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Talking Digital Future: Quantum Computing and Cryptography
19.3.2020
Does quantum supremacy’s achievement remain a theoretical dream of a distant future, or the day of the quantum revolution not so far away?
Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They’re Working on Coronavirus Research
19.3.2020
CoreWeave, the largest U.S. miner on the Ethereum blockchain, is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a therapy for the coronavirus. These graphics processing units (GPUs) will be pointed toward Stanford University’s Folding@home,...
Just Dropping Some Type Links
3.3.2020
I've had a bunch of tabs open that just so happen to all be related to typography, so I figured I'd give myself the mental release of closing them by blogging them. How's that for a blog post format for ya: whatever random tabs you've had open for far too long.
Times New Roman is popular on...
Uses This
30.1.2020
A little interview with me over on Uses This. I'll skip the intro since you know who I am, but I'll republish the rest here.
What hardware do you use?
I'm a fairly cliché Mac guy. After my first Commodore 64 (and then 128), the only computers I've ever had have been from Apple. I'm...
Experienced Traders Prefer to Trade on Desktop Computers, New Study Reveals
11.1.2020
Smartphones, laptops or desktop computers: Which devices do experienced crypto traders prefer to trade on?
Will Google’s Quantum Supremacy Break Bitcoin in 2020?
9.1.2020
The crypto space would not be the same with the invention of quantum computing in the tech industry
Meet the Multi-Cryptocurrency PoS Device Eletropay
7.1.2020
On January 5, Bitcoin.com’s Executive Chairman Roger Ver introduced a bitcoin cash (BCH) point-of-sale (PoS) merchant solution created by the startup Eletropay. The crypto PoS device manufacturer aims to make cryptocurrency payments simple and secure “without the need to use mobile...
Craig Wright Attempts to ‘Reveal the Origin’ of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Name
21.12.2019
The Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit continues following the plaintiff’s request to Judge Reinhart asking him to overrule Craig Wright’s recent objections. Wright’s council has responded in a joint discovery memorandum asking for access to data tied to David Kleiman’s 15 computers....
2 Russian Nationals Charged With Mining Crypto on State Computers
16.12.2019
Two Russian nationals are being prosecuted for allegedly crypto mining on Russian government-owned computer systems, state news agency TASS reported Monday
D-Wave and NEC Partner to Create ‘Hybrid’ Quantum Applications
11.12.2019
Supercomputer giant NEC is teaming up with a quantum computer manufacturer to create practical applications for the cutting-edge tech
New Crypto-Stealing Malware Infected 80,000 Computers, Microsoft Says
26.11.2019
Microsoft reveals that new crypto-stealing malware “Dexphot” already infected 80,000 devices earlier this year
What the web still is
21.11.2019
Being a pessimist is an easy thing to fall back on, and I’m trying to be better about it. As we close the year out, I thought it would be a good exercise to take stock of the state of the web and count our blessings.
Versatile
We don't use the internet to do just one thing. With more than...
Blockchain Must Solve These 3 Issues to Avoid Quantum Threat: Expert
7.11.2019
Blockchain should immediately address 3 issues to not be overtaken by quantum computers, head of Cryptography at IoTeX says
Google’s Quantum Computer Still Far From Useful, Says Vitalik Buterin
25.10.2019
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says that Google’s Quantum Computer is still far from useful
Researcher: Google Quantum Breakthrough Could Improve Proof-of-Stake
23.10.2019
A researcher from the University of Texas at Austin said that Google’s quantum computer could be applied in proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies
Antonopoulos: Google’s ‘Quantum Supremacy’ Has No Impact on Bitcoin
11.10.2019
Bitcoin educator Andreas Antonopoulos isn’t worried about Google’s quantum computing
Google’s Quantum Computer Breakthrough Not a Risk to Bitcoin, Says Dev
25.9.2019
Cost alone keeps Bitcoin safe from quantum advances, says developer Peter Todd
Automatically compress images on Pull Requests
19.9.2019
Sarah introduced us to GitHub Actions right after it dropped about a year ago. Now they have improved the feature and are touting its CI/CD abilities. Run tests, do deployment, do whatever stuff computers do! It's essentially a YAML file that says run this, then this, then this, etc., with...
Quantum Computing Vs. Blockchain: Impact on Cryptography
30.6.2019
The progress in quantum computing elevates concerns among crypto community
Byte Sized Computer Science: Order of Operations
25.6.2019
As a coder, you're probably pretty used to telling computers what to do. Type up some code, run it, and the computer gets to work executing whatever command you gave it.
Even though we have