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Why do we have different programming languages?
13.1.2020
"But why do I have to learn Python?" She wailed, "I like Scratch!"
"I know," I said, "But there are different programming languages for different sorts of tasks."
"That's stupid" she said
I can empathize with the little girl in Terence Eden's story. In high school, I got super into Turbo Pascal....
Bitcoin Options Launch Imminent as CME Open Interest Hits 7-Month High
13.1.2020
Volume and open interest in Bitcoin futures are spiking as new options products come to market
Digital Currency Manual for Chinese Officials in High Demand, Enters Second Printing
13.1.2020
Chinese party officials show interest in a manual on digital currencies as the government opens to blockchain technology
6 High Interest-Paying Options for Crypto Lenders
10.1.2020
As anyone who has ever sought to lend crypto will attest, significant variance exists in the APR offered to lenders. Indeed, the spectrum can swing from 1% to 8% – even when it’s the same asset being loaned across platforms such as Coinbase, Poloniex, Compound and Dharma. As...
Litecoin Exhibits an Intraday Positive Move; Marks a Fresh 30-day High
8.1.2020
Litecoin (LTC), at the time of penning down this article, was trading at $48.09. The currency trades amazingly as the price grows by over 25% from the marked bottom in the past week. Important to note that the LTC has breached the stated height, today, after December 01, 2019. For more than...
Bitcoin Hits New 2020 High Above $8,400 After Iranian Missile Attack
8.1.2020
Bitcoin’s price has hit a new record for 2020, reaching as high as $8,438 before retracing slightly
Binance Coin Marks a Fresh Weekly High; Gains Medium-term Support
7.1.2020
Binance Coin (BNB), at the time of writing, was trading at $14.9. Important to note that the intraday movement has marked a fresh weekly high at $15.14 and a continuous uptrend can lead BNB coin to breach the 30-day high soon. All the altcoins of the market including the king of cryptocurrencies...
Law Enforcement Requests to Kraken Hit All-Time-High, Up 49% in 2019
7.1.2020
The new 2019 Transparency Report from crypto exchange Kraken reveals that the number of data requests it receives from law enforcement agencies worldwide continues to rise
Monero Hits a Fresh Monthly High at $59; Trades Extensively Bullish
7.1.2020
Monero (XMR), at the time of writing, was soaring at $57.90 and has notably hit a fresh 30-day high around $59 price area, recording its positive intraday move. Although the market is seen gaining momentum, it is yet to decide whether the same is sustainable and real or sheer illusion. Also, just...
Ripple’s Price Jump Gets Investors Fidgety; Hits New Weekly High
6.1.2020
XRP has tested the resistance level of $0.21 for the first time after mid-December Ripple has just formed a bullish candle after it corrected down a bit near $0.20 The bullish momentum may remain intact if the coin manages to stay above $0.20 RSI is set to enter the neutral zone after it explored...
Bitcoin Mining Power Hits Fresh All-Time High
6.1.2020
Bitcoin's hash rate reached record highs this week, likely as some miners scale up operations ahead of the reward halving event later this year
Scottish Novelist Andrew O’Hagan Asked to Testify in Kleiman v. Wright Lawsuit
4.1.2020
The high profile billion dollar bitcoin lawsuit, Kleiman v. Wright, has continued into the new year. The Kleiman estate’s legal team filed for a protective order to prevent the deposition of Wright’s ex-wife on January 13, 2020. Additionally, the plaintiffs and defendants have scheduled...
BTC’s Hashrate Touches 120 Exahash, But the Price Has Not Followed
3.1.2020
On January 1, the BTC network hashrate touched an all-time high at close to 120 exahash per second (EH/s). Despite the crypto market lull and lower BTC prices, the 2020 milestone happened just before the blockchain’s 11th anniversary. BTC’s curious jump in hashrate has the cryptosphere...
Etoro CEO Yoni Assia on Reaching 12 Million Users and Why Cryptos Are a Gateway to Stocks
1.1.2020
Yoni Assia is the CEO and founder of multi-asset trading platform Etoro. The brokerage firm, which enjoys a high profile within the cryptosphere, enables digital assets such as BTC and BCH to be traded alongside stocks, ETFs, and commodities. Juxtaposed between the traditional and crypto investment...
Veriblock Captured Close to 60% of BTC’s OP Return Transactions in 2019
1.1.2020
During the course of 2019, the most used BTC-based OP_Return protocol, Veriblock, outshined Omni Layer outputs. According to statistics, Veriblock captured 57% of BTC’s OP_Return outputs in 2019. Ever since the protocol’s opcodes started dominating, a number of BTC influencers called...
Number of Israeli Blockchain Companies Grew by 32% in 2019
31.12.2019
Despite the harsh market conditions this year, high profile closures of a few ventures and a lot of employee downsizing, the number of companies operating in the blockchain and cryptocurrency fields in Israel actually grew by 32% in 2019. Also Read: Bankrupt DX Exchange Didn’t Pay Israeli...
Central Bank Gold Hoarding Hits 50-Year High
30.12.2019
While dozens of the world’s economic leaders participate in extreme monetary easing policy, central banks have also been hoarding gold. Central banks accumulated over 668 tons in gold purchases this year, which is more than 2018’s record numbers. In fact, the key drivers in gold demand...
Asia’s Love Affair With Blockchain Is Blossoming
28.12.2019
Far away from western eyes, Asian blockchain projects are thriving. A vibrant ecosystem of public and permissioned chains has sprung to life in Asia, aided by government and big business endorsement of distributed ledger technology (DLT). Many of these chains are virtually unknown outside of...
A Whole Bunch of Places to Consider Contrast in a Single Paragraph
23.12.2019
When we're thinking about choosing colors in design, we're always thinking about accessibility. Whenever colors touch, there is contrast and, if we're talking about the color contrast of text, it needs to be high enough to be readable. This benefits people with a variety of visual disabilities,...
Bitcoin Prices Are Affected by Several Factors Besides High Costs of Mining
20.12.2019
Bitcoin, one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, has always been in the news whether for the right reasons or the wrong ones. This is because Bitcoin has experienced unprecedented growth over the last decade and has drawn attention over various issues like security, anonymity, stability,...