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Crypto to the Rescue After Khan Academy’s COVID-19 Traffic Surge
2.4.2020
The crypto community can help Brave publisher, Khan Academy, in its “time of crisis” by donating BAT earned through the browser
Porn Industry Thrives During Lockdown — These Sites Are Cryptocurrency-Friendly
29.3.2020
Porn sites have been experiencing increased traffic as the number of people under lockdown or quarantine rises due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many of these sites accept cryptocurrencies, including Pornhub. The popular porn site currently offers residents of some countries free premium membership...
Emergency Website Kit
27.3.2020
Here’s an outstanding idea from Max Böck. He’s created a boilerplate project for building websites that fit within a single HTTP request. This is extremely important for websites that contain critical information for public safety. As Max writes:
In cases of emergency, many organizations need...
‘Buy Bitcoin’ Searches Skyrocket, Exchange Volumes Spike, Crypto Account Signups Swell 83% As Coronavirus Fears Heighten
22.3.2020
Exchange data and statistics from Google Trends, Twitter, and Baidu show that despite the recent price drop people are looking to buy bitcoin. During the week of the crypto market massacre that started on March 12, Coinbase broke traffic records and witnessed considerable trade volumes. Similarly...
Coinbase Broke Traffic Records and Saw Massive Volume During Market Collapse
20.3.2020
Coinbase reported record site traffic and a massive surge in 24-hour trading volume during last week’s coronavirus-driven market swings
How to Simulate Long HTTP Requests
17.3.2020
It happens less frequently these days but there are times when we need to accommodate for a HTTP request timing out. The service could be down, under heavy traffic, or just poorly coded, or any host of other issues. Whenever I need to simulate a long HTTP request, I use a bit of PHP...
Crypto Exchanges Overwhelmed on Bitcoin’s Most Volatile Day of the Year
12.3.2020
Binance chief Changpeng Zhao referred to it as “Bloodbath day,” and many in the cryptosphere will echo those sentiments, as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic reverberates through global markets. As crypto exchanges were thronged by frantic traders looking to capitalize on –...
‘Bitcoin Coronavirus’ Search Traffic Overtakes ‘Bitcoin Halving’
7.3.2020
Spikes in search traffic for the term ‘Bitcoin halving’ appears not to correlate with increased queries for ‘buy Bitcoin’
Major Crypto Exchanges Bitfinex and OKEx Hit by Traffic Denial Attacks
28.2.2020
Both cryptocurrency exchanges have reported distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on their systems in the last 24 hours
Weekly Platform News: Upgrading Navigations to HTTPS, Sale of .org Domains, New Browser Engine
5.12.2019
In this week's roundup: DuckDuckGo gets smarter encryption, a fight over the sale of dot org domains, and a new browser engine is in the works.
Let's get into the news!
DuckDuckGo upgrades and open-sources its encryption
DuckDuckGo has open-sourced its “Smarter Encryption” technology that enables...
Data Shows Crypto Exchange Volume May Not Equate to Website Traffic
3.12.2019
Data shows that crypto exchanges with the highest volume do not always rank the highest in terms of traffic and engagement
Justin Sun Takes A Dig At Ethereum, Says It Can’t Handle USDT Traffic, Urges Holders To Use TRON
21.9.2019
In a rather strange and unexpected tweet, founder and chief of TRON, Justin Sun wrote on Thursday that Ethereum couldn’t handle the traffic of USDT. He also urged USDT owners to use TRON instead, as it was free and offers instant transactions. #Ethereum can't handle $USDT's traffic &...
Revive: A Free Tool that Analyzes Your Traffic and Finds the Content You Should Update
11.7.2019
I started Scotch as a web development tutorial blog. Over the years, I've learned far more than I expected. It was no longer just about web development
Three Predictions From the State of CSS 2019 Survey
27.6.2019
Running a developer survey like the State of CSS is a multi-stage process. First, you need to collect the data. Then, you process it into a usable shape. Finally, you come up with nifty ways to visualize it and release it to the world.
But then, once the dust settles and the traffic dies down...
Three Predictions From the State of CSS 2019 Survey
27.6.2019
Running a developer survey like the State of CSS is a multi-stage process. First, you need to collect the data. Then, you process it into a usable shape. Finally, you come up with nifty ways to visualize it and release it to the world.
But then, once the dust settles and the traffic dies down...
Consumer Affairs Report Shows 70% Spike in Japanese Crypto Inquiries
20.6.2019
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) has released its 2019 report and noted a significant spike in inquiries concerning cryptocurrency related issues last year. The report details a 70% increase in 2018 in regard to consumer queries largely stemming from exchange issues. Moreover, over...
US, Japan Top Sources of Traffic to Crypto Exchanges Globally: Study
1.6.2019
According to recent research, the United States is the source of the most traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges
A Deep Dive into Native Lazy-Loading for Images and Frames
15.5.2019
Today's websites are packed with heavy media assets like images and videos. Images make up around 50% of an average website's traffic. Many of them, however, are never shown to a user because they're placed way below the fold.
What’s this thing about images being lazy, you ask? Lazy-loading...
Coinbase and Binance Get~One Million Visits Per Day
12.5.2019
It seems that the popularity of Coinbase and Binance, two of the widely used digital currency exchanges, is steadily reaching a new height. As per a recent statistical data, both these crypto exchanges are experiencing close to one million visits each day on their individual websites. This data...
Traffic Violators – Japanese Police Are Coming for Your Crypto!
10.5.2019
Cryptocurrency owners in Japan, beware – pay your parking fines on time, or the police will take your tokens!
That appears to be the message after police in the Gifu Prefecture seized over USD 3,600 worth of cryptocurrencies from a man who had accrued years’ worth of late fees on parking violations...