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Bitcoin Car Finishes First in Virtual NASCAR Race Beating National Champion Kyle Busch
26.4.2020
A bitcoin-themed car has won an e-NASCAR race, beating professional Cup Series racers, including Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch. While sporting events have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, many NASCAR drivers have moved to race virtually. Bitcoin Car Wins Virtual NASCAR Race With...
The Cost of Javascript Frameworks
26.4.2020
I expect this post from Tim Kadlec to be quoted in every performance conference talk for the next few years. There is a lot of data here, so please check it out for yourself, but the short story is that JavaScript-framework-powered sites are definitely heavier and more resource-intensive than...
Bitcoin Mining Equipment Maker Ebang Files $100 Million IPO for US Stock Market Listing
26.4.2020
Bitcoin mining chip maker Ebang International Holdings Inc. is seeking to raise up to $100 million through an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S. The Chinese company will sell Class A ordinary shares of nominal value HK$0.001 (US$0.00013) per share if its IPO filing is approved. In a filing...
Is Bitcoin a Good Investment: Analyst Predicts High Institutional Demand Post Covid-19
25.4.2020
The global crisis and financial market turmoil have many investors looking into whether cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, are a good investment for them. A Japanese analyst has predicted high institutional investor demand for bitcoin post coronavirus crisis, giving three key reasons why...
BHEX Rebranded as HBTC Exchange & Launch Innovative HBC 10x PE Repurchase Plan
25.4.2020
BHEX has rebranded as HBTC Exchange with a new domain of HBTC.com. According to the sharing from James Ju, the founder and CEO of HBTC Exchange. HBTC has come to a 2-year anniversary and did a 2-year glance, upgrade of HBTC Chain (previously known as Bluehelix Chain or BHEX Chain), and...
@property
25.4.2020
The @property is totally new to me, but I see it’s headed to Chrome, so I suppose it’s good to know about!
There is a draft spec and an “intent to ship” document. The code from that document shows:
@property --my-property {
syntax: "<color";
initial-value: green;
...
Malta’s ‘Blockchain Island’ Dream Deferred as 70% Entities Shun Licensing
25.4.2020
Malta’s futuristic design to be the “Blockchain Island” has suffered a setback as 70% of companies in the sector have not sought licensing. Six months after the deadline, only 26 companies have applied for licensing and none has been granted one. Malta initiated legislation...
Sergei Polunin Embraces the Future of Dance by Collaborating With Sensorium Galaxy in the Brave New World of 3d Social Virtual Reality
25.4.2020
Sensorium Galaxy Is Rapidly Expanding 24 April 2020, Los Angeles: Sensorium Galaxy, the leading global virtual reality media platform has struck up a partnership with the Sergei Polunin Charity Foundation for the galaxy’s new Planet of Motion. The Sergei Polunin Charity Foundation for the Support...
Coinbase Launches Price Feed to Help Secure $1 Billion DeFi Economy
25.4.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released a price oracle that allows anyone to publish price data on-chain. The Coinbase Oracle, a signed price feed, grants users free access to data for BTC-USD and ETH-USD markets, the company announced Thursday. The idea is to make decentralized finance more...
Digital Yuan to Fuel China’s Economic Reign – McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway Test PBoC’s Cryptocurrency
24.4.2020
China’s economy is the second-largest in the world and economists believe the country may someday bring a new global order and end the Western hemisphere’s financial rule. In 2020, various reports show that China’s central bank will soon release a cryptocurrency that represents...
How to Make a CSS-Only Carousel
24.4.2020
We mentioned a way to make a CSS-only carousel in a recent issue of the newsletter and I thought that a more detailed write up would be interesting and capture some of my thoughts on making one.
So, here’s what we’re making today:
There’s no JavaScript here, whatsoever! No jQuery plugins....
“The title ‘Front-End Developer’ is obsolete.”
24.4.2020
That title is from the opening tweet of a thread from Benjamin De Cock. I wouldn’t go that far, myself. What I like about the term is that ‘Front-End’ literally means the browser, and while the job has been changing quite a lot — and is perhaps fracturing before our eyes — the fact that...
Meltem Demirors on Leaving a Corporate Career for Bitcoin: ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Rat!’
24.4.2020
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‘Boomer Generation’ In for a Rude Awakening – Macro Economist Predicts $1M Bitcoin by 2025
24.4.2020
Just recently, a report from Global Macro Investor (GMI) called “The Unfolding” claims that the world is experiencing the biggest economic event that hasn’t been seen in the last 150 years. GMI’s CEO Raoul Pal authored the report and he strongly believes the digital asset...
Chrome + System Fonts Snafu
24.4.2020
There was just a bug late last year where system fonts (at least on Mac, I don’t know what the story was on other platforms) in Chrome appeared too thin and tracked-in at small sizes and too thick and tracked-out at larger sizes. That one was fixed, thankfully. But while it was a problem,...
SVG, Favicons, and All the Fun Things We Can Do With Them
24.4.2020
Favicons are the little icons you see in your browser tab. They help you understand which site is which when you’re scanning through your browser’s bookmarks and open tabs. They’re a neat part of internet history that are capable of performing some cool tricks.
One very new trick is the ability...
Different Approaches to Responsive CSS Motion Path
24.4.2020
As a follow-up to Jhey’s recent post on responsive motion paths, Michelle Barker notes that another approach could be to just transform: scale() the whole dang element.
The trade-off there is that you’re scaling both the path and the element on the path at the same time; Jhey’s...
Bitcoin Soars to Its Highest Level Since Crashing in March
24.4.2020
Bitcoin hit $7,600 on Thursday, its highest level yet since crashing in early March. The cryptocurrency climbed more than 10% during the last 24 hours spurred by the return of leveraged money. Bitcoin cash (BCH), ethereum (ETH), and ripple (XRP) all rose above 4% to $239, $189, and $0.19...
Bitcoin And Altcoins Consolidate Post-Rally Gains
24.4.2020
Yesterday, we discussed the chances of a fresh monthly high in bitcoin price above the USD 7,200 resistance. BTC/USD did gain bullish momentum above the USD 7,200 and USD 7,450 resistance levels. It traded to a new monthly high close to USD 7,750 and it is currently (08:30 UTC) consolidating...
Bitcoin Email Scams 2020: Threatening Blackmail Tactics Used to Demand BTC
24.4.2020
The number of bitcoin email scams has been growing in 2020 and the authorities in several countries have warned of new blackmail tactics used in threatening email scams asking for bitcoin. As the world scrambles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, email scams are taking...