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Bitcoin Eyes Best January Close in 7 Years After 30% Price Increase
29.1.2020
Bitcoin is eyeing its best January performance in seven years after crossing the all-important 200-day average hurdle overnight
Deutsche Bank Says Digital Currencies Could Be Mainstream in 2 Years
27.1.2020
A digital currency could see widespread adoption within the next few years, a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests
Governments and Enterprises Can’t Get Enough of Blockchain
27.1.2020
Governments have long been wary of Bitcoin, while expressing admiration for its innovative ledger system. This trend can be traced back till 2014, when the “blockchain not bitcoin” mantra was coined. Six years on and that sentiment is being backed by action as governments and businesses...
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...
More Than 77 Crypto Projects Claim to Be Backed by Physical Gold
26.1.2020
The last few years have seen the creation of blockchain projects that claim to have tokens backed by physical gold. In October, Coinshares and Blockchain.com launched a digital gold token (DGLD) backed by physical gold that uses BTC’s security. Tether just announced a new token called tether...
Alexander Vinnik Accused of Laundering Billions Through BTC-e Extradited to France
25.1.2020
Alexander Vinnik, the Russian-born IT specialist who spent over two years in detention in Greece, where he was arrested on a U.S. warrant, is now in Paris. The alleged BTC-e operator, suspected of laundering at least $4 billion through the now defunct crypto exchange, has been handed over to France...
1.5 Billion People Might Have CBDC in Their Wallets in 3 Years
23.1.2020
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Around 7 undisclosed central banks, representing 20% of the world’s population, are likely to launch central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in 3 years, a new survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), showed.
While these banks remain...
The Web in 2020: Extensibility and Interoperability
22.1.2020
In the past few years, we’ve seen a lot of change and diversion in regard to web technologies. In 2020, I foresee us as a web community heading toward two major trends/goals: extensibility and interoperability. Let’s break those down.
Extensibility
Extensibility describes...
Grayscale to Fund Ethereum Classic Developers for 2 More Years
22.1.2020
Grayscale Investments has committed to financially supporting development of the ethereum classic (ETC) cryptocurrency for another two years
Circle’s Jeremy Allaire: Asset Tokenization Will Go Mainstream in Two Years
21.1.2020
Circle’s CEO, Jeremy Allaire, thinks average people will be able to securitize assets through tokenization in two or three years
Gavin Andresen Speaks About Ethereum’s Tornado and Wallet Privacy
15.1.2020
Over the last couple of years. the former lead maintainer of the Bitcoin Core (BTC) repository Gavin Andresen has been quiet in regards to the crypto ecosystem. Andresen hasn’t been developing any projects and once in a while makes a comment or two about the digital currency industry....
Things you can do with a browser in 2020
10.1.2020
I edit a good amount of technical articles about the web, and there is a tendency for authors to be super broad in their opening sentence, like "What we're able to do on the web has expanded greatly over the years."
I tend to remove stuff like that because it usually doesn't serve the article well...
Our Learning Partner: Frontend Masters
10.1.2020
I'd like to think there is a lot to learn on CSS-Tricks. But we don't really offer much by the way of courses. You're probably reading this because you just generally read this site, and you land on CSS-Tricks otherwise mostly because you are looking for an answer to some front-end...
Fantastic Flight API with aviationstack (Sponsored)
9.1.2020
I didn’t fly until I was 25 years of age — I was hopeless in knowing I had to be there early, the process of security, and the whole gate structure. Now that I’ve flown dozens of times for Mozilla, I feel much more comfortable with the process of flying, but feel less comfortable...
Multi-Thumb Sliders: Particular Two-Thumb Case
7.1.2020
This is a concept I first came across a few years back when Lea Verou wrote an article on it. Multi-range sliders have sadly been removed from the spec since, but something else that has happened in the meanwhile is that CSS got better — and so have I, so I recently decided to make my...
McAfee Catches Heat After Welshing On Famous Bitcoin Bet
6.1.2020
Many bold predictions about bitcoin’s price have been made over the years, but tech entrepreneur John McAfee’s 2017 claim that BTC would reach $1 million before the end of 2020 garnered more column inches than any other. This is because he promised to, ahem, consume his own manhood...
Telegram Rejects SEC Request to Hand Over Bank Records for TON
5.1.2020
Telegram Group, the company behind the TON blockchain project, has reportedly refused to share information with the SEC showing how much it spent of the $1.7 billion raised from investors in the past couple of years and where. In a recent court filing, the securities regulator alleges that Telegram...
A Deep Dive Into Satoshi’s 11-Year Old Bitcoin Genesis Block
3.1.2020
11 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network at approximately 18:15:05 UTC and the world hasn’t been the same since. The Bitcoin blockchain came to life on January 3, 2009, and so far, more than 600,000 blocks have been mined into existence. Nakamoto’s genesis block...
Senior Software Developer at Ripple Quits After 6.5 Years to Focus on Coil
2.1.2020
Ripple’s senior software developer is leaving the company to spend more time working on Coil
Key Players in Crypto and Blockchain Share Their New Year’s Wish for 2020
2.1.2020
Leaders in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space share their New Year’s wish for the industry