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Reactive jQuery for Spaghetti-fied Legacy Codebases (or When You Can’t Have Nice Things)
22.7.2020
I can hear you crying out now: “Why on Earth would you want to use jQuery when there are much better tools available? Madness! What sort of maniac are you?” These are reasonable questions, and I’ll answer them with a little bit of context.
In my current job, I am responsible for the care...
China’s Supreme Court Calls for Better Protection of Digital Currency Rights
22.7.2020
A new guideline comes amid rising numbers of legal disputes in China over the ownership of digital currencies like bitcoin
German Court Rules to Limit Authorities’ Access to People’s Data
19.7.2020
The German constitutional court has ruled that the police and intelligence officials have too much access to people’s personal mobile phone and internet data. A win for privacy activists, the court has directed the government to amend applicable laws to better protect the privacy of German...
Research Suggests STOs Are Better at Financing Startups than ICOs
14.7.2020
Faculty at the Rotterdam School of Management argue that STOs are better for financing startups than ICOs
Altseason Imminent: ‘Most Altcoins Should Gain on Bitcoin Soon,’ Says Veteran Analyst
13.7.2020
During the last 30 and 90-day intervals, a number of altcoins have done much better than bitcoin, as far as price percentage increases are concerned. Last Thursday, the popular analyst Peter Brandt told his 360,000 followers that the price of ethereum saw a “significant breakout”...
Improving Chromium’s browser compatibility in 2020
7.7.2020
This is exactly what I love to hear from any browser vendor:
When it comes to browser compatibility, there are still too many missing features and edge-case bugs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Things can and will get better, if browser vendors can understand what is causing the most...
Stablecoins Might Be Better Than Bitcoin For Payments, But Maybe Not For Long
5.7.2020
Stablecoins offer most of the benefits of bitcoin (BTC), but without any of the volatility. This is the opinion of a wide number of industry figures and experts, all of whom affirm that removing volatility is the key to making cryptocurrencies viable as a means of payment.
Does this mean that...
Collective #612
2.7.2020
60 Days of Animation * Stryve * The design systems between us * html.systems * Design Better Buttons
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Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Closes Better-Than-Expected Equity Round at $8.3M
30.6.2020
Hut 8 says its new funding is going towards increasing the bitcoin miner's total capacity by a fifth
Holders Gather 233K BTC This Year, While Bitcoin Cash Savers Outshine Composition by Time Held
19.6.2020
Market data from Glassnode shows that bitcoin holders have increased their positions by 233,000 BTC since January 1, 2020. However, when it comes to holders making money at the current price, bitcoin cash and bitcoinsv have performed better and the concentration of large holders is larger too....
Advice for Complex CSS Illustrations
17.6.2020
If you were to ask me what question I hear most about front-end development, I’d say it’s“How do I get better at CSS?” And that question usually comes up to some CSS illustration I made, which is something I love to do over on CodePen.
To many, CSS is this mythical beast that can’t...
Stellar Proposes Changes Allowing Exchanges to Better Enforce Regulations
17.6.2020
If approved, a new Stellar upgrade means exchanges can prevent investors purchasing more than they are legally allowed to
Drug Dealer Just Sentenced to 25 Years Hoped to Build a Better Bitcoin Miner
12.6.2020
Paul Calder LeRoux, an admitted drug dealer with a background in encryption, planned to build a bitcoin miner had he beaten the rap
Grant Thornton Affiliate Taps CipherTrace to Better Track Cryptos Used in Cybercrimes
11.6.2020
Catallaxy, an affiliate of Grant Thornton, is tapping CipherTrace to better track cryptocurrencies that might have been used for illicit purposes
Ethereum-Based Tether Better Distributed Than Other Stablecoins - Report
9.6.2020
Among the explored stablecoins, Tether (USDT)'s ERC20 version is "particularly well-distributed," crypto market analysis firm Coin Metrics said, stressing that only a few accounts own a large majority of five other stablecoins' supply.
Since its creation six years ago, the dollar-pegged...
This Alternative to Central Banks Is Better For Free Societies - Expert
8.6.2020
Private currency boards, as alternatives to central banks, might become a reality - bringing greater stability and economic freedom, according to Steve H. Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics at the Johns Hopkins University, a prominent expert on hyperinflation, and a major currency board...
Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin’s Quiet Progress Is Pointing Toward a Better Future
7.6.2020
Noelle Acheson compares the soaring rhetoric of JP Barlow’s Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace with the quiet innovation of Satoshi’s bitcoin
Jetpack Scan
2.6.2020
Fresh from the Jetpack team at Automattic, today, comes Jetpack Scan. Jetpack Scan scans all the files on your site looking for anything suspicious or malicious and lets you know, or literally fixes it for you with your one-click approval.
This kind of security scanning is very important to...
Alibaba Claims Patented Cross-Chain System Is Better Than Cosmos
1.6.2020
The e-commerce firm says its new patent would improve upon current systems used by blockchains to communicate with one another
Do Zero-Reserve Loans Make Tether Better Off Backed by Bitfinex Stock?
27.5.2020
With the Federal Reserve now allowing US banks to issue loans with zero reserve, is Tether better off backed by Bitfinex shares than dollars backed by nothing?