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More Industry Players Weigh in on Bitcoin's Path Once Businesses Reopen
17.4.2020
As the U.S. considers lifting coronavirus prevention measures, two more industry players weigh the event's impact on Bitcoin's price
Mark Cuban and Tyler Winklevoss Squabble Over Bitcoin Complexity
17.4.2020
Mark Cuban and Tyler Winklevoss squabble over Bitcoin’s complexity
Crypto Telegram and Tweet Numbers Are Down, But There’s Hope Yet
17.4.2020
Members in cryptocurrency groups on Telegram fell between 25–75% for the last two years, but engagement on crypto Twitter has been flat
Thank You, Christopher Schmitt
16.4.2020
It’s incredibly sad that Christopher Schmitt passed away last week¹. I keep thinking about how Christopher was one of the best dudes I knew. Just incredibly kind and thoughtful all the way through. I know everyone says that about people after they pass, but I really mean it here. I’m...
The WebAIM Million—Updated
8.4.2020
This report made a big splash last year. It’s a large chunk of research that shows just how terribly the web does with accessibility. It’s been updated this year and (drumroll…) we got a little worse. I’ll use their blockquote:
The number of errors increased 2.1% between...
Deutsche Bank Envisions Post Covid-19 Economy Accelerating Digital Payments
8.4.2020
Since the covid-19 outbreak wreaked havoc across the world’s economies, the global multinational investment bank Deutsche Bank has been encouraging the use of digital currencies. The firm’s Twitter account and macro strategist Marion Laboure have been tweeting regularly about...
UFC Fighter Changes Twitter Name to Promote Bitcoin Halving
8.4.2020
One prominent sports figure is doing all he can to promote the Bitcoin halving to his 311,000 followers
Jack Dorsey Donates 28% of His Wealth to Global COVID-19 Relief
7.4.2020
Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion to global COVID-19 relief — pledges to uproot existential problems facing the world
Blind Faith in S2F Models: Analysts Question Measuring Bitcoin’s Price With Stock-to-Flow
6.4.2020
One of the most bullish charts for predicting the price of bitcoin is the infamous stock-to-flow (S2F) model. The S2F analysis shows the price of BTC could reach $55,000 in the near future. One advocate of the S2F model, the Twitter account known as ‘Plan B,’ wrote a report about...
Rethinking Code Comments
2.4.2020
Justin Duke asks if treating code comments like footnotes could help us understand the code in a file better. In his mockup, all the comments are hidden by default and require a click to reveal:
What a neat idea! Justin’s design reminds me of the way that Instapaper treated inline...
Economist Jeffrey Tucker: ‘Can You Imagine BTC Price If It Had Scaled?’
1.4.2020
Ethereum and Blockstream’s leaders weighed into a debate sparked by economist Jeffrey Tucker, who claimed the BTC price is lower than it should be due to issues with scaling
[aktualita] Jeden z "otců internetu" Vint Cerf je nakažený COVID-19. Léčím se, napsal na Twitter
31.3.2020
„Měl jsem pozitivní test na COVID-19 a léčím se,“ napsal na Twitteru 76letý informatik, který je pokládán za jednu z klíčových osobností, které utvářely podobu internetu. Vint Cerf je spoluautorem protokolu TCP/IP, na kterém počítačová síť dodnes stojí. Od roku 2005 pracuje pro Google. Cerf...
Bitcoin Ascends on Twitter While Major Altcoins Hit Multi-Year Lows
27.3.2020
Major altcoins find their tweet-counts nearing three-year lows while Bitcoin gobbles up Twitter real-estate
Did You Know the Ordered List Element Has Start and Reversed Attributes?
24.3.2020
I sure didn't! Tomek Sułkowsi shows how we can reverse the numbering of ordered lists with a simple HTML attribute:
<ol reversed<liApple</li<liBanana</li<liPear</li</ol
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And the start attribute can be added to begin the list at a number other...
Emojis as Favicons
24.3.2020
Lea Verou had a dang genius idea to use an emoji as a favicon. The idea only recently possible as browsers have started supporting SVG for favicons. Chuck an emoji inside an SVG <text element and use that as the favicon.
Now that all modern browsers support SVG favicons, here's how...
#NotDying4WallStreet – Twitter Trends Show People Are Fed Up With Wall Street, Banks and Oligarchs
24.3.2020
As the coronavirus outbreak causes havoc to the world economy, the U.S. is trying to prepare for the onslaught of new cases. U.S. politicians crafted shelter-in-place orders in various states and shut down a decent fraction of American industries. Now politicians are penning an enormous bailout...
Building a Real-Time Chat App with React and Firebase
23.3.2020
In this article, we’ll cover key concepts for authenticating a user with Firebase in a real-time chat application. We’ll integrate third-party auth providers (e.g. Google, Twitter and GitHub) and, once users are signed in, we’ll learn how to store user chat data in the Firebase Realtime Database...
Flexible Repeating SVG Masks
22.3.2020
Tyler Gaw reminds us that mask-image can repeat, resize, and move just like background-image does, which is fun to combine and play with. I could see it being a fun option for an <hr, like Sara is doing.
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‘Buy Bitcoin’ Searches Skyrocket, Exchange Volumes Spike, Crypto Account Signups Swell 83% As Coronavirus Fears Heighten
22.3.2020
Exchange data and statistics from Google Trends, Twitter, and Baidu show that despite the recent price drop people are looking to buy bitcoin. During the week of the crypto market massacre that started on March 12, Coinbase broke traffic records and witnessed considerable trade volumes. Similarly...
Mt. Gox Whistleblower Alleges Shadow-Ban on Twitter for Coronavirus Analysis
21.3.2020
As a result of the shadow-ban, only followers of Messari or Selkis can access their content on Twitter