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Why Low Spreads Matter When Selling Cryptocurrencies
13.10.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
Bill Gates once said that he would short Bitcoin. Shorting--also known as selling, is the act of making money on falling asset prices.
It is a popular term ported from traditional finance. Before 2018,...
Ethereum’s Top Dapps Are Increasingly Turning to ‘Rollups’: Here’s Why
13.10.2020
A majority of the top Ethereum-based decentralized applications (dapps) are switching to rollups, a layer 2 for increasing throughput
A Gentle Introduction to Using a Docker Container as a Dev Environment
24.9.2020
Sarcasm disclaimer: This article is mostly sarcasm. I do not think that I actually speak for Dylan Thomas and I would never encourage you to foist a light theme on people who don’t want it. No matter how wrong they may be.
When Dylan Thomas penned the words, “Do not go gentle into that good...
Craig Wright’s Summary Judgment Denied – Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Heads to Trial
22.9.2020
On Monday afternoon, Judge Beth Bloom, from the District Court of Florida, denied Craig Wright’s summary judgment and the infamous billion-dollar bitcoin lawsuit will go to trial in January. The court published a 93-page decision on the matter, as Judge Bloom detailed that “a genuine...
What is the Value of Browser Diversity?
15.9.2020
In 2018, Rachel Nabors made the point that browser diversity is similar to biological ecosystem diversity. There are literal advantages to more diversity. That article was before the Edge engines were shut, and now the big shakeups at Mozilla have the topic of browser diversity on people’s...
How to Get Handwriting Animation With Irregular SVG Strokes
11.9.2020
I wanted to do a handwriting animation for calligraphy fonts — the kind where the words animate like they are being written by an invisible pen. Because calligraphy fonts have uneven stroke widths (they actually aren’t even strokes in terms of SVG), it was near impossible to do this sort of thing...
Scaling DeFi with Optimistic Rollups is not the best option, says Matter Labs CEO
2.9.2020
Ethereum needs to scale with layer-two in the short-term, and ZK Rollups can pick up the slack
Comparing Data in Google and Netlify Analytics
25.8.2020
Jim Nielsen:
the datasets weren’t even close for me.
Google Analytics works by putting a client-side bit of JavaScript on your site. Netlify Analytics works by parsing server logs server-side. They are not exactly apples to apples, feature-wise. Google Analytics is, I think it’s fair...
Bold on Hover… Without the Layout Shift
27.7.2020
When you change the font-weight of a font, the text will typically cause a bit of a layout shift. That’s because bold text is often larger and takes up more space. Sometimes that doesn’t matter, like a vertical stack of links where the wider/bolder text doesn’t push anything...
Bitcoin Could Be Latin America’s Ladder Out of COVID Chaos
27.7.2020
Although back in March, coronavirus seemed like a European problem, it was only a matter of time before it startedContinue Reading
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Bitcoin Could Be Latin America’s Ladder Out of COVID Chaos
27.7.2020
Although back in March, coronavirus seemed like a European problem, it was only a matter of time before it startedContinue Reading
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Grayscale Says Bitcoin ETF Only a Matter of Time
17.7.2020
Grayscale’s managing director talks inevitability of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, or ETF
Despite Covid-19 Negativity, Crypto Prediction Markets Say Trump Wins the 2020 Election
3.7.2020
According to a number of crypto prediction markets and futures, Trump will still win the election in 123 days, but his chances have lessened a great deal. No matter who wins, however, the large sums of money flowing into these wager platforms indicate that people love to bet on election outcomes....
Bitcoin Investors Pocketed 42% in Gains During the Second Quarter of 2020
1.7.2020
The second quarter of 2020 was very profitable for bitcoin investors, according to data analytics firm Skew. During the period, the top cryptocurrency climbed 42%, its fourth-best quarterly close since 2014. For the March quarter, the digital asset fell 10.6%, dragged by the massive Black Thursday...
The Analytics That Matter
25.6.2020
I’ve long been skeptical of quoting global browser usage percentages to justify their usage of browser features. It doesn’t matter what global usage of a browser is, other than nerdy cocktail party fodder. The usage that matters is what users on your site are using, and that can...
Activists Document Police Misconduct Using Decentralized Protocol
23.6.2020
Built on the InterPlanetary File System and the Ethereum blockchain, the protocol lets anyo file police misconduct reports anonymously
Bratrstvo pěti: novinka Spikea Leeho na Netflixu, která rezonuje s protesty hnutí Black Lives Matter [recenze]
21.6.2020
Dobrodružná žánrovka o hledání pokladu se v novince Spikea Leeho mísí s připomenutím významu černošských vojáků ve válce ve Vietnamu a reflexí jejich traumat nejen z této války
How Bitcoin of America’s Robust Compliance Program Made Possible the Restitution of Half a Million Dollars to Fraud Victims
19.6.2020
Robust and effective compliance programs for virtual asset exchanges such as Bitcoin of America, which owns and operates a crypto exchange platform as well as a nationwide network of bitcoin ATM locations, isn’t simply a matter of operating a system for CIP, KYC, and AML procedures....
Tearing Down Monuments Isn’t Censorship – It’s Speech
18.6.2020
Removing monuments to fit the values of the day is not censorship. It is an act of speech in and of itself, says our columnist
Gemini Join Black Lives Matter, will Provide Economic Support to Organizations Helping Black Community
16.6.2020
The Black Lives Matter Campaign is doing rounds across the globe and several positives have come out of it. Celebrities from various sections of the society have come forward in support of the campaign, demanding immediate and comprehensive reforms to end the oppression of the black community...