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Getting Started with GraphQL
20.11.2019
GraphQL was developed by Facebook in 2012 to power up its mobile apps. Since open-sourcing GraphQL specification in 2015, it gained a lot of popularity and is now used by many development teams, including giants like GitHub, Twitter or Airbnb. Why so? And what exactly is a GraphQL? Let's take...
Real-Time Google Search Results API with serpstack (Sponsored)
19.11.2019
In my early web days, I was interested in scraping and collecting data based on the results of Google searches. Scraping Google was easier in those days but now Google search results are so dynamic that you can’t rely on getting the same HTML or data structure back. Add in CAPTCHAs, rate...
Coinex Chain Launches Two Tokens Anchored to BTC and BCH
18.11.2019
On November 15, the digital currency trading platform Coinex announced the launch of two Coinex Chain tokens that are anchored to BTC and BCH. The two collateralized coins will be used for trading on the Coinex Dex and will be traded in the name of the original assets respectively. Also read:...
Bithumb Changes its Corporate Name to “Bithumb Korea” for Global Expansion
12.11.2019
In a recent press release, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in Korea, Bithumb, announced to change its corporate name to “Bithumb Korea.” BTCKorea.com, which backs Bithumb, plans to replace “BTC” with “Bithumb,” with an expectation that the new brand name will foster a high brand awareness both...
Hello Fenix!
11.11.2019
Over seven years ago I made the massive career leap to Mozilla. Two years ago I realized a dream of joining the Firefox DevTools team — it’s been a rewarding adventure helping to improve the Firefox DevTools Debugger and other super helpful tools. I’m frightened, excited,...
Becoming Nakamoto: How Satoshi Created His Alter-Ego
11.11.2019
Captain America began life as Steve Rogers. Tony Stark only created Iron Man after being kidnapped. Bruce Wayne spent seven years in ninja training before eventually returning to Gotham as Batman. We don’t know Satoshi Nakamoto’s birth name, but we do know something about the steps...
Blok On Blok Bags a Name on the CES 2020 Awards Honoree List
9.11.2019
Blok On Blok, the world’s first blockchain-powered smartphone company, announces its latest milestone. The firm powered by Function X selected as an honoree for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 Innovation Awards. The firm believes that the award brings into the limelight its contribution...
JavaScript waitForTime
6.11.2019
I write a lot of tests for new features within Firefox DevTools. We have hundreds of “mochitests” which open the browser and perform synthetic actions like clicking, typing, and other user actions. I’ve previously written about waitForever which essentially halts following actions...
Making a Chart? Try Using Mobx State Tree to Power the Data
5.11.2019
Who loves charts? Everyone, right? There are lots of ways to create them, including a number of libraries. There’s D3.js, Chart.js, amCharts, Highcharts, and Chartist, to name only a few of many, many options.
But we don’t necessary need a chart library to create charts. Take Mobx-state-tree (MST)...
Simple Scraping API with zenscrape (Sponsored)
5.11.2019
So many developers believe that scraping a URL’s content is easy — just a simple curl and you’re done, right? Nope. CAPTCHAs, rate limitations, origin-specific limitations — they make getting content off the web a nightmare. Luckily we now have services like zenscrape which...
5 Easy Ways to Earn Cryptocurrency
4.11.2019
The days of individuals mining popular cryptocurrencies are over. The amount of time and energy required to mine bitcoin is immense and you’d be competing with business with massive mining farms. What you can do, however, is chip away at earning cryptocurrency via a few simple tasks that...
Big Name Announcements Will Not Save Your Blockchain Project
30.10.2019
At the peak of the ICO bubble it was a common tactic for project promoters to use big name announcements to pump their tokens. Every day we would hear about a new venture that supposedly signed a partnership with a global brand such as Microsoft or Google, to make us think that these tech giants...
Bitcoin.com Acquires Blockchain Software Startup O3 Labs
21.10.2019
Bitcoin.com has announced the acquisition of blockchain startup O3 Labs, the Tokyo-based software company that specializes in developing gateways to the digital economy. The deal will see O3 absorbed into Bitcoin.com, forming a single team dedicated to creating tools for realizing the full...
How to Use JPEG 2000 (JP2) for a Faster Images on iPhone (Sponsored)
21.10.2019
Images Slow Down Websites Images slow down the page-loading performance of many websites. Audit tools like Google’s Lighthouse can quickly tell you how many seconds you can save by optimizing your images. When you are delivering to desktops or android devices running Chrome browser, a quick...
Ethereum Name Service Launches Multicoin Support for Users
21.10.2019
Ethereum Name Service or ENS, the popular decentralized addressing platform, has broadcasted the news of the launch of multicoin support on mainnet. Fifteen cryptocurrency wallet platforms have given their nod for the utilization of the new ENS feature. According to the official news by...
Ethereum Name Service Adds Multicoin Support
20.10.2019
Ethereum Name Service launches multicoin support
Bitcoin Cash Roundup: Adoption Stories and New Developments
19.10.2019
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) adoption, development, and participation continue to spread as there’s been a myriad of BCH-related announcements in the last few weeks. Moreover, there’s now over 18 million bitcoin cash in circulation and only three million coins left to mine. Also read: Ethereum...
Ethereum Name Service Adds Infrastructure for Multi-Currency Support
18.10.2019
On October 16, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) announced multi-currency support and integration with 15 platforms and wallets. The fusion will provide users with the ability to use a single ENS name across a wide spectrum of crypto applications alongside leveraging a variety of digital assets. Also...
Firefox Kiosk Mode
16.10.2019
As someone who loves the HTML and web APIs, I want to see them used in all different types of devices and mediums. Being that I work for the amazing Mozilla Corporation, seeing Firefox and the gecko web engine thrive in those spaces is important to me. Firefox was recently featured in the Firefox...
How to Create a QR Code
15.10.2019
QR codes aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but I quite like them. If I see something I want to remember or check out later, especially when on the road, it’s super easy to take a quick picture — it’s much easier than trying to remember a URL and much faster than typing...