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Jun 21 2017

Five Bucks in Dash – Amanda B. Johnson Needs Your Help

Quick post today, crypto folks. With a very quick way to get $5 worth of Dash from everyone’s favorite Dash Ambassador, Amanda B. Johnson.

Seems that Amanda is trying to get the attention of a Forbes crypto reporter, one Laura Shin. To do so, Amanda’s giving away $5 worth of Dash to each person who retweets Amanda’s original tweet.

Watch the Video and Get Your Five Bucks in Dash

What’s fun about this? It actually got us to set up our own Dash wallet – YIKES, WE HADN’T DONE THAT YET?

We’ve only been focused on Dash as something to buy, hold, or trade – not something to use. That’s where Amanda’s clever little trick comes in.

We’ve written about Dash on this site, and we’ve written about Amanda, too.

You’ll need to get the rules by watching the video. It’s only good for 24 hours – she’ll give you the exact time it expires on the video.

Good luck! And I mean, really, who doesn’t need five bucks in Dash?

Written by David Van de Walle · Categorized: Dash · Tagged: dash contest

Jun 16 2017

Bitcoin – Get Started, Then Store It, Or Lend It Out

With today’s post – er, “lesson,” if you are okay with summer school being in session – we’ve decided to look at three phases you could potentially be in with your Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency) journey, especially if you’re interested in using your Bitcoin but not necessarily getting into the mode of a day trader or “coin flipper.”

Maybe you don’t have any and want to get some (Phase 1: Get Started), or you do have some and you want to safely store it (Phase 2: Store It), or you have some that, instead of storing you’d rather lend out (Phase 3: Lend It Out). We’ve got you covered here and we’ll stay away from all the trading lingo like “FUD” and “FOMO” and stop losses and the like.

This post will contain AFFILIATE LINKS, so if you sign up, we may potentially get compensation of some sort – a commission, which, in all of these cases, is paid in some sort of digital currency.

And, of course, go ahead and skip around: if you’ve already started and want to just store Bitcoin, fine: scroll down to Phase 2. Or Phase 3 if you prefer. We don’t mind.

Phase 1: Get Started

What we love about this phase – actually, we love every phase of this, plus everything about digital and cryptocurrencies – is the fact that you can get started inexpensively, and, once you get started, you don’t have to do anything but sit tight.

And, as we mentioned, our focus is on those who aren’t trading on a site like Poloniex, Bittrex, or Cryptopia. We could have called that Phase 1a: Invest – but there are a bunch of other resources on the site for you if that’s your poison.

The best, easiest, and most effective way to get “in the mix” is with Coinbase. (THAT’S AN AFFILIATE LINK.)

You can follow pretty easy steps:

  1. Link a bank account or a credit card. (Bank accounts = less of a transaction fee; credit card = coins get there quickly.)
  2. Decide how much you want from one of three coins: Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin.
  3. Wait for your coins to appear and then
  4. Sit back and decide on your next steps.

If you use our Coinbase AFFILIATE LINK, you’ll get a bonus of $10 worth of Bitcoin with a qualifying purchase of $100 worth of any coins. (And, though you only get that bonus once, you don’t have to buy it all at once. We got started with a tiny sum a while back, then added to it, then got over the $100 hump later. Still got a bonus.)

We’ll admit that part of the joy for us was buying Ethereum and…letting it sit. It’s up more than 4,000% this year. Your experience may vary.

Phase 2: Store It

We know of no better solution for securely storing your Bitcoin – or other cryptocurrencies – than this device, called a Trezor.

Trezor
What it looks like…

The main thing here is that your PRIVATE KEYS are the most important things in cryptocurrency. Like insanely vital.

While we do believe strongly in the security protocols at Coinbase, and the ones at the trading platforms like Poloniex, you must avoid a single point of failure with your currencies, coins, and tokens. And, once you get to the point where you have more than a little money in any one place, you’re going to start to ask yourself where to put this stuff.

Consider this analogy: you’ve got cash maybe in your wallet. You might have a home safe or a safety deposit box that has valuables that aren’t cash. And you have your money in retirement accounts and investment accounts spread out, likely. There’s no single point of failure.

Avoid the single point of failure at all costs. Use a Trezor. (AFFILIATE LINK over there. And up there.)

Phase 3: Lend It

We’ll admit that this concept scared us quite a bit when we started: do you really want to tie up some of your hard-earned Bitcoin in a platform that locks it up for as much as a year?

But then we thought logically – treat this part of your stash like a certificate of deposit, or have some that you don’t plan on using working for you.

That’s where Bitconnect comes in (AIRHORN: AFFILIATE LINK).

Start with as little as $100 worth of Bitcoin and lend it out.

What the Bitconnect bot thingamajig does for you is use volatility to your advantage – and theirs – and give you a cut of the action. It’s pretty cool, potentially lucrative, and a quick and easy way to park some of your coins for slow and steady gains.

Get Started, Store It, Lend It…

Our three phases above are meant to help you wherever you might be in your journey. Let us know if you have questions…

AND, might we suggest you follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook? 

See you next time.

Written by David Van de Walle · Categorized: Bitcoin, Bitconnect, Coinbase, Trezor

Jun 13 2017

3 Ways to Make it a Summer of Crypto

It’s not even Summer yet. We’re a week or so away – I never remember the exact date and it seems to change each year anyway, so let’s just say “a week or so” – and, if the activity in a few sub-genres of Bitcoin, the Blockchain, and Cryptocurrencies are any indication…

It’s going to be a Summer of Crypto.

Since we need to do a list to make this go viral, but we also want to get outside and enjoy the weather, let us give you three things you need to know…

3 Ways to Make it a Summer of Crypto

SummerofCrypto

1. Follow the (ICO) (Token Launch) Money

Alan Greenspan would have called this market “frothy.” ICOs – “Initial Coin Offerings,” a/k/a “token launches” – have all of the excitement of the dot-com era IPO days, with none of the cocktail-napkin business plans.

Instead, business plans are replaced by teams of coders, programmers, and marketers taking advantage of the fact that ICOs don’t really need investment banks to get companies access to capital.

Yesterday’s ICO for Bancor set records: the equivalent of $150-plus million collected in record time (three hours) for a business that is in the process of launching, but isn’t fully there yet. No matter, VCs, iBanks, heck…anyone with a few (hundred) Ethereum tokens was all-in.

It’s actually a business that has a good chunk going for it; and it’s no surprise that their ICO was successful and that they seemed to be poised for success. Note that the

How to potentially profit?

Watch for new ICOs or their equivalent that – like Bancor – have an interesting story to tell, and a management team behind it with business success.

We especially like CivicKey – Vinny Lingham is one of the Influencers we have had our eye on, and his token launch aims to solve a real problem – managing and verifying online identities.

2. Hedge Your Bets on the Big Boys

Again, we’re not providing trading advice or investment advice; what we do suggest is that you keep tabs on the big players.

Ethereum hit $400 yesterday, then pulled back, now is back in the $350-375 level. It could be volatile – but it also could have more eyes on it and more money thrown its way since the Ethereum protocol/Ether token is used as the backbone for so many token launches.

And then there’s Bitcoin, which has still more than doubled YTD.

This reminds us – if you haven’t yet gone to Coinbase, go do that, use our AFFILIATE LINK, and get some crypto. Bitcoin. Ethereum. Litecoin. Make it happen. (You get a bonus with a qualifying purchase, and so do we, so it’s a win-win.)

How to potentially profit?

Gosh, people, you could just use the BRED Portfolio we’ve been tracking. It’s on fire – and the four coins don’t necessarily move in lockstep, serving as a bit of a hedge against market volatility.

Sortof. Be prepared for “BUBBLE” talk all summer, too. And don’t invest more than you are prepared to lose.

3. Be on the Lookout for Altcoins

“Altcoins” are those non-Bitcoin coins. (We used “coin” three times in that sentence.) Some have tiny market caps – heard of Ripto Bux? It’s been on our radar and currently trades in the 200-400 Satoshi range; market cap of $2 million or so – and others are meandering near the top 20, poised for a panther-like jump into the stratosphere.

OR poised to stay at a low level and not make much noise.

OR…

How to potentially profit?

We’ve shared plenty of ideas here. Plenty. We invite you to do your research and look at these coins and tokens, see if they are used in the wild, and see if there’s a reason for being. Are they solving a problem? Is there a good business case?

We can’t stress enough: do your research. If you want to take a flyer on the potential of a small altcoin with a tiny market cap, fine. Don’t be surprised if your risk capital goes down the toilet.

And even if you’re taking a chance on something in the $500-million market cap range, THAT COULD FIZZLE, TOO.

There they are: 3 Ways.

Get ready. For the #summerofcrypto.

Cryptohipster

 

Written by David Van de Walle · Categorized: Bitcoin, BRED, Dash, Ethereum, ICO · Tagged: summerofcrypto

Jun 12 2017

Breaking: Ethereum $400

How crazy is this space? How quickly does it change? Well, for starters, we were up way too early AND worked on a post about Ethereum hitting all-time highs. THEN IT BROKE THROUGH THE $400 BARRIER.

ETH 400

Ethereum = Fire.

Stat of the DayOr do we say “straight-up fire?” Any way you slice it, Ethereum is looking like a rocket these days. And it’s a head-scratcher, too: why? Can it be sustained? Should you get some at this price because next thing you know it’ll be $1000 – then $3000?

Here’s the screenshot and graphic thingy that we whipped up…right before the $400 level.

OMG ETH

This is starting to look seriously crazy. And perhaps unsustainable. Still…

Flippening?

This is a term that you might not have heard yet – especially if you’re new to cryptocurrency. In brief, Bitcoin is the market cap leader, and Ethereum is second. Flippening refers to the moment when the two flip places.

SPONSOR BREAK: IF you are new…get yourself some coins – Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Litecoin – through this link at Coinbase. You’ll get a bonus, we’ll get a bonus (with qualifying purchase); but, most importantly, you will be in the game and not on the sidelines. You can start with a tiny amount if you’d like. Now, back to the post.

Flippening is being tracked here. It used to be a pie-in-the-sky idea: hey, Ethereum COULD be bigger than Bitcoin. Then, it started to become a real possibility. Now, at 70+%, could it happen this year? THIS SUMMER?

Post-Flippening Idea Number 1

This could end up being much ado about nothing, and that’s our first Post-Flippening idea. Let’s say it does happen, and it happens this year. There’s a little weeping, gnashing of teeth for a while, and maybe there’s UASF and hard fork and Segwit discussions that are over the heads of mere mortals like me.

Post-Flippening Idea (PFI) Number 1: ExxonMobil vs. PetroChina. (WHAT? I’ll explain.) In the 2000s, the largest company by market cap seemed to flip-flop: it was ExxonMobil, then it was PetroChina. Back and forth they went. No biggie.

The world may be big enough for two large players, and Bitcoin and Ethereum each have their own role in this world. This could happen. Pretty feasible.

The question is: which one is ExxonMobil and which one is PetroChina?

Post-Flippening Idea Number 2

Apple. One of these two is Apple.

Once Apple took over as the top company in the world by market cap in the third quarter of 2011, they gave up that spot in only two quarters that followed. Nineteen out of twenty-one quarters had Apple in the top spot.

Apple has been number one since the third quarter of 2013, and it shows no signs of relinquishing that spot.

Is it possible that…well, that Ethereum is ExxonMobil (the only other company since Q3 ’11 to be number 1) and Bitcoin is Apple? I mean, really, Bitcoin IS the dominant coin, it was first to market, and it shows no signs of slowing either.

Or is it possible that Ethereum is Apple, will take the throne, then give it up, then take it back…and not look back?

Only certainty: rapid changes.

Since we started typing this post – a span of about 20 minutes – the price has fluctuated from $380 to $408.12 on Poloniex, and now back down to $382.

Volatility is certain. The Flippening? Not sure about that one.

 

Written by David Van de Walle · Categorized: Bitcoin, Ethereum · Tagged: ethereum 400, flippening

Jun 09 2017

Low Satoshis, High Returns

In today’s lesson, we’re going to explain a concept that may seem foreign; once you learn the concept and the lingo, you’ll be in a position to not only know what we’re talking about, but to potentially profit from it. So, it’s time to meet the Satoshis, look for low numbers, and potentially score some high returns.

Who is Satoshi and how did he get a number?

Satoshi Nakamoto is the maybe-pseudonym of the person or entity that created Bitcoin. Does he exist? Is he a she? Are he or she they?

SatoshiHis identity doesn’t really matter, though, because Satoshi created Bitcoin and thus gets a number attached to his name. (And for the purposes of this discussion, we’re going to use the “he” and “his” pronouns.)

Satoshi decided to take Bitcoin and denominate it all the way to 8 decimals. In other words, you could buy 0.00000001 of a Bitcoin. (That’s one-one-hundred-millionth, right?)

But it’s not really easy to say “hey, I have zero-point-zero-zero-zero-zero-zero-zero-zero-one Bitcoins.”

Enter the Satoshi as a unit of measurement. 0.00000001 = 1 Satoshi.

A Sat Is Born

Once other coins started entering the crypto space, especially those with lower values than Bitcoin, it was time for that unit of measurement to really take hold. You have a coin that you want to trade your Bitcoins for, and it’s only worth a fraction of Bitcoins, say .00000125, it’s much easier to say “here are 125 Satoshis.” (Digitally, of course – there’s no such thing as an open outcry cryptocurrency trading floor.) The lingo ended up taking on a life of its own: “Sats” became an abbreviation for “Satoshis” and we were off to the races.

So, now that you know what a Satoshi is, and what Satoshis are, let’s talk about the point of this post: how to find coins that are cheap, or even really cheap, and separate the potential winners from the losers.

Art and Science

There are certain disciplines that are straightforward, like biology and medicine. Others are a little more artistic: political science, for instance, isn’t really a science and…oh gee, I’m not going to let this devolve into a political discussion, am I?

My point is that there’s a combination of the two – art and science – that you’ll need to put together when looking at a potential low-Satoshi coin that could give you high-Satoshi returns.

For instance: let’s look at poor Quatloo.

QTL Screener

The numbers aren’t bad, right? I mean, a coin trading at 2129 Satoshis is certainly better than a coin that trades at 200 Satoshis.

That’s the science.

The art, though, tells a little different story.

Quatloo webpage

I will give them credit for updating their webpage, which used to be awful, but, if you visit the site, you don’t have a feel for what it is. There’s no “art” – I’m not talking about images on their webpage, I’m talking about whether or not they can tell you really what they do, and do so in a way that inspires confidence.

In other words, while we traded the coin a while back, it was just “play money” and there wasn’t really any chance of it turning into something big.

So, now that you’ve seen the less-than-desirables, let’s take a look at three picks from the low-Satoshi category; ones that meet an “art and science” test, in our opinion. (**Not investment advice. Use this site at your own risk. Returns not guaranteed. Talk to your advisors.**)

(**ALSO HERE’S AN AFFILIATE LINK FOR COINBASE. You should really consider buying some Bitcoins, Ethereum, or Litecoins to get started in this game.)

Low Satoshis

Our First Low Satoshi Pick: Siacoin (SC)

We’re in love with this project here – in fact, we’re actually quite amazed that we haven’t talked about it on this site yet. (We HAVE talked about it ad nauseam on Steemit – you should totally follow Dave over there.)

Our understanding of Sia is this: “Your decentralized private cloud. Welcome to a new era of cloud storage on the blockchain.”

That, my friends, is art meeting science. They have the elevator speech DOWN. I immediately get it.

A deeper dive tells us that this could really take off: you rent out space on your computer and others take advantage of that space. Plus, since it’s a distributed network, there isn’t a single point of failure.

Sure, they have a LONG way to go to take out Dropbox, or Amazon Web Services.

SC has been trading at right around 550 Satoshis for the past couple weeks. It’s up, though, from a low in late February/early March of 25 Sats.

Disclosure: We are long on SC.

A couple other things to note: pronounce it “Sigh-uh” with a long “i” and you’ll score serious points. Also, it’s a top-15 coin by market cap right now. Don’t let that persuade or dissuade you.

A quick sidebar on psychology

The psychology behind a low-Satoshi coin, in our view, is this: you can get in at double-digits – such as a 25 Satoshi pick of SC – and feel as if you’ve hit the lottery if it goes into triple-digits.

You can STILL get in at triple-digits and feel as if you’ve hit the lottery if it goes into quadruple-digits; and the price point in US Dollars of a triple-digit Satoshi coin such as Siacoin is still around 1.6 cents. So, mentally, you’re still in “penny stock” territory.

You can even get in at quadruple-digits and STILL see that there’s room to grow: XRP was in the 2000-Sat range for a few months this year, and the project is such that people are still getting in, because the US Dollar value then was pennies and now is around 30 cents.

AND…if you lose it all on a pick, you might tell yourself…well, it was a low-value coin anyway. And you’ll dust yourself off and move on to the next one.

Second Pick: Bytecoin (BCN)

We’ll admit this one can be a head-scratcher. Especially if you’re new to the space: who would name it “Bytecoin” if there’s already something called “Bitcoin” and there’s a “Bitcoin Plus” and a “Bitcoin Dark?”

And, what gives, really, with the price? 5 Satoshis early this year, to 25 Satoshis, up to 175, and now floating around 125 or so?

AND the supply is such that the market cap of this coin leads to a situation where it’s possible that there are way too many of these in the universe.

But this coin is business-focused, cryptographically sound – they say “impossible to crack,” though I say that might be a stretch – and it looks to me like a project that is attempting to go after Ripple.

What might be most important for the active traders: once it hit triple-digits, it has pretty much stayed there.

We do not currently own this coin.

Third Pick: Stellar Lumens (STR or XLM)

Confusion with this one – two different ticker symbols (and that tripped us up a few months ago). Stellar is listed as STR on Poloniex. XLM elsewhere, including Bittrex.

But, if you think of this as, with all due respect, “Baby Ripple,” you might see its potential.

It connects “banks, payments systems, and people.”

It looks like Ripple on the surface; its coin even mirrors Ripple in the markets.

And, if you bounce around the internet at least a little, you can find out that there’s…shall we say…”friendly competition” between the two? (Bad blood?)

That being said, it has the art-and-science thing down, and also falls into the “quadruple-digit-Satoshi” category, trading at sub-2000 for a few weeks now (after bouncing from triple-digits earlier this year).

We do not currently own this coin.

There you go…

Three picks that could be poised for some growth, and ones that are right now low enough on the Satoshi scale to not break the (psychological) bank.

Let us know what you think in the comments, or on Twitter – use the hashtag #lowsatoshis with your picks.

 

 

Written by David Van de Walle · Categorized: Bytecoin, Siacoin, Stellar · Tagged: bytecoin, lowsatoshis, satoshis, trading

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