How Much is that Star Trek NFT in the Window?

You aren’t going to enjoy the RECUR/Paramount.xyz experience – and you won’t be able to afford it, either. I went through the process to make a Star Trek NFT profile picture, one recognized by Twitter, and I did it for a fraction of the price and I got exactly what I wanted. Here’s how you can do the same. There may be some folks out there who haven’t yet heard about the Star Trek NFTs, so briefly: ...

April 8, 2022 · 8 min · 1608 words · Tipa

Hodgepodge: Games, Crypto and NFTs.

I don’t have anything long-form to talk about, but there’s been a bunch of smaller things. So let’s talk about those. Crypto I’ve been in crypto for a month. I have even made some money – not much, but some. Theoretically, I could take the money I have put in and convert it back to dollars, and after all the fees have been paid, have enough profit that I could buy myself a lunch, someplace cheap. ...

November 10, 2021 · 6 min · 1263 words · Tipa

Cryptogaming: A Brief Adventure

I had the Ethereum. I had Bitcoins and Doge Coin and even Bounce for awhile, but I had the Ethereum to play a few cryptogames. This is what I found. It’s my feeling the largest barrier to cryptogaming is having to shell out a substantial amount of money before you even know if you like the game. The games I’ve seen are fairly simple and not really innovative, aside from using the blockchain in some way. ...

November 1, 2021 · 6 min · 1230 words · Tipa

Dragonereum: If NeoPets Cost $7,000

Am I just too stupid to play crypto browser games? Or just too poor? I don’t hate cryptocurrency and blockchains. They do use resources to mine that could be better used doing something useful, but that ship has sailed, and it’s pretty clear crypto, in some form, is here to stay. To that end, I bought some crypto on CoinBase – a mix of BitCoin, Ethereum, and DogeCoin, just to dip my toes into the water. I’ve made about a buck so far. ...

October 20, 2021 · 4 min · 815 words · Tipa