As some of you might know, 2021 was a good year for me: I took a year-long sabbatical (aka unpaid leave) from my employer in the pharmaceutical industry in order to focus on learning new things, building worthy experiences & improve my health. For November I started to write another…

Since I work in the pharmaceutical industry and next year I return to my full-time job there, I tried to clarify in my head the most important use cases where blockchain can help us. I’ve been studying blockchain and crypto space for more than 500 hours this year. …

Welcome back to Carmen’s reflections about crypto and blockchain assets. In this “episode” we are going to (finally!) talk about THEM, the blockchain-based crypto assets: what are they, what purpose do they serve in the crypto ecosystem (and in the real life!), how can they be clustered and recognized etc…

After my two previous articles about cryptocurrencies and blockchains (here and here), few people asked what sources I use to keep myself informed about this space. So I decided to lay down, also for the sake of Forgetful-Future-Me, the list of channels/influencers I follow and for what purposes. As you…

It’s Month #6 of my sabbatical year and my last article was written 3 months ago. Since then I’ve not only been waiting for Hari (😊) but also practicing life hacking skills, so that I can write this article. A note before we start: No, I haven’t forgotten about my…

It’s May 2021 now. We are still in the middle of a handsome bull market/period for crypto. Some are buying, others are selling — all with joy & excitement. In March I made my first foray into talking (writing) about cryptocurrencies. The article was called “Who’s who in #crypto? —…

It’s March 2021 now. It’s been 6 months since I started following closely the crypto and blockchain market, reading the news, following the influencers and staring at incomprehensible trading charts for at least 1–2 hours/day. At first what overwhelmed me most was that I couldn’t put the pieces of the…

It’s been three months since I started my year off from work and as a good sabbaticala (which I am), I thought it’s time to write again. If you don’t know what a “sabbaticala” is, do not worry. I didn’t know either until I invented the word this morning 😊…

Today is 10th February 2021. It’s the World Pulses Day. If you (like me) had no clue what a “pulse” is until this very moment, fear not. I’m giving you the essence here: pulses are the dry, edible seeds found inside a pod of a legume. …