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Enecuum Blockchain – What You Need to Know
4.11.2019
When it comes to blockchain, you’re spoilt for choices. There are a number of blockchain initiatives that keep surfacing day in and day out. However, only a few of them hold the capacitance to survive. This capacitance is speculated by the firm’s innovation roadmap and its problem-solving potential...
Build a 100% Serverless REST API with Firebase Functions & FaunaDB
31.10.2019
Indie and enterprise web developers alike are pushing toward a serverless architecture for modern applications. Serverless architectures typically scale well, avoid the need for server provisioning and most importantly are easy and cheap to set up! And that’s why I believe the next evolution...
Developed Countries Have Little Need for CBDCs, Says Bank of Korea Official
31.10.2019
The Bank of Korea has again poured cold water on the idea of adopting a central bank digital currency, according to remarks made by an official of the central bank
Animated Position of Focus Ring
27.10.2019
Maurice Mahan created FocusOverlay, a "library for creating overlays on focused elements." That description is a little confusing at you don't need a library to create focus styles. What the library actually does is animate the focus rings as focus moves from one element to another. It's based...
Coinbase UK CEO: We Need Centralized Entities to Support Crypto
24.10.2019
Coinbase UK’s CEO says centralized entities like central banks and Facebook remain necessary for the support and adoption of crypto
US Treasury Agrees on Need to Observe Libra After Congressman’s Request
23.10.2019
The U.S. Treasury has agreed that there is a need to monitor Libra and the risks it may pose following a letter from Congressman Emanuel Cleaver
McAfee Envisions DEX in a World Where Crypto Won’t Be Traded for Fiat
21.10.2019
In a recent video posted to Twitter. John McAfee states: “Imagine a world…where fiat currency is diminishing in importance.” Instead of pointing to the adoption of crypto by big money interests, the rogue politician and radical bitcoin proponent talks of a complete flip, where...
Options for Hosting Your Own Non-JavaScript-Based Analytics
18.10.2019
There are loads of analytics platforms to help you track visitor and usage data on your sites. Perhaps most notably Google Analytics, which is widely used (including on this site), probably due to it's ease of integration, feature-richness, and the fact that it's free (until you need to jump up...
Governments 'Will Need to Respond' to this Crypto Surprise by Bermuda
16.10.2019
A big adoption news came to the Cryptoverse today as Bermuda, a British island territory with a population of c. 65,000 people, started accepting payments for taxes, fees and other government services in USD Coin (USDC), a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, managed by major players in the crypto...
Real Talk: Why You Really Need to Come to The Capital
15.10.2019
By now, you must have noticed the new appearance of a blue banner extending across the top of the CoinMarketCap homepage — the one right below our most-loved header banner advertisements! This dedicated space hosts our announcements for The Capital, […]
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Scrape the Web with scrapestack (Sponsored)
14.10.2019
I first grew to love Firefox not as a web developer but as user, and what drew me to this amazing new browser was its add-on ecosystem. The add-on I used the most? Web scrapers. Piracy had just hit mainstream and I also need imagery and documentation to create my first websites. Scrapers were...
Dutch Central Bank: World Will Need Gold if Entire System Collapses
14.10.2019
Crypto-skeptic Dutch central bank admits gold superiority to fiat money
Two Images and an API: Everything We Need for Recoloring Products
11.10.2019
I recently found a solution to dynamically update the color of any product image. So with just one <img> of a product, we can colorize it in different ways to show different color options. We don’t even need any fancy SVG or CSS to get it done!
We’ll be using an image editor (e.g. Photoshop...
Russian Central Bank Chief: ‘No Obvious Need’ for National Cryptocurrency
10.10.2019
Russia's central bank sees no strong reason to launch a national cryptocurrency that would override the potential risks, according to its chief
How to Detect an Ad Blocker
8.10.2019
One of the unspoken rules of the internet is that most content is “free”… at the cost of webpage being littered with advertisements and trackers. This was’t a big problem in the early internet days but trackers and advertisements have become so intrusive and unapologetically...
Foreign Exchange Giant CLS Admits: No, We Don’t Need a Blockchain for That
8.10.2019
Forex giant CLS is now using a blockchain to handle certain currency trades, but the technology is “not essential” for the task, an executive admits
Crypto Outpaces Political Donation Laws in Japan
7.10.2019
A major Japanese news publication has reported that crypto donations to individual politicians are legal and do not need to be reported publicly as donations. Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications verified that even though it is illegal to donate cash or securities directly...
Why Progressive Web Apps Are The Future of Mobile Web
4.10.2019
Here’s one of the best essays I’ve ever read about why progressive web apps are important, how they work, and what impact they have on a business:
PWAs are powerful, effective, fast and app-like.
It’s hard to imagine a mobile web property that could not be significantly improved via...
Zimbabwe Bans Popular Mobile Money Services From Paying out Fiat Cash
3.10.2019
Zimbabwe is once again showing the need to take away from politicians the power to control normal people’s money. The government there is now trying to cope with the results of mismanaging the economy by preventing citizens from using their fiat currency as they see fit. Also Read: Bittrex...
Custody Services for Digital Assets: Everything You Need to Know
28.9.2019
Custodial solutions for Bitcoin are improving rapidly, making room for large financial institutions to participate