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Optional Chaining
29.7.2019
For all of the improvements that the JavaScript language has added over the past few years, like the spread operator, default argument values, and arrow functions, there are still a few features I’d love to see implemented. On such feature is optional chaining. Optional chaining allows...
Calls Intensify for Indian Government to Regulate Cryptocurrency
29.7.2019
Since the Indian government unveiled a draft bill to ban cryptocurrency, the crypto community has ramped up its efforts to influence the government’s final decision. The community has plans to reach out to parliament members to show them how flawed the crypto recommendations the government...
Crypto Is Part of Free Speech, and Free Speech Is Everything
29.7.2019
On July 23, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies in providing backdoor entry points for encrypted devices and software. Per his reasoning, certain devices and messaging services pose a safety threat by providing...
Large Regulated Token Sales Indicate ICOs May Be Coming Back
28.7.2019
Initial coin offerings have seen a significant decline in popularity, but they are not to be written off completely. Although you don’t hear the term “ICO” so often nowadays, some recent regulatory developments indicate they have a place in the digital economy realm. Crowdfunding...
Market Outlook: Crypto Prices Consolidate as Economic Uncertainty Looms
28.7.2019
Digital currency markets have been meandering sideways for a few days as most of the top crypto prices have been consolidating. Some traders believe there will be a big bullish rise after the current slump, while others think crypto prices may sink even lower. Amidst the crypto market uncertainty...
Unbanked for Buying Bitcoin: How the Financial System Criminalizes Crypto
28.7.2019
When we think of the unbanked, we envisage citizens of developing nations who lack the means and documentation to obtain access. But you don’t have to be a Mongolian goat herder to find yourself financially excluded. In the West, relatively affluent citizens are having their banking services...
Five of the Most Important Use Cases for Cryptocurrency
28.7.2019
Crypto assets have come a long way since Bitcoin. What started out as a P2P payment system has spawned an array of use cases that extend far beyond the original designation of cryptocurrency. While the primary function of crypto assets such as ETH and BTC is a matter of some debate, what’s...
Btc.top CEO Highlights the Benefits and ‘Golden Mean’ of Bitcoin Cash
27.7.2019
On July 23, the CEO of Btc.top, Jiang Zhuoer, debated Nchain’s chief scientist Craig Wright in regard to the civil war between BCH and BSV that took place in November. Amid the debate hosted by Bitkan, Zhuoer highlighted the top three advantages tied to the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem. During...
10,000 American Cryptocurrency Owners Will Receive Warning Letters From the IRS
27.7.2019
On July 26, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the tax agency has started sending letters to American cryptocurrency owners advising them to pay their taxes. According to the organization, three types of letters will be sent to more than 10,000 taxpayers by the end of August....
SLP Developers Publish Specs for a Unique Type of Non-Fungible Tokens
26.7.2019
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has become a popular project within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem because it gives anyone the ability to issue and transfer tokens in a permissionless fashion. Since the project was announced last year, there’s been a myriad of tokens created on the BCH chain....
Telling the Story of Graphic Design
26.7.2019
Let me just frame this for you: we're going to take a piece of production UI from a Sketch file, break it down into pieces of information and then build it up into a story we tell our friends. Our friends might be hearing, or seeing, or touching the story so we are going to interpret and translate...
Datalist is for suggesting values without enforcing values
26.7.2019
Have you ever had a form that needed to accept a short, arbitrary bit of text? Like a name or whatever. That's exactly what <input type="text"> is for. There are lots of different input types (and modes!), and picking the right one is a great idea.
But this little story is about something...
Croatian Post Joins Cryptoverse
26.7.2019
Good news for cryptocurrency owners residing or visiting Croatia, specifically the old city of Zadar on the Dalmatian coast, as they are now able to exchange their crypto to Croatian Kuna (HRK), the Croatian Post announced.
The national post has started a pilot project on July 15th, which allows...
JavaScript Proxy with Storage
26.7.2019
The JavaScript Proxy API provides a wealth of “magic” within JavaScript, allowing you to use any object as sort of an alias that allows a wall of validation, formatting, and error throwing. Did you know that you could also employ the Proxy API as an abstraction to different types...
Croatian Post Trials Crypto Exchange Service Before Possible Wider Rollout
26.7.2019
While post offices sometimes offer banking services, Croatian Post is looking at launching a nationwide cryptocurrency exchange service
Indian Government Official Resigns After Drafting ‘Flawed’ Crypto Bill
26.7.2019
The Indian government official who headed the committee which drafted the bill to ban cryptocurrencies has resigned after releasing the report and draft bill which the crypto community calls “flawed.” Meanwhile, the government has confirmed that cryptocurrency is currently...
How Government Agencies Make Criminals of Crypto Traders
26.7.2019
A New Jersey man has been indicted this week for converting over $2 million to bitcoin and operating a private exchange business not registered with the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. According to a July 24 press release by the U.S. Attorney’s office, 46-year-old William Green could face...
Weekly news: Truncating muti-line text, calc() in custom property values, Contextual Alternates
26.7.2019
In this week's roundup, WebKit's method for truncating multi-line text gets some love, a note on calculations using custom properties, and a new OpenType feature that prevents typographic logjams.
The post Weekly news: Truncating muti-line text, calc() in custom property values, Contextual...
My Favorite Netlify Features
25.7.2019
👋 Hey folks! Silvestar pitched this post to us because he is genuinely enthusiastic about JAMstack and all of the opportunities it opens up for front-end development. We wanted to call that out because, although some of the points in here might come across as sponsored content and Netlify...
Venezuelan Government Accused of Using Bitcoin to Bypass US Sanctions
25.7.2019
Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela have been accused of circumventing financial blockades imposed by the U.S. government. According to local reports, Maduro’s regime evades sanctions with cryptocurrency alongside an airline application called Jetman Pay....