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Bitcoin Difficulty Set to Rise 3.82% to All-Time High of 39 Trillion Following Recent Increase
27.1.2023
The Bitcoin network is set to record another meaningful difficulty increase on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, as current estimates expect it to rise 3.82% higher. The change follows the last difficulty retarget, which advanced by 10.26% to the current all-time high of 37.59 trillion. Block Time Breakdown:...
AR, VR, and a Model for 3D in HTML
27.1.2023
Tucked down somewhere in the Safari Technology Preview 161 release notes is a seemingly innocous line about support for a new HTML element and attribute:
Added support for <model src> and honor <source type> attributes (257518@main)
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Where Are the Crypto OGs? — Taxation Is Theft, but Joe Biden Needs Ice Cream Money
26.1.2023
Bitcoin was once viewed as a means to opt out of violent, legacy financial systems. Now, it is being co-opted by the very same, and zealous newcomers to crypto think that’s a good thing, while still giving lip service to peer-to-peer values. Ignoring the problems with fiat money, they...
Cardano recovers from an outage on 50% relay and block-producing nodes
23.1.2023
An anomaly apparently caused around half of Cardano’s nodes to disconnect and restart over the weekend, with the root cause still under investigation
Exciting New Gaming-Focused Blockchain Neon Link Successfully Launches January 2023
18.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. LONDON, ENGLAND – January 18th, 2023 – Neon Link, a new blockchain and ecosystem, is about to launch on mainnet in Q1 2023. Coming out of stealth after over a year of development, many important features are launching throughout this year: the NEON multi-chain Wallet, Decentralised...
Crypto stocks surge: Coinbase up 69%, MicroStrategy up 74% since lows
18.1.2023
Crypto-related stocks, ETFs and tokens have all surged in price so far in 2023 despite experts expecting the Federal Reserve to continue hiking interest rates
Amazon Bans Lost Ark Bots, Humans Caught In Crossfire
16.1.2023
Amazon’s Diablo-like RPG, Lost Ark, had over 1.3 million people playing it at launch. It’s cooled off since then, but there are still tens of thousands of people who log on every week to enjoy it. Or they would, if they hadn’t been banned for no reason.Read more
Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Rises to All-Time High, Making Block Discovery More Challenging
16.1.2023
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty printed a record increase on Jan. 15, 2023, rising 10.26% to 37.73 trillion at block height 772,128. The network’s difficulty is now at an all-time high. This means, on average, it takes 37.73 trillion hashes, or attempts, to find a valid bitcoin block...
Polygon primed for hard fork aimed at reducing gas fee spikes: New details revealed
15.1.2023
Polygon told Cointelegraph that the hard fork will take effect at block 38,189,056, which will be initiated without the influence of centralized actors
Polygon Announces Upcoming Hard Fork to Address Gas Spikes and Chain Reorganizations
15.1.2023
The Ethereum scaling blockchain, Polygon, has revealed plans to initiate a hard fork on Jan. 17, 2023. According to the team, the network upgrade will “reduce the severity of gas spikes” and “address chain reorganizations (reorgs) in an effort to reduce time to finality.”...
Litecoin to Undergo Block Reward Halving in Just Over 200 Days, First Among Major PoW Cryptocurrencies
12.1.2023
In roughly 202 days, the cryptocurrency network Litecoin (LTC) will experience a block reward halving on or around Aug. 3, 2023. Litecoin will be the first major proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain to see a reward reduction before Bitcoin’s upcoming halving, which is expected to occur 203 days...
Bitcoin Network Braces for Notable Difficulty Increase in 3 Days
12.1.2023
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty, the measure of how difficult it is to find a new block and add it to the blockchain, is set to increase significantly on Jan. 15, 2023, according to current estimates. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty appears to be on track for a...
Nepal Orders Internet Providers to Block Crypto-Related Websites
10.1.2023
Nepal's Telecommunications Authority has instructed all internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent operating and managing crypto-related “websites, apps or online networks.”
Nepal regulator orders ISPs to block crypto websites or face the law
10.1.2023
Nepalese internet and email providers were put on notice by the country’s telco regulator to block crypto-related websites or face legal action
FTX subsidiaries on auction block including LedgerX attract 117 interested buyers
10.1.2023
Four businesses up for sale as part of bankruptcy proceedings include Embed, LedgerX, FTX Japan and FTX Europe
Styling Buttons in WordPress Block Themes
9.1.2023
A little while back, Ganesh Dahal penned a post here on CSS-Tricks responding to a tweet that asked about adding CSS box shadows on WordPress blocks and elements. There’s a lot of great stuff in there that leverages new features …
Styling Buttons in WordPress Block Themes originally...
Bitcoin Hashrate Reaches All-Time High, Boost Could Lead to Record-Setting Difficulty Increase
7.1.2023
During the first week of the new year, Bitcoin’s hashrate reached an all-time high (ATH) on Jan. 6, 2023, at block height 770,709. The network recorded a milestone of around 361.20 exahash per second (EH/s) on Friday, jumping more than 4% higher than the previous record of 347.16 EH/s...
Block Manager Sees Self-Custody as Future of Crypto Post-FTX
6.1.2023
Live from CES 2023 in Las Vegas, the software development company is standing firm on why crypto’s future will be based on self-custody following the implosion of FTX
SEC Moves to Block Binance.US Attempt to Buy Distressed Assets of Voyager Digital
6.1.2023
The SEC has objected to an attempt by the American franchise of Binance to buy up assets from the bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital, saying more information about the deal is needed.
The “limited objection” from the SEC came in a court filing on Wednesday, where the SEC said Binance.US in...
14th Anniversary of Bitcoin’s Genesis Block: A Look Back at the Birth of Cryptocurrency
3.1.2023
14 years ago on Jan. 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network and block zero at approximately 1:15 p.m. (ET) on a Saturday afternoon. Satoshi’s technology allows “online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial...