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Crypto Is Part of Free Speech, and Free Speech Is Everything
29.7.2019
On July 23, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies in providing backdoor entry points for encrypted devices and software. Per his reasoning, certain devices and messaging services pose a safety threat by providing...
Research Reveals That Unregulated Exchanges fake most of the Bitcoin Trading
28.7.2019
A crypto-resource management firm, Bitwise, has studied 81 trades, concluding that 71 of them showed trends that reflected fake exchanging volume. The investigation provided details regarding 71 out of the 81 trades was wash exchanging, a term that depicts an individual at the same time selling...
SLP Developers Publish Specs for a Unique Type of Non-Fungible Tokens
26.7.2019
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has become a popular project within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem because it gives anyone the ability to issue and transfer tokens in a permissionless fashion. Since the project was announced last year, there’s been a myriad of tokens created on the BCH chain....
Lightning Labs Designs Monitoring Tool for ‘Layer 2’ Bitcoin Network
26.7.2019
The lightning network, seen as the future of bitcoin payments, is now a bit easier to monitor. This Wednesday, Lightning Labs released a new network analysis tool dubbed “Lndmon” that bitcoin lightning network users can use to pull up data about the state of their node and the rest...
MIT Fellow Accuses Facebook of ‘Lifting’ His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency
26.7.2019
MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year
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...
IOTA Collaborates with STMicroelectronics to Speed Up Blockchain Integration with IoT
25.7.2019
Blockchain and IoT are among the most talked about and demanded technologies on the 21st Century. Both of these are being adopted at an individual as wells as at an enterprise level. However, the world awaits the integration of Blockchain and IoT, which, some experts say, could revolutionize...
Zoom, CORS, and the Web
23.7.2019
It's sorta sad by funny that that big Zoom vulnerability thing was ultimately related to web technology and not really the app itself.
There is this idea of custom protocols or "URL schemes." So, like gittower:// or dropbox:// or whatever. A native app can register them, then URLs that hit them...
CSS Animation Libraries
22.7.2019
There are an awful lot of libraries that want to help you animate things on the web. These aren't really libraries that help you with the syntax or the technology of animations, but rather are grab-and-use as-is libraries. Want to apply a class like "animate-flip-up" and watch an element, uhhh...
Bitcoin Cash Milestones: Delivered Code, Upgrades and Platform Development
20.7.2019
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) platform and protocol development have seen a lot of delivered code and projects over the last two years. The upgrades will help Bitcoin Cash scale to the masses, and many of the added features are protocol developments that are unique to BCH. Also read: Indian Government Breaks...
Grab a .DEV Domain from Hover! (Sponsored)
19.7.2019
I can say that the biggest and best changes in my professional life came from starting this blog — it was the springboard for conference speaking, open source, and joining Mozilla. I’ve always urged ever developer to have a blog to showcase talent, explore new technology, and to network. What’s...
CoinMarketCap’s enigmatic founder to make his first public appearance
19.7.2019
We are hosting our first-ever large-scale conference! NEW YORK, JULY 18, 2019 – For the first time, our enigmatic founder will take the stage at our first large-scale conference happening on November 12-13 in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands. […]
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What It’s Like to Review Bitcoin’s Code
19.7.2019
CoinDesk dives deep into the complex process of reviewing code for the Bitcoin Core software
Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin’s ‘Notoriously Unreliable’ Testnet
18.7.2019
Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin's test network
Lightning Network’s Antifraud Methods Inferior to Nakamoto Consensus, Research Shows
17.7.2019
The Lightning Network, the touted scaling solution for the BTC chain, has recently seen its capacity decrease significantly and the beta project is still best suited for a cliche of technically savvy users. Now according to an analysis by Bitmex Research, the Lightning Network’s nodes have...
Improving Video Accessibility with WebVTT
17.7.2019
"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
- Tim Berners-Lee
Accessibility is an important element of web development, and with the ever-growing prevalence of video content, the necessity for captioned content is growing...
PR: Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority Approves Tokenized Real Estate Investment Product
17.7.2019
CROWDLITOKEN AG pioneers and starts distribution of a digital bond – European retail investors benefit as well
For the first time in Europe, the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) has approved the offering prospectus for a tokenised real estate investment product. CROWDLITOKEN AG...
How to Create and Airdrop Your Own Token to Your Friends
16.7.2019
Roughly a year ago, the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) debuted on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network, giving anyone the ability to mint, store, receive, and send SLP tokens. Since then there’s been a ton of tokens created on the BCH network as the simplicity of the system outpaces tokens built...
Detect Cryptocurrency by Wallet Address
16.7.2019
I’ve always been a massive advocate of cryptocurrency. I love the technology, the ease of use, and the freedom that cryptocurrencies bring to the world. Despite my love of crypto, I know that adoption will take a long time and that the state of crypto is not friendly to new adopters. One scary part...
Korea’s Biggest Credit Card Firm Wins Patent for Blockchain Credit System
15.7.2019
Shinhan Card has been granted a patent for a blockchain payment system that could reportedly do away with physical credit cards