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Real-World Effectiveness of Brotli
30.4.2020
Harry Roberts:
The numbers so far show that the difference between no compression and Gzip are vast, whereas the difference between Gzip and Brotli are far more modest. This suggests that while the nothing to Gzip gains will be noticeable, the upgrade from Gzip to Brotli might perhaps...
A Book Apart Turning 10
30.4.2020
Early congratulations, A Book Apart! That’s a hell of a milestone. I’m quite sure I’ve read more A Book Apart books than any other tech book publisher.
Katel LeDu runs the ship over there, and she’s given me very special pack of discount codes that will get you my book...
Four Reasons Why Bitcoin Might Not Rally Right After The Halving
30.4.2020
Compared to the previous two Bitcoin (BTC) halvings that were marked by major jumps in the coin's price around the time of the event, this halving may be different and BTC may not see a bull in the months following the event, according to CryptoCompare, a provider of the crypto market data.
The...
Chinese Court Declares Ethereum Legal Property With Economic Value
28.4.2020
A district court in China has reportedly ruled that Ethereum’s cryptocurrency is legal property with economic value. This ruling follows a couple of other verdicts on the legality of cryptocurrency, including bitcoin, by various Chinese courts. While cryptocurrency is not legal tender...
Blockchain, Not Crypto, Is at Core of Facebook’s Libra, Vice Chair Says
28.4.2020
Libra Association’s vice chair Dante Disparte expects Libra network to launch in Q4 2020
Bitcoin Is Not Just a Dollar Gateway in Argentina
28.4.2020
Bitcoin (BTC)’s usage in Argentina may not be connected with a desire to buy fiats like the United States dollar, says an industry expert, who says that Argentinians could well have more nuanced reasons for snapping up vast quantities of the world’s favorite cryptocurrency in recent weeks.
As...
European Central Bank: Digital Euro Should Not Discourage Private Initiatives
28.4.2020
The European Central Bank believes that the digital euro is just one of many solutions to nationalize its payment systems
Co-inventor of Blockchain on Why He Is Not Satoshi Nakamoto
28.4.2020
Co-inventor of blockchain discusses the meaning behind “Satoshi Nakamoto” and why it isn’t him
Craig Wright Claims Satoshi Nakamoto ‘Never Used Bitcointalk’ to Communicate
27.4.2020
The mysterious Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, was recently ordered to produce 11,000 documents and answers after Judge Beth Bloom overruled the defendant’s recent objections. However, the coronavirus outbreak has given Wright some leeway, as the Florida court system...
Static or Not?
27.4.2020
A quick opinion piece by Kev Quirk: Why I Don’t Use A Static Site Generator. Kev uses WordPress:
Want to blog on my iPad? I can. Want to do it on my phone? No problem. On a machine I don’t normally use? Not an issue, as long as it has a browser.
First, it’s worth understanding...
Bitcoin: Not a Safe Haven, but Maybe Something More
27.4.2020
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could provide some of the best solutions to drive a new economy in the post-COVID-19 world
Disbelief? Charts Suggest This Chainlink, Ether Rally Is Not Like 2019
27.4.2020
Ether and Chainlink have seen impressive rallies of over 130% since the big March crash
Why ‘Ok Boomer’ May Not Apply to the Cryptocurrency Industry
26.4.2020
The fall of 2019 leading up until today has seen the rise of an incredibly popular meme among millennials: “okContinue Reading
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Malta’s ‘Blockchain Island’ Dream Deferred as 70% Entities Shun Licensing
25.4.2020
Malta’s futuristic design to be the “Blockchain Island” has suffered a setback as 70% of companies in the sector have not sought licensing. Six months after the deadline, only 26 companies have applied for licensing and none has been granted one. Malta initiated legislation...
Why Global Deflation May Not Be Bad News for Bitcoin
24.4.2020
Contrary to expectations, bitcoin could see a positive performance during a possible bout of global deflation
Dark mode and variable fonts
23.4.2020
Not so long ago, we wrote about dark mode in CSS and I’ve been thinking about how white text on a black background is pretty much always harder to read than black text on a white background. After thinking about this for a while, I realized that we can fix that problem by making the text thinner...
Accessible Font Sizing, Explained
23.4.2020
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), an organization that defines standards for web content accessibility, does not specify a minimum font size for the web.
But we know there’s such a thing as text that is too small to be legible, just as text that can be too large to consume. So,...
Rethinking Twitter as a Serverless App
23.4.2020
In a previous article, we showed how to build a GraphQL API with FaunaDB. We’ve also written a series of articles [1, 2, 3, 4] explaining how traditional databases built for global scalability have to adopt eventual (vs. strong) consistency, and/or make compromises on relations and indexing...
Puzzles and Mysteries
22.4.2020
Bob Hoffman:
Puzzles, [Malcom Gladwell] wrote, are problems for which there is not enough information. An example of a puzzle: Where is Jimmy Hoffa buried? If we had more information, we would know the answer. If someone told us “Jimmy Hoffa is buried in New Jersey,” we’d know a little more than...
Ripple Sues Youtube For Allowing Scams That Promised Returns Up to $1 Million
22.4.2020
Ripple is suing Youtube, accusing the video platform of not doing enough to eliminate crypto-related “giveaway” scams. The payment network wants to force Youtube to protect its users from such scams. Some scammers promise returns up to 5 million XRP or about $930,000 at current prices...