Cryptocurrency (Fast) Forward: Layer 2 Scaling Solutions As cryptocurrencies continue to gain popularity and adoption, the need for scalable and efficient blockchain networks becomes increasingly evident. Layer 2 scaling solutions offer a promising avenue to address the challenges of scalability, high transaction fees, and network congestion. In this article, we will explore the latest advancements in layer 2 scaling solutions and their potential to revolutionize the…
Yearning In Silence (A Song) I have always considered myself a creative soul, particularly when it comes to the realm of words. While my artistic talents may fall short in other domains, such as drawing, where even my very survival hinges on the outcome, or singing, where hitting the right notes feels like an insurmountable feat, I have always harbored an unwavering belief in my innate gift for language. There's an inexplicable power that words hold for me—a captivating…
Blink and Stay Safe: The Comedic Ode to Turn Signals Ladies and gentlemen, gather round! Today, we embark on a whimsical journey through the magical world of turn signals. Buckle up, adjust your rearview mirrors, and prepare for an entertaining exploration into why these tiny blinkers are not just blinking lights but the key to a comedy of errors and, more importantly, road safety! Picture this: you're cruising down the highway, the wind blowing through your hair, and a…
Shapeshift: Shifting Your Coins In the cryptoverse, there is a saying that "Not your keys, not your coins" and this saying is a bit of a knack against custodial services out there. Okay, hold up, let me just explain this a little bit clearer for the sake of the newbies out there. As you know, cryptocurrency is a digital asset so you can't keep it under your bed or beneath your pillow, you can't really hold it with your hands like you can with real money unless of course it…
My Guitar Collection Not too long ago, I found out the importance of Music Lessons in Rising Star game and I realized that I should be doing them as much as I can because they are crucial to my little goal of keeping my ego low and keeping the ratio of my fans to skill at a 1:2. Oh yeah, before we go on any further, this article is about Rising Star game and I am not just going crazy out here that my mind made me blabber about some fictional world or something. Now that we…
The Gentle Giant It was a foggy winter night on the farthest lands of Splinterlands wherein the hills and mountains are towering over each other. Hills on that part of the land were as huge as any normal mountain hence they were called, Giant Hills. The old lady Obsidian was traversing the unfamiliar grounds of the hills in search for her way back home. She thought that she could venture to the hills to find some new herbs to add to her repertoire of medicines and other…
A Wild Day and A Modern Battle A while back, I read an article regarding an update for Splinterlands. Apparently, it will bring into the game a change that will totally transform how the game is played and it will revolutionize the gameplay and experience of the players. Nope, this isn't about the rewarding scheme, although it may be true that we just witnessed a huge change in the rewards system of the game a few weeks back. And of course, it is also true that the impact of…
Increasing Skills with Guitars As I diligently go through the game doing missions and whatnot, I always see to it that I maintain my ego as little as possible. My goal has always been to keep it under 30% as much as possible. The lower the better of course. The lower it gets, the higher Starbits I can earn from the missions I do. Oh yeah, before I forget, this article pertains to my progress in the Rising Star game. An NFT game that lets you become the musician of your…
Flying Squid Eats the Chicken It is time for another Splinterlands Share Your Battle. I wanted to participate early since it is also the beginning of a new season in the game. There are tons of accomplishments to achieve if we are to head to the game early and record some wins. That being said, there are also a lot of downsides to it, the first one is you will be facing a lot more active users because just like you, their ranks were also reset to lower tiers and they will be…
Life Against All Odds The end of the season is just a couple of breaths away in the world of Splinterlands. And as I was waiting with the others for the season calendar change, I decided to squeeze in a few more battles to test out some lineups. For this time, I tried using a Life Splinter lineup. I wanted to see how they would fare against other Splinters. And without further ado let the games begin... For this particular endeavor, I chose to go with General Sloan as my…
Slashed Prices: Teachers and Runners Monday morning and it's time to pursue my career as a world-renowned musician. Well, I say that but the only thing I can really do lately is record demos if not performing in an acoustic tent. Looking back, I have come a long way from that lonely and illegal busker that looks back over his shoulder and plays some songs while the security guards aren't looking. That being said, I am still a long way from my dream of becoming a star, but I…
Featuring the Antoid Platoon The end of the week is almost upon us and I can already see it waving on the far side corner of tomorrow. And you know that it's time for another article showing our skills in building a lineup and scoring a win. I know that getting a win in Splinterlands is a tough thing to do nowadays especially if you are just using the free base cards available on the game. But a challenge is issued every week that makes it even harder and makes it more fun…
A Rocky Road It's the latter half of the year now and it's just around the time wherein the days seem to go a bit faster than they should be. You just blink an eye and you'll notice that it's already the second week of the month. It seemed like yesterday that you were turning the calendar to a new month. Well, there's no sense in trying to stop the clock from ticking because whatever we do, time will not stand still and it won't wait for any one of us. That being said, it…
Is Bitcoin Dead? Are you new to the world of cryptocurrency? Are you up-to-date with what's happening around it? Or if you consider yourself an enthusiast or a holder, maybe you have checked your wallet once or twice in the past week. If you have several coins that you bought or earned by whatever means that you did, you might be crying a little bit on the inside to see that the values of your coins in fiat equivalent are slashed down to a little more than just 10-20% of…
Card Shopping It's already the middle of the work week now but I think that it's not too late to publish an update about my Rising Star Progress. I believe that it has been a while since I last posted my standing on the game. I used to buy a card pack on a weekly basis because that's how long I could collect the minimum 10K Starbits. Each pack is priced at 10K Starbits currently, and each pack contains 3 NFT cards. 1 of which is automatically a Rare card or higher. For…
Day 12: TV Series It's Day 12 of the 30-day writing challenge and today is all about my favorite TV series. One look at the topic for today and I thought that I have a lot to share when it comes to TV series. The first thing you need to know about me is I'm a couch potato. And that's an understatement because I also look like a huge potato when I'm collapsed on the couch while relaxing and watching TV. I do have a large array of TV shows that I liked and watched from…
Xenith Hits the Mark "It's a hit!" the spotman yells yet again as Xenos hits the bull's eye once more. And that would be his second in a row. What made the people exclaim in cheers and exaltation was not the fact that he hit the bull's eye but the manner in which he did it. The arrow went through another arrow that was already pinned in the bull's eye splitting the already pinned arrow into two equal parts. That was a feat that only someone with spectacular and on-point…
It's Raining Greens It's literally raining outside and I looked out to check if it's really raining greens, or to translate it, was it raining money? Oh man, who wouldn't like that? Well, the capitalists, for one. Just imagine if it starts raining paper bills for a day. I'm dead sure that the world will be toppled out of balance and it will be chaotic. And of course, the governing bodies will scramble around the world just to control the chaos, one way or the other. Anyhow,…
Day 11: Siblings It was a normal breakfast time at the house. It was just me, my older sister, and my twin sister. My mother just prepared breakfast for us but had to go out to work. She had to go out early and bust her ass off because our dad wasn't in the picture. My older sister Akira helps out around the house. She also works part-time at a bar at night. I always looked up to Akira because she seems so cool and goes thru life with a smile on her face. My twin sister and…
Drake's Judgment He was seated calmly as the water from the falls rushed towards him with a great force. Drake of Arnak took the day off to train in the mystical waterfall deep within the forest. He was trying to improve his meditation and deep trance acquisition. He was told that he could also improve a lot when it comes to spur-of-the-moment judgment calls. He had his eyes shut with his arms stretched halfway. He was trying to feel the calmness in the air, the rustle of…
A Come-From-Behind Win So I was sitting back against this chair without proper lumbar support and just watching the day goes by. I took out my phone and decided to visit my Splinterlands game on the phone. I wanted to pass the time by playing some matches and checking on my investment in the game. All is well and I thought that I would play more games with a challenge in mind. Oh yeah, I'm just challenging myself now because when you play on mobile, you won't be able to play…
A Bunch of Pizza Deliveries It has been quite a while already and I just realized that I missed posting my progress for the past week with regard to my Rising Star Game profile. Usually, I publish a progress report weekly and update you guys on how my account is growing, and showcase the new cards added to my collection. And that is whether you like it or not. I don't want to be pushy but I just want to put it out there that the game is really an investment at the moment.…
A Not-So-Quiet Silent Killer "Finally, the perfect Assassin has been completed. After only 6 tries, I think that I finally found the right formula of stealth and fatality." The doctor dubbed as Mad Scientist exclaimed. He stopped and marveled at his latest creation. "I shall call you, Silent Sha VI." He continued. The enormous viper hissed at him and he felt very proud of it. He was almost in tears as he looked back on all the hardships he went through just to complete his…
Mimicry At Its Best They say that experience is the best teacher. I couldn't agree more on that. And scientifically, it has been proven time and again that the best course of learning is hands-on experience. If you don't want to agree with that, then you can be haunted by hundreds of lab rats' souls who underwent such harsh everyday training for the sake of Science. It also makes sense because there are a lot of things in life that we wouldn't be able to learn and master if…
Day 10: Your Best Friend In life, there are things that need to be shared. There are experiences that are more meaningful when you have someone to reminisce them with. But not all things we do in life are fun and respectable, some things we do are just abominable for the general public's taste, and that's where best friends come in. A best friend is someone you can relate to in all levels of things, because you're on the same wavelength and you're both silly folks making…
Day 9: Pursuit of Happiness It was right around a dark corner of the street when I was bumped by a teenage boy running. I fell on my knees and I couldn't readily stand because of the fatigue I was already feeling. Walking endlessly for days, stopping only to catch a quick nap can really take a toll on your body. Not to mention, I wasn't able to eat properly for days now. It's fascinating that I wasn't really feeling any hunger even though I really love to eat. I guess this…
Converting HIVE to BCH Surprise surprise! Just when you thought that the value of our favorite coins like bitcoincash (BTC) won't go down any further, they plunge down to even deeper deeps. It just tells you that there is no time to sell. If you are looking to accumulate more of them, it's a good time as any to buy more. I wanted to buy some more but of course, I don't have much buying power on my physical wallet so I needed to think of another way to fund my BCH collection.…
Day 8: The Power of Music Music has this powerful magical effect that affects us all in more ways than we can imagine. It can touch us emotionally, spiritually, and even down to our very souls. Music and Movies Have you ever seen some "old boring" movies? If you have seen your share of them, you would notice what they all have in common. They don't have a good soundtrack. No matter how good the story of the movie is, no matter how good the actors are, if there's no music…
The Psychic Drummer: Ivan I can say that it's a bit late but it's another week yet again, and you know what that means, it's time to add some cards to our ever-growing collection. Alright, don't get me wrong, I only have a few cards in my collection but it's still my own and it's a collection anyway. But before we begin the buying session, let's take a look at what my profile looks like currently: As of the moment, I have 69 cards under my name. Oh, and that almost stopped…
Day 7: Favorite Movie Aaaah. Movies. From as long as I could remember watching movies has been part of my weekly routine. A week wouldn't pass by without me seeing a motion picture. It doesn't matter if it's on the big screen or just on the screen of my phone. Watching movies now has never been this easy. From the old days, we would need a membership card and physically go to Video City just to rent out some movies to watch. Then the internet came and we would torrent the…
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