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A Deep Dive Into Satoshi’s 11-Year Old Bitcoin Genesis Block
3.1.2020
11 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network at approximately 18:15:05 UTC and the world hasn’t been the same since. The Bitcoin blockchain came to life on January 3, 2009, and so far, more than 600,000 blocks have been mined into existence. Nakamoto’s genesis block...
French Businessman Detained for Stealing €1.2 Million in Crypto From His Partners
30.12.2019
An investigation launched on the request of a French startup has led to the indictment of a 37-year-old entrepreneur accused of stealing 182 BTC from the company he cofounded. Embezzlement of money is one the charges brought against him by the public prosecutor’s office in Paris. Also read:...
What it means to be a front-end developer in 2020 (and beyond)
29.12.2019
I wrote a piece for Layout, the blog of my hosting sponsor Flywheel.
Stick around in this field for a while, and you'll see these libraries, languages, build processes, and heck, even entire philosophies on how best to build websites come and go like a slow tide.
You might witness some...
19-Year Old Suspect Charged With $1 Million Crypto Heist via SIM-Swaps
19.12.2019
A 19-year old Brooklyn resident faces a nine-count indictment for an alleged $1+ million crypto heist targeting at least 75 victims
At a Refugee Camp in Iraq, a 16-Year-Old Syrian Is Teaching Crypto Basics
15.12.2019
Here's what an unbanked refugee really thinks about crypto
IDEG Reports Launch of New Bitcoin Trusts in Asia With Coinbase as Custodian
12.12.2019
According to a recent press release from IDEG Investment Limited, “Asia’s First Bitcoin Trusts” have been launched “as a traditional and comfortable way for ‘old money’ to invest in digital assets.” The two trusts, Asia Bitcoin Trust I and Atlas Mining...
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...
Ex Italy’s Economy Minister on ‘Transition From Old Coins to New Coins’
7.12.2019
“It’s the future and you cannot stop it.” Former Italian Minister of Economy spoke to Cointelegraph about crypto
The Power (and Fun) of Scope with CSS Custom Properties
27.11.2019
You’re probably already at least a little familiar with CSS variables. If not, here’s a two-second overview: they are really called custom properties, you set them in declaration blocks like --size: 1em and use them as values like font-size: var(--size);, they differ from preprocessor variables...
Techniques for a Newspaper Layout with CSS Grid and Border Lines Between Elements
20.11.2019
I recently had to craft a newspaper-like design that featured multiple row and column spans with divider lines in between them. Take a look at the mockup graphic here and see if it makes you sweat at all. If you’re like me, you have been around a while and know just how difficult this would have...
Maker Launches New Dai Today, Expects to Phase-Out Old Dai in Months
18.11.2019
MakerDAO launches Multi-Collateral Dai today, expecting old Dai to phase-out in several months
As Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks, Unknown Mining Pool Continues Old Chain
15.11.2019
A rogue chain has developed following bitcoin cash's planned hard fork and has yet to cease production
Germany Barely Avoids Recession, Economy Remains Stagnated
15.11.2019
The German economy, the largest and most influential in Europe, narrowly missed falling into recession last quarter. But with quarterly GDP growth averaging a little over 0% since the third quarter of last year, the Old Continent’s economic powerhouse is facing stagnation. Also read:...
Bitmain Aims to Build a 300MW Texas Mining Farm
23.10.2019
The Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies and DMG Blockchain Solutions announced the launch of a 25MW mining facility in Rockdale, Texas. The new mine aims to bolster Bitmain’s international expansion which will soon expand to 50MW of processing power and then extend the operation’s...
Old Tjikko: Jeden z nejstarších stromů světa roste ve Švédsku a má přes 9500 let
21.10.2019
V roce 2004 Leif Kullman, profesor fyzikální geografie působící na Umeå University, ve Švédsku narazil na smrk ztepilý, z něhož se nakonec vyklubal jeden z nejstarších stromů světa.
Tzv. Old Tjikko se nachází v pohoří Fulufjället v provincii Dalarna a z výsledků radiokarbonového datování plyne, že
Vendor on British Real Estate Portal Ready to Accept BTC Payment For 150-Year-old Property’s Sale
15.10.2019
As per a property listing on a leading online real estate and property portal of the United Kingdom called Rightmove, a vendor has put up a property for sale and is ready to accept payment in number one cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The property that the vendor is trying to sell is a 150-year-old church...
UK Real Estate Firm Accepts Bitcoin for Sale of 150-Year-Old Church
14.10.2019
A British real estate firm is accepting Bitcoin in the $1.5 million listing of a church-turned-luxury residential property
Turn Your Old Smartphone into Ethereum Hardware Wallet
3.10.2019
Rejoice crypto owners with old smartphones you haven’t thrown out or sold yet – there is a new solution to turn them into hardware wallets for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. For those to whom this is old news and you’ve installed Parity Signer app by now – rejoice you too – as the app’s 3.0 Beta...
27-Year-Old Pelosi Challenger Accepts Cryptocurrency Campaign Donations
2.10.2019
A young Congressional candidate in the U.S. is accepting crypto donations in her bid to unseat Nancy Pelosi
Parity Updates Tech to Let You Turn Old Phones Into Cold Storage Crypto Wallets
2.10.2019
Parity adds support for Polkadot in the latest beta version of its mobile cold wallet app