Cryptocurrency: Why 100 Is My Favorite Number for 2020
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The whole world is watching Bitcoin right now. Several analysts are looking at the technical trends and noting similarities between November 2018 when the price slumped to $3,000, or questioning whether the bearish trend will continue for a longer duration. Some are suggesting the market is turning bullish. And yet others are looking at next year's halvening as evidence of an expectant bull market much like 2017. What will actually happen is anyone's guess.
I don't consider myself a #crypto enthusiast as much as I do a journalist and content curator, although I'm somewhat of an enthusiast. I hold some #bitcoin, and several #altcoins. I'm also active on more than one blockchain-based social platform. I'm enthused about that.
But what I want to talk about today is the number 100. It's an important number for me personally, and for you if you're into keeping up with the latest news and analysis in the world of cryptocurrency. You see, to keep a long story short, I've decided that January is the time to kick off a new publishing project focused entirely on crypto, and I've chosen Substack to be the platform.
Meet Cryptocracy: My New Publishing Venture
If you're not familiar with Substack, it's essentially a newsletter publishing platform. A very simple one. But how complex does it need to be? You set up a newsletter, start promoting it, collect subscribers, and publish. It does everything a newsletter publisher would expect it to do. And that's why I've chosen it for my new newsletter titled Cryptocracy.
Here's where the number 100 comes in: I'm not going to start publishing until I get 100 subscribers. And, the clock ticks one minute after midnight 2020.
Why 100?
That's a good question, so thank you for asking.
My ultimate goal with Cryptocracy is to deliver the best news and analysis of the day to my subscribers. As curator, I'll scour the web for the best crypto-related news and most interesting analysis each day. To do this effectively, I'll have to spend two to four hours a day reading the news and analyzing the analysts to pick the best stories for readers on each topic. Because I'll have to spend considerable time putting together a good read each day, I think it's fair to ask for compensation for that time. Don't you?
Substack allows newsletter publishers the ability to charge subscription fees. The minimum is $5/month, and I've opted for that as my subscription fee out of the gate. However, and this is important, you'll still be able to read two posts per week without paying the subscription fee. To get the full benefit of my publishing efforts, however, and access to the very best content, you'll need to pay the $5/month.
The best part is this: You can sign up today with no obligation to pay a thing. All you have to do is go to the Cryptocracy landing page and enter your email address. When I start publishing, you'll be notified and given the opportunity to subscribe at that time. If you don't want the full benefit of the newsletter, do nothing and you'll still be able to read two posts per week completely free. How cool is that?
Why You Should Listen To Me
All of this is well and good, but there are a ton of newsletters about cryptocurrency already. Why do we need another one? Again, good question.
Regular readers of mine know the value I bring to the table. I've been active on Steemit for a year-and-a-half and on Narrative for most of this year. Furthermore, I'm the editor of two niche online publications, Lending Times and Blockchain Times. Prior to starting my freelance writing business, I was a newspaper editor and award-winning journalist. In that capacity, I won three awards from the Dallas Bar Association for excellence in legal reporting. I've been #writing about #fintech topics and #cryptocurrencies for the last three years, so much that it's become my specialty. In other words, I'm no slouch.
I'm not only well-versed in the topic, but my writing skills are among the best. My analytical skills, my deep reporting ability, my sense of humor, and my keen insight into complex topics make me a unique, one-of-a-kind authority on matters of reporting on any topic. It just so happens that cryptocurrency is a topic of interest.
In essence, what I'm saying is this: Cryptocracy isn't going to be just another crypto-related newsletter. If it was, I wouldn't charge $5/month for it.
Rather, my goal is to give you--in addition to the deep daily content on cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects--valuable, original content you can't get anywhere else. I'll interview key players in the space, provide my own analysis when I feel qualified, and I'm even considering paying top experts in the field to publish their unique analyses exclusively in Cryptocracy. No ordinary newsletter is going to do that.
I hope you see the value in what I'm offering here. If you do, I'd love for you to sign up for my newsletter. When I get 100 people to sign up, and after the calendar has flipped to 2020, I'll start cranking out the content. If you want it sooner, sign up with no obligation right now. I promise not to let you down.
Sign Up For Cryptocracy Now
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I sold all my crypto and bought steem with it and put it in my wallet which makes me now 2 fifths of an orca..
Awesome. It won't be long before you'll be a whale, swimming through the Steemit ocean screaming "Krill, krill, krill!"
I shall use the opportunity to ask for your opinion.
An interesting thing happened to me a couple of days ago and I wonder if it's legit (because out of the crypto world it would be 100% scam but it was from the crypto world.)
A message from a new exchange's authorized bot/account on Discord, saying I was chosen in a giveaway to receive some ammount of BTC cents on aerochange dot com. Well, other things need to be done to be able to operate with the amount I already claimed, after creating an account there. I need to make a deposit of 0.01 BTC first. Verify, too. I wonder if it's a legit thing and safe. The site looks like a pretty normal exchange, and pretty elaborate. Anybody familiar with it?
Hi Manol,
I haven't heard of or used Aerochange.com, but I'd be skeptical. I did find this (https://firstreviewhere.com/aerochange/), which doesn't say much except to be on the alert. I would check around in some forums and other Discord communities, like Adsactly, to see if anyone has any experience with them.
Thanks a lot, that would be great! I will check out that review.
@manoldonchev, have you seen this?
https://steemit.com/scam/@trincowski/a-gift-from-aerochange-com-beware-i-m-99-9999-sure-this-is-a-scam
Yes, thanks, I resteemed it as soon as I saw it.
Yeah, I found some discussion on Reddit which points out the weak points. I have neither deposited the required sum nor given personal data yet (except for my email which is not a small thing but smaller than the rest, still.)
Lol, I thought about the African Prince(ss) trope, too :)
@blockurator
An interesting read and great initiative. I like your analyses because I find them comprehensible. I shall subscribe and be happy to receive two posts a week because I know that I will not read a daily newsletter.
I wish you well and will most certainly suggest that people who have more crypto enthusiasim than I, sign up.
Fiona
Excellent, Fiona. Happy to have you as a subscriber. Thanks for signing up, and thanks for sharing it on Twitter. More soldiers like you will get me to 100 really fast.
I meant to retweet and call a couple of others. Will do that tomorrow. I hope you reach your 100.
In addition to doing it justice, when I worked out the subscription based on ZAR, I balked. That's not to say I don't value (in anticipation) what you have to offer, but discretion (and Scottishness) is the better part of valour.
Oh, and completely off the topic, your discussion of farm punk made me think of Animal Farm. Analogy, but perhaps fits into your genre - even tangentially?
There's nothing particularly punk about Animal Farm. And I don't recall a whole lot of "high tech"-iness either. Most critics would classify it as political satire. It needs more edge to be farmpunk.
I understand about conversion costs. I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for your support, though.
Completely agree. Animal Farm is political satire and not farm punk.
Exciting. I hope you get your 100 subscribers soon.
What has been your experience on Narrative? Was it worth the $15 up-front fee?
Thanks!
@viking-ventures, I have written about Narrative extensively, but mostly on Narrative. Here's my latest: https://www.narrative.org/post/the-nrve-november-traffic-report.
You can also subscribe to my newsletter, The Content Letter, where I share information about Narrative and other platforms as I try them out. But it's a letter geared toward companies who might be interested in content marketing, the services I provide, so it might not be for you. If it is, you can sign up at https://tayloredcontent.com/types-of-authority-content/. You'll also get a free e-book. I'll be sending out a link soon to all my subscribers to download another freebie. Otherwise, I'm in a holding pattern on Narrative, as explained in the post above.
That's a shame that Narrative seems to be losing steam. I looked into it about 6 months ago, but was not willing to pay $15 to join something that may or may not survive. Steem really seems to be the major platform of its kind still. Thanks for sharing that link with me.
You're right that I'm not really the target audience for the Content Letter, but I was definitely interested to see what was going on with Narrative. I'm still keeping my eye open for another platform for my stories.
Narrative has almost flatlined. The dev team said they're "rethinking the mechanics," but that was about a month ago. Meanwhile, people are fleeing.
The $15 was just for verification. It wasn't required. But it bought high reputation. That was about it's only value, not that that was much of any value at all.
Yes, I'd say Steem is still the daddy of them all.
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Nice dude! Good luck with the newsletter :)
Thanks a bunch.
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Nice explanation. And 100 is a nice number. I normally think of this number as the topper of all.
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Wow! I’ll say you’re no slouch! What an endeavor!
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lol Thanks!
Best of luck with your new venture... the space does need more level-headed reporting and analysis!
Thanks. That's exactly what I'll bring. Level-headed analysis.