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Bitcoin’s price correction may not be over, on-chain data analysts warn
26.11.2020
A bigger Bitcoin pullback or a consolidation might follow, analysts say, as the risk of whale sell-off remains
First Mover: Why Bitcoin Isn’t a Replacement for Gold Just Yet
25.11.2020
Bitcoin's price is approaching a new all-time high, but bitcoin is not yet the replacement for gold many think
Rendering Spectrum
25.11.2020
Here are the big categories of rendering websites:
Client: ship a <div id="root"></div> and let a JavaScript template render all of it.
Static: pre-render all the HTML.
Server: let a live server process requests and generate the HTML response.
They are not mutually exclusive....
Use a Submit Button Outside of !
24.11.2020
Have you ever felt like you’ve been a professional developer or designer forever, and somehow not known something basic, and borderline hate yourself? That’s me with a trick that was introduced to me by Miguel Piedrafita: 🔥 You can submit forms from a button outside of the form...
How to Load Fonts in a Way That Fights FOUT and Makes Lighthouse Happy
24.11.2020
A web font workflow is simple, right? Choose a few nice-looking web-ready fonts, get the HTML or CSS code snippet, plop it in the project, and check if they display properly. People do this with Google Fonts a zillion times a day, dropping its <link> tag into the <head>.
Let’s...
The Core Web Vitals hype train
24.11.2020
Some baby bear thinking from Katie Sylor-Miller:
my excitement for Core Web Vitals is tempered with a healthy skepticism. I’m not yet convinced that Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), First Input Delay (FID), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) are the right metrics that all sites should...
Christine Lagarde: ‘The European Central Bank Cannot Go Bankrupt or Run Out of Money’
24.11.2020
In remarks that highlight flaws of the fiat currency system, the European Central Bank (ECB) president, Christine Lagarde, says the institution cannot go bankrupt even if it incurs losses running into trillions. According to Lagarde, normal bankruptcy rules do not apply to the ECB primarily because...
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Explains US Crypto Regulation, Calls Bitcoin a Store of Value
23.11.2020
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has explained how the U.S. government is regulating cryptocurrency. He calls bitcoin a store of value, noting that its rise is driven by the inefficiencies of the current payment system. How Bitcoin Is Regulated in the US...
Is IOTA Dead? Not Really. Spikes by Over 650% in 5 Months
23.11.2020
IOTA: Highlights of the Month IOTA, one of the top 30 cryptos of the market, is seen holding a steep rise in the altcoin price and is currently trading at $0.326. The altcoin, after having hit a higher high and a YTD high at $0.45, collapsed to a 4-month low at the onset of the …
Bretton Woods 2.0 is knocking at our door, and it’s not here to help
22.11.2020
A second Bretton Woods era will be even more centralized and even further from a true democracy
Blockchain is good for hodling, but not for voting: Bad Crypto news of the week
21.11.2020
Analysts make a slew of wild predictions as Bitcoin continues its moon mission in this week's Bad Crypto podcast
MicroStrategy Wants to Be in the Bitcoin Business, Not Just an Investor
20.11.2020
MicroStrategy executives are on the hunt for blockchain experts who could help the publicly traded firm build a suite of bitcoin data services
German Finance Minister Says He Does Not Support Private Cryptos: Report
20.11.2020
Olaf Scholz said banks need to adapt for a digital world but seemed to rule out private digital currencies from that future
Players Prefer Cashing Out in Bitcoin Amid Rally, Says Online Poker Giant
20.11.2020
Winning Poker Network said it's having to buy more bitcoin than ever to satisfy payout demand from players
console.log({ myVariable });
19.11.2020
I think this might be my most popular tweet of all time, but I’m not sure how to verify that these days. I’ll restate this neat little trick here because blogging is cool and fun.
I used to do this a lot while debugging JavaScript:
console.log("myVariable: ", myVariable);
But now I...
Who watches the watchmen? Crypto may not be as trustless as it seems
19.11.2020
Crypto is often seen as trustless and failproof. But as more regulation, venues and developers come aboard, just how trustless is it really?
Color Theming with CSS Custom Properties and Tailwind
19.11.2020
Custom properties not only enable us to make our code more efficient, but allow us to work some real magic with CSS too. One area where they have huge potential is theming. At Atomic Smash we use Tailwind CSS, a utility class framework, for writing our styles. In this article, we’ll look at...
Not just Wall Street: Quant trader explains why Bitcoin price is going up
19.11.2020
Alameda Research's Sam Trabucco pinpoints four main factors that are pushing the price of Bitcoin toward its all-time high
HODL your horses, Bitcoin options data says $18.5K is not a local top
18.11.2020
Investors are afraid of a 2019-style 30% Bitcoin price drop, but options data suggest $18.5K is not the top
‘Not My Cup of Tea’: Jamie Dimon Is Still Not a Bitcoin Fan
18.11.2020
The JPMorgan Chase CEO said its only a matter of time before the government moves to regulate bitcoin