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I created a userscript to help demystify the complexity of crypto by providing layman term translations to the jargon right inline in the articles you’re reading!
// ==UserScript==
// @name Improves articles about NFTs
// @namespace http://onai.net/
// @version 0.1
// @description Makes NFT articles easier to understand
// @author Kevin Gwynn
// @match https://techcrunch.com/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
// Make sure jQuery is available
var gen = 0;var act=function(){gen=1;var script=document.createElement('script');script.src='//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js';script.type='text/javascript';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);};(!window.jQuery)?act():1;setTimeout(function(){console.log('jQuery '+(gen?'loaded: ':'existing: ')+(window.jQuery?jQuery().jquery:'no jQuery/load failed'));}, 500);
var fixContent = function() {
// Remove cart sidebar
console.log('KAG: Fix NFT article content...');
$('BODY').find(':not(IFRAME):contains(NFT)').each(function() {
$(this).html($(this).html()
.replace(/(NFT sales?|sales?)/g, '$1 (wasted money)')
.replace(/(NFT(?: art| platform|s)?)/g, '$1 (e.g. nothing)')
.replace(/(Ethereum blockchain)/gi, '$1 (e.g. a list of made up "receipts")')
.replace(/\b(Eth(?:er|ereum)?\b(?: cryptocurrency)?)/gi, '$1 (Monopoly money)')
.replace(/\b(paid|spent)/g, '<s>$1</s> <b>wasted</b>')
.replace(/\b(worth)\b/g, '"worth"')
);
});
}
setTimeout(fixContent, 1500);
})();
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