I actually found out that we can mint an NFT for free using Rarible. Rarible offer users the option to use “lazy minting” to create NFTs free of cost. With this feature, the NFT is not created right away. It is only minted when it is bought and the fees are deducted from the purchase payment.

I know that if I want to create an NFT I can use the Open sea platform, but I'll need to pay a huge fee in eth. I agree with a payment, but the way the eth fees are so high, I'm not willing to spend that much. So, I was wondering what are the cheapest or costless ways for creating an NFT.

Can you guys give me a hand with this?

Of course, that is not an option for many workers. Workers who receive the minimum wage in countries like Brazil would have no benefit at all to have their payroll in cryptos. I guess that a crypto payroll would be better suited to white collars and other workers with bigger salaries. Nevertheless, in case the law gets passed, they will always have the right to choose between fiat and crypto.

I personally don't see what is the fun in Axis infinity, but I believe it's just a hype that soon will go away. As for Mana and Sand, I do see a lot of potential because the gaming experience is much more involving and effectively feels more like a game. I do see one of these two as the Second Life killer

BNB is centralized but it has a big community and its ecosystem is growing exponentially. The real issue with eth as well as with BNB is that neither of them solves the scalability problem and as such the tendency will be for BNB to have an increase in the fees cost while its ecosystem and project demand is growing

Yeah, it's an old article, but still, I find it relevant especially when bitcoin price is surging to new Highs and no one knows when it's gonna top. Bitcoin is now a proven asset that is here to stay. Besides, given that many people believe it is still undervalued, having total security when storing wallet keys is of the utmost importance. I thought it was interesting to know that whales can recur to this sort of military-grade safe option. In any case, you can follow more about this vault in:

https://www.bitcoinsuisse.com/blog

Crypto investors are turning to Military grade vaults to safeguard their Keys. While some prefer to know the Keys by heart, some have their crypto stash in physical dedicated crypto wallets like Trezor and pay big money to have them stored in Nuclear sheltered safe vaults. Take for instance Swiss Crypto Vault who offers Nuclear sheltered vaults to crypto investors. if you had 2000 bitcoins what options would you pick?

I'm here for quite a while and I have seen all kind of hypes. First, it was Nxt, stacking and PoS concept, then it was Eth and the Dao. Defi and the NFTs have made their stay while the Metaverse is being painted as the next "big thing". Well, I find Defi to be quite an innovation whereas, for NFTs, I already have NFTs since 2014 on the counterparty network which is like, dead. Back in those days, a bunch of wild geese burned their money investing into these projects but they were just unfinished or abandoned\ rug pull projects that never made it. That is a bit of how I see the NFT industry today. A lot of hype and too few good projects. IMO the background is different but the act is the same. While about 95% of all these new coins\tokens will not survive the "cryptowinter" others will come out as winners.

Now, with the metaverse hype, a lot of tokens have been inflated up to mindless prices as is the case of Illuvium. What do you guys think about these "overhypes"?

I do agree that many of the hyped games will end up failing, as few will survive "CryptoWinter". However, let's not forget that blockchain gaming is the future of online gaming. Maybe the way it's being conducted right now could not be the way it will succeed, but I'm pretty sure the Blockchain gaming industry is here to stay.

The way the fees are through the roof in the ethereum network is forcing users and developers to find other alternatives. Bnb has been the most wanted after eth. Currently, bnb has a healthy growing ecosystem with a lot of new good projects coming out. These are going to be decisive for bnb. The only issue is that it is centralized. IMO, If they decide to go decentral they do have the potential to moon

If they are doing it, it is because it is feasible. Thing is, they have found the right companies and made the right partnerships to get this going. I guess the initial cost for getting a BTC mining operation going 100% solar it a lot higher than running on a grid, but on the long run it is a far better investment

Cryptocurrency is increasingly getting into our everyday lives! A congressman in Brazil has recently proposed a bill to allow Brazilian citizens to choose whether to receive their payroll in cryptos or in fiat. If accepted, it will be an important step forward to total Bank independence.

Are you guys hoping for the same to happen in your country?

Anthony Pompliano just posted a video on the Navajo mining Bitcoin. The Navajo are mining with clean energy produced from solar panels installed in their own land. Apart from stepping ahead towards their economical independence, the Navajo are also setting an example by going 100% solar with their mining operations.

You can always have a look at coingecko or coinmarketcap to check what exchanges have this token. I take it that you can only buy this token on a Dex exchange. If it's DefiChain (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/defichain/markets/) you are talking about you also have it on Kucoin or Bittrex. You can transfer them to one of these exchanges and sell them for USDT or USDC and then redeem it for fiat.

The best thing I bought with bitcoin was an Antminer S1 Dual Blade 180 Gh/s from Bitmain. Back in those days, I believe it was 2014 I paid 0.5BTC for it but only waited 4 days to get it. Turned out that I was able to make around 1.2BTC with it. Used it for about a year and a half and still manage to sell it for .25BTC. Nowadays, I don't buy things with Bitcoin, I prefer to hoard.

Well, not bad ideas, but there is a difference between your random thoughts and what is going to happen. I don't know if any crypto-friendly country like El Salvador is going to start teaching about cryptocurrencies in schools but in the vast majority of countries they are not. Forget about it. A lot of time will have to pass and a lot will have to change before primary school curricula will include those contents.


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I can't say that I agree with you. I do believe that the time to introduce cryptocurrency in the study of economics is here. I think it would be an important aspect of modern economics that should be teached. It is almost like computer science and programming. In the 70\80s, there was no education program but considering that computing was the next logical step in human technical development it had to be disseminated and learning programs had to be developed and introduced in schools. This would help this new science to get into common knowledge. I guess with crypto, we will probably see the same as you cannot dissociate the IoT or even the metaverse from cryptos, and tokenization.

Bitcoin is empowering local communities a little bit around the world. Native American communities have been stripped from their land and are struggling hard to escape poverty. This time is Bitcoin who is helping the Navajo people. West Block a Canadian mining company requested the Navajo nation to allow them for energy for a Bitcoin mine on Navajo land back in 2017. The company is currently employing 2 workers but has grown and is looking to have its operations increased to have 11 workers which will be hired among the community. The company is not only generating wealth for the community but is also providing them jobs and financial inclusion. This is the true nature of the potential bitcoin has to give back the power to people.

The Chinese mining ban forced bitcoin miners to find new countries to instal their operations and the middle east may turn out to be the best option.

Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Emirates, and a couple more may turn out to be good spots to transfer your Bitcoin mining activities. Given that the cost of electricity plays out an important role in bitcoin mining, countries where there is a lot of wealth and there are no energy constraints may turn out to be the next aim.

According to an Arcane Research report it looks like, Kuwait is nowadays the country in the world with the cheapest energy cost. The electricity costs for mining 1BTC are about $880, so a new gold rush from mining companies fleeing to this country may be expected.

Yeah, I also believe the report should not be taken seriously. We will surely be seeing it reach 100k alright! It may take some time but we will. I actually think this might just be fud for the guy to get more coins at lower prices. He has been a bitcoin hater, yeah, but when the smell of money comes into play, this sort of shark is always attracted by the smell of blood on the streets.

JP Morgan analysts say bitcoin's most probable price outcome is to never hit 100k as it is terribly overpriced.  JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists recently released a report where they mention that Bitcoins's price is overpriced and for it to hit the 100k mark it would need to have volatility decreased. They point out that Bitcoin is now being traded above 60k but the true price for Bitcoin should be $35k.

What do you guys think about this?