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Teamstack: Easy Automation of Identity Management (Sponsored)
23.3.2020
Access management can be a bit of a nightmare, especially when we realize that we rely on a number of different, independent services that power our organizations. Many businesses use Gmail for email, Google Docs for documents, Slack for communication, GitHub for their codebase, etc. Yet each...
The Internet May Be Next Victim of Coronavirus Pandemic – Netflix, Google, Apple and Amazon React
23.3.2020
With an estimated billion people staying home, remote working or just watching shows online all day, telecom infrastructure is coming under great strain. Experts and companies are mostly saying that the risk is far from critical yet, but the EU has taken the possibility of the internet crashing...
Auto-Archival
20.3.2020
I'm sure most of us have used the ol' Wayback Machine to access some site that's gone offline. I don't actually know how it decides what sites to archive and when, but you can tell it to save pages. There is UI for it right on its homepage.
Also, there is a little trick...
Typing...
If You Don’t Trust Yourself, These Crypto Vaults Will Help You Hodl Safely
18.3.2020
Hodling in difficult times has historically proven to be a long-term winning strategy. Keeping your cryptocurrency in your own cold storage is by default a good idea as far as security is concerned. But if you don’t trust yourself to not lose a small hardware device or a piece of paper, then...
6 Cryptocurrency Exchanges That Don’t Require KYC
17.3.2020
These days, it’s taken as a given that KYC must be endured to trade cryptos on centralized exchanges. In fact, there are still dozens of exchanges you can access without having to risk your personal documents and identity. The following guide examines six such platforms, and considers...
7 of the World’s Largest Blockchain-as-a-Service Enterprises
10.3.2020
You’ve heard of Software as a Service (Saas), the means by which businesses subscribe to and access cloud-based software. Blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) is its distributed ledger equivalent. It describes the process by which a third party installs, hosts and maintains blockchain networks...
Non-Custodial Smart Wallet Seeks to Widen Access to Crypto and DeFi
9.3.2020
London-based smart wallet startup Argent has raised $12 million in a Series A led by Sequoia Capital-backed fund, Paradigm
6 Crypto Websites Blocked by Russia’s Media Watchdog, Including Major News Outlet
9.3.2020
In what seems to be another episode in a long-running campaign, the Russian telecom regulator has restricted access to at least six websites posting content related to cryptocurrencies. Тhe forum section of Bits.media, a leading crypto news outlet, is among the internet pages that have been...
UK’s FCA Suspends Epayments Service – Over £100M Frozen and Alleged Onecoin Connection
27.2.2020
Epayments, one of the largest payment providers in the U.K., has halted operations after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) suspended the company for “weaknesses” related to its anti-money-laundering (AML) process. Since Epayments shut down on February 11, customers have been...
Swiss Stock Exchange Partners with Omniex to Access Crypto Exchanges
26.2.2020
The partnership will provide SIX and SDX with a gateway to cryptocurrency exchanges and market makers
Instant GraphQL Backend with Fine-grained Security Using FaunaDB
25.2.2020
GraphQL is becoming popular and developers are constantly looking for frameworks that make it easy to set up a fast, secure and scalable GraphQL API. In this article, we will learn how to create a scalable and fast GraphQL API with authentication and fine-grained data-access control...
The Unseen Performance Costs of Modern CSS-in-JS Libraries
13.2.2020
This article is full of a bunch of data from Aggelos Arvanitakis. But lemme just focus on his final bit of advice:
Investigate whether a zero-runtime CSS-in-JS library can work for your project. Sometimes we tend to prefer writing CSS in JS for the DX (developer experience) it offers, without...
Coinbase Margin Trading Now Live for Coinbase Pro Users
13.2.2020
Coinbase has launched margin trading for users of its cryptocurrency trading platform, Coinbase Pro. Both individual and institutional investors in selected regions now have access to Coinbase margin trading. The company plans to expand access to more regions and provide more types of collateral...
SFTP & Database Access on WordPress.com
11.2.2020
(This is a sponsored post.)
Wait what?
That's right, direct access to the files and data storage that power your site on WordPress.com, just like you have if you self-host a WordPress site. You can read their announcement here. Note this is for Business and eCommerce plans only.
All you have to...
Tax Agents ‘Confiscate’ Bitcoin From Criminal but Keep the Coins in His Wallet
7.2.2020
The State Revenue Service of Latvia (SRS) has seized some bitcoins for the first time. The cryptocurrency, allegedly acquired through illegal means, is still being stored in the wallet set up by a criminal. Experts have expressed concerns about the risk of the money disappearing as officials...
Craig Wright’s ‘Bonded Courier’ Allegedly an Attorney Who Can’t Communicate
5.2.2020
During the first week of February, the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit continues with more tales about the alleged bonded courier. In mid-January, Craig Wright revealed a third party provided him with the necessary information to unlock an encrypted file he could not access previously. Now Wright...
Google Play and Apple Store to Support Access for ETN Rewards
28.1.2020
Electroneum, the leading innovator in the blockchain and crypto arena, has added another feather to its credit as the firm has made its place into Apple’s News App on January 27, 2020. This is for the first time since the launch of the Electroneum M1 phone that the firm has achieved such...
Woodworking SVG (and Other Real Life Encounters)
27.1.2020
Eric Meyer does his woodworking math in SVG.
I’ve been hand-coding SVG schematics to figure out how thing should go together, and as a by-product, guide me in both material buying and wood cutting.
This might sound hugely bespoke and artisanally overdone, but they’re not that complicated, and...
Companies Keep Flocking to Swiss Crypto Valley, Over 1,000 Jobs Added in a Year
26.1.2020
Crypto Valley, a fintech-friendly region centered on the canton of Zug, has been expanding to other parts of Switzerland and neighboring Liechtenstein. Despite all the challenges facing the blockchain industry, favorable regulations and improving access to banking and legal services are attracting...
Peter Schiff Loses Bitcoin Wallet Access; Questions Bitcoin Security
20.1.2020
Peter Schiff, the well-known economist, financial broker, and gold bug, took the crypto community in a blow by announcing that he has lost access to his Bitcoin wallet making his BTC assets shockingly worthless. On January 19, 2020, through his official Twitter handle, Peter affirmed that...