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Bitcoin reclaims blockchain dominance post-BTC halving
21.6.2024
Bitcoin’s blockchain bandwidth usage surpasses 90% post-halving, driven by new token standards and increased transaction volume
Bitcoin Runes outperforms BRC-20 in onchain activity
12.6.2024
Since April 2024, Runes have led Bitcoin network activity, outpacing both Ordinals and BRC-20 in transaction share
Which countries dominate Steam bandwidth usage in 2024?
29.4.2024
We have the data, direct from Valve. Also: Xbox analysis and lots of news
Telegram Launches Premium Tier Benefits Seeking to Monetize Platform
22.6.2022
Popular messaging platform Telegram has announced it is launching a new premium tier of its services as it seeks to monetize a part of its userbase. Reaching more than 700 million active users monthly, the new tier answers to the need of these users for more bandwidth and storage capacity...
Why bandwidth needs a layer-1 blockchain, explained
1.3.2022
Unused bandwidth and its accessibility are two problems that need addressing as the world becomes more connected
‘AWS for Web3’ Pocket Network Shakes Up Infrastructure of the Internet
16.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A – 16th January 2022 – Pocket Network – an infrastructure middleware protocol which facilitates decentralized cloud computing and abundant bandwidth on full nodes interoperable with DApps across all 21+ blockchains surpasses milestone...
Pocket Network Announces Closing of Its Strategic Private Sale to Accelerate Network Development & Global Expansion
6.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Pocket Network exceeded $56,000,000 in monthly revenues in December placing it in the Top Five revenue producer for blockchains globally surpassing many well known chains. Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A – 6th January 2022 – Pocket Network – an infrastructure...
Creating Interactive Product Pages With React and Cloudinary
6.9.2021
With Cloudinary and React, create low-bandwidth, interactive product pages for e-commerce on which shoppers can specify sizes, colors, and custom text.
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Vitalik Buterin Criticizes Elon Musk’s Idealistic Take on Cryptocurrency, Details Limits on Blockchain Scalability
24.5.2021
Vitalik Buterin, one of the most renowned Ethereum founders, has rebuffed Elon Musk’s take on fixing cryptocurrencies in a new paper where he details the limits of blockchain scalability. Buterin touches on three subjects: storage, bandwidth, and computing power, commenting on their limits...
Maximally optimizing image loading for the web in 2021
16.2.2021
Malte Ubl’s list for:
8 image loading optimization techniques to minimize both the bandwidth used for loading images on the web and the CPU usage for image display.
Fluid width images in CSS, not forgetting the height and width attributes
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Coronavirus Fuels P2P Connectivity: Crypto-Driven Meshnet Gives Rural Towns Internet
2.4.2020
While the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the economy across the U.S., a number of the 1,737 residents from Clatskanie, Oregon can’t obtain an internet service provider (ISP). The situation has motivated the town to adopt a decentralized meshnet ISP called Althea and the network’s users...
Image Lazy Loading
25.11.2019
Lazy loading images is a practice that’s been popular for a decade and for good reason: images are usually the heaviest downloads on a given webpage and avoiding unloading images that are never seen saves the user bandwidth. There are plugins for lazy loading images in every JavaScript...
The Department of Useless Images
18.11.2019
Gerry McGovern:
The Web is smothering in useless images. These clichéd, stock images communicate absolutely nothing of value, interest or use. They are one of the worst forms of digital pollution because they take up space on the page, forcing more useful content out of sight. They also slow down...
ImageKit.io: Image Optimization That Plugs Into Your Infrastructure
24.10.2019
Images are the most efficient means to showcase a product or service on a website. They make up for most of the visual content on our website.
But, the more images a webpage has, the more bandwidth it consumes, affecting the page load speed - a raging factor having a significant impact on not just...
Running Bitcoin Cash: An Introduction to Operating a Full Node
22.10.2019
Setting up a Bitcoin Cash node is a fairly easy task for someone who wants to contribute to the decentralized ecosystem. There are various ways you can run a node whether it’s on a cloud, on a local machine or by leveraging a small single-board computer. The following is a simple introduction...
This Crypto-Savvy Bank Is Building Bandwidth for Bitcoin Retail Payments
1.10.2019
The German bank is set to help European retailers accept bitcoin payments in early 2020
Maxwell, Wuille Co-Author Proposal for a Big Boost to Bitcoin’s Bandwidth
2.6.2019
A new paper outlines a proposed protocol that seeks to boost the bandwidth for bitcoin nodes
Native Video on the Web
6.3.2019
TIL about the HLS video format:
HLS stands for HTTP Live Streaming. It’s an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol developed by Apple. One of those sentences to casually drop at any party. Äh. Back on track: HLS allows you to specify a playlist with multiple video sources in different resolutions....
Bandwidth or Latency: When to Optimise for Which
5.2.2019
Harry Roberts:
A good rule of thumb to remember is that, for regular web browsing, improvements in latency would be more beneficial than improvements in bandwidth, and that improvements in bandwidth are noticed more when dealing with larger files.
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