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Offchain Labs, a Startup from Princeton, is Set to Launch Arbitrum, an Add-on to any Blockchain-based Application and Services
9.8.2019
Offchain Labs, an Enterprise blockchain startup, identified the two restricting variables to significant business blockchain adoption which has the concerns about scalability and privacy. In this regard, Offchain has embarked on helping it to make progressively adaptable, blockchain-based smart...
Building a Full-Stack Serverless Application with Cloudflare Workers
9.8.2019
One of my favorite developments in software development has been the advent of serverless. As a developer who has a tendency to get bogged down in the details of deployment and DevOps, it's refreshing to be given a mode of building web applications that simply abstracts scaling and infrastructure...
Using Immer for React State Management
7.8.2019
We make use of state to keep track of application data. States change as users interact with an application. When this happens, we need to update the state that is displayed to the user, and we do this using React’s setState.
Since states are not meant to be updated directly (because React’s state...
How to Shuffle BCH and Keep Your Transactions Private With Cashshuffle
6.8.2019
As blockchain surveillance becomes more prevalent, cryptocurrency advocates have created ways to make digital currency transactions more private. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has an application called Cashshuffle, which allows users to shuffle their BCH with other fractions of BCH to obfuscate...
P2P Crypto Lending Is on the Rise
3.8.2019
As peer-to-peer cash, it only seems logical that cryptocurrency should be deployed for P2P lending. While that application has taken time to materialize, bitcoin and other crypto assets are now increasingly fulfilling that purpose. Across the BTC, BCH and ETH networks, credit is being supplied...
PR: Uruguayan President Meets With the Founder of SCRY
2.8.2019
Uruguay, nicknamed South America’s Switzerland, has always taken a positive attitude towards the development of science and technology and information economy as well as science and technology services, thus becoming the first Latin American country to step into 5G information this year. Miss...
Testing Haven, OB1’s New Social Media and Crypto Marketplace App
30.7.2019
On Monday, OB1, the development team who created the crypto-infused marketplace Openbazaar, launched a new platform called Haven. The application is a mobile version of the Openbazaar marketplace, but also includes social media, end-to-end encrypted messaging, and noncustodial wallet services for...
Creating Dynamic Routes in a Nuxt Application
30.7.2019
In this post, we’ll be using an ecommerce store demo I built and deployed to Netlify to show how we can make dynamic routes for incoming data. It’s a fairly common use-case: you get data from an API, and you either don’t know exactly what that data might be, there’s a lot of it, or it might change....
Exploring the SLP Token Universe Built on the Bitcoin Cash Chain
29.7.2019
Since last August, the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has become a prevalent application within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem. So far there’s been thousands of SLP tokens created, a number of which have been very popular and used regularly. Tokens have been issued by governments like Liberland...
Venezuelan Government Accused of Using Bitcoin to Bypass US Sanctions
25.7.2019
Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela have been accused of circumventing financial blockades imposed by the U.S. government. According to local reports, Maduro’s regime evades sanctions with cryptocurrency alongside an airline application called Jetman Pay....
Ripple CEO Expresses His Surprise at Bank of America’s Patent Application Referencing Ripple’s Technology
25.7.2019
According to the latest reports, the CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse, has expressed his surprise at reports suggesting that a patent application has been filed by the Bank of America which references Ripple’s DLT more than one time. In his interview with Bloomberg, the CEO has stated that he...
Bank of America To Utilize Ripple Blockchain For Interbank Communication Application
22.7.2019
Bank of America has been among the leading holders of blockchain patents in the United States and has just registered one more. As per the new patent filing on Google Patents, BOA will use the Ripple Blockchain for a new interbank communication and settlement system. Ripple has been among the helm...
Build a Chat App Using React Hooks in 100 Lines of Code
15.7.2019
We’ve looked at React Hooks before, around here at CSS-Tricks. I have an article that introduces them as well that illustrates how to use them to create components through functions. Both articles are good high-level overviews about the way they work, but they open up a lot of possibilities...
Georgia Exempts Bitcoin From VAT to Become the Next Country to Affirm Its Currency Status
13.7.2019
Cryptocurrency taxation is a subject that concerns a growing number of users, traders and investors. An area that creates a lot of confusion among taxpayers is the application of VAT, or the value-added tax most countries levy on the sales of goods and services. Georgia has become the latest nation...
Protecting Vue Routes with Navigation Guards
11.7.2019
Authentication is a necessary part of every web application. It is a handy means by which we can personalize experiences and load content specific to a user — like a logged in state. It can also be used to evaluate permissions, and prevent otherwise private information from being accessed...
Trademark Application Filed By LG For ThinQ Wallet
10.7.2019
Last year, several rumors were doing the rounds that LG, the globally renowned electronics company based in South Korea, is about to set foot in the crypto space. The latest reports seem to confirm the company’s crypto interests strongly. As per the reports, a trademark application has been filed...
WaykiChain(WICC) Stablecoin Connects Decentralized World with Application Ins and Outs
9.7.2019
WaykiChain’ s upcoming stablecoin, WUSD is developed on the bottom layer of blockchain with rather high-performed reliability, manageability to support extensive usage scenarios. It will become one of its kind in the crypto asset backed stablecoin technology offerings from the crypto industry....
The Many Ways to Include CSS in JavaScript Applications
8.7.2019
Welcome to an incredibly controversial topic in the land of front-end development! I’m sure that a majority of you reading this have encountered your fair share of #hotdrama surrounding how CSS should be handled within a JavaScript application.
I want to preface this post with a disclaimer: There...
Ripple’s XRPL Labs Announces New Xumm Application For Storing Fiat And Digital Currencies
8.7.2019
Ripple powered Xpring’s XRPL Labs has announced a new application called Xumm, which will allow users to store fiat and digital currencies in the wallet account, without any intervention from banks. In other words, Xumm offers banking services without banks getting involved. XRPL Labs’...
Building an Animal Adoption Site with Node and Vue - Part 1
8.7.2019
Today we're going to build an application that showcases animals that are available for adoption! This will be a two part blog series, so in this portion we'll just learn how to se