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Average Bitcoin Spender Doesn't Need 6 Confirmations - Mathematicians
20.12.2019
Double-spending an average Bitcoin (BTC) transaction is not profitable and, though exchanges and merchants often require it, sending some sats may not in fact need six confirmations – according to calculations by two mathematicians.
For an average transaction, only one or two confirmations...
The Order of CSS Classes in HTML Doesn’t Matter
17.12.2019
That’s right! And I can prove it, too. Let’s look at some CSS first:
.a {
color: red;
}
.b {
color: blue;
}
And now let’s look at some markup:
<div class="a b">Here’s some text</div>
The text is going to be blue because .b is defined last in the CSS, right? But what if we...
Techniques for Rendering Text with WebGL
6.12.2019
As is the rule in WebGL, anything that seems like it should be simple is actually quite complicated. Drawing lines, debugging shaders, text rendering… they are all damn hard to do well in WebGL.
Isn’t that weird? WebGL doesn't have a built-in function for rendering text. Although text seems like...
UAE Central Bank Says It Doesn’t Approve Private Cryptos; Could This Be A Threat to the Middle East?
6.12.2019
Cryptocurrencies have been one of the most polarizing concepts of the 21st Century, which have divided the world into two major fractions. First, who believe that Bitcoin is revolutionary, and is the future of global monetary systems. Second, who think that crypto is the threat of the sovereign...
Oh, the Places JavaScript Will Go
19.11.2019
I tend to be pretty vocal about the problems client-side JavaScript cause from a performance perspective. We're shipping more JavaScript than ever to our user's devices and the result is increasingly brittle and resource-intensive experiences. It's... not great.
But that doesn't mean I don't like...
Cardano Fetches a 0.93% Hike, but a Recovery Doesn’t Seem Likely
13.11.2019
Cardano price gains 0.93% in the last one day It may have the next resistance near $0.044 Cardano (ADA) has shown a minuscule improvement in the last 24 hours. With three major price variations, it has been up by 0.93% over these hours. All the swings have been in the range between $0.0424...
When Bitcoin Overtakes Gold – How High Can It Go?
11.11.2019
Flashy bitcoin price speculation is a favorite game of crypto Twitter news outlets and commentators all over. After all, who doesn’t want to hear that their modest stash of satoshis could someday moon and be worth millions? Sensation aside, there remains a well-grounded case for continued...
How to Start With Bitcoin at No Cost
10.11.2019
Getting into the Bitcoin world is by default easy and it doesn’t have to cost you anything. All you need to do to get started is to install a cryptocurrency wallet and load it with some digital cash. The growing crypto community, always enthusiastic about accepting new members, has done a...
Netlify CMS Open Authoring
6.11.2019
I like the term "Git-backed CMS." That term works for an emerging style of CMS that looks and behaves much like any other CMS, with a fascinating twist: it doesn't actually store any data for you. These CMSs are connected to a Git repo where the data lives in flat files (e.g. Markdown). You teach...
Proof-of-Work Doesn’t Solve Every Blockchain Use Case
31.10.2019
While proof-of-work is great for Bitcoin, it falls short for other — especially nonfinancial — use cases of a blockchain. Here is why we need new consensus mechanisms
Using the Platform
29.10.2019
Tim Kadlec:
So much care and planning has gone into creating the web platform, to ensure that even as new features are added, they’re added in a way that doesn’t break the web for anyone using an older device or browser. Can you say the same for any framework out there? I don’t mean that to...
Litecoin reaches $53; Doesn’t Seem to be a Favorable Day for intraday Investors
18.10.2019
The intraday recovery stalls in Litecoin The current price movement indicates the declining trend Litecoin (LTC) was seen booking losses from the past couple of days. The improvement that the coin faced yesterday was short-lived and the price is turning back and is currently trading at $53....
‘Why Are You Afraid?’ – Watch Roger Ver Debate Nouriel Roubini on Cryptocurrency
17.10.2019
Starting a debate by calling nearly everyone in the room “economically illiterate” doesn’t usually end well for someone attempting to persuade an audience, but that’s just what American economist Nouriel Roubini did on Tuesday, in his debate with Bitcoin.com Executive...
Stop Animations During Window Resizing
14.10.2019
Say you have page that has a bunch of transitions and animations on all sorts of elements. Some of them get triggered when the window is resized because they have to do with size of the page or position or padding or something. It doesn't really matter what it is, the fact that the transition...
Bitfinex Doesn’t Have to Compile Documents During Appeal, Judge Says
10.10.2019
A New York judge has rejected the state attorney general's request to have Bitfinex and Tether compile documents about a loan during an ongoing appeal
Preloading Pages Just Before They are Needed
27.9.2019
The typical journey for a person browsing a website: view a page, click a link, browser loads new page. That's assuming no funny business like a Single Page App, which still follows that journey, but the browser doesn't load a new page — the client fakes it for the sake of a snappier...
Bakkt’s Slow Start Doesn’t Mean Bitcoin Futures Have Flopped
25.9.2019
The tepid reception to Bakkt's physically delivered futures contracts is not a surprise, nor does it mean they are a failure
What Google’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for Blockchain Cryptography
22.9.2019
We’ve been warned for years that a quantum computing breakthrough is just around the corner. When that day comes, we’re told, it could render existing encryption standards obsolete, threatening the security of every major blockchain. It seems that day has finally arrived, with Google...
Fortune favors the bold
20.9.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 20 September, 2019 Be brave “The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave." – Ronald Reagan TGIF! Great job, CoinMarketCap family! That's another week down. ???? Today in history (1848), […]
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Fortune favors the bold
20.9.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 20 September, 2019 “The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave." – Ronald Reagan Imma bounce back Over the last 24 hours, total market capitalization rose from ~$264 billion to ~$270.8 billion, with most...