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Bitcoin Is a Weapon for Free Speech in the Face of Government and Corporate Censorship
15.10.2019
The latest skirmishes in the bruising trade war between the U.S. and China have led to the unlikely politicization of the NBA. But how did the views of a basketball executive become such a political football? And what does China’s ideological commitment to censorship say about the value...
Using GitHub Template Repos to Jump-Start Static Site Projects
4.10.2019
If you’re getting started with static site generators, did you know you can use GitHub template repositories to quickly start new projects and reduce your setup time?
Most static site generators make installation easy, but each project still requires configuration after installation. When...
There’s just no way around it
4.10.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 4 October, 2019 Hard work “A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.” – Ralph Lauren We are done with week 1 of October! How did it all go for you all? ???? […]
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There’s just no way around it
4.10.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 4 October, 2019 Hard work “A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.” – Ralph Lauren We are done with week 1 of October! How did it all go for you all? ???? […]
The post There’s just no way around it appeared first...
Why Did Bitcoin Break Down From $9,000, and Where Is It Heading?
2.10.2019
Popular crypto analysts Ledger Status, Tone Vays and Crypto Cred give their explanation of what caused Bitcoin price to drop by $1,700
Bitcoin History Part 17: That Time Mt. Gox Destroyed 2,609 BTC
21.9.2019
Technically speaking, it’s impossible to destroy bitcoins. But it is possible to send coins to an unspendable address, rendering them redundant to all intents and purposes. In October 2011, that’s exactly what Mark Karpeles did when he consigned 2,609 BTC to eternal oblivion due to...
How Did You Get Into Bitcoin? Crypto Twitter Responds
20.9.2019
Everybody loves a story. When it comes to how people first got into cryptocurrency, there’s no exception. Crypto Twitter (CT) is full of humorous, thought-provoking, and unexpected tales of diving down the Satoshi rabbit hole, and the reasons for entering the space are as diverse as...
Why Did These Two Lawmakers Buy Marijuana with Stablecoin
12.9.2019
Source: iStock/Adventure_Photo
We’re seeing digital tokens in many places these days, but there are still many firsts to experience, especially when it comes to seeing unexpected people using digital assets to buy unexpected things. Such is the case this time around, with California lawmakers going...
Huobi Confirms That USD 1B Transaction Did Not Include Their Own BTC
9.9.2019
Source: iStock/D-Keine
The recent transfer of more than 94,500 bitcoins, worth USD 1 billion at the time, sent crypto twitter into a theorizing frenzy, trying to figure out who could be behind this and why. We now know that cryptocurrency exchange Huobi’s funds are not a part of it.
As previously...
Why Did Bitcoin Price Drop Below $10K and What Do We Look for Next?
30.8.2019
Bitcoin price edges toward the $9,100 cliff. Will it bounce or plummet?
Did Someone Just Buy 45 Bitcoins for USD 14?
23.8.2019
Users of Singapore-registered cryptocurrency exchange BitMax (39th by reported trading volume) are scratching their heads as it looks like someone managed to buy 45 bitcoins for USD 14 today, which would normally cost c. USD 458,100.
Today, a screenshot started to circulate in social media...
Getting Netlify Large Media Going
20.8.2019
I just did this the other day so I figured I'd blog it up. There is a thing called Git Large File Storage (Git LFS). Here's the entire point of it: it keeps large files out of your repo directly. Say you have 500MB of images on your site and they kinda need to be in the repo so you can work with...
Using rel=”preconnect” to establish network connections early and increase performance
20.8.2019
Milica Mihajlija:
Adding rel=preconnect to a <link> informs the browser that your page intends to establish a connection to another domain, and that you'd like the process to start as soon as possible. Resources will load more quickly because the setup process has already been completed...
Binance KYC Breach — Did It Happen, and If So, Who’s to Blame?
10.8.2019
Hacker demands 300 Bitcoin from Binance in lieu of alleged stolen KYC data
Moving Text on a Curved Path
9.8.2019
There was a fun article in The New York Times the other day describing the fancy way Elizabeth Warren and her staff let people take a selfie with Warren. But... the pictures aren't actually selfies because they are taken by someone else. The article has his hilarious line of text that wiggles by...
JavaScript Proxy with Storage
26.7.2019
The JavaScript Proxy API provides a wealth of “magic” within JavaScript, allowing you to use any object as sort of an alias that allows a wall of validation, formatting, and error throwing. Did you know that you could also employ the Proxy API as an abstraction to different types...
Bancor Raised $153 Million and Found Actual Users. Why Did Its Token Tank?
25.7.2019
Bancor raised $153 million as one of the top initial coin offerings of 2017. With its BNT token trading near all-time lows, here's an update on the project
I Know What you did Last Crypto Winter: 20 Crypto Jokes
20.7.2019
Bitcoin went bellow USD 10K. That happened.
By the time I typed this, altcoins rallied, then Bitcoin jumped over USD 10K. That happened.
In the ever-larger world of regulations-related news, a Chinese court reportedly recognized Bitcoin as having legal value as property; U.S. CFTC is investigating...
Experts Dissect Craig Wright’s ‘Satoshi’ Testimony and Court Documents
8.7.2019
Last week, Craig Wright, the man who claims he’s Satoshi Nakamoto, appeared in court and testified why he did not have access to his public bitcoin addresses and trust information. Since then a lot of new evidence has been submitted to the court and members of the crypto community have...
PSA: Linking to a Code of Conduct Template is Not the Same as Having a Code of Conduct
5.7.2019
Did you know we have a site that lists all upcoming conferences related to front-end web design and development? We do! If you're looking to go to one, check it out. If you're running one, feel free to submit yours.
Now that we're running this, I've got loads of Pull Requests for conferences...