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There’s a good reason why experienced devs say “it depends” so often
2.10.2020
I feel like Jerod Santo really understood what I was trying to say in Weaved Webs, when I was trying to cover the emerging WordPress (“versus”) Jamstack conversation.
If you asked El Duderino if you should go Jamstack he’d probably tell you, “It’s a complicated case. Lotta ins. Lotta...
Jack Dorsey Details Twitter’s Blockchain Strategy at Oslo Freedom Forum
25.9.2020
Jack Dorsey said the nonprofit Blue Sky will use blockchain to create an open Twitter protocol and give people more control over their data
Korean Exchanges in Limbo over Customer Social Security Nos Conundrum
24.9.2020
Confusion reigns as to whether South Korean crypto exchanges can – or should – collect their customers’ social security numbers under new Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance measures that come into force in a matter of months.
Per Digital Today, exchanges are still...
Using Markdown and Localization in the WordPress Block Editor
23.9.2020
If we need to show documentation to the user directly in the WordPress editor, what is the best way to do it?
Since the block editor is based on React, we may be tempted to use React components and HTML code for the documentation. That is the approach I followed in my previous article, which...
Bitcoin FUD and negative social sentiment typically precede a bounce
23.9.2020
Social media sentiment for Bitcoin has slumped to two year lows which is good for those wanting to go against the crowd
A New Social Contract for the Digital Age
22.9.2020
Veteran futurist Don Tapscott imagines the world in 2030 and finds reasons for optimism in the face of persistent social crisis
Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital Holds Bitcoin From 2013 Amid Talk of Public Listing
21.9.2020
Social Capital, the Silicon Valley venture capital and private equity investment office started by an early Facebook vice president, has held bitcoin since 2013
How a Spoof Turned Into a Media Hype About Bitcoin Cash
19.9.2020
An anonymous Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporter says he deliberately started a spoof which successfully baited local media to report on the coin. The trick, which involved the use of 100 Bitcoin Cash tip stickers, only cost a total of $1,100 yet it managed to get BCH featured by media outlets...
Changing Emoji Skin Tones Programmatically
17.9.2020
So, you know how many emoji have different skin tones? Emoji skin tones are extremely popular, especially over text and on social media. The raised black fist emoji (✊🏿) was voted “The Most 2020 Emoji” by Emojipedia’s World Emoji Awards.
Each tone is a modifier and many emoji...
Bitcoin sentiment at record lows … Does it mean the price will go up?
17.9.2020
Social media sentiment for Bitcoin has slumped to a two year low yet technical indicators are still saying ‘buy’
Weaved Webs
17.9.2020
There is a bit of an irony with Jamstack.
The concept is simple: you put pre-rendered, static files on web hosting (a CDN) designed to do that well. That’s it. If you need to do more, anything you do from there is done with client-side JavaScript, which is likely talking to serverless...
Defi Project Yfdex.Finance Vanishes With $20M Investors’ Funds Just Two Days After Launch
11.9.2020
Yfdex.Finance (Yfdex), a new liquidity mining pool, has reportedly exit scammed, making off with up to $20 million of investors’ funds. The decentralized finance (Defi) project convinced people to hand over their life savings following just two days of aggressive marketing on social media...
Blockchain-Based Twitter Alternative Twetch Adds Encrypted Chat Feature
9.9.2020
Twetch, a social network that runs on the BSV blockchain, has introduced an encrypted messaging feature that lets users send each other money in the chat
Jetpack 8.9: Take Donations, Capture Email Subscribers, AMP integration, and More
8.9.2020
(This is a sponsored post.)
Jetpack 8.9 shipped on September 1 and it shows why the plugin continues to be the premier way to take a WordPress site from good to holy smokes! Several new features are packed into the release, but a few really stand out.
Take donations with a new block
The first...
What are social trading and copy trading?
4.9.2020
There is a strong correlation between social trading and copy trading, though they are distinct in their own right and should not be mixed
‘Decentralized Reddit’ enables users to secure Twitter on the blockchain
4.9.2020
Discussions.app and Telos will collaborate on tools to record Twitter and other social media accounts and contacts to the blockchain enabling migration between platforms
Hackeři zneužívají kritickou chybu v doplňku pro WordPress – v ohrožení je přes 350 tisíc webů
3.9.2020
Hackeři aktivně zneužívají bezpečnostní zranitelnost na webech s redakčním systémem WordPress, která jim umožňuje vzdálené spouštění příkazů a skriptů. Konkrétně se jedná o problém v doplňku File Manager, jež je dle oficiálních stránek nainstalován na více než 700 tisících webech. O nepříjemnosti
Scam warning as Columbia’s President ‘endorses’ Bitcoin Era
3.9.2020
Not even the Colombian president is exempt from being impersonated by Bitcoin scammers
Lopp warns people not to take opinions on social media too literally
30.8.2020
Bitcoin believers can be curious about altcoins
Barter Trade Partners with Hive to Create New Social Experience
29.8.2020
Crypto staking platform Barter Trade announced on Friday that it is collaborating with decentralized scalable blockchain Hive.io to utilize its network for its Web3 social platform. Barter Trade will use Hive’s social platforms to improve the user experience and efficiency of their social trading...