How to create an Avalanche proof to use with your eCash node

Reading Time: 6 minutes So with staking rewards expected to go live on eCash in the not too distant future, I thought I’d write this article to teach people how to create their own Avalanche proof, which is necessary if you want to earn staking rewards. Details such as the amount of staking rewards, or an official launch date […]

The meaning of P.I.E. and the purpose of Proof of Writing

Reading Time: < 1 minutes My son recently asked me if I knew what pie stood for. Thinking it was from one of his Dog Man books, I guessed something stupid like Piggy’s Indoor Empire. He thought my answer was so dumb he didn’t even ask me to guess again. He just went ahead and told me that the letters […]

Introducing eCash

Reading Time: 2 minutes While I assume most of you reading this already know what eCash is, this article is for those who might be discovering eCash for the first time. If you’re someone who may have previously dismissed cryptocurrencies as nothing more than a fad, or had never bothered learning about crypto until now, you’re in luck. Because […]

Staking Rewards on eCash

Reading Time: 2 minutes We recently saw that Staking Rewards was moved ahead of the two pre-consensus related items on Avalanche.cash, so what does this mean for eCash? I see the activation of staking rewards on the eCash network as a potentially historic moment since it will mark the first time a Bitcoin fork has allowed non-mining nodes to […]

Guns and Crypto

Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the biggest changes I’ve undergone since I got into crypto is my view on guns. I went from being totally against, to totally in favor of gun ownership, all thanks to crypto. But this article isn’t going to be about explaining why I changed my mind on guns. Instead it’s going to be […]

The Power of eCash

Reading Time: 3 minutes In today’s crypto world, there are so many coins and tokens to choose from how do you tell the legitimate projects from the scammy ones? How do you decide which developers know what they’re doing, and which ones have no clue? With literally thousands of projects to choose from, even experts will find it difficult […]

My first PayButton article

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the past six years, I’ve been more or less obsessed with this idea of a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. It wasn’t just the potential gains I was obsessed with, but this vision I was fortunate enough to barely catch a glimpse of in the early days of my crypto journey. This was late 2017, […]

What crypto has taught me

Reading Time: 6 minutes Hello, this is Cain, and you’re listening to the proof of writing podcast. I was recently told by someone that I’d changed. They didn’t say it in a negative or positive way. It was just an observation. One that I didn’t disagree with, because I’ve probably changed more in the last few years than at […]

My Investment Thesis

Reading Time: 4 minutes Hello, this is Cain, and you’re listening to the proof of writing podcast. Please remember, nothing on this podcast is intended as financial advice, and is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Crypto is highly volatile, so please do your own research, and never invest more than you can afford to lose. More than you […]

Avalanche+Nakamoto=eCash

Reading Time: 7 minutes Hello and welcome to the proof of writing podcast. As usual, nothing I say is intended as financial advice and is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Crypto is highly volatile, so please remember to always do your own research, and never invest more than you can afford to lose. I started this podcast because […]