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South Korea Passes Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrency in Line With FATF Standards
7.3.2020
South Korea’s National Assembly finally passed a bill that provides a framework for the regulation of cryptocurrencies and exchanges. Crypto service providers will be required to use the real-name verification system and comply with reporting requirements in line with the global...
German Crypto Regulator BaFin Shuts Down Unauthorized Bitcoin ATMs
7.3.2020
Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has shut down unauthorized bitcoin ATMs in the country. Now that cryptocurrency is regulated under the German Banking Act, bitcoin ATM operators need to be authorized by BaFin. The regulator recently clarified what crypto service...
Bitcoin History: When DDoS Attacks Made BTC’s Price Drop
7.3.2020
As anyone who has read the Bitcoin History series (or lived through the period in question) will know, the Bitcointalk forum was the crucible of debate in the early days. What’s less known is that – to quote one poster – “DDoSing this forum coincided with dumps on the then...
What to Use Instead of Number Inputs
6.3.2020
You might reach for <input type="number> when you're, you know, trying to collect a number in a form. But it's got all sorts of issues. For one, sometimes what you want kinda looks like a number, but isn't one (like how a credit card number has spaces), because it's really just a string...
Currying in CSS
6.3.2020
Funny timing on this I was just looking at the website for Utopia (which is a responsive type project which I hate to admit I don't fully understand) and I came across some CSS they show off that looked like this:
:root {
--fluid-max-negative: (1 / var(--fluid-max-ratio)...
Bitcoin Cash Community Supports Greater Privacy by Donating Over 100 BCH to Cashfusion Fundraiser
6.3.2020
The Bitcoin Cash community is showing its support for greater privacy by putting its money where its mouth is and donating to Cashfusion. The recently launched fundraiser has already raised more than 100 BCH and achieved over 70% of its goal. Once the total hits $50,000, Bitcoin.com will double...
Creating a Modal Image Gallery With Bootstrap Components
6.3.2020
Have you ever clicked on an image on a webpage that opens up a larger version of the image with navigation to view other photos?
Some folks call it a pop-up. Others call it a lightbox. Bootstrap calls it a modal. I mention Bootstrap because I want to use it to make the same sort of thing. So, let’s...
The 3 Laws of Serverless
6.3.2020
Burke Holland thinks that to "build applications without thinking about servers" is a pretty good way to describe serverless, but...
Nobody really thinks about servers when they are writing their code. I mean, I doubt any developer has ever thrown up their hands and said “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait...
RBI to Challenge Supreme Court Verdict on Cryptocurrency
6.3.2020
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is reportedly seeking to file a review petition challenging the supreme court verdict which lifted its banking ban on the crypto industry. The RBI is worried that the court’s decision “could pave the way for trading in virtual currencies and put...
Animating CSS Width and Height Without the Squish Effect
6.3.2020
The first rule of animating on the web: don't animate width and height. It forces the browser to recalculate a bunch of stuff and it's slow (or "expensive" as they say). If you can get away with it, animating any transform property is faster (and "cheaper").
Butttt, transform can be tricky. Check...
The Algorithms That Control the Cryptocurrency Market
5.3.2020
Algorithms are at the heart of 21st century life, invisibly controlling many of the systems we use and take for granted on a daily basis. Pervasive algorithms determine the entertainment we consume (Netflix, Spotify), the information we read (Google), and the chatter we hear (Facebook, Twitter)....
The Slideout Footer
5.3.2020
A fascinating new site called The Markup just launched. Tagline: Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech. Great work from Upstatement. The content looks amazing, but of course, around here we're always interested in the design and tech as well. There is loads to adore, from the clean...
Automated Selenium Testing with Jest and LambdaTest
5.3.2020
You know what the best thing is about building and running automated browser tests is? It means that the site you're doing it on really matters. It means you're trying to take care of that site by making sure it doesn't break, and it's worth the time to put guards in place against that breakages....
HODL Waves Chart Reveals Bitcoin Holders’ Firm Grip – 42% Hasn’t Moved in 2 Years
5.3.2020
According to a report written by Coin Metrics analyst Jacob Franek, as of March 1, 2020, roughly 42% of all BTC has not moved onchain in more than two years. The metric is the largest number since June 2017 and the study notes that “HODL waves” have grown larger. Also Read: Get Ready...
JavaScript Libraries Are Almost Never Updated Once Installed
5.3.2020
Some commentary from Zack Bloom on the Cloudflare Blog, looking at requests to CDNJS for versions of jQuery.
What we don’t see is a decline in our old versions which come close to the volume of growth of new versions when they’re released. In fact the release of 3.4.1, as popular as it quickly...
What React Does (and Doesn’t Do)
5.3.2020
With a name as big as React, it's bound to cause some Stream-Crossing Confusion, as I like to call it. How do you center a <div> in React? Dave Ceddia:
React cares exactly zero about styling. Think of it as generating the barebones HTML. React will put elements on the page, but everything...
How We Created a Static Site That Generates Tartan Patterns in SVG
4.3.2020
Tartan is a patterned cloth that’s typically associated with Scotland, particularly their fashionable kilts. On tartanify.com, we gathered over 5,000 tartan patterns (as SVG and PNG files), taking care to filter out any that have explicit usage restrictions.
The idea was cooked up by Sylvain...
How I think about solving problems
4.3.2020
Nicholas C. Zakas:
Eventually, I settled on a list of questions I would ask myself for each problem as it arose. I found that asking these questions, in order, helped me make the best decision possible:
1) Is this really a problem?2) Does the problem need to be solved?3) Does the problem need...
Indian Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cryptocurrency — RBI Ban Lifted
4.3.2020
A historic day for the Indian crypto community, the supreme court has finally ruled on the case against the banking ban by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The court held that the RBI circular which places a banking ban on the crypto industry is unconstitutional. Also read:...
4 Ways to Animate the Color of a Text Link on Hover
3.3.2020
Let’s create a pure CSS effect that changes the color of a text link on hover… but slide that new color in instead of simply swapping colors.
There are four different techniques we can use to do this. Let’s look at those while being mindful of important things, like accessibility, performance,...