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First Steps into a Possible CSS Masonry Layout
18.5.2020
It’s not at the level of demand as, say, container queries, but being able to make “masonry” layouts in CSS has been a big ask for CSS developers for a long time. Masonry being that kind of layout where unevenly-sized elements are layed out in ragged rows. Sorta like a typical...
Unprefixed `appearance `
18.5.2020
It’s interesting how third-parties are sometimes super involved in pushing browser things forward. One big story there was how Bloomberg hired Igalia to implement CSS grid across the browsers.
Here’s another story of Bocoup doing that, this time for the appearance property. The story...
Time Is up for Crypto Firms to Register in the Netherlands Under New AML Rules
18.5.2020
Today is the deadline for Dutch crypto companies to register and pay a new fee under new AML rules
The American Empire Is in Decline. Time for a New Economic System
18.5.2020
From debt to inequality, the U.S. economy looks like a 1930s disaster waiting to happen. No wonder gold-bugs and Bitcoiners are feeling vindicated
S2F Hopium: Report and Twitter Critics Find Flaws With Bitcoin’s Stock-to-Flow Ratio
17.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com researched the popular stock-to-flow (S2F), which shows the price of a single bitcoin reaching $55K and even six figures. At the time, analysts questioned measuring bitcoin’s price in this manner and more recently, a few others have been criticizing the method...
Time For ETH to Rise and Shine as Futures Trading Now Available in US
16.5.2020
ErisX rolls out CFTC-regulated, physically-settled ETH futures contracts to U.S. traders, but positive spot price action is not a certainty
How Investors Are Presented With Bitcoin: ‘A New Decentralized Monetary Asset, Akin to Gold’
16.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) is a compelling investment case “for patient, long-term investors” willing to spend the time to understand the top cryptocurrency, a new paper by Paradigm co-founder managing partner Matt Huang notes. The crypto entrepreneur places BTC besides gold, as a go-to store...
Crypto Derivatives Exchange FTX Launches Bitcoin Hashrate Futures
15.5.2020
On Friday, Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX launched a hashrate futures tool that allows Bitcoin (BTC) miners to hedge against mining difficulty risk. Hashrate, the amount of processing power dedicated to a Bitcoin network at a given time, determines the strength and security of the network....
Why Privacy Is the Main Issue in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
15.5.2020
Losing privacy may be a big concern in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new class of technology is positioning us well for a more anonymous future
Bitcoin Network Sees a Massive Mining Pool Shift Following the Halving
14.5.2020
Following the third bitcoin halving on May 11, 2020, there’s been a big shift in mining pool distribution, as far as hashrate is concerned. At the time of publication, there’s around 100-115 exahash per second (EH/s) in search of bitcoin blocks and spectators have seen two relatively...
Monex Group CEO to First-Time Investors: Buy Bitcoin, Gold & US Stocks
14.5.2020
Oki Matsumoto. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, JapanSocietyNYC
The CEO of the Monex Group, a major Japanese securities company has advised investors to buy bitcoin (BTC), gold and American stocks.
In a blog post, Monex chief Oki Matsumoto stated that first-time investors would be advised...
React Single File Components Are Here
13.5.2020
Shawn Wang is talking about RedwoodJS here:
… it is the first time React components are being expressed in a single file format with explicit conventions.
Which is the RedwoodJS idea of Cells. To me, it feels like a slightly cleaner version of how Apollo wants you to do it with useQuery....
New User Registrations on Binance Approach All-Time High Amid Bitcoin Halving
12.5.2020
Binance’s CEO said that the number of new user registrations has reapproached the levels seen at the peak of the 2017/2018 parabolic bull run
Bitcoin Advocates Cry Foul as US Fed Buying ETFs for the First Time
12.5.2020
Yet another unprecedented move from the U.S. central bank to shore up the fiat economy means that it is violating its own charter, critics warn
Bitcoin’s Third Halving Complete: Reward Cut Surprisingly Faster Than Previous Time Estimates
11.5.2020
The Bitcoin blockchain has experienced its third block reward halving on May 11, 2020, at approximately 3:21 p.m EST, even though quite a few countdown clocks estimated that the halving would occur on May 12. Bitcoin miners now get 6.25 BTC per block rather than the 12.5 BTC they acquired before...
Bitcoin Halving Arrives: Mining Rewards Drop for Third Time in History
11.5.2020
Bitcoin's third halving, a once-every-four-years occurrence and the most anticipated event this year in the cryptocurrency industry, has finally happened
Bitcoin Block Size Sees New All Time High, Hash Rate Catching Up
11.5.2020
The average block size of the Bitcoin network peaked at 1.341 MB on May 2, with the mining hash rate approaching a new all-time high
Quantitative Hardening: Dissecting the Third Bitcoin Halving, 3 Key Data Points to Watch
10.5.2020
In a touch more than 24-hours time, the third bitcoin halving will take place on May 12, 2020, on or around 9:50 p.m. ET. Miners will see their revenues slashed in half from 12.5 coins to 6.25 BTC after the halving and speculators wonder what will happen after the event. Currently, according...
Award-Winning Filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann Launches Bitcoin Documentary Cryptopia
9.5.2020
This week filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann launched the cryptocurrency-infused documentary “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet.” Cryptopia discusses the powerful economy and flourishing ideas that stemmed from Satoshi’s invention through the eyes of some...
Bitcoin Went Parabolic The Last Time This Happened
8.5.2020
A key plateau was reached yesterday that is associated with some of the biggest bull runs in history