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XR Web Announces Its First Initial Exchange Offering (IEO)
8.7.2019
In the last few years, Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) has emerged as a popular way to launch a cryptocurrency. The special convenience IEO provides to the exchange buyers is the special price that one can have while purchasing the project tokens and then selling the same tokens at higher prices...
How to Encrypt Messages With PGP When Using Darknet Markets
8.7.2019
If you’re capable of shopping on the darknet, you’re capable of encrypting your order. PGP provides protection for both parties, thwarting man in the middle attacks and keeping busybodies at bay. The following guide explains how to install PGP and then use it to place an encrypted order...
Blockchain Browsers — How DLT Could Affect Web Surfing
5.7.2019
Blockchain browsers have begun to gain popularity, but will the new technology overthrow global search giants?
PSA: Linking to a Code of Conduct Template is Not the Same as Having a Code of Conduct
5.7.2019
Did you know we have a site that lists all upcoming conferences related to front-end web design and development? We do! If you're looking to go to one, check it out. If you're running one, feel free to submit yours.
Now that we're running this, I've got loads of Pull Requests for conferences...
Pane programátore, nakódujte mi to hezký! Líbivý vizuál není pro designera správné zadání
4.7.2019
„Ten web je starý, potřebujeme nový!” Tak často zní zadání pro webdesignera. Ti poučenější zadavatelé mají alespoň představu o vizuálu stránek. Ale i pro ně bývá atraktivní vzhled alfou i omegou celé inovace stránek. Ano, každý druhý velký byznys začínal na pravěkých webech a samozřejmě na nich...
Haunted: Hooks for Web Components
3.7.2019
I was just chatting with Dave and he told me about Haunted. It's hooks, but for native web components! Pretty cool. I think the existence of stuff like this makes using web components more and more palatable — particularly in that totally-native no-build-step-needed-at-all kinda way.
I...
$515 Million in Bitcoin Spent on Illicit Activity This Year Representing 1% of Total BTC Activity
3.7.2019
Half a billion dollars in BTC spent on illegal transactions so far this year, research says; however, 99% of BTC transactions in 2019 have been legitimate
Bitcoin’s Survival Depends on an Uncensorable Internet
2.7.2019
In an age of unprecedented censorship, surveillance and rampant deplatforming, Bitcoin stands out as a beacon of hope. Its decentralized ledger enables value to be transmitted to anyone, anywhere without fear or favor. Whether you’re a Mongolian goat herder or a Miami drugs baron, your money...
[aktualita] Skrze web CZC.cz se šířil škodlivý malware, vydírá uživatele a krade hesla
1.7.2019
Avast v pátek začal v pátek detekovat malware, který se šířil skrze e-shop „věčné dvojky“ CZC.cz a jehož účelem je instalovat na počítače uživatelů ransomware, nástroj na těžbu kryptoměn či krást hesla. Avast uvádí, že za čtyři dny zablokoval 72 tisíc útoků a ochránil 14 tisíc uživatelů. „Malware...
Tips for rolling your own lazy loading
1.7.2019
You may have heard (or even issued the call) that “we can just use lazy loading!” when looking for a way to slim down a particularly heavy web page.
Lazy loading is a popular technique for gradually requesting images as they come into view, rather than all at once after the HTML of the page...
Bitcoin Cash Register Surpasses 10,000 Installs and BCH is Coming to Brave in Weekly Video Update
1.7.2019
Bitcoin Cash Register has surpassed 10,000 installs on the Google Play Store, live streaming platform Twitch reinstates cryptocurrency payments and BCH is coming to the Brave web browser. Watch these and other developments discussed in this week’s video update on Bitcoin.com’s Youtube...
Weekly Platform News: Event Timing, Google Earth for Web, undead session cookies
28.6.2019
In this week's news, Wikipedia helps identify three slow click handlers, Google Earth comes to the web, SVG properties in CSS get more support, and what to do in the event of zombie cookies.
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Weekly Platform News: Event Timing, Google Earth for Web, undead session cookies
28.6.2019
In this week's news, Wikipedia helps identify three slow click handlers, Google Earth comes to the web, SVG properties in CSS get more support, and what to do in the event of zombie cookies.
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Opera Releases iOS Version of its ‘Blockchain-Ready’ Mobile Web Browser
26.6.2019
Web browser Opera has released new iOS version, complete with an Ethereum wallet and support for Ethereum dApps
Why I don’t use web components
25.6.2019
Here’s an interesting post by Rich Harris where he’s made a list of some of the problems he’s experienced in the past with web components and why he doesn’t use them today:
Given finite resources, time spent on one task means time not spent on another task. Considerable energy has been expended...
Render Snarky Comments in Comic Sans
25.6.2019
Hilarious idea by Zach Leatherman. To test if a comment is "snarky" or not, there is an npm package up to the task.
On this site, we generally just delete snarky comments, but I still run a WordPress plugin that allows me to "feature" or "bury" comments. It's old but it still works fine in...
Circle and Coinbase's Centre Seeks to Form Consortium to Promote, Issue USDC
24.6.2019
Coinbase and Circle open up the Centre consortium for new members to join, hoping to increase interoperability and transparency among stablecoins
7 Darknet Markets Where Your Cryptocurrency Is Welcome
23.6.2019
Whether you’re a Store of Value advocate or a Medium of Exchange purveyor, every bitcoiner ought to spend a little crypto from time to time. Consider it as paying it forward, spreading the love, fostering adoption or simply treating yourself. And where better to send your spare satoshis than...
Reduced Motion Picture Technique, Take Two
21.6.2019
Did you see that neat technique for using the <picture> element with <source media=""> to serve an animated image (or not) based on a prefers-reduced-motion media query?
After we shared that in our newsletter, we got an interesting reply from Michael Gale:
What about folks who love...
Weekly Platform News: Mozilla’s AV1 Encoder, Samsung One UI CSS, DOM Matches Method
21.6.2019
In this week's weekly roundup, Vimeo and Mozilla partner up on a video encoding format, how to bind instructions to to form fields using aria labels, the DOM has a matching function, and Samsung is working on its own CSS library.
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