One often has a need to see the list of all Linux Packages Installed on your system. If your OS is Ubuntu flavored then you can use the command The above command will spit out details of all the different packages installed on your system. If you want to just see the names (listing) of all the packages without the details use the command.. If…
Ethereum Merge – What’s that about?
If you have being any attention to the Crypto world you’ve seen a lot about the ‘Ethereum Merge‘. So what does that really mean? Ethereum is being merged with what? To understand the Merge you first need to understand ‘Proof of Work‘ and ‘Proof of Stake‘. Proof of work and Proof of Stake are both algorithms or consensus mechanisms to keep the blockchain secure so users…
How Secure Is Your Password
How secure is your password? We’ve all heard and seen the recommended best practices about setting your password, in particular rules to the effect of: A password should be 16 (at least 12) characters or more A password should include a combination of letters, numbers, and characters A password should have at least 1 uppercase character, 1 number and 1 special character A password shouldn’t…
Lifestyles of the crypto rich and famous?
Here’s a great article on Vice about the young couple Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein, commonly referred to in the media as the #CryptoCouple who exploited their social media presence and connections to try and get rich and famous quickly in the Crypto ecosystem The Rabbit Hole Beneath the Crypto Couple Is Endless (vice.com)
Cloud Security
As avid Cloud Adoption proponents, we here at AssetBytes feel it’s important for companies moving to the cloud to understand and plan for Cloud Security as one of the first steps in their ‘migration to the cloud’ journey. One of the newer Cloud Security concepts that was first introduced by Gartner in 2019 is SASE. What is SASE you ask, well our friends at Palo…
The Feynman Technique – to learning
We here at AssetBytes are fans of Richard Feynman noted theoretical physicist. Besides being a great scientist, Feynman was a pedagogue who believed that learning should be an active process of “trial and error, discovery, free inquiry”. His teaching philosophy rejected rote memorization and instead encompassed the belief that if you couldn’t explain something clearly and simply it was because you didn’t understand it well…
Docker on a Mac
If you want to learn about Cloud services or Cloud deployments especially on a Mac, the first step is to install Docker on a Mac. There are two options to install… Download Docker Desktop For Mac (replaces the old Docker for Mac package a lot of sites refer to) from the official Docker Hub at https://hub.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-desktop-mac and follow the instructions to install Use Homebrew (brew)…
What is Crypto?
‘What is Crypto?’ When trying to explain crypto a few years ago John Oliver famously quipped.. “Everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about computers”. This is our attempt to help you understand better in non-technical terms, what exactly does one mean when one talks about cryptocurrencies and things like Bitcoin and Ethereum and Dogecoin and how do cryptocurrencies compare…
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Getting Started With Crypto
Getting Started With Crypto? So you’ve heard about about crypto and cryptocurrencies from your friends or colleagues and you’ve seen references to it on your social media platforms, on the news and even on skits on SNL. But…you are not sure what all the fuss is about and not sure if you want to invest in crypto or are unaware what that even means. The…