Not A Bad Day

Today during the day everything went reasonably well. Skipper and I seem to be developing a new routine together. And I have much more time to focus on other things. So I started painting again, unfortunately, I don't have any wood in stock at the moment, so Pyrography won't be possible for a while. Finances do not allow us to purchase that wood at the moment, the past few months have been expensive enough. Skipper keeps me faithfully company while painting and I take plenty of breaks to keep him busy. It sometimes has the advantage that I experience some concentration problems so that I go back to doing something else after half an hour. The moments when I feel my concentration slipping are the moments when Skipper gets another walk, an extra hug, or an extra game/training moment. He likes it all and that means I can enjoy it too. But like I said, that's during the day.

But The Evening

Then we get the evening. And although I had the idea that I could easily write a blog. The reality turned out to be another typical uninspired evening. It was an evening in which I surfed aimlessly around the internet, my brain refused to think, the negative news seemed to jump off my screen, and I therefore seemed to lose myself in the trends I encountered. But wait, I'm saying something! When I thought of those, Trends, I suddenly thought of Google Trends! And so my moment of getting lost turned out to lead to unexpected discoveries, and to the inspiration for this blog.

The "News¨ Gets On My Nerves

I read an article about the state of our economy every day on the news website that I should not visit frequently at all, but I rarely read an article about crypto there. That gave me the idea to use Google Trends to find out which keyword was more popular in the Netherlands: "Economy" or "Crypto". I mean, we live in a world where we are all driven by money. We are all "Slaves to the money". Most people I see commenting on a few crypto articles are often negative, and of the 1000+ comments, maybe 50 say they trade in crypto. From that point of view, I certainly expected that "Economics" would be the most popular in our very conservative country, (judged from the comments I read every day). But to my surprise, it was “Crypto” that was much more popular. Google Trends gave me a map of the Netherlands, Blue stood for Economy, and red for Crypto. And the whole of the Netherlands turned RED. Yes, you read that right. Who would have thought that? The good Dutchman appears to be much more interested in crypto than in economic ins and outs. Whether this has to do with the ever-decreasing consumer confidence in the economy or the growing confidence in crypto, I have not been able to discover. But somehow my feeling tells me that declining confidence in the economy may well be a cause of the growing popularity of crypto.

Very Interesting Search Terms

But let's talk about the interesting search terms that popped up within the wonderful world of "Crypto". The first search term rose quickly, and that was SEI Crypto. My curiosity was aroused, and I took a quick look at the website. “The fastest parallel blockchain,” reads their website. I immediately believe it, don't I? Seriously, I honestly have no idea. Over the last few months, I haven't followed any projects or looked at anything. I didn't have any funds to invest and my 'real life' needed all my attention and energy. And even though my curiosity was aroused, I didn't think it was a great time to delve into it at a quarter past eleven in the evening. I mean, who wants to delve into parallel blockchains anyway?

Best Crypto Of 2024?

But it got even more interesting. After SEI, the second popular search term was PEPE. Yes, PEPE. And then there was BEAM crypto, but for me, the highlight of the evening was the search term "Best Crypto 2024". And yes, I know... I too have been guilty of these types of search terms when I first started dealing with crypto. But now I think differently about that. What are the chances that you can predict what the best crypto of 2024 will be? We are talking about crypto, where volatility is an order of the minute.

Let´s Speculate

Anyway, let's pretend that this question can be answered very easily. Let's pretend we're all the best crypto influencers ever. What do I think will be the best crypto of 2024? Let me put it this way, after a few years of hanging around the world of crypto, I have formed an idea about what works and what doesn't. But I'll keep my mouth shut for a moment and let you speculate instead. Yes, I'm inquisitive about what you think is the best crypto of 2024!

Google Trends As My Best Friend

So you see, I didn´t think I had any inspiration for a blog, but for a change, Google (Trends) unexpectedly turned out to be my best friend this time. And so I unexpectedly ended up with a blog that I had not seen coming.

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