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Bad accessibility equals bad quality
22.1.2020
Here’s a smart post from Manuel Matuzovic where he digs into why accessibility is so important for building websites:
Web accessibility is not just about keyboard users, color contrast or screen readers. Accessibility is a perfect indicator for the quality of a website. Accessibility is strongly...
Duplicated Argument Names
6.1.2020
Oftentimes we override or monkey patch functions and, in many cases, there are arguments we don’t care too much about. A common practice for those arguments is using _ for argument names — it’s a generally accepted and known practice for “this isn’t important”....
Stablecoins Are Crypto’s Version of Fractional Reserve Banking
6.1.2020
Stablecoins provide much sought after stability in the volatile crypto markets. They are sometimes even said to affect the price of bitcoin in drastic fashion. Tether (USDT) in particular continues to be widely scrutinized for this, with recent lawsuits about conflicts of interest and price...
Crypto Fundraising Is Changing Again in 2020
4.1.2020
Funding is a prerequisite for any new crypto project, but with IEOs likely to play a reduced role in 2020, where will the all-important capital come from? While minted entities like Ripple, Tezos, and Tron certainly have the means to plow tens of millions into their chosen ventures, they...
IMF Helping Philippines Become Important Crypto Market
4.1.2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is providing the Philippines with technical assistance regarding crypto assets. The IMF believes the country may become an important crypto market and has provided the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas with suggestions for the country’s crypto regulation...
A Glossary of Important Cryptocurrency-related Terms
4.1.2020
Cryptocurrencies or digital currencies have become an important payment settlement pedagogy in the modern times. A major section of the society has started showing interest in the crypto domain to take advantage of the lucrative returns promised by the industry. As the year 2019 is about to...
Why Double Spends on BCH Are Not the Same as Replace-By-Fee Fraud
3.1.2020
When it comes to creating a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, accepting zero confirmation transactions becomes critically important. When a model’s main aim is to “just hodl” or push an isolated store of value narrative, important concerns like double spending can take a back...
2019: An Important Year for Blockchain Technology Adoption
22.12.2019
Among one of the most talked-about digital technologies, blockchain fever is gripping the world like never before. The open ledger technology is sweeping business sectors across the industry, thanks to its immutability and rock-solid safety aspect. The very basic decentralized characteristic of...
Bitcoin Holds an Important Support at $6.4k and Takes an Intraday Positive Move
19.12.2019
Bitcoin’s intraday positive movement has taken the coin to trade above $7,000, and more importantly, the coin has even hit $7,400 in the said duration. As per the commodity trader virtuoso, Peter Brandt, Bitcoin has rightly managed to support at $6.4k, which happens to be a potential support area...
The JAMstack Landscape
17.12.2019
It's no big secret that Netlify invented the term JAMstack. While it's possible to embrace the JAMstack without using Netlify, it's notable that Netlify is at the very heart of the whole "JAMstack landscape."
What does "JAMstack landscape" even mean? I like the term because it sets the stage that...
The Origin Story of Container Queries
16.12.2019
Container queries don’t exist today but a lot of web developers have been arguing in their favor lately. At first, the idea sounds relatively simple: whereas media queries allow us to make style changes based on the width of the browser, container queries would allow us to make style updates when...
How I’ve Improved as a Web Developer (and a Person) in 2019
11.12.2019
We’re sliding into the roaring twenties of the twenty-first century (cue Jazz music 🎷). It’s important that you and I, as responsible people, follow the tradition of looking back on the past year and reflect on the things that went right and wrong in the hopes of becoming the best version...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Lack Important Signs For Reversal
5.12.2019
Yesterday, there was a sharp upward move in bitcoin price above the USD 7,350 and USD 7,400 resistance levels. BTC/USD even rallied above the USD 7,550 and USD 7,650 resistance levels. However, it turned out to be a fake rally and the price is now back below USD 7,400 (09:00 UTC).
Similarly, there...
WazirX CEO Urges PM Modi and FM Sitharaman to Focus on Crypto; Says Country Losing Important Tech Battle
19.11.2019
Even after a decade of existence and covering most of the first and second world, the crypto industry hasn’t been able to penetrate the Indian market as prominently as it would’ve liked. The reason? Government’s pessimistic approach towards crypto. While there are several factors...
Hong Kong’s New Criteria on Crypto Exchanges Actually Isn't Important
15.11.2019
Experts discuss whether Hong Kong’s new framework for crypto exchanges will actually have a positive impact on the local market
Global Gold Survey Tells 5 Important Things About Bitcoin Adoption
14.11.2019
There are five points that speak to us about the world’s most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto in general in a global survey by the World Gold Council (WGC), the market development organization for the gold industry.
The new consumer research report encompasses opinions of 18,000...
Indian Government Programs Add New Crypto Courses
14.11.2019
The Indian government has added new educational courses teaching cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to the public and law enforcement officers. Amid regulatory uncertainty and banking restrictions, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology remain important topics of study in India. Also read:...
Just Launched: New Liquidity Metric To Combat “Volume Inflation” Problem
12.11.2019
Launch announcement includes improved pricing algorithm and several new products to empower users in the cryptocurrency space We just made a series of very important announcements at our inaugural conference in Singapore! With these announcements, we aim to continue raising […]
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Blockchain Technology Important in Developing Smart City: Trần Vĩnh Tuyến
11.11.2019
Vietnam’s HCM City (Ho Chi Minh City) has plans of building regulatory policies and framework integrated with the technology of blockchain to reduce the possible risks in creating a smart city, expressed city’s top official. Trần Vĩnh Tuyến who serves as the People’s Committee Vice-Chairman in...
Meet Flowee the Hub: A Feature-Rich Bitcoin Cash Validator
7.11.2019
Bitcoin Cash development has been growing wildly over the last year between third party services and infrastructure. Since the inception of BCH, there’s been a number of full node clients that not only distribute important binary data but offer a variety of different features as well....