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Building an Ethereum app using Redwood.js and Fauna
15.1.2021
With the recent climb of Bitcoin’s price over 20k $USD, and to it recently breaking 30k, I thought it’s worth taking a deep dive back into creating Ethereum applications. Ethereum, as you should know by now, is a public (meaning, …
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South Korea’s tourist hotspot launches DLT-based app tracing COVID-19
14.1.2021
Jeju Island and blockchain company Iconloop are proceeding with a full rollout of their COVID-19 contact tracing app following successful pilots
Crypto Industry’s Favorite Messaging App Telegram Surpasses 500 Million Active Users
13.1.2021
Telegram, a popular messaging app within the cryptocurrency space, surpassed 500 million monthly active users during the first week of January, according to Telegram chief executive officer Pavel Durov. In the last 72 hours, said Durov, the app has seen a massive surge in new users, with...
Kim Dotcom Discusses the Swelling Crypto Economy and His Plans to ‘Accelerate P2P Electronic Cash’
13.1.2021
This week, news.Bitcoin.com chatted with Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload and the creator of the content monetization application called K.im. The Internet entrepreneur Dotcom is a big believer when it comes to the crypto economy and during...
State-Backed Agricultural Bank of China Launches the First Digital Yuan ATMs
12.1.2021
The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), one of China’s “big four” banks, is embarking on a pilot program to enable the first digital yuan ATMs. The banking institution deployed the first machines in selected branches in Shenzhen. ATMs Will Work With a Smartphone App According to...
Biconomy Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding for Bid to Simplify Blockchain Transactions
11.1.2021
Biconomy aims to enable blockchain developers to provide a simplified onboarding and transaction experience for users of Web 3.0 and blockchain projects
Apple Suspends Parler, Conservative Social Media Service, From App Store
10.1.2021
The tech giant had reportedly given the service 24 hours to address its concerns
Token-based electricity top-up app expands in Africa but faces headwinds
8.1.2021
Crypto payments network Electroneum is expanding its utility bill and mobile phone airtime top-up coverage to more countries in Africa
Visa-backed Bitcoin startup to launch Lightning-based global payments app
7.1.2021
Zap is announcing Strike Global, a Bitcoin payments app for global remittances
Trump Bans Chinese Payment App Giants Alipay and Wechat- Order Could Steer Billions of Dollars Toward Bitcoin
7.1.2021
Cryptocurrencies may see a boost between China and the U.S., as the American president Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning financial transactions with eight China-based payment applications. Following the signing of Trump’s new executive order, popular payment apps including...
Crypto-friendly app cautions users to 'reassess' XRP holdings
4.1.2021
Revolut warned users that their XRP funds could be stuck "in a worst-case scenario."
Make Your Own Tools
4.1.2021
Spencer Miskoviak on the Wealthfront blog:
By creating custom DevTools specific to an app, they can operate at an even higher abstraction to handle things like user interactions, or debugging tracking events. While this requires building and maintaining the
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Open a Browser Tab with DevTools Open by Default
28.12.2020
Using command line flags is a great way to subtly improve productivity. Whether saving yourself keystrokes or enabling specific features, it’s very much worth knowing the application flags available to you. To launch a new tab with DevTools in Chrome, you can use...
Responsible, Conditional Loading
25.12.2020
Over on the Polyplane blog (there’s no byline but presumably it’s Kilian Valkhof), there is a great article, Creating websites with prefers-reduced-data, about the prefers-reduced-data media query. No browser support yet, but eventually you can use it in CSS to make choices that reduce...
Canadian Company Mojo Invests $1.5 Million in Bitcoin, Plans to Allocate More Next Year
23.12.2020
On December 23, 2020, the Canadian financial tech firm Mogo announced its plans to invest 1.5% of the company’s reserve assets into bitcoin by the year’s end. Mogo’s president and CFO said the initial corporate investment of up to $1.5 million in bitcoin builds on...
Continuous Performance Analysis with Lighthouse CI and GitHub Actions
23.12.2020
Lighthouse is a free and open-source tool for assessing your website’s performance, accessibility, progressive web app metrics, SEO, and more. The easiest way to use it is through the Chrome DevTools panel. Once you open the DevTools, you will see a “Lighthouse” tab. Clicking the “Generate report”...
WooCommerce on Mobile
22.12.2020
Whether you use the eCommerce features on WordPress.com or use WooCommerce on your self-hosted WordPress site (like we do), you can use the WooCommerce mobile app. That’s right WooCommerce has native apps for iOS and Android. They’ve just released some nice upgrades to both, making them...
$1 Million Bitcoin Giveaway: Rapper Megan Thee Stallion Hands Out Free BTC on Twitter
18.12.2020
American rapper and hip hop artist Megan Thee Stallion is giving away $1 million in bitcoin on Twitter to Cash App users. Thousands of people are participating and many claim to have already received some sats from the star. Megan Thee Stallion Giving Away Bitcoin for Real Megan Thee Stallion, also...
Twitter loses its mind over rapper's '$1M Bitcoin giveaway' ... worth $11 each
18.12.2020
Popular rapper Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with Square’s Cash App to launch a $1 million Bitcoin giveaway on Twitter in partnership with Square’s Cash App
LEAD Wallet Launches Its Super Simple Application; Even Your Grandma Would Be Able to Use It
17.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Lead Wallet, a new crypto wallet application, has officially been launched on Google Play Store, and it will also launch its iOS and web version soon. This crypto wallet application is different from other existing wallet apps because it aims to be a super simple crypto app that most...