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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...
Casa Releases Node Monitor Service to Improve Bitcoin Network Health
22.8.2019
A Bitcoin node provider is providing a rewards program for users who regularly confirm their nodes’ health status
The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt
21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...
Bitcoin Lightning Network Implementation C-Lightning Gets an Upgrade
21.8.2019
Blockstream updated c-lightning, its Lightning Network implementation, to version 0.7.2
High-Powered Mining Rigs Drive Bitcoin’s Accelerating Hashrate
20.8.2019
On August 19, the combined SHA-256 hashrate between the BCH and BTC networks touched a massive high of over 91 exahash per second (EH/s). One notable contribution to today’s network hashrates is the manufacturing of next-generation mining rigs that produce a significant number of terahash....
Cere Network Raises 3.5M Dollars From Multiple Entities Including Binance Labs
20.8.2019
Cere Network, a start-up developing CRM (customer relationship management) software based on blockchain, has just raised 3.5 million dollars from leading organizations including Binance Labs. Other entities that have invested in Cere Network include Neo Global Capital, Arrington XRP Capital...
Max Keiser: New Bitcoin Network Hash Rate High Suggests Price Is Next
20.8.2019
The Bitcoin hash rate hits a new record at 82.5 TH/s
Using rel=”preconnect” to establish network connections early and increase performance
20.8.2019
Milica Mihajlija:
Adding rel=preconnect to a <link> informs the browser that your page intends to establish a connection to another domain, and that you'd like the process to start as soon as possible. Resources will load more quickly because the setup process has already been completed...
Alive, Thriving and Totally Unauthorized: Inside the Underground Market for Telegram’s Cryptocurrency
19.8.2019
Telegram forbade investors from selling their gram tokens before launch. Yet the secondary market for grams is lively – and rife with risk
The Entire Bitcoin Dynamic is Changed by the Lightning Network, Says Samson Mow
18.8.2019
Samson Mow, BTCC Exchange’s Founder and Magical Crypto Friends and Blockstream’s present CSO, recently shared his views on Bitcoin’s status and Lightning Network’s advantages in an extensive conversation with SFOX. Blockstream has intended to extend its support to the network of Bitcoin through...
FinCEN Director Reminds Casinos to Follow Guidelines Regarding Cryptocurrencies
18.8.2019
The Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth A. Blanco, has insisted casinos to observe the office’s guidelines concerning suspicious CVC (convertible virtual currency) activity. While addressing the twelfth Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference...
Social Network Memo Adds Decentralized SLP Token Exchange
14.8.2019
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP), a token creation system built on top of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network continues to mature as developers have released a number of third-party applications that support SLP tokens. Now the onchain, BCH-based social network Memo.cash has implemented an SLP token...
Tron Founder Unveils SUN Network Version 1.0, DAppchain MainNet to Follow Soon!
12.8.2019
Tron Founder Justin Sun has yet again captured all the attention from the crypto and blockchain community. TRON has officially launched Sun Network’s code version 1.0. For all those left amused, Sun Network is a side chain solution of TRON, considered one of the biggest blockchain projects in...
Indian Telecom Jio Reveals Blockchain Network for 330 Million Customers
12.8.2019
India’s Jio reveals plans for one of the world's largest blockchain networks
Tron Officially Releases Sidechain Scaling Solution Sun Network
11.8.2019
Tron has released the Sun Network, a scaling solution designed to enhance and ensure the scaling capacity of the Tron mainnet
Bitcoin Mining Industry’s Exponential Growth Just Won’t Stop
11.8.2019
A decade ago when Satoshi Nakamoto unleashed the Bitcoin network, the security behind the protocol was guarded by only a few miners. These days, mining the SHA-256 algorithm has become a thriving industry that hasn’t stopped growing. Also Read: Exploring the SLP Token Universe Built on...
Roger Ver, the CEO of Bitcoin.com assesses about Bitcoin and Lightning Network
11.8.2019
Roger Ver is the current CEO of Bitcoin.com. Two years prior, because of a hard fork of the Bitcoin protocol, Bitcoin Cash was launched. It was empowered to Bitcoin executives and the developers not approving to more prominent block size. From that point onwards, Roger has been the greatest critic...
IBM Recently Registers a Patent for Blockchain-Based Web Browser for the Peer-to-Peer Framework
11.8.2019
The latest patent application from IBM represents about a blockchain-based internet browser. Registered on sixth August by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, IBM’s patent is for an internet browser supported by a peer-to-peer framework. IBM is as of now spearheading...
BitBoss to Now Use Bitcoin SV, Users will be able to Send and Receive Tokens on BSV Protocol
10.8.2019
In a breakthrough for the gaming platform, BitBoss has announced that it will be integrating its platform with the Bitcoin SV network. The company released a blog on Medium which states that it is developing a JavaScript implementation of the BSV protocol, to contribute towards that tokenized open...
Tokens Built on Bitcoin Cash Are Cheaper to Send Than Those of Rival Networks
10.8.2019
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin technology has inspired a lot of innovation spawning a myriad of tokens representing digitized assets. There are now token creation systems on blockchain networks like Omni Layer, Counterparty, and Ethereum. Each framework comes with the cost of sending tokens...