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World Bank Investigates Smart Contracts as Financial Tools, With Mixed Results
13.7.2020
The World Bank has looked at the benefits of smart contracts and found the blockchain instruments to be a "limited" financial tool
My Long Journey to a Decoupled WordPress Gatsby Site
13.7.2020
As a professional research biologist, my playground used to be science laboratories filled with microscopes, petri dishes, and biology tools. Curiosity leads many scientists on their journey to discoveries. Mine led me to web design. I used to try learning HTML on my lab desktop while centrifuging...
Alchemy Aims to Transform Blockchain Development with New Build Tools
9.7.2020
New dev tools promise to make blockchain development open to more engineers, as well as faster and more efficient
Settling down in a Jamstack world
3.7.2020
One of the things I like about Jamstack is that it’s just a philosophy. It’s not particularly prescriptive about how you go about it. To me, the only real requirement is that it’s based on static (CDN-backed) hosting. You can use whatever tooling you like. Those tools, though...
Some Performance Links
3.7.2020
Just had a couple of good performance links burning a hole in my pocket, so blogging them like a good little blogger.
Web Performance Recipes With Puppeteer
Puppeteer is an Node library for spinning up a copy of Chrome “headlessly” (i.e. no UI) and controlling it. People use it...
The IRS Wants to Know More About Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Tools
2.7.2020
America's tax collector is laying the groundwork for a possible assault on privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency technologies
Institutionalize Crypto: Big Four Analytics Tools May Lure in Traditional Investors
30.6.2020
Big Four firms introduce data analytics tools to help manage crypto and digital assets for institutional clients
Gifts and Remittances: Bitcoin.com’s New Tools Allow People to Send BCH via Email
30.6.2020
This month Bitcoin.com launched two services that help facilitate bitcoin cash adoption and crypto remittance via email. In a recent video on June 5, Bitcoin.com’s Roger Ver showcased gifts.bitcoin.com, a new feature that allows individuals to send BCH gift cards via email. Additionally...
Top 3 BTC Sentiment Analysis Tools: How They Work & How to Use Them
27.6.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) sentiment analysis tools can be powerful. Used correctly, they can allow traders and investors to gauge whether crypto markets (and their participants) are feeling bullish or bearish.
So, with some claiming that the market is now hovering between bear and bull status, perhaps there...
6 Privacy-Enhancing Tools That Place Bitcoin Cash Transactions Ahead of the Pack
24.6.2020
On June 24, a Reddit post had a few Bitcoin Cash proponents discussing a number of privacy enhancements BCH supporters can leverage every time they transact. The Bitcoin Cash enthusiast, Mr. Zwet’s r/btc post explained how BCH supporters can use tools like Cashfusion, Cashshuffle, Schnorr...
‘Big 4’ Auditor KPMG Launches Crypto Asset Management Tools
23.6.2020
KPMG has built a suite of tools designed to make it easier to collate and query data from both traditional databases and blockchains, allowing for streamlined cryptoasset management
An Overview of Scroll Technologies
22.6.2020
Scroll-related animations have been used on the web for years. In recent years, they’ve started to become more common, perhaps in part due to devices being higher-performing and thus able to handle more animation. 
There are a number of scroll related technologies out there, so this article’s...
Bolstering Privacy: Human Rights Foundation Donates $50K Toward Bitcoin Mixing Development
11.6.2020
On June 10, 2020, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) launched a fund that is dedicated to the development of tools that make the Bitcoin network “more private, decentralized, and resilient.” HRF’s initial gift of $50,000 will be given to the UK-based developer, Chris Belcher,...
Human Rights Foundation Funds Bitcoin Privacy Tools Despite ‘Coin Mixing’ Legal Stigma
10.6.2020
The Human Rights Foundation took a strong stance on bitcoin privacy tech Wednesday by announcing its new Bitcoin Developer Fund
Beware Fake Ransomware Decryption Tools
7.6.2020
Creators behind Zorab ransomware launched a fake tool that double-encrypts files affected by the attack
Coinbase Offers US Feds New Crypto Surveillance Tools
6.6.2020
Coinbase Analytics vaults the massive crypto exchange into a crowded field of blockchain tracing companies all vying for millions of federal dollars
Cellphones, Bitcoin and the Citizen Tools of Anti-Authoritarianism, Feat. Alex Gladstein
2.6.2020
As protests mount in the U.S., we sit down with an outspoken pro-bitcoin, anti-surveillance human-rights advocate
With Riots Erupting in US Cities, Using Tools of Peaceful Protest Can be More Meaningful
31.5.2020
During the last six days, America has been feeling the wrath of a myriad of protests and riots in nearly every major city across the nation. The U.S. is experiencing an uprising like never before, but some of the protests and demonstrations could be more peaceful. Acts like not voting for...
Framer Web
26.5.2020
The prototyping app Framer just launched the web version of their design tool and it looks pretty darn neat. I particularly love the design of the marketing site that explains how to use Framer and what sets it apart from other design tools. They have a ton of examples that you can pop open...
10 Interesting JavaScript and CSS Libraries for May 2020
11.5.2020
A collection of our favorite web dev resources for the month of May, featuring useful JS tools, React components, and more!