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Reformed BTC Maximalist Erik Finman Proves the Value of Unschooling
28.8.2019
A 12-year-old, future unschooling advocate at an Occupy Wall Street protest learns about Bitcoin while running from the cops. He invests. Later, the independent Erik Finman will become the supposed “world’s youngest bitcoin millionaire” at age 18. That’s not where the story...
‘Not an Audit’: IRS Notice Could Spell Trouble for Crypto Traders
26.8.2019
The IRS took to Twitter on August, 26, posting a video about recently mailed CP2000 notices, of special interest to crypto traders. The notice, which seeks to rectify discrepancies made by recipients in tax reporting, is another in a series of crypto-related letters recently sent by the agency....
The Push to Kill Cash – Australia’s Proposed Ban Shows It’s Not Conspiracy Theory
23.8.2019
The supposed coordination of governments and tech companies to create a one-world, cashless society is often viewed as little more than fodder for silly Youtube conspiracy videos. After all, cash is still king in daily life, even in extremely high-tech, innovative societies like Japan. Upon closer...
NEO Price Analysis: NEO Possesses an Upward Trend, Though Fails to Stay Above $10
19.8.2019
NEO has just crossed $10 again, the technical picture shows positive signs The coin has recently formed support at $9.80, moving up from there NEO bulls reached as high as $10.11 yesterday, later formed a bearish trendline NEO saw a rejection above $10.11 and then pulled back Since the later part...
Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC is All Set to Reclaim $10,000 Again, Though with Stability this Time
16.8.2019
Bitcoin is gearing up for a bull-run, shows positive signs BTC has recently topped $10,000; may rally further Bitcoin has recently formed a support near $9800, technical picture appears bullish A stable surge above $$10,600 is a must for a notable price leap Bitcoin investors can brace themselves...
How to Become a Blockchain Developer
7.8.2019
Skilled blockchain developers are a scarce commodity, as precious as the bitcoins that reside on the distributed ledgers they maintain. Teach yourself one of the major blockchain programming languages and you’ll be set for life, though like anything worth having, this achievement won’t...
Let’s Give Grunt Tasks the Marie Kondo Organization Treatment
6.8.2019
We live in an era of webpack and npm scripts. Good or bad, they took the lead for bundling and task running, along with bits of Rollup, JSPM and Gulp. But let's face it. Some of your older projects are still using good ol' Grunt. While it no longer glimmers as brightly, it does the job well...
The Simplest Way to Load CSS Asynchronously
30.7.2019
Scott Jehl:
One of the most impactful things we can do to improve page performance and resilience is to load CSS in a way that does not delay page rendering. That’s because by default, browsers will load external CSS synchronously—halting all page rendering while the CSS is downloaded...
A Beginner’s Journey to Launching a Website
22.7.2019
In September 2018, I was just a few months into my journey of learning web development. As I'm sure is the case with many new developers, it was a big task for me to learn not only the basic skills required, but also keeping current with the fast-moving industry. Just as I was getting to the level...
How the Blockchain Stops Cheaters: Cryptocurrency and Provably Fair Gaming
21.7.2019
Online casinos and betting sites have proliferated since the first of their kind came on the scene in 1994. Thanks to the convenience of playing from home, the allure of winning real money, and a degree of privacy, these popular sites continue to evolve. There have been major problems, though...
Multi-Line Truncation with Pure CSS
17.7.2019
Truncating a single line of text if is fairly straightforward. Truncating multiple lines is a bit harder. Using just CSS (no JavaScript or server-side dancing) is nice for the simplicity. It's gotten a little easier lately since Firefox (since version 68) has started supporting the ultra-bizarre...
Lightning Network’s Antifraud Methods Inferior to Nakamoto Consensus, Research Shows
17.7.2019
The Lightning Network, the touted scaling solution for the BTC chain, has recently seen its capacity decrease significantly and the beta project is still best suited for a cliche of technically savvy users. Now according to an analysis by Bitmex Research, the Lightning Network’s nodes have...
Diamonds and the Treasury Debt Ceiling: Why Nothing Has ‘Intrinsic Value’ in Economics
15.7.2019
The U.S. Treasury Department has just issued an urgent letter requesting a lift on the debt ceiling, warning Congress of imminent financial collision in September as federal cash is running out. Though this scenario has played out many times before, it takes on special significance now in light...
Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society
10.7.2019
It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s one of the most important aspects of everyday life. In fact, in developed countries, most central banks are institutions that are privatized from political interference...
Zcash Price Analysis: The Coin Is Slowly Gaining Its Previous Value, Though, The Short Term Remains Bearish
4.7.2019
The Zcash Foundation has recently released a protocol of governance, which is a step towards decentralization of the blockchain. Some important points of the governance document include striking the right balance between deliberation and action, juggling the concerns of various stakeholders...
Hey, let’s create a functional calendar app with the JAMstack
3.7.2019
Hey, let's create a functional calendar app with the JAMstack
I’ve always wondered how dynamic scheduling worked so I decided to do extensive research, learn new things, and write about the technical part of the journey. It’s only fair to warn you: everything I cover here is three weeks of research...
Zcash Price Analysis: Market Sentiment is Bearish, Though, The Long Term of the Zcash (ZEC) is Still Bullish
2.7.2019
The latest upgrade, i.e., v 0.7.1 of ZEC Wallet is now equipped with a feature called “fast sync”. This mode will allow a faster downloading for the initial blockchain. Fast sync is now also enabled by default in the new wallet and syncs the Zcash blockchain. According to the Zcash...
Zcash Price Analysis: The Ranking Of Altcoin Has Gone Down; Though, Long Term Is Still Bullish
1.7.2019
The Zcash Foundation released a video tutorial of the zk-SNARK scheme. The tutorial elaborates about the fast verification and small proof size of the scheme while maintaining a robust and secure parameter setup process, at the same time. ZEC Current Statistics (On July 01, at UTC 11:09): Zcash...
Byte Sized Computer Science: Order of Operations
25.6.2019
As a coder, you're probably pretty used to telling computers what to do. Type up some code, run it, and the computer gets to work executing whatever command you gave it.
Even though we have
Facebook’s Libra Faces Strong Hostility From US Regulators, Though Europe Has Opened Arms
21.6.2019
Facebook’s much-awaited cryptocurrency Libra had launched just a couple of days ago, and within these 2-3 days, the world is all gaga over it. It has managed to get every person who knows about cryptocurrencies, talking about it. However, regulators around the globe seem to be at a tussle with...