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MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise
4.4.2020
The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralization
Nodle Outgrows Stellar, Begins to Migrate to own Blockchain
3.4.2020
Nodle Network, an IOTA competitor with five million active nodes has released a testnet
Craig Wright’s WikiLeaks Claims Contradicted by His Own 2011 Posts
3.4.2020
Posts from 2011 contradict Craig Wright’s claim that he never wanted WikiLeaks to accept Bitcoin
Binance Releases Its Own Debit Card, Initial Testing Will Be in Malaysia
26.3.2020
Binance is set to release a debit card for testing in Malaysia, though it plans to eventually make it available everywhere
Bitcoin Fares Well Against Fiat Currencies, but It’s in a Class of Its Own
26.3.2020
Experts don’t see merit in establishing correlations between Bitcoin and fiat currencies, as the latter are routinely manipulated by central banks
CasperLabs Pivots Away From Ethereum to Fundraise With Its Own Blockchain
25.3.2020
CasperLabs is partnering with the Singapore-registered exchange BitMax to conduct a token sale kicking off on March 30
Teamstack: Easy Automation of Identity Management (Sponsored)
23.3.2020
Access management can be a bit of a nightmare, especially when we realize that we rely on a number of different, independent services that power our organizations. Many businesses use Gmail for email, Google Docs for documents, Slack for communication, GitHub for their codebase, etc. Yet each...
React Suspense in Practice
19.3.2020
This post is about understanding how Suspense works, what it does, and seeing how it can integrate into a real web app. We'll look at how to integrate routing and data loading with Suspense in React. For routing, I'll be using vanilla JavaScript, and I'll be using my own micro-graphql-react GraphQL...
Crypto Progressives Become Conservative With Their Own Chains
19.3.2020
Those who style themselves as crypto-progressives when rejecting the orthodoxy almost inevitably become crypto-conservatives as they settle on a system they like, says Nic Carter
Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Are Holding Their Own Amid Coronavirus Chaos
18.3.2020
As the global equities markets continue their free fall, stablecoins seem to be weathering the storm
If You Don’t Trust Yourself, These Crypto Vaults Will Help You Hodl Safely
18.3.2020
Hodling in difficult times has historically proven to be a long-term winning strategy. Keeping your cryptocurrency in your own cold storage is by default a good idea as far as security is concerned. But if you don’t trust yourself to not lose a small hardware device or a piece of paper, then...
Here’s How You Can Create Your Own Cryptocurrency
17.3.2020
It is almost impossible to ignore the terms like cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in today’s world. Irrespective of the fact whether you like the concept or not, you need to keep yourself abreast with the developments in the field of the financial technology sector. The lure of digital...
Stop Using “Dropdown”
16.3.2020
Adrian Roselli notes that it might actually mean:
A <select> menu
An ARIA Listbox, Combobox, Menu, or Disclosure Widget
An input with a <datalist>
An input with autocomplete
A <details><summary> block
An accordion
Flyout navigation
In my own usage, I tend to mean...
XRP Endeavours to Leave Bears Behind with its Very Own Snail’s Pace
14.3.2020
Well, can’t say much about bears, but Volatility has definitely left Ripple with its all-time invariant attitude. After a week-long sluggishness, the last couple of days witnessed a lot of chaos in the market while leaving investors fidgety. While Bitcoin faced bearish troubles a little below...
Get Started Building GraphQL APIs With Node
13.3.2020
We all have a number of interests and passions. For example, I’m interested in JavaScript, 90’s indie rock and hip hop, obscure jazz, the city of Pittsburgh, pizza, coffee, and movies starring John Lurie. We also have family members, friends, acquaintances, classmates, and colleagues who also have...
DeFi Goes Through Its Own Major Turbulence
13.3.2020
The crypto market crashed, and the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) is not here for it. Nonetheless, it bounced back.
TVL crashed 62% today, from USD 649.497 million to USD 244.398 million, before recuperating to where it currently (UTC: 10:24) stands: USD 641.6 million...
50 Companies Back New Cryptocurrency Project Competing With Facebook’s Libra
13.3.2020
Some members of the Libra Association are now backing a rival project called Celo, which has its own blockchain and cryptocurrency. Over 50 major companies have pledged their support, each pursuing a diverse set of use cases. The project claims that the combined reach of all members exceeds...
SLP Token Fuels Scooter Rental Business in Taiwan, Investors to Get Their Dividends in BCH
10.3.2020
A company running a small scooter rental service in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital city, has minted an SLP token on the Bitcoin Cash network to support its business and to attract investors and customers. The company issues its own cryptocurrency, a Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token. SLP is...
Geoff’s Redesign Posts
9.3.2020
I love it when people redesign "in the open" and write about it. I'd just like to shout out to our own Geoff who has been doing this for 3 months now. He started in late December last year. He's been sharing stuff like his dev tooling choices, considering performance, considering accessibility...
Central Banks Are Exploring Blockchain — but For Their Own Reasons
8.3.2020
Central banks’ growing interest in DLT reveals concerns in the traditional financial sector as the gap between the two narrows