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How to Detect the Default Branch in a git Repository
28.9.2020
Over the past few years, many engineering teams have switched their default git branch name from master to a different, potentially less offensive term. I’m all for choosing to name your default branch whatever you’d like, but not having a universal default branch name can complicate...
Cryptojacking: A Rising Threat to All Internet Users
27.9.2020
The cryptocurrency revolution steadily marches on. While it has yet to completely reshape the financial and other systems of everyday life, crypto acquisition and usage grow yearly. There is so much to love about cryptocurrency. From its decentralized and democratic nature to the higher levels...
Samsung’s new blockchain pilots are all about transparently tracking medicine
25.9.2020
Blockchain continues to attract interest in the pharmaceutical industry
Linearly Scale font-size with CSS clamp() Based on the Viewport
25.9.2020
Responsive typography has been tried in the past with a slew of methods such as media queries and CSS calc().
Here, we’re going to explore a different way to linearly scale text between a set of minimum and maximum sizes as the viewport’s width increases, with the intent of making its behavior...
Chainlink Token Down 60% in Under 40 Days: Opponents Ask If the Bubble Has Finally Burst?
24.9.2020
After reaching an all-time high of $19.20 on August 14, the Chainlink token now trades lower after losing more than 50% in value in just over a month. The token, which briefly overtook Bitcoin Cash as the fifth-ranked crypto in market capitalisation terms, was ranked 9th on Markets.Bitcoin.com...
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining Pool
24.9.2020
Reports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip). As part of the new regulations, all entities and individuals interested in legally mining bitcoin and other...
Bitcoin’s realized cap is now $43 billion above the 2017 all-time high
24.9.2020
Bitcoin’s realized capitalization has soared above its 2017 record high, but Ethereum’s has struggled to reclaim its former highs
Canadian Regulated Cryptocurrency Exchange Wealthsimple Begins Trading
23.9.2020
Following the regulatory sandbox approval by Canadian regulators, Wealthsimple announced that it has launched “Canada’s first regulated crypto platform.” The new crypto exchange is regulated by the federal government as well as regulators in 13 provinces and territories in Canada....
SBTC Plummets by 99% as Devs Announce Dissolution of Token
23.9.2020
The price of SBTC plunged by nearly 98% in just over an hour on September 21 as devs announced the dissolution of the token. The dissolution announcement came more than a month after the token reached an all-time high of $5.07. At the time of writing, the token was quoted at $0.007 down from $0.64....
Jamstack Conf
22.9.2020
Here’s an important detail here: It’s free!
Jamstack Conf Virtual is coming up October 6th and 7th, 2020. The sessions are on October 6th. That’s the free part (register here). Then on October 7th there are a variety of workshops (they all look great to me) that are $100 USD each....
Thinking About Power Usage and Websites
22.9.2020
Gerry McGovern asked if I had any insight into energy consumption and websites. He has a book, after all, about the digital costs on the planet. He was wondering about the specifics of web tech, like…
If you do this in HTML it will consume 3× energy but if you do it in JavaScript it will...
Orchid’s new oracle integration is all about sharing secrets
21.9.2020
Picking Chainlink over its competitors was an easy decision for Waterhouse
Bitcoin—the Power Needs Over $10k to Set an All-Time High
21.9.2020
Bitcoin and its price have been a talk of the investor’s town due to its recent volatile movement. It was during the weekend when the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was seen trading above $11k, while currently has recorded a steep dip wherein BTC lost over 3% from the highest...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Zooms to All-Time High, But BTC Price Moves Faster
20.9.2020
After the Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty jumped sharply today, mining has become 20% more difficult than right before the third BTC halving in May. However, in the same period of time, the price of the most popular cryptocurrency rallied by 27%, saving miners' profit margins.
On Sunday morning...
Report: Blockchain Patents ‘Skyrocket’ in 2020, Alibaba Owns the Most Crypto Patents
20.9.2020
A study from the team at Kisspatent shows that Alibaba Group is the largest blockchain patent holder in 2020 capturing 10x the number of patents held by IBM. The report notes that blockchain patents “are skyrocketing” this year and so far in 2020, there’s been more distributed...
Vue 3
19.9.2020
It’s out! Congrats to the Vue team for getting it done, I know it was a massive effort and a long time coming. All new docs, as well.
I like it’s still a priority that Vue can be used with just a <script tag with no build process at all. But it’s ready for build processes...
Timers’ Ongoing IPM Presale Will Help Tackle Challenges of the Next Industrial Revolution
18.9.2020
For the first time in history, a human’s intrinsic ‘time value’ is being used as a currency for trading, as IPM is the energy and very essence of all value creation. Participants will benefit from up to 60% discount until 28th September 2020 18th September, 2020, Nicosia, CY...
OKEx goes all in on Uniswap's new token amid soaring DeFi fees
17.9.2020
They're the first exchange to offer such a robust set of trading tools for the day-old asset
Binance Supporting Flow Blockchain with BUSD Stablecoin
17.9.2020
New York, September 17, 2020 — Binance, the global blockchain company behind the world’s largest digital asset exchange by trading volume and users, announced today the agreement to support BUSD stablecoin on Flow, the blockchain developed by Dapper Labs, the company behind...
Bitcoin speculators hit all-time lows as Grayscale says BTC like 2016
17.9.2020
Data says hodlers are gaining and speculators are vanishing from Bitcoin, with one commentator arguing that the bull run is “just beginning.”