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Venezuela Issues 50,000 Bolivar Bill Amid Persistent Hyperinflation
14.6.2019
Venezuelans are used to their currency costing less than the paper it’s printed on. Economic misfortunes and political upheaval place their country at the bottom of all inflation charts, year after year. The latest incarnation of the national fiat, Bolívar Soberano, has succumbed to...
Review: The Corazon Trezor by Gray Is Made of Titanium
14.6.2019
Hardware wallets don’t have to look beautiful – they just have to work. The Corazon by Gray is a silver titanium device that happens to delivers on both counts. USB hardware has never looked or felt so good in your hand. All that brushed metal and angular chic comes at a price though...
An In-Depth Look at Iris, a New Decentralized Social Network
13.6.2019
Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a new social media platform designed by one of Bitcoin’s earliest developers Martti Malmi, otherwise known as Sirius. The project he designed, called Iris, is a social networking application that stores and indexes everything on the user’s...
Drawing Realistic Clouds with SVG and CSS
13.6.2019
Greek mythology tells the story of Zeus creating the cloud nymph, Nephele. Like other Greek myths, this tale gets pretty bizarre and X-rated. Here’s a very abridged, polite version.
Nephele, we are told, was created by Zeus in the image of his own beautiful wife. A mortal meets Nephele, falls...
A11Y with Lindsey
13.6.2019
Lindsey Kopacz has a wonderful blog about accessibility. I've seen a number of her articles making the rounds lately and I was like, dang I better make sure I'm subscribed. For example:
An Introduction to ARIA States
3 Simple Tips to Improve Keyboard Accessibility
Create custom keyboard accessible...
Coinex Exchange Lists the first SLP-Based Stablecoin Built on Bitcoin Cash
13.6.2019
On June 12, the cryptocurrency exchange Coinex announced the listing of a new Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token called honestcoin (USDH). The Honestcoin.io website details that the new token is a fully regulated stablecoin issued on the Bitcoin Cash network backed 1-to-1 for U.S. dollars. Also...
How to Exchange Your Amazon Gift Cards for Bitcoin Cash
13.6.2019
If you’re looking to acquire some cryptocurrency without having to open an account at a centralized exchange, there are several ways to do so. One is to convert Amazon gift cards into bitcoin cash via Purse.io while helping others spend their BCH. Also Read: Coinbase Launches Crypto Debit...
Indian Government-Backed Program Offers Crypto and Blockchain Course
13.6.2019
An Indian government-initiated program is offering a course for undergraduates to learn about cryptocurrency, blockchains, and their use cases. This 12-week interactive course is free to enroll and learn from. Among the topics covered are Bitcoin basics and consensus. Meanwhile, India’s...
Jack Dorsey's Crypto Team Just Got its First Member
13.6.2019
Jack Dorsey. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Ted
Payments company Square, co-founded and led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, just hired the first member of its cryptocurrency-focused division, Square Crypto.
Steve Lee. Steve Lee, an angel investor, startup advisor, and former product director...
Grid, content re-ordering and accessibility
13.6.2019
Take this:
<ol>
<li>Get hungry</li>
<li>Order pizza</li>
<li>Eat pizza</li>
</ol>
That HTML ends up in the DOM that way (and thus how it is is exposed to assistive technology), and by default, those list items are also visually...
John McAfee’s New Trading Platform Aims to Give Traders a Magical Experience
13.6.2019
On June 11, following his latest tirade on social media, John McAfee announced the launch of his new cryptocurrency trading platform called McAfee Magic. The project allows for manual and automated crypto trading across a variety of digital asset exchanges all displayed in one user interface....
Square Hires Ex-Google Director as First Member of New Crypto Team
13.6.2019
Square has hired former Google director and Bitcoin Optech contributor Steve Lee as the first member of its new crypto team
The Blind Trust Described in the Kleiman vs. Wright Lawsuit Is a Real Head-Scratcher
13.6.2019
There’s been a number of developments in the ongoing Kleiman vs. Wright lawsuit lately. After Craig Wright’s sworn deposition, the plaintiffs contend that Wright’s categorical refusal to answer questions about his bitcoin addresses and his marriage(s) needs to be reevaluated....
Initial Exchange Offerings Are Showing No Sign of Slowing Down
12.6.2019
Six months in and initial exchange offerings (IEOs) are refusing to die. Following a year of ICO stagnation in 2018, it appeared that the crypto crowdfunding bubble had popped, sending tokenized projects back to the drawing board. Instead, the medium has been reborn under a different banner....
Opacity Storage: Handling Your Privacy with Crypto
12.6.2019
Opacity provides encrypted file storage that maintains your privacy by never requiring personal account information Technology Has Become Really Convenient! Right?!? It has been clear for some time that online technology trends have been focused on ‘learning’ about you and […]
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Buy From Home Depot and Walmart With Bitcoin Cash Through Alagoria
12.6.2019
Ordering from large retailers doesn’t necessarily have to involve fiat money, even when these merchants have yet to adopt crypto payments. A platform called Alagoria lets you buy items sold by Home Depot and Walmart and you can pay with decentralized currencies such as bitcoin cash. Also...
Using Cypress to Write Tests for a React Application
12.6.2019
End-to-end tests are written to assert the flow of an application from start to finish. Instead of handling the tests yourself — you know, manually clicking all over the application — you can write a test that runs as you build the application. That’s what we call continuous integration and it’s...
Coinbase Launches Crypto Debit Card in 6 European Countries
12.6.2019
Coinbase Card is being made available in six new countries across Europe. The service enables users to spend their digital funds in-store and online, supporting all crypto assets available to trade on the Coinbase platform such as bitcoin cash. Also Read: How to Buy a Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet...
Building Decentralized AI, Enabling Ownership
12.6.2019
If you could hire an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered personal assistant to work with you exclusively, and it would become better at its job the more time it spent helping you, would you want that assistant to fully belong to […]
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Bitsa is a Crypto Card Europeans Can Top Up With BCH
12.6.2019
The release of a new crypto debit card is an event that deserves attention. On one hand, the launch shows there is a growing demand from cryptocurrency users. On the other, it means businesses see an opportunity to profit from providing this type of product. Bitnovo, a Spain-based fintech company...