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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Git Hooks
30.9.2019
The merits of Git as a version control system are difficult to contest, but while Git will do a superb job in keeping track of the commits you and your teammates have made to a repository, it will not, in itself, guarantee the quality of those commits. Git will not stop you from committing code...
Telegram's Blockchain 'Could Open a New Era' + 9 More Crypto News
30.9.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Blockchain News
Telegram Open Network (TON), developed my major messaging app Telegram, could open a new era of blockchains capable...
Telegram’s Gram, More Decentralized & Faster Than Any Other Cryptocurrencies
30.9.2019
Telegram’s fifth-generation blockchain cryptocurrency Gram is launched by October 31, 2019. Gram will run on Telegram Open Network (TON). TON Labs is one of the main independent developers of TON. CEO Alexander Filatov and CTO Mitja Goroshevsky, TON Labs, claims it is “more decentralized than...
Bitcoin Is a Viable Way to Remove the State From Your Life
29.9.2019
The last decade has seen central banks print trillions of dollars, governments grown much larger, wars continue with no end, and ordinary citizens taxed even more. Thankfully there are individuals and small pockets of people all around the world who believe something is wrong. Many of these people...
International Crypto Exchange Luno Adds Bitcoin Cash Trading
29.9.2019
Luno exchange has added bitcoin cash trading to the platform following feedback from its client base. BCH is now only the third cryptocurrency available for trading on the exchange, in addition to BTC and ETH, but more options could be on the way once Luno determines that they are credible enough....
Traders Bemoan New Localbitcoins Identity Requirements
28.9.2019
Recent data shows that countries with corrupt governments have a strong correlation with Localbitcoins trade volumes. However, even though the over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace Localbitcoins has grown massive over the years, traders are complaining about heightened know-your-customer/anti-money...
Preloading Pages Just Before They are Needed
27.9.2019
The typical journey for a person browsing a website: view a page, click a link, browser loads new page. That's assuming no funny business like a Single Page App, which still follows that journey, but the browser doesn't load a new page — the client fakes it for the sake of a snappier...
A Codebase and a Community
27.9.2019
I woke up one morning and realized that I had it all wrong. I discovered that code and design are unable to solve every problem on a design systems team, even if many problems can be solved by coding and designing in a dark room all day. Wait, huh? How on earth does that make any sense? Well...
What happens when you open a new install of browsers for the 1st time?
27.9.2019
Interesting research from Jonathan Sampson, where he watches the network requests a browser makes the very first time you launch it on a fresh install, and otherwise do nothing. This gives you a little insight into what kind of information that browser wants to collect and disseminate.
This...
Is Market Regulation of Online Gambling The Death Of Crypto Casinos?
27.9.2019
Bitcoin, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency, turned 10 on January 3, 2019. This date marked a full decade since the bitcoin blockchain network started operating, and it hasn’t stopped since. In the meantime, many more cryptocurrencies have come about, and today […]
The post Is Market...
A Nigerian Wallet Suspected in USD 1M Exit Scam + 8 More Crypto News
27.9.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.
Cryptocurrency wallet news
Satowallet, a Nigerian crypto wallet, allegedly pulled off an exit scam, disappearing with users’...
Ellipal’s Titan Wallet is now Air-gapped, Making It More Secure and Easy to Use
27.9.2019
The Ellipal Titan is known as a secure cryptocurrency wallet with a sleek design and a range of features that provides enhanced security for cryptocurrency. This is testified by its new air-gapped configuration along with a feature that facilitates the set-up of three steps for verification which...
Bithumb Global 1.0 Officially Launched with New Fiat-to-Crypto Features and More
27.9.2019
Leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb Global (BG), is now sternly positioned to become the number one digital asset exchange across the global crypto market. The platform that supports court currencies, staples, and fluent crypto transactions anywhere in the world, had already...
Weekly Platform News: Layout Shifts, Stalled High-Bitrate Videos, Screenshots in Firefox
26.9.2019
In this week's roundup: fighting shifty layouts, some videos might be a bit stalled, and a new way to take screenshots in Firefox.
Let's get into the news!
Identifying the causes of layout shifts during page load
You can now use WebPageTest to capture any layout shifts that occur on your website...
Meeting GraphQL at a Cocktail Mixer
26.9.2019
GraphQL and REST are two specifications used when building APIs for websites to use. REST defines a series of unique identifiers (URLs) that applications use to request and send data. GraphQL defines a query language that allows client applications to specify precisely the data they need from...
Paperform
26.9.2019
Buy or build is a classic debate in technology. Building things yourself might feel less expensive because there is no line item on your credit card bill, but has cost in the form of time. Buying things, believe it or not, is usually less expensive when it comes to technology that isn't your core...
Ex-Fed Man Frets About Libra-like Coins + 9 More Crypto News
26.9.2019
Simon Potter. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, AFME
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.
Regulation news
Former senior United States Federal Reserve official...
Stellar Leads the Top 10 Coins as XLM Price Jumps More Than 10%
26.9.2019
In the wave of green that hit the coins in the last 24 hours, Stellar’s XLM took the lead among the top 10 coins as the only one with a double-digit rise.
It was a tricky couple of days in the world of crypto, exemplifying just how quickly prices can go from relatively stable to nosedive. The most...
Fiat is a 'Big Thing' for Binance as They Focus More on Fiat Onramp
26.9.2019
Fiat-to-crypto conversion is a big thing for Binance, stressed the exchange’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao in his recent livestream. Speaking of fiat onramp, he said that “there’s a lot of initiatives happening,” from fiat gateways to Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin.
Though fiat onramp is something Binance...
Binance Announces Partnership with Koinal to enable more Cryptocurrency Purchasing Services
26.9.2019
The popular cryptocurrency exchange, Binance reported an association with London-based payment processing organization, Koinal, to empower more cryptocurrencies buying services on Binance. With this association, the traders can deposit fiat through the platform on Binance. Besides, this fiat...