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Easily Spend Your Bitcoin via Prepaid Debit Card or a PayPal Account with Bitcoin of America’s Easy to Use Trading Platform
30.9.2020
Bitcoin of America offers a number of convenient ways to transfer your bitcoin or litecoin to commonly used USD payment gateways like prepaid debit cards or a PayPal account. Read the guides below to find the method that’s best for you. Most commonly, bank transfers are used to transfer...
The Flavors of Object-Oriented Programming (in JavaScript)
28.9.2020
In my research, I've found there are four approaches to Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript. Which methods should I use? Which one is "the best" way? Here I'll present my findings along with information that may help you decide which is right for you.
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Mark Cuban Wants an Expiration Date on Stimulus Checks: Critics Says Proposal Is Right out of a Banana Republic Playbook
28.9.2020
U.S. billionaire Mark Cuban wants the next stimulus check to come with an expiration date in order to force Americans to spend the funds. The businessman believes this “use it or lose it” approach would benefit the U.S. economy as it promotes spending instead of saving. Cuban argues...
The Yearn.finance factor: Key use cases to explain YFI’s high value
27.9.2020
Two exchanges weigh in on the scene around Yearn.finance and its highly priced YFI token
Chinese govt. official: Gambling gangs use crypto to transfer funds abroad
25.9.2020
China faces economic risk as illegal gambling operators move 1 trillion yuan in funds from the country, partially in crypto, says a government official
100M people worldwide now use crypto-based assets, says Cambridge study
24.9.2020
Skyrocketing figures show crypto’s growing global dominance.Skyrocketing figures show crypto’s growing global dominance
Startup Aleo Wants to Help You Use the Internet Without Sacrificing Data Privacy
24.9.2020
Aleo co-founder Howard Wu says a better data privacy model for both companies and consumers can be built using zero-knowledge proofs
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...
Tokenized BTC Crosses $1B Notional: Ethereum Cements Role as Bitcoin’s Main Sidechain
23.9.2020
Years ago when the Bitcoin network started suffering from higher fees and congestion, a number of bitcoiners advocated the use of sidechains in order to relieve the main chain’s duties. However, they didn’t realize that the Ethereum network would solidify its role as Bitcoin’s...
Survey: Large Number of Yield Farmers Can’t Read Smart Contracts Despite High Risk
23.9.2020
A new Coingecko survey has found that a large number of yield farmers do not know how to read smart contracts despite claiming they understand the risks that come with such investments. According to the survey, which polled 1,347 people, around 40% of decentralized finance (defi) users cannot...
Accessible Web Animation: The WCAG on Animation Explained
22.9.2020
It’s true, web animation can be accessible! Sometimes it just takes a little extra effort to make sure that it is. There are strategic things we can do to make sure our animations have a positive impact on accessibility, like planning how they contribute to the overall UX and ease of use of...
Austrian gin makers to use blockchain to guarantee bottles' rarity
22.9.2020
The world of fine spirits continues to apply distributed ledger technology
Vital Web Performance
21.9.2020
I hate slow websites. They are annoying to use and frustrating to work on. But what does it mean to be “slow”? It used to be waiting for document load. Then waiting for page ready. But with so many asynchronous patterns in use today, how do we even define what “slow” is? The W3C has […]
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Bitcoin conference to use VR to keep remote attendees engaged
21.9.2020
Magical Crypto Conference uses virtual reality to engage attendees during a pandemic-disrupted all-digital event
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...
Societe Generale to Use as Many as Five Blockchains in Capital Markets Trials
17.9.2020
A tech-focused subsidiary of Societe Generale said it will trial up to five different blockchains to understand their usefulness in capital markets
First ICO mandating buyers to ‘use’ tokens is successful, collects $5M
15.9.2020
The average contribution was just over $1,300
Whales can now use Bitcoin to purchase private jets
15.9.2020
One aircraft comes at a cost of roughly 3,750 Bitcoin
content-visibility: the new CSS property that boosts your rendering performance
14.9.2020
Una Kravets and Vladimir Levin:
[…] you can use another CSS property called content-visibility to apply the needed containment automatically. content-visibility ensures that you get the largest performance gains the browser can provide with minimal effort from you as...
Read Me!
12.9.2020
A fancy experiential essay from the team at Readymag, which is a tool for building… fancy experiential essays, about fancy experiential essays:
With all the technology addressing readability issues, it’s still design basics that distinguish a readable text from one that isn’t. Here are some...