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Recent Posts

The Case for Cold Storage: A Practical and Theoretical Analysis

8 Jan, 2025

Table of Contents

Introduction

The emergence of cryptocurrency has fundamentally altered our understanding of digital asset custody. While the technology offers unprecedented financial sovereignty, this potential can only be fully realized through proper key management. This paper examines the theoretical and practical arguments for cold storage solutions, drawing from both historical lessons and contemporary research.

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582 words.
3 minute read.
Tagged with: Essays , Crypto , Economics

How To Setup and Install Monero(d) -- p2pool -- xmrig

24 Sep, 2024

Moneroworld is Shutting Down! What Are We Going to Do?! OMG!

In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to set up monerod, p2pool and xmrig, covering both the “how” and the “why” along the way. I aim to strike a balance between reading the manual and just replicating my steps. While I may not achieve 100% accuracy every time, my goal is to help you spark those connections and illuminate your understanding.

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1313 words.
7 minute read.
Tagged with: Crypto , Privacy , Security , Networking

CoverHunter

31 Jul, 2024

Download Audiobook Cover Images with Python: A CLI Tool

If you’ve ever wanted to automatically download and save cover images for your audiobooks, this Python script is for you. This command-line interface (CLI) tool extracts metadata from an MP3 file and uses it to find and save the corresponding book cover image. In this blog post, we’ll walk through what the code does, how to use it, and what you need to run it.

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955 words.
5 minute read.
Tagged with: Software