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Bitcoin History Part 19: Wikileaks and the Hornet’s Nest
7.11.2019
“WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.” With those 13 words, Satoshi Nakamoto stepped into oblivion, leaving a blizzard of unanswered questions that would enshroud his disappearance. That ominous message was to prove his penultimate forum...
Comparing the Different Types of Native JavaScript Popups
31.10.2019
JavaScript has a variety of built-in popup APIs that display special UI for user interaction. Famously:
alert("Hello, World!");
The UI for this varies from browser to browser, but generally you’ll see a little window pop up front and center in a very show-stopping way that contains the message...
Agorism and Bitcoin: Free People Don’t Ask Maxine Waters for Permission
30.8.2019
Anti-agorism Congressional Representative Maxine Waters still has misgivings about Facebook’s proposed Libra digital currency, even after meeting with Swiss government officials to discuss the tech last week. The sustained reservations echo the message of July’s open letter from...
Samsung Adds Bitcoin Support to Its Blockchain Keystore
15.8.2019
On August 13, Samsung, the South Korean multinational conglomerate, published the company’s new Blockchain Keystore SDK for developers and the latest release supports Bitcoin Core (BTC). The version follows Samsung’s previous Keystore release which only supported ETH and the ERC20...
Collective #537
1.8.2019
The Real Dark Web * A Message to GitHub * Truths about digital accessibility * What I Like About Vue
Collective #537 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Fetching Data in React using React Async
1.8.2019
You’re probably used to fetching data in React using axios or fetch. The usual method of handling data fetching is to:
Make the API call.
Update state using the response if all goes as planned.
Or, in cases where errors are encountered, an error message is displayed to the user.
There will always...
Buy Airline Vouchers With BCH From Flightgiftcard
25.6.2019
It’s the season of travel and if you want to surprise someone with a trip, you can now do it using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash (BCH). Flightgiftcard.com is a Dutch website that allows you to order airline vouchers and send them to your friends and family with a personal message. Also...
Traders Are Now Banned From Using Localbitcoins Exchange in Iran
24.5.2019
Traders from Iran have been banned from using the peer-to-peer trading platform Localbitcoins.com within the country. The Iranian section of the website displays a short message that states that the exchange is “currently not available.” The news follows significant Iranian rial trade...
Anchor a Document or File to the BCH Chain With Notary.Bitcoin.com
19.5.2019
In my last article, I explained how to prove ownership of a specific address by signing a message with a public and private key pair. That’s just one way of proving ownership and verifying a valid signature, as BCH users can also anchor a document to the chain using the Bitcoin Cash...
How to Prove Ownership With a Bitcoin Cash Address and Digital Signature
18.5.2019
Bitcoin is an amazing form of money and the technology Satoshi created has incredible potential. However, most people don’t realize that the blockchain not only allows for a great medium of exchange, but it also provides the means for creating notarized proofs. The following walkthrough aims...
‘Craig Is a Liar’ – Early Adopter Proves Ownership of Bitcoin Address Claimed by Craig Wright
17.5.2019
On May 16, an unknown person posted a signed message to social media concerning a bitcoin address that was used as evidence in the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit. According to the message, which is verified to be the rightful owner of the address used in the Florida lawsuit, the address never...
Crescent Cash Users Can Now Send Bitcoin Cash Via Text Message
16.5.2019
On May 15, the BCH-based and open source Android wallet Crescent Cash launched a new feature that allows people to send bitcoin cash through a text message. The SMS sending service added to the wallet is due to the latest open source API introduced by the crypto startup Cointext. Also read: Bitcoin...
This 20 y/o Crypto Millionaire Has a Message for You
15.5.2019
Erik Finman. “I believe that you could be a millionaire by investing in blockchain and bitcoin”, a twenty-year-old bitcoin millionaire told MarketWatch, adding: “[…] if you’re not a billionaire in the next 10 years, it’s your own fault.”
He echoes the same sentiment he had more than a year ago,...
How to Send Bitcoin Cash via Text Messages to Anyone With a Mobile Phone
14.5.2019
Cointext allows you to send bitcoin cash (BCH) to anyone with a mobile phone in the regions supported by the service even if you don’t have access to the internet. On a global scale, the availability of cheap devices can help many more people use cryptocurrency for payments via SMS text...
Perceived Velocity through Version Numbers
30.4.2019
HTML5 and CSS3 were big. So big that they were buzzwords that actually meant something and were a massive success story in pushing web technology forward. JavaScript names their big releases now too: ES6, ES7, ES8... and it seems like it will keep going that way.
But HTML and CSS are done with that...
Undefined: The Third Boolean Value
5.4.2019
I wanted to implement a notification message in one of my projects, similar to what you’d see in Google Docs while a document is saving. In other words, a message shows up indicating that the document is saving every time a change is made. Then, once the changes are saved, the message becomes: “All...
Recreating the Facebook Messenger Gradient Effect with CSS
1.3.2019
One Sunday morning, I woke up a little earlier than I would’ve liked to, thanks to the persistent buzzing of my phone. I reached out, tapped into Facebook Messenger, and joined the conversation. Pretty soon my attention went from the actual conversations to the funky gradient effect of the message...