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Seven Years on Mount Athos - The power of believing

Seven Years on Mount Athos - The power of believing

This book describes the journey of a young monk, into a monastery and back to society, to share some useful teachings from his time in the hermitage.

2022

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Why I wrote a book even though I’m not an author

When I was 32 years old, I returned to society and civilization after a 7.5 years Sabbatical, living on a mountain as a monk. I didn’t have…

3 min readJan 13, 2023

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A simple explanation of Cardano’s eUTXO approach vs. Ethereum’s on smart contracts

I am always baffled by the rhetoric in the news on Cardano’s delay delivering. As soon as the Alonzo era was launched on September 12th…

4 min readNov 3, 2021

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From Bitcoin to Cardano: A brief history of Cryptocurrency

On January 3rd, 2009, right after the peak of the Global Financial Crisis that originated from the mortgage derivatives, the heart of the…

3 min readAug 3, 2021

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The social reform promise of crypto

My next-door neighbor had 2 of his 3 cars stolen in 2 nights. Yes, it’s a true story. On Wednesday night someone broke into his business…

5 min readMar 6, 2022

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The social reform promise of crypto

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Why you should change your job and do what you love

I have been a Senior Software Engineer with a company in the Automotive industry for 6 years. At first, I loved writing software for cars…

3 min readFeb 17, 2022

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Why you should change your job and do what you love

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Cardano #1 in chain activity 3 days in a row!

These days the Twitter space has been buzzing about the chain activity on Cardano. But after a month of relentless FUD this is barely a…

3 min readFeb 15, 2022

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Cardano #1 in chain activity 3 days in a row!

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Cross-chain cryptocurrency tokens — How do they work?

As more blockchain projects emerge, and more applications are being built on top of them, a necessity for migration sometimes emerges…

4 min readFeb 6, 2022

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Cross-chain cryptocurrency tokens — How do they work?

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Is Cardano really dead?

I see this title all over the media and I thought to take a stab at it. What does it mean? How can a project die? Technically it would mean…

3 min readJan 12, 2022

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Are we investing with our brains or hearts?

When I was a monk on Mt. Athos, Greece, I was involved in a religious dispute. The monastery was divided into two camps, let’s call them A…

3 min readJan 6, 2022

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Are we investing with our brains or hearts?

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I appreciate your response, I am a firm believer that society moves forward through dialogue, when…

BTC is just the opening idea, the proof that trust between entities can be established without a 3rd party. Many people like the idea of a…

1 min readJan 6, 2022

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Christos Palaskas

Christos Palaskas

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Software Developer Engineer in Test, Blockchain Technologies. Cryptocurrency enthousiast, Cardano Staking Pool Operator. Former monk. Author.

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