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Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
24.8.2019
Since the birth of Bitcoin, crusaders fighting for the separation of money and state discovered a new payment tool that bypasses the nation state’s control over the monetary system. For over ten years now, lots of people have been using digital currencies to hide from prying eyes...
Maker Foundation Tried and Failed to Register ‘DEFI’ Trademark
23.8.2019
Under current law, the responsibility of defending trademarks falls on the holder of the trademark
Apple Participate In Third-Party Solar Certification Program in Taiwan and Singapore
23.8.2019
Solar energy is now one of the most important projects for governments all over the world as they try to shed their dependence from sources of energy that might be damaging to the environment. To that end, solar energy has now become one of the most important sources of energy and many of...
Largest South Korean Exchange to Review Listings and Boot Failing Coins
23.8.2019
Bithumb will assemble a committee to periodically review its listed cryptocurrencies, becoming the second exchange in Korea to update its listing policies
Bitcoin (BTC) Drags Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) into the Price Rally
23.8.2019
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Price Analysis: Bitcoin (BTC) is dealing with the bulls. The current scenario seems to embark price rally soon. However, the upsurge can still take some time, as the recent price drop has affected the coin at large. The coin touched $13000 in the last month is now at $10000....
Amazon Set to Pick Up 49% Stake in Future Coupons and Minority Holding in Future Retail
23.8.2019
As far as e-commerce is concerned Amazon is at a different level altogether, and over the years, the company has aggressively expanded in new markets across the world. However, after it lost the battle in China to Alibaba, Amazon set its eyes on India and has spent billions of dollars in its quest...
Blockchain May Be Used in FDA Medical Reviews and Recalls
23.8.2019
The FDA's acting chief information officer said the agency is rolling out a modernization plan using AI and blockchain
Cryptocurrency Domains Have Become Hot Property
23.8.2019
Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology have become mainstream terms and are now featured in most dictionaries. Crypto-related terms have a lot of value when they are tethered to a web domain, and these days digital currency domains are prime real estate, with some selling for up...
Jeremy Keith – Building the Web
23.8.2019
I really enjoyed this interview with Jeremy Keith on the state of the web, how things have changed in recent years and why he’s a mix of optimistic and nervous for the future.
One thing that caught my attention during the interview more than anything was where Jeremy started discussing how folks...
Multiplayer Tic Tac Toe with GraphQL
23.8.2019
GraphQL is a query language for APIs that is very empowering for front-end developers. As the GraphQL site explains it, you describe your data, ask for what you want, and get predictable results.
If you haven’t worked with it before, GraphQL might be a little confusing to grok at first glance....
The Push to Kill Cash – Australia’s Proposed Ban Shows It’s Not Conspiracy Theory
23.8.2019
The supposed coordination of governments and tech companies to create a one-world, cashless society is often viewed as little more than fodder for silly Youtube conspiracy videos. After all, cash is still king in daily life, even in extremely high-tech, innovative societies like Japan. Upon closer...
The New Bitcoin Banks Are Here
23.8.2019
A new age of banking is imminent. Legacy models will be forced to follow suit or become obsolete in the eyes of value holders worldwide, as new bitcoin and crypto services take over, seeking to implement blockchain systems with an eye on convenience and financial inclusion. Announcements...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Rebound Likely To Face Hurdles
23.8.2019
After a downward move, bitcoin price found support near USD 9,750 and recently started an upside correction. BTC/USD climbed above the USD 10,000 resistance, but it is still facing many important hurdles near USD 10,000, USD 10,280 and USD 10,320. Similarly, ethereum, ripple, bitcoin cash, binance...
Paxful: Redefining the Way to Sell and Buy Bitcoin
23.8.2019
Paxful is a peer-to-peer platform connecting the buyers and sellers who want to invest and trade in Bitcoin. It has redefined the convenience of buying and selling cryptocurrency and has evolved as one of the credible platforms for managing your digital wallets. The company was founded in 2015,...
Promises and Static Values
23.8.2019
Async can throw a real wrench into the cogs of our programming workflows, all despite the fact that async is the modern JavaScript pattern. While async/await helps, there’s sometimes confusion about the way to have a single function that returns a value whether it exists or needs a Promise...
Japanese HR and Tech Giant Recruit Holdings Invests in Blockstack
23.8.2019
Blockstack receives funding from Recruit Holdings, a Japanese HR firm valued at $50 billion
Weekly Platform News: Improving UX on Slow Connections, a Tip for Writing Alt Text and a Polyfill for the HTML loading attribute
23.8.2019
In this week's roundup, how to determine a slow connection, what we should put into alt text for images, and a new polyfill for the HTML loading attribute, plus more.
Detecting users on slow connections
Algolia is using the Network Information API (see the API’s Chrome status page) to detect users...
How to Create Non-Fungible Assets and Collectible Tokens With Bitcoin Cash
22.8.2019
On August 21, James Cramer, the developer behind the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP), announced the launch of the Electron Cash SLP version 3.5. The latest release allows people to create a new type of SLP token called NFT1, a non-fungible token that can be grouped together by a single ID....
Advice for Technical Writing
22.8.2019
In advance of a recent podcast with the incredible technical writer and Smashing Magazine editor-in-chief Rachel Andrew, I gathered up a bunch of thoughts and references on the subject of technical writing. So many smart people have said a lot of smart things over the years that I thought I'd round...
Smokescreens and Mirrors: How Does a Country Do an ICO? They Call It QE
22.8.2019
Financial regulators all around the world have been cracking down hard on ICOs for promising more than they can deliver. At the same time governments and central banks are pulling off far worse scams, such as QE, wiping out the savings of everyone that depends on them. To hide this fact they...