Saw this interesting picture from Reddit. It definitely has more the shilling sense in the than to bash it. Looking at the ATH is depressing because we are going on the downhill, but ATL(all-time-low) might give you another perspective on how crypto is performing over the course.

One of the obvious messages that this picture is that Bitcoin is getting a stronger base every year. And more importantly, it hints the readers that the only direction Bitcoin heading is only UP. Well, sometimes it is amazing to find out how the crypto community can figure their way out to make thing looks optimistic no matter how bad the market is.

I’m not a Bitcoin maximalist, but I can interpret this graph looks exactly the same as Bitcoin price in the same period of time, and we all know what happened after the ATH. Will this picture hold true for in the coming years or the downturn just ahead of us?

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Steem has been on the rise against the whole market trend, and this is very rare given my 2 years watch over the Steem price which mostly following the Bitcoin correlation.

Whatever reason Steem decided to decouple from the market and headed to the moon, I don’t think it will last, at least not for the short term. There is simply more reason for Steem price to fall than to rise at this moment.

Hence here are the two things I did. Sold my remaining 165 Steem in the wallet to BTC and powering down at the same time in the hope I can sell a fraction of my stake before the price goes back to where it should be.

We will see if such speculation is the right call or not, soon.

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I’m a big fan of using the right tool for the right stuff, in the digitalised age with Internet, it is never been so easy to get opinions on what is the best tool for a certain task. Unfortunately, that can be the deepest trap of time to even get the task started.

A few months ago I decided to pick up some Python skills and one of the very first things is not getting to the documentation, but to choose the best code editor for Python or best Python IDE. Soon I learnt that an organised tutorial or bootcamp could be a great help, hence the next research in the topic of best way to learn Python, best Python bootcamp, Python book recommendation.

Days, if not weeks, gone into the tool researching instead of getting into the real deal and picking up the codings. It turns out, the variation of tools available out there for a reason, they are unique in some of the way and the only way to test if they suit your need is to download and start using it.

Keep the researching short and get to the real shit straight. You are going to learn more in the process even starting off by not using the best tool.

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有一艘船在海上迷失了方向，船上的人靠着仅有的物资来和彼此交换食物来维持生命，由于大家还抱着被发现和获救的念头，大家的生存欲望都很强烈，也造就了食物的价格维持在高水平。有一天，船终于撑不住快沉了，船长了也莫名消失了，失去了领导和对未来期望的的人们，很快就自暴自弃了，进食维持生命也变得没那么重要了。本来千金难求的食物忽然间就变得无人问津，价同贱泥。

就在这个绝望的时刻，久未露面的船长忽然就出现了，并带了一连串的好消息。不单只告诉人们船修好了，还在加工中使船只更强大，更容易乘风破浪，逃出重围。人们当然重燃了活下去的希望，代表了生命的食物一时间也水涨船高了。

这似乎就是我所能为今早的一波 24% 涨幅唯一能做出的解释了。 那问题来了，这位船长何时又会再消失呢？船到底会不会沉呢？

Steem went crazy and up to 24% surge this morning while the whole market standing still, this looks absolutely odd to me and the only explaination is that our missing leader is surfaced from his deep diving again! With all the good news in his latest post and the rising Steem price, I found myself not being excited at all. Not sure if it was due to the lost faith in the CEO, or the price surging sounds defnitely shady here.

Posted from my blog with SteemPress : https://fr3eze.vornix.blog/ceo-is-here-to-save-the-steem-until-he-is-gone-missing-again/

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One of the first things that I learnt about Steem is the ambition to replace social and content creating site like Reddit, and that excited me very much since I know how powerful the community is from Reddit Except it did not come true and Steem is still merely a subset of Reddit, or subreddit technically(sadly).

Most powerful resource of opinions

Over the years, I’ve developed a habit whenever I need opinions on anything, I fire a Google search with a query like “reddit what is the best …”. Chances are there are at least a couple of threads discussing exactly the same topic, or even better that there is a subreddit community made for the very topic specifically.

What is the best tool for xxx? Product A vs product B? Is xxx reliable? Review of some random shits? You might be amused sometimes how deep people over there can go on a simple question, and most of the response feels real and quality. I often find myself spending too much time on a single thread that is full with thoughtful discussion and can’t help to stop reading all of it.

This is everything I need Steem to be since the announcement of Hivemind development but I guess we won’t see the release anytime soon.

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Finally, I made the move, my first ever VPN subscription to up my online privacy to another level. After tons and months of researching which VPN is the best (dangerous topic to dive into, a huge amount of time is at stake), I’ve concluded that the Private Internet Access(PIA) could be my best bet considering it has a pretty good reputation among the community and great review from my Singapore peers. Here are some notable features coming from PIA:

• Probably the cheapest VPN ever at $2.91/month if you go for the two years plan(total $69.95), I’m on this plan if you are wondering.


• One account can pair up to 5 devices. This is more than enough for covering all the digital devices for an average person.


• PIA keeps no log on their server so your privacy is well kept even if the service was taken down by FBI.


• Fast internet speed as this is one of my biggest concerns when it comes to adding proxy server in between my computer and the internet. I have not noticed any slowdown on internet speed since day one using it.


• It accepts Bitcoins as payment. This might not sound like outstanding as VPN service providers are one of the pioneers to adopt crypto payment.

There is some minor drawback with PIA as well, such as user cannot choose their own username, 7 days of guaranteed money back period is much shorter than its competitors. But none of those is deal breaker for me.

Bottom line

It might not feel significant ‘secured’ or ‘upgraded’ the moment you put the VPN on your house internet connection. The extra peace of mind moments come when I connect my MacBook to the Starbucks public WiFi and I can rest assured no one is sniffing my connection, and the moment I realise I can visit some websites(no porno)that was previously blocked by my company network.

It feels extra awesome especially this privilege comes from the cost of merely one cup of coffee, in a month.

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