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Lazy Load IFRAMEs
13.7.2020
We’ve known for a decade that lazy loading resources like JavaScript, CSS, and especially images is a massive performance win for web pages. At first we used tricks and JavaScript to do the lazy loading, but more recently native image lazy loading has debuted in browsers. Did you know that...
How Did Basic Attention Token (BAT) Become the Most Used DeFi Token?
10.7.2020
As Compound conquered the DeFi space and its COMP token rallied, Basic Attention Token saw an abnormal surge in its trading volume and price
A little bit of plain Javascript can do a lot
8.7.2020
Julia Evans:
I decided to implement almost all of the UI by just adding & removing CSS classes, and using CSS transitions if I want to animate a transition.
An awful lot of the JavaScript on sites (that aren’t otherwise entirely constructed from JavaScript) is click the thing...
Bitcoin Realized Volatility Last Did This Right Before 2018 Sell-Off
6.7.2020
10-day realized volatility hits its lowest since just before Bitcoin price fell to $3,100 in late 2018, sparking fresh bearish fears
Localbitcoins 2019 Revenue Rises 10% to $29.6 Million Amid Increased Paxful Competition
2.7.2020
Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Localbitcoins has reported that 2019 revenue rose 10% to $29.6 million from $27 million a year ago. For the year, operating income fell 6% to $19.9 million from $21.2 million the year before. Localbitcoins did not provide detail about net profit. The Finnish...
JavaScript in SVGs
30.6.2020
SVGs are such an amazing tool for creating custom fonts, animations, size-reduced graphics, and more. They’re part HTML, part image, and all awesome. Many websites have moved toward SVG instead of JPG, GIF, and PNG due to the flexibility that SVG provides. Whats one example of that...
Cool Little CSS Grid Tricks for Your Blog
10.6.2020
I discovered CSS about a decade ago while trying to modify the look of a blog I had created. Pretty soon, I was able to code cool things with more mathematical and, therefore, easier-to-understand features like transforms. However, other areas of CSS, such as layout, have remained a constant source...
Did Vitalik Buterin Just Say That Ethereum Is Now More Important Than Bitcoin?
3.6.2020
Vitalik Buterin. The crypto space needs to acknowledge and adjust to the reality that finance is no longer as important as it was in the last decade, and embrace the current shift from crypto as finance to include crypto as decentralized entities as well, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin...
Did Satoshi Just Move Craig Wright’s Bitcoins?
20.5.2020
Did Satoshi Nakamoto just move the Bitcoins that the court documents say belong to Dr. Craig Wright?
Did Satoshi Just Move His Coins for The First Time in 11 Years?
20.5.2020
Bitcoin’s founder Satoshi Nakamoto may have just moved his coins as an 11 year old address moved the entirety of its funds to an untraceable chain
Bitcoin Miners Double Revenue: Fees Spiked Over 200% in 10 Days Since the Halving
20.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) miners earned 44% more in transaction fees in the nine days since the halving than they did for the whole of April. If this continues miners will have more than doubled their income from transaction fees going forward. According to data from Coinmetrics, miners have collected...
Comparing Social Media Outlets for Developer Tips
15.5.2020
As a little experiment, I shared a development tip on three different social networks. I also tried to post it in a format that was most suitable for that particular social network:
On Twitter, I made it a thread.
On Instagram, I made it a series of images.
On YouTube, I made it a video.
How...
BHEX Rebranded as HBTC Exchange & Launch Innovative HBC 10x PE Repurchase Plan
25.4.2020
BHEX has rebranded as HBTC Exchange with a new domain of HBTC.com. According to the sharing from James Ju, the founder and CEO of HBTC Exchange. HBTC has come to a 2-year anniversary and did a 2-year glance, upgrade of HBTC Chain (previously known as Bluehelix Chain or BHEX Chain), and...
Some Little Improvements to My VS Code Workflow (Workspaces, Icons, Tasks)
22.4.2020
I did a little thing the other day that I didn’t know was possible until then. I had a project folder open in VS Code like I always do, and I added another different root folder to the window. I always assumed when you had a project open, it was one top level root folder and that’s...
Did Young Satoshi Nakamoto Write This 1999 Cypherpunks Post?
22.4.2020
One anonymous writer had a ten-year head start on the ideas that formed the basis of Bitcoin — was it Satoshi?
Did Amazon Just Kill One of the Oldest Bitcoin Companies, Purse?
17.4.2020
Bitcoin company Purse will close its doors six years after its launch, and a theory is that e-commerce giant Amazon's recent commission rates slashes are behind it.
Purse - a company that enabled a savings options with up to 5% discounts on Amazon, allowing Amazon gift card holders to complete...
‘Black Thursday’ Liquidations Sparks $28M Lawsuit Against Maker Foundation
15.4.2020
The Maker Foundation is being sued in a class-action lawsuit for $28 million over the March 12 event that caused over $2 million in liquidations. The lawsuit alleges that the team behind the Makerdao project did not explain the extreme risk of loss to investors. Also read: ETH Price Strains Defi...
Bitcoin Futures Did Not ‘Manipulate’ BTC Price — Stock-to-Flow Creator
8.4.2020
Bitcoin did not break stock-to-flow rules as a result of futures introduction, argues the model’s creator
Dogecoin Seems Pleased with the Slowly Reviving Market; Did Bulk Buying Help?
7.4.2020
Bulls are slowly stepping into the crypto market; however, economies are still struggling The market, along with Dogecoin saw a bullish opening of the week; Doge price is likely to sustain its stability after the recent bullish breakout The coin recently tested the resistance level at $0.0020;...
Did Apple Just Kill Crypto ‘Burner Wallets’?
3.4.2020
Recent changes to iOS may have killed iPhone ‘burner wallets’