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Human Readability and Privacy: BCH Can Be Sent by Email With Tips Tool, No Usernames Required
3.3.2020
Tips.Bitcoin.com allows users of crypto to tip BCH to friends and family via email address, arguably cutting out some of the inconvenience associated with standard bitcoin address formats. Unlike Coinbase Wallet’s new username option, which achieves similar ease for transactions, sending keys...
Turkey to Inspect Cryptocurrency Exchanges as Part of Government Offensive Against Online Gambling
2.3.2020
Turkish authorities will soon be going after crypto exchanges operating in the country, local media reported. Although the trading platforms are not the prime target of a new push to increase budget receipts, they will be placed under close examination. The news comes as a military escalation with...
DCA – The ‘Boring,’ Sensible Bitcoin Investment That Could Double Your Money in 2.5 Years
2.3.2020
Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) as a crypto investment method may not be the most thrilling way to speculate on the bitcoin price, but it is one of the most level-headed, according to proponents. Using a simple online DCA calculator, one can choose a plan for buying small amounts of bitcoin at regular...
Crypto Community Gets Prepping as Coronavirus Spreads
1.3.2020
Crypto Twitter (CT) might not be the first place you’d think to look for pandemic survival strategies, but in recent weeks the community has gone into overdrive, busily discussing scenarios related to COVID-19 aka the coronavirus. While some figures have merely wondered what effect...
A Follow-Up to PHP Templating
28.2.2020
Not long ago, I posted about PHP templating in just PHP (which is basically HEREDOC syntax). I'm literally using that technique for some super basic templating I needed to do on this very WordPress site. The main pushback was that this kind of thing can be an XSS vulnerability. In my case, it's...
Brazil’s PIX Payments System Has the Same Spirit, but Not a Blockchain Structure
28.2.2020
When PIX is implemented, a number of Brazilan banks could take a hit. Point-of-sale machines and payment processing firms could become scarce
MIT Professor: Blockchain Is Good on Its Own but Not Good for Voting
28.2.2020
Computer scientist Ronald Rivest has said that blockchain is not the right technology for voting, although it can find proper application in a number of other areas
How to Customize the WooCommerce Cart Page on a WordPress Site
28.2.2020
A standard e-commerce site has a few common pages. There are product pages, shop pages that list products, and let’s not forget pages for the user account, checkout flow and cart.
WooCommerce makes it a trivial task to set these up on a WordPress site because it provides templates for them...
FCoin Clients Not Happy With a "Restart" Plan
28.2.2020
The presumably failed Chinese FCoin exchange has announced its return to the crypto scene, with a goal to let the community take charge of it, but that community may not be interested. Ever since FCoin announced the loss of funds and the founder published a detailed letter of what allegedly led...
Ethereum ProgPow Battle Not Over Yet as Opposition Rises
27.2.2020
The Ethereum programmatic proof-of-work (ProgPoW) opposition is not settling down. If anything, it seems to be rising, with an open letter and a Twitter hashtag dedicated to it now.
"NoProgPow," say many developers and ETH supporters, adding: "I do not support the inclusion...
Bitcoin Pumpers Forced to Admit It’s Not Digital Gold – Peter Schiff
27.2.2020
Peter Schiff – economist, stock-broker, and gold promoter – argued that Bitcoin did not pass the test for a global reserve currency in his latest podcast released earlier today. In a pointed gesture to his Twitter spat with Anthony Pompliano yesterday over Bitcoin’s status as...
Bitcoin Pumpers Forced to Admit It’s Not Digital Gold – Peter Schiff
27.2.2020
Peter Schiff – economist, stock-broker, and gold promoter – argued that Bitcoin did not pass the test for a global reserve currency in his latest podcast released earlier today. In a pointed gesture to his Twitter spat with Anthony Pompliano yesterday over Bitcoin’s status as...
Let’s Say You Were Going to Write a Blog Post About Dark Mode
26.2.2020
This is not that blog post. I'm saying let's say you were.
This is not a knock any other blog posts out there about Dark Mode. There are lots of good ones, and I'm a fan of any information-sharing blog post. This is more of a thought exercise on what I think it would take to write a really great...
Wielding the Tools of Liberty: Exploring Wendy McElroy’s Latest Book ‘The Satoshi Revolution’
25.2.2020
When Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network, not only was the protocol a breakthrough in computer science, but it transformed the way society perceives money, economics, and freedom. “The Satoshi Revolution” written by Wendy McElroy delves into the transformative technology...
Why Another Drop Below $9.4K Would Not Bode Well for Bitcoin Price
24.2.2020
A drop in trading volume and volatility signal that a larger move is imminent from Bitcoin
wpaudit.site
24.2.2020
A big checklist of things you could/should be doing to make your website the best it can be. 80% of which is a good idea for any website, not just a WordPress website.
I'm linking to it because I like how plain language it is, and because it's a good example of how giving something away helps more...
wpaudit.site
24.2.2020
A big checklist of things you could/should be doing to make your website the best it can be. 80% of which is a good idea for any website, not just a WordPress website.
I'm linking to it because I like how plain language it is, and because it's a good example of how giving something away helps more...
IOTA Network Down for 11 Days – Devs Claim Mainnet Will Be Operational Next Month
24.2.2020
The IOTA network has been down for approximately 11 days and the IOTA Foundation doesn’t expect the mainnet to be reactivated until March 2. On February 14, our newsdesk reported on the beginnings of the IOTA outage, when the network status page indicated that it was down. The page still...
NBA & NFL Believe in Non-Fungible Tokens, But Not Contract Tokenization
22.2.2020
NBA & NFL believe that non-fungible tokens will drive greater fan engagement, but remain opposed to player contract tokenization
Why Today’s Crypto Exchange Leaders Are Powerful, but Not Inevitable
21.2.2020
As crypto asks why prices shot down, the power and influence of exchanges are at the center of the conversation