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An Explanation of How the Intersection Observer Watches
24.9.2019
There have been several excellent articles exploring how to use this API, including choices from authors such as Phil Hawksworth, Preethi, and Mateusz Rybczonek, just to name a few. But I’m aiming to do something a bit different here. I had an opportunity earlier in the year to present the VueJS...
Confessions of a Web Developer XVII
24.9.2019
It’s been quite a while since I’ve gotten a few things off of my chest and since I’m always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to unleash: Firefox’s DevTools are outstanding right now. From the improvements we’ve made to the debugger, to responsive...
Random Notes from a JAMstack Roundtable
23.9.2019
I hosted a JAMstack roundtable discussion at Web Unleashed this past weekend. Just a few random notes from that experience.
I was surprised at first that there really is confusion that the "M" in Jamstack stands for "Markdown" (the language that compiles to HTML) rather than "Markup" (the "M"...
Tiny Block Advocates Speak Up After Veriblock ‘Abuses’ Bitcoin’s Block Size
19.9.2019
The BTC community recently celebrated the fact that Segregated Witness (Segwit) transactions accounted for 50% of transactions and bech32 transactions doubled as well. However, the celebration quickly came to an end when a few Bitcoin Core developers found out where the transactions derived from...
Web Developer Search History
18.9.2019
Sophie Koonin blogged "Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineer," which was a fascinating look into the mind of a web developer and what they need to look up during day-to-day work. We all joke that we just Google stuff (or StackOverflow stuff) we don't know off the...
A Comparison of Static Form Providers
18.9.2019
Let’s attempt to coin a term here: "Static Form Provider." You bring your HTML <form>, but don’t worry about the back-end processing that makes it work. There are a lot of these services out there!
Static Form Providers do all tasks like validating, storing, sending notifications,...
Local.Bitcoin.com Gathers 56K Accounts and $200M Worth of Trades Initiated
14.9.2019
Three months ago, Bitcoin.com launched its over-the-counter BCH marketplace on June 4. Since then, Local.Bitcoin.com has aggregated more than 56,000 accounts, hundreds of bustling users every day and thousands of BCH trade offers. Also Read: Plans to Build $50M Bitcoin Cash Tech Park Revealed...
Review: Coinfinity’s Card Wallet Provides Tamper-Proof Cold Storage
13.9.2019
Outside of exchanges, few cryptocurrency industries are as prosperous as custody. At this stage in Bitcoin’s lifespan, trading crypto and storing crypto appear to be the most popular use cases for crypto – in that order. As a result, a thriving aftermarket for crypto storage solutions...
KuCoin Celebrates its Second Birthday, a Few Days Post the Launch of Pool-X!
12.9.2019
Recently, KuCoin has celebrated its second anniversary, a few days after it announced the launch of platform Pool-X. KuCoin is a cryptocurrency exchange that claims to provide a modern and secure platform for trading between cryptocurrencies. The founders of KuCoin had already built their...
Total Surveillance Coin Will Be a Dystopia if Controlled by Facebook or Government
10.9.2019
Digital currency provides unprecedented abilities to spy on and control what people do, and having that power in the hands of a few people is very dangerous. The Big Tech monopolies of Silicon Valley are building a future where your every action is monitored, and giving Facebook control over what...
Binance.US to be Launched in the Next Few Weeks
7.9.2019
The number one Cryptocurrency Exchange by trading volume, Binance, is all set to cater to the crypto traders based in the United States. As per the latest official Medium blog post by Binance’s US division, dated 6th September 2019, the new dedicated Binance.US marketplace is going to be unveiled...
Keene New Hampshire Is Not Only a Libertarian Enclave – It’s Also a Crypto Mecca
6.9.2019
Over the last few months, there’s been a lot of attention directed toward destinations like Slovenia, North Queensland, Japan, and Venezuela which capture the largest number of bitcoin cash merchants worldwide. Another region that’s seen a massive influx of BCH adoption is Keene,...
Litecoin Initiates an Uptrend, Clears Few Major Resistance levels
6.9.2019
Litecoin keeps today’s bullish trend intact, even traces a close above $68 LTC has cleared price barriers near $67 recently; yesterday’s plunge had caused the coin to trade around $65 till today morning The YTD chart for Litecoin shows major price decline after a massive surge above $141 Litecoin...
Ethereum Pulls Back Below $175, While Bitcoin Retains the Spike With a Few Bumps
5.9.2019
Ethereum enfeebles and trades below $175 after failing to persistently settle beyond $180. ETH price currently trades around $174 after having breached $180 once in the past 24 hours. The steep break at the end of the downtrend took the coin to trade around $175. On the contrary, BTC/USD still...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Recover With Few Warning Signs
3.9.2019
In one of the recent analyses, we discussed the importance of the USD 10,000 resistance for bitcoin. It seems like the bulls were successful in surpassing this level. BTC/USD rallied close to 7% in the past three sessions and broke many resistances, including USD 10,100, USD 10,220 and USD 10,350....
Need to scroll to the top of the page?
2.9.2019
Perhaps the easiest way to offer that to the user is a link that targets an ID on the <html> element. So like...
<html id="top">
<body>
<!-- the entire document -->
<a href="#top">Jump to top of page</a>
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The Evolution of Fundraising and Investments in the Blockchain Space
27.8.2019
When a little known cypherpunk project called Bitcoin launched in 2009, few expected that cryptocurrency would become a household name. The blockchain market exploded onto the global scene in 2017, reaching a fever pitch in December and peaking at over […]
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Going Buildless
27.8.2019
I'm in a long distance relationship. That means I’m on a plane to England every few weeks, and every time I'm on that plane, I think about how nice it would be to read some Reddit posts. What I could do is find a Reddit app that lets me cache posts for offline (I’m sure there is one out there),...
Market Update: Economists Envision Global Recession While Crypto Prices Soldier On
26.8.2019
Last week cryptocurrency prices bounced around after a majority of coins dropped in value on August 21. Today on August 26, digital currency markets have gained around 1.52%, gathering $4 billion since the initial slump. Despite the volatility, cryptocurrencies have consolidated and a...
AWS Wrecked Havoc on few Cryptocurrency Exchanges by Allowing Users to pick up Bitcoin for Prices below $1
26.8.2019
A Tokyo-based interruption in the Asia Pacific region of Amazon’s well known AWS cloud computing system caused havoc on some cryptocurrency exchanges operations on 23rd August. The following confusion let a couple of dealers run away like robbers. A few of the crypto exchanges affected in...