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From FUD to FOMO – China State Newspaper Says Bitcoin Is ‘Successful’
12.11.2019
A major Chinese daily has published an article about Bitcoin. The publication describes the first cryptocurrency as a successful application of the blockchain technology. It provides its readers with the basics they need to know about Bitcoin and highlights some of its main characteristics. Also...
China’s State-Run Media: Bitcoin Is Blockchain’s First Success
11.11.2019
State-run Chinese media has published coverage of Bitcoin, acknowledging it as “the first successful application of blockchain technology.”
190 Indian Bank Locations Raided in Massive Fraud Crackdown
6.11.2019
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly raided over 190 bank locations nationwide in an effort to crack down on fraud involving at least 15 banks. As many as 1,000 officers were involved in what is now one of the largest coordinated searches in India this year. Also read: State...
Show Search Button when Search Field is Non-Empty
5.11.2019
I think the :placeholder-shown selector is tremendously cool. It allows you to select the placeholder of an input (<input placeholder="...">) when that placeholder is present. Meaning, the input does not yet have any value. You might think input[value] could do that, or help match on...
Making a Chart? Try Using Mobx State Tree to Power the Data
5.11.2019
Who loves charts? Everyone, right? There are lots of ways to create them, including a number of libraries. There’s D3.js, Chart.js, amCharts, Highcharts, and Chartist, to name only a few of many, many options.
But we don’t necessary need a chart library to create charts. Take Mobx-state-tree (MST)...
Illinois State Lottery Winner Puts Half His $500,000 Into Bitcoin
5.11.2019
A United States Illinois lottery winner put half his $500,000 winnings into Bitcoin back in May
Blockchain Conference TNABC Returns to Miami
1.11.2019
On January 16-17, The North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC) and Miami Blockchain Week are returning to the sunshine state as 2020 sets in motion. TNABC, celebrating its seventh year running, will feature prominent speakers, crypto developers, and blockchain executives during the event hosted...
10th-Largest Indian State to Release Policy for Blockchain and AI
31.10.2019
The 10th-largest Indian state, Tamil Nadu, is reportedly working on a state-level policy for blockchain technology and AI
Chinese State-Owned Media Try to Dampen Market’s Crypto Enthusiasm
29.10.2019
Chinese state-backed media are warning investors to remain rational amid a spike in interest in crypto companies
The Current State of Styling Selects in 2019
28.10.2019
Best I could tell from the last time I compiled the most wished-for features of CSS, styling form controls was a major ask. Top 5, I'd say. And of the native form elements that people want to style, Greg Whitworth has some data that the <select> element is more requested than any other...
Is China’s New Fascination With Blockchain Really Good for Bitcoin?
27.10.2019
Blockchain development has kind of become an element of the party line in the world’s largest officially communist state. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, recently told a Politburo meeting that the People’s Republic has to gain an edge in the emerging...
State Bank of India Chief Argues Crypto Regulation Is a Must
25.10.2019
The chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) has spoken in favor of cryptocurrency regulation in an interview. He believes that it is necessary to regulate cryptocurrencies. Last week, the chairman attended IMF meetings in Washington, D.C., with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Also read:...
Understanding How Reducers are Used in Redux
24.10.2019
A reducer is a function that determines changes to an application’s state. It uses the action it receives to determine this change. We have tools, like Redux, that help manage an application’s state changes in a single store so that they behave consistently.
Why do we mention Redux when talking...
Germany’s Financial Crisis Invokes 5-Year Rent Freeze
24.10.2019
All eyes are on the German economy which was once perceived as stable and strong. However, the financial state of affairs has been tumultuous and Berlin’s state cabinet recently agreed to a five-year rent freeze to help curb the rising housing costs in the country. Moreover, Bundesbank just...
What I Like About Writing Styles with Svelte
23.10.2019
There’s been a lot of well-deserved hype around Svelte recently, with the project accumulating over 24,000 GitHub stars. Arguably the simplest JavaScript framework out there, Svelte was written by Rich Harris, the developer behind Rollup. There’s a lot to like about Svelte (performance, built-in...
Bank Crisis Spreads in India – Deaths, Strike, Supreme Court Denial
23.10.2019
The Indian banking sector is facing multiple challenges. Customers of several cooperative banks are still struggling to withdraw their money, and deaths have been reported in connection with withdrawal restrictions. Meanwhile, some 300,000 state-run bank employees are on strike against what...
Global Crisis Looms as IMF Report Cites Its Own Policy as Dangerous
18.10.2019
In a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) entitled “Global Financial Stability Report: Lower for Longer,” the group gives an overview of the current debt-ridden and precarious state of affairs in global economics. Not lost on some economists, however, is the irony that...
Let’s Make a Fancy, but Uncomplicated Page Loader
15.10.2019
It’s pretty common to see a loading state on sites these days, particularly as progressive web apps and reactive sites are on the rise. It’s one way to improve "perceived" performance — that is, making it feel as though the site is loading faster than it actually is.
There’s no shortage of ways...
French State-Owned Bank Joins $8M Lightning Network Startup Funding
9.10.2019
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network dev ACINQ raises $8M in a new funding round
State-Owned French Bank Joins Bitcoin Startup’s $8 Million Series A
8.10.2019
Lightning-focused bitcoin startup ACINQ added an interesting investor to its cap table: Bpifrance, a state-owned bank that just made its first crypto investment