delicate sorrows and felt them as my own.
Would that I have told you how much I cared. But in every instance, expressing my emotions made me feel vulnerable and I really wasn't ready for that.
Didn't know it then, but I still had some blooming to do.
As time passed, our dynamic paths went their separate ways.
In retrospective, I can see that it was inevitable, for we needed to keep growing. Keep maturing. Keep improving. For that's what being alive is about.
Wish that we could meet now once more, though.
Wish that I could ask you so many things and tell you so much more.
Yet, our current circumstances prevent us. Like an invisible barrier, preventing what once was.
Should that barrier be broken, though?
I guess it depends.
It depends on our life goals. On the finite amount of time and energy allotted to every single one of us.
Maybe, it's still not the right time.
Therefore, I commit to keeping my door open for you. If ever a wrong turn is made and you get lost out there, I'll be here, waiting to see how I can assist.
Because if ever I'm in the same predicament, I'd hope someone would be there in an instant to lend a gentle but firm hand. To be there, at my lowest. To get me out of the hole I've fallen into.
And to be honest, I actually have had that honor:
To be lifted up when tripped and fallen.
I wish I'd reach out sooner but maybe I was just scared to find out that life has eroded us unrecognizable and the connection that once was, might not ever be again.
Though, where there is life, there is hope and that's what I've chosen to cling to.
Remarkably Peculiar Christmas in Mexico 2020
Impressible fluffy snow associates to December, who in turn associates to Christmas time.
Up North, it's common for December to shower thousands of white fluffy snowflakes. Which turn into crunchy snow! :)
Anything directly coated in snow quickly looks like it's been frozen in time.
If there's no snow, or Christmas tree, or presents, is it still Christmas?
***OF COURSE IT IS!***
To my surprise Mexico is slightly different though.
Instead of icy snow we have these beautiful and vivid flowers during the winter time.
So, if you don't need snow to celebrate Christmas, then what is Christmas?
*Showing the true meaning of Christmas is the nativity scene tradition.*
This wonderful tradition represents the Holy Family in the manger, along with the 3 wise kings, the angel and the shepherds. Before the 25th the baby cradle is empty and waiting for the arrival of the prophesied Messiah.
Then on the 25th baby Jesus occupies the cradle, since the 25th of December is the commemoration of the magnificent birth of the Son of God.
Christmas time is an experience that unites the entire family. Yet this year is tremendously different.
Because of an unexpected virus, many this year have without a doubt, been forced to celebrate alone.
Yet is this really a bad thing? Because personally, I see that it's opened the door to a bit of needed silence.
Silence that allows for a bit of contemplation.
Contemplation on this awestriking mystery.
A mystery full of love and mercy:
**The birth of Our Lord and Saviour, Christ, The King of Kings.**
**Hey Saplings!**
For those who've read up to this point. Thank you! You've just joined me in an observation on Christmas. As I've grown older, I feel like people are losing touch on the true meaning of Christmas.
Christmas is not once a year, it represents a lifestyle that should be kept alive throughout the year. Love others as God has shown His love to us! 😊😊😊
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Hi! I'm New Around Here ;)
Hello! Hello! Read.cash enthusiasts!
It's my 1 month anniversary here on read.cash.
**Allow me to introduce myself:**
I go by @lagrapefruit
I chose this as my username because grapefruits are bittersweet and I couldn't help but think that life is just like that: Bittersweet.
My slongan is "*Missing in Action*" because often times I catch myself lost in thought.
It's something I've been working to avoid though, because I really want to live in the moment and appreciate things right now. To appreciate what is in front of me.
However, some of those deep thoughts and feelings I've written down as articles here.
**Kindly check out:**
**12 Things You Didn't Know You're Grateful For** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/12-things-you-didnt-know-youre-grateful-for-5eb23ead
**10 Didn't Knows About Mexico as a Mex-American (Part 1)** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/10-didnt-knows-about-mexico-as-a-mex-american-part-1-fe5a6478
**10 Didn't Knows About Mexico as a Mex-American (Part 2)** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/10-didnt-knows-about-mexico-as-a-mex-american-part-2-7f5969a8
**A Newborn's Smile** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/a-newborns-smile-5c56e189
**The day I lived a Druglord Blockade (Narco Bloqueo)** https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/the-day-i-lived-a-druglord-blockade-narco-bloqueo-a21ce8d4
**Meeting you**
During this month here I've had a fun time getting to know a couple of the users by reading their articles.
@tired_momma
@Purebeauty
@milanlukic
@Jigglyspy
And many more. Hope to get around to more people's articles!
I'm actually pleasantly surprised at how supportive the community is with each other.
**About me**
I used to live in the U.S., however I moved to Mexico about 8 years ago and became a mom.
That's what my content will consist of:
Observations on **culture**, **parent life** and **life concepts** in general!
I hope you'll join me on my journey by subscribing!
**I want to hear from you!**
Please tell me in the comments below where you are from and what type of content you write.
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The day I lived a Druglord Blockade (Narco Bloqueo)
A simple glance out the window showed the sky being near crystal clear and through the window the sun kissed my rosy cheeks, which released a feeling of graciousness inside.
I sprung out of bed and got ready for work. An hour of commute time away from home.
Without a second thought, I went about the unremarkable routine of getting ready.
I still remember what I wore that day: a cream colored oversized knit top, with a midi grey skirt and grey vans shoes. In all my outfits I seek comfort and flexibility, to compensate for out of the ordinary situations that may call for a quick sprint.
Well, out the door I went and onto the bus stop I waited.
While I waited, I could feel loud mexican music vibrating in my eardrums as my bus drove up.
The long line of bus regulars slowly climbed on board. Being at the front of the line, I took the opportunity to sit in the front seats. It made it easier to see my destination ahead of time and prepare to push through (if I had to) towards the exit doors.
Halfway through my way to work, the bus driver starts conversing with someone over the radio frequency.
"How strange," I thought.
The only times I've seen bus drivers chime in over the radio is when their bus had broken down and they needed to call for help. So I got that gut feeling, telling me there was something out of whack. But what?
Needless to say, my heart started pounding faster, my muscles tensed up and all of a sudden I seemed to be aware of every peculiarity. But why was I the only one who was really picking up that there was something off, I looked behind me and the rest of the passengers weren't intrigued at all.
A mile later and we were met with a slight traffic jam. The bus driver was able to get us off his regular route on to an alternative route and then back again some time later. Only to then come to a complete halt.
He turns around and yells, "All right guys, buses are being hijacked and being burnt down. I've been given the okay to release you guys and go back to headquarters, I don't want to risk my bus or my life."
(See this video of a bus which was burnt down. Thankfully, not the one I was in.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNlTMFk5DXE
What?! The surrealness of the situation triggered the sensation of being in a scripted movie, all we lacked was the dramatic suspenseful music in the background.
Off the bus we went. I watched as the bus drove off onto an unfamiliar alley, avoiding the well trafficked highway.
As my attention came back to reality, I realized we'd been kicked off the bus and now were stranded with nothing but some lunch money. Which wasn't enough for a taxi, though not that it mattered, all the taxis available were either not stopping or they were already taken.
Federal Police pickup trucks were driving back and forth with their sirens flashing blue and red. In the back of the patrol trucks were Federal policemen wearing bulletproof vests and carrying big guns. They were looking for the perpetrators: The Jalisco Cartel members who were liable for this.
Now, I had to choose, either I walked to my job or returned home and guess what I chose to do?
I WENT HOME lol. I mean I'm a good employee and everything, but I'm just not thaaaaaat dedicated. 😅😅😅
So, I crossed the highway through the available pedestrian bridges. On the way over a man caught up with me to say hi. It turned out we worked together, though I just hadn't recognized him because he was a new hire. I was glad to have someone to talk to, since all this uncertainty was intense.
Would there be some sort of shootout?
As we got to the other side and we waited to see if buses were still coming, I searched for places to hide in case of gunfire. After a while though, no gunfire, yet the police had two young men in handcuffs, with a small red gasoline tank as evidence.
I couldn't help but feel astonished. All my life, Narcos were these big, dark and horrifying drug mafia. Yet here we were and these handcuffed young men looked like everyday pedestrians.
And that's when I realized: they're just men. All these Narcos are just that, they're just men.
They don't have superpowers, they can't read your mind, they don't know it all. It's just that at one point they took the wrong path and have since been making horrific decisions and many lives have been lost because of it. However, as long as these Narcos are still alive, they have free will.
They're free to, at any point, turn around and make good choices again.
Sure, it'll be super difficult, due to all the crime entanglement they've been involved in, but it'll be worth it because as a Narco, they're risking their lives, all for earthly power and wealth, which they'll not take with them after death.
Now, I needed to get home but my bus route was no where in sight. This was when my co-worker and I decided we should start walking home. Both lived in the same direction, which was consoling, since it was going to be a 3 hour and 20 minute walk.
At this point there wasn't any sensation of fear, since we were walking away from the blockade and I knew that as soon as I'd be home, I'd be safe. Plus I had the rest of the day off.
Thankfully, a generous pickup driver was offering pedestrians a lift in the back of his vehicle and we climbed on board. We were all dropped off at the same location, a bus route towards home was available and I took it, parting ways with my co-worker.
Eventually, I was able to catch a taxi and since I was closer to home I was able to afford it with the lunch money I'd had with me. A quarter of an hour later and I was home. Safe and sound!
Later I found out that Cartel Jalisco had retaliated against the government for the arrest of its 10 members. Whom they wanted released immediately.
The only people who suffered casualties from the attacks were the military. A military airforce helicopter was shot down with 18 on board. 3 deaths and 12 injured.
This is usually the general rule, those who are involved with the cartel one way or another, are the ones who suffer casualties. If ever you come to Mexico, stay away from drugs, druglords and bars.
Stay away from the wrong crowd and you'll stay safe from many dangers.
A valuable rule to live by!
If ever you meet someone involved in organized crime in your regular day to day, encourage them to walk away from that life. A life full of betrayal, health damage or even death. No money, No power in the world, can buy you a peace of mind than to live an honest life.
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A Newborn's Smile
The blessing and breath of fresh air of a new soul is indescribably fascinating. Words are insufficient and lacking.
For the newly born goes from making drowsy faces in the first couple of weeks, barely able to stay awake, to then transitioning to bewilderment at the glimpse of this new world they've been brought into.
Then the remarkable day comes when they recognize you and suddenly let loose a big old toothless smile. A sweet glass full of pure genuineness.
Never has anyone been so happy to see you and their lack of composure considerably shows it.
Their arms and legs fling in excitement and just as quick as it began, it ends and their face goes newborn expressionless again.
For the observant mother, this flight of emotion is forever stored in her tender heart and wonders at this new soul's potential.
Who will they become? What will they discover? Who will break their heart and how will they cope? Will they be understood? Will they impact the hearts of those who cross their path? And how will this be?
At this point only the wise Creator knows.
Yet if a mother's refined intuition is at hand, she can almost slightly forecast into the future just by observing her younster's strengths, weaknesses and inclinations.
Hoping that when the right time comes, she may proactively steer that new soul toward the good path. Like a rod is suitable for a vulnerable brand new sapling.
It's a valid fear to be a stumbling block for your child. To be the reason for their straying away. Although this may be true in many cases, remember that setting the example is an excellent antidote. It's a simple concept, yet hard to persevere in because of our fallen nature. Seek that balance.
Fight and accept the challenge, this must be done, for the success of this new soul that has been placed under our protection.
The joy new borns generate in life is immense. However, the responsibility is also immense.
Strength will be needed to stick to this nobel ambition to the end: To be a positive role model. As well as love, love for this new soul will achieve perseverance. Self improvement will not only benefit the parent, but will also benefit this incredible new soul.
Yet, never forget the imperfections, better to have them on sight and remain humble than forget and lose sight of the humble path.
A letter to my newborn:
New soul, may you forever seek justice and without a second thought show mercy unto others.
May charity and humility guide your heart, no matter how broken it may get.
Let compassion be your sword and faith be your shield.
Let not sin take root in your heart because it will destroy and crush you without mercy.
That in all things God may be glorified.
Remember you're just human and many things you cannot change. But if you change what you can for the better, compensation will be yours.
In the scale of justice may your good fruits overflow your bad ones.
Seek not unnatural amounts of happiness here on earth, for it is unsustainable and will lead to depression and despair.
Be willing to ask, for it's been promised that you shall receive.
And may you receive all that will keep you in the state of grace for all eternity.
Love, Mom."
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10 Didn't Knows About Mexico as a Mex-American (Part 2)
FAMILY. The noun that describes Mexico as a nation. For everyone is paralleled to an extended relative, with the word, "Mijo or Mija" which translates to, "My son or My daughter."
Other similar phrases like these are also used:
Primo/Prima = Cousin
Jefe/Jefa = Boss (In the sense of a Parent being the boss, like Mom and Dad.)
Carnal/Carnala = Brother/Sister
The vendors, the neighbors, your friends and sometimes even co-workers will use these nouns to address you, whether you're a relative or not.
To truly understand this concept of the Mexican nation, one has to understand the origins of Mexico as a Catholic Nation and with that comes the virtue: Charity.
Charity is Love and Catholic Nations enforce the Golden Rule:
"Treat others the way you want to be treated."
How is that? Well, most of us would like to be treated like family and therefore, Mexicans have the tradition of calling everyone "Mijo". Which immediately classifies you as family.
Therefore, as I had promised you my dear Saplings, I'll continue with part 2 of What surprised me of the Mexican culture as a Mex-American.
**#6 Self Deprecating Humor**
It's worth recognizing that Mexicans find humor in many things and we're very playful.
I actually learned to genuinely laugh while in Mexico because in the states, for the most part, I'd only smile or attempted half-hearted laughs at what people called, "Pranks" of which most were not funny at all. For example the ringing the doorbell and running away to me just wasn't funny.
My favorite type of Mexican humor is the self deprecating humor. I really love that Mexicans are so open to laughing at themselves about their imperfections. It keeps a nation humble and down to earth.
Now I do want to mention that I have found another community whose humor has tickled my brain. That community is the crypto community. So thanks for that!
**#7 Scammers**
In the Metropolitan area of Guadalajara the bus transportation system gets you pretty much every where and every once in a while during your course to your destination, a person in financial trouble will get on board and shout out their troubles, they will then extend their hand out to those who are willing to give for their cause.
Now, I'm not saying that everyone that asks for help on the bus, is a scammer. However, It's common knowledge that there are people who, without remorse, will fake their story and make money off the compassionate. 😔
**#8** 🎉 **Loud Parties** 🎉
People here like to party loud and proud. Which is to no surprise, it's a Mexican stereotype. However, what's truly intriguing is the neighbors' tolerance level, it's exceptionally high because when it's their turn to celebrate, they'll crank up the music just as loud and enjoy themselves too.
Not to mention that the police won't really do anything about it, if they were to complain. Lol.
**#9 Tejuino**
Fermentation. Not for everyone and not everyone does it right. Tejuino is particular to Jalisco and it's peculiar because it's a handmade craft, no one has successfully commercialized the process of making it.
However, when you find a vendor that makes it just right, the fermented beverage bubbles like soda. It's sweet, sour and salty all at once.
**#10 Unpolitically Correct at the Grass Roots Level**
Having grown up walking on eggshells and ocasionally defying political correctness. I found a breath of fresh air down south.
Because political correctness is a Marxist idea and Mexicans have Catholic roots which oposes Marxism, then political correctness is not a big thing here at the local level.
Though the government will push for political correctness, it just gets shrugged off by the locals.
I like that people are willing to talk about the hard issues and take a stand. This prevents the build up of bitterness in a nation.
**And there you go, my saplings!**
Thanks for allowing me to unload my thoughts on what surprised me when I moved to Mexico. It's been a fantastic journey and I truly enjoy writing to you about it.
Feel free to check out Part 1, if you haven't already! 😃 https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/10-didnt-knows-about-mexico-as-a-mex-american-part-1-5b612722
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10 Didn't Knows About Mexico as a Mex-American (Part 1)
UNIQUE. The adjective that describes two distinct cultures. Why is it that even though we're all humans, we aren't all very much alike?
For you go to another country and find strange pecularities. Particular characteristics, ideas, and values that are associated to an exclusive group of people.
Mexico is no different and today, my saplings, allow me to touch upon 10 things that took me by surprise as I observed this nation as a Mex-American.
**#1 Less of an Up Tight Appearance**
Growing up in the Northwest I remember being impressed with just how picture perfect most people looked. Women straightened or curled their hair and frizz is almost the worst thing that could happen to anyone. Both men and women sought to wear name brand clothes.
All this with the impulse to keep up with the Jonases.
People in Mexico, however, have more natural looking appearances. Ladies wear their hair long and it comes in many different textures and colors. Looks are not about looking perfect, it's more about looking like yourself.
It almost seems like mexicans care more about what's inside, rather than looks.
**#2 The Best Salesmen**
Mexican flea market salesmen are loud and proud.
As you go through long the flea market division, the merchants will yell into the air, "Pasele! Pasele!" which is, "Come! Come!". Then they'll use very impresive adjectives to lure you into buying.
For example if you're a lady they'll say to you, "Hermosa, Mi niña, or Muchacha etc." which is, "Beautiful, My girl, or Young Lady etc."
With men they'll say, "Jefe" which is "Boss".
This builds up rapport very quickly and you're more willing to buy with them instead of other vendors. It's an intelligent sales tactic and I know it's worked on me in the past.
**#3 The Flavorful Food**
This one is a given. The food tastes so much better here than in the states. I don't know if it's that here you walk around more therefore you're hungrier, or if the food is just so rich in flavor in and of itself.
I believe it's both.
However, I do want to emphasize just how remarkable Mexican chefs are at integrating herbs and seasonings to their food.
My go to is always the street taco. Never gets old!
**#4 Affectionate**
Ever been in a situation where you finally get to see a loved relative that you hadn't seen in years and the impulse you get is to go up and hug them or kiss them hello to let them know how happy you are to see them once more after so many years?
Well that's what it's like here. Except they're not related to you at all. LOL. Yet, they're happy to see you and include you.
**#5 Unlawful Under the Table**
Rules, laws and restrictions. Every country has them. However, laws in Mexico are not the end all be all because there's an unwritten rule that if the law goes against the natural law, it can be broken.
So, for example: It's unlawful in Guadalajara for there to be street vendors in certain parts of the city. Yet, we see the street vendors selling anyway but because they are doing so to make a living and survive, then they're cut some slack. Although, every once in a while, for whatever reason, the city cracks down on these unlawful vendors but they always sneak back after the dust settles.
Well, my saplings, it's really fascinating to experience a culture unmistakeably different than the one I grew up in and it's even more enjoyable writing to you about it.
Check out Part 2. 😃 https://read.cash/@lagrapefruit/10-didnt-knows-about-mexico-as-a-mex-american-part-2-7f5969a8
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