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Bidirectional scrolling: what’s not to like?
6.11.2020
Some baby bear thinking from Adam Silver.
Too hot:
[On horizontal scrolling, like Netflix] This pattern is accessible, responsive and consistent across screen sizes. And it’s pretty easy to implement.
Too cold:
That’s a lot of pros for a pattern that in reality has some critical...
Jack Dorsey's Square adds 4,709 Bitcoin to its balance sheet
8.10.2020
They went so far as to refer to cryptocurrency as "an instrument of economic empowerment."
97% of People Consulted by UK Financial Regulator Opposed Crypto Derivatives Ban
8.10.2020
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ban on crypto derivatives sales to retail investors has set tongues wagging. It is no mystery. After a consultation process that closed Oct. 3, 2019, with 97% of participants opposed to the prohibition, the U.K. financial regulator still proceeded to issue...
The Search for Satoshi Nakamoto: A Look at 7 Suspected Bitcoin Creators
7.10.2020
During the last decade, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have discussed the true identity of Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. To this day, the Satoshi Nakamoto mystery continues to prevail, and throughout the years there’s been a great number of suspects and self-proclaimed crypto...
Using JavaScript to Adjust Saturation and Brightness of RGB Colors
6.10.2020
Lately I’ve been taking a look into designing with color (or “colour” as we spell it where I’m from in New Zealand). Looking at Adam Wathan and Steve Schroger’s advice on the subject, we find that we’re going to need more than just five nice looking hex codes from a color palette...
Bitcoin pioneer predicts $1T BTC market cap by 2022 or 'sooner'
5.10.2020
Adam Back believes that Bitcoin could boost its market cap by 400% in under two years
One of Hal Finney's lost contributions to Bitcoin Core to be 'resurrected'
28.9.2020
While Hal Finney may no longer be with us, one of his proposals from 2011 may soon find its way to Bitcoin thanks to an expired patent
Makerdao Vote to Not Compensate Black Thursday Victims Receives Harsh Criticism
25.9.2020
Large Makerdao holders decided not to compensate the victims that were liquidated during the unexpected flash crash that took place on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday.’ An aggregate total of 38 votes was cast and more than 65% of the governance portal participants voted...
You won’t believe the depths to which crypto scammers on Twitter are willing to sink
23.9.2020
Twitter doesn’t seem able to move fast enough to stop thieves from grossly misusing their platform
‘Alt-season’ abruptly ends as Bitcoin dominance rises near quarterly close
17.9.2020
Bitcoin price is gathering strength as its dominance rate bounced from recent lows, possibly bringing a close to the altcoin season
You can now send email right from your Ethereum address
16.9.2020
Sign your email with a private key, just like in the good old days
Would Bitcoin suffer if the lead maintainers were kidnapped by aliens?
12.9.2020
As lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan takes a break from Bitcoin duties, we ask what would happen if the entire Github maintenance team disappeared
Semantic debate may account for Wladimir van der Laan's Bitcoin Core departure
8.9.2020
When determining consensus in the blockchain community, right and wrong isn't always "Black" and "White"
Pieter Wuille will continue to work with Blockstream despite his recent move to Chaincode Labs
2.9.2020
Wuille will continue contributing to a new Multi-Signature standard for Bitcoin
Financial Postmodernism and the Great Inflation Debate
1.9.2020
This Best of The Breakdown August 2020 edition features commentary from Hugh Hendry, Preston Pysh and Adam Tooze
Black Adam: první trailer na očekávaný film s Dwaynem Johnsonem v hlavní roli [video]
1.9.2020
How Much Should We Fear Post-Crisis Debt or Inflation? Feat. Adam Tooze
24.8.2020
An economic historian and one of Foreign Policy’s “Top Global Thinkers of the Decade” discusses post-COVID-19 global economics and politics
Revealed: Twitter Habits of the Crypto Elite
22.8.2020
The Winklevoss twins not only share physical similarities, but Twitter habits as well
Offering Options for mailto: and tel: Links
21.8.2020
I generally like mailto: links. But I feel like I can smell a mailto: link without even inspecting or clicking it, like some kind of incredibly useless superpower. I know that if I’ve got my default mail client set, clicking that link will do what I want it to do, and if I want, I...
Vitalik Buterin Sold His Ether for Fiat, Not Bitcoin
18.8.2020
But he didn’t sell anywhere near the top