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Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 4 Blockchain basics and what is a Bitcoin?
It’s been a while since Part 3, I wanted to be very sure of this section so took some time to personally invest further into different crypto’s to make sure I understood the basics, there is still a lot to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bitcoin, blockchain, Crypto, currency, Hash, Node
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Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 3 So how did we get to where we are in our society today?
In Part two we looked at how an isolated community may establish a currency, in this blog we look historically at money. Many countries in olden times had chosen gold or silver as coinage, the reasoning being that the rare … Continue reading
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Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 2 So is that Money?
Part 1 doesn’t still doesn’t really explain money though? So, let’s look at this another way, hypothetically if we took a small group of people, 1000 or so, and dumped them on an island (always my go to when trying … Continue reading
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Understanding Crypto Currencies – Part 1 A beginner’s challenge
Join me on my journey of Money and Crypto currencies. Continue reading
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LK-35 Backpack Modification Part 2
In Part 1 we identified a few design modification potentials for the LK-35, in this blog I expected to have delivered the Swedish webbing pouch set, however there has been a further two week delay and the suppliers. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading
Happy New Year
A little late but still I hope everyone had a great Christmas break and have started the year off with plenty of plans to make the ‘dash’ count? We’re making headway with our small patch of woodland and I’ve started … Continue reading
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Paleo – Part 3 – 3 Month Cholesterol Results
Since starting on the Paleo journey, the one thing that had been playing on my mind was Cholesterol levels, knowing they were high at the start of this journey, my concern was that they could potentially get worse. In this … Continue reading
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Tagged cholesterol, HDL, Health, LDL, omega 3, Paleo, Triglyceride
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Paleo – Part 2 – So Far, So Good
Back in June I published details of my change to a Paleo diet that I started officially in March 2016. As the title states so far, so good! In this short update I wanted to go over some of my … Continue reading
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Tagged cholesterol, Diet, Health, honey, Paleo, preparedness
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survivalist Wisdom
“If you go to town you need money to buy food, if you go to the jungle you just need a knife” My thoughts – I heard this on a TV documentary speaking to people still connected to their ancestral … Continue reading
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