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ES2021 Features
28.7.2021
Hemanth HM very succinctly shows off ES2021 features. Gosh it doesn’t feel like that long ago that all we could talk about is ES2015, and now that’s over a half-decade behind us. New things include “arbitrarily chuck underscores in numbers.” …
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Blockchain fail-safes in space: SpaceChain, Blockstream and Cryptosat
26.7.2021
BTC Mining Migration, Challenges & Forecasts for the Post-crackdown Industry
25.7.2021
Bitcoin (BTC) mining is on the move. Once the preserve of China and its vast stores of energy, it’s now increasingly setting up elsewhere in the world, with its migration accelerated by the recent governmental crackdown in the Asian nation.
As reported, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance...
Circling Yellens, Doubling Mellons, Dogging Coins and 20 Crypto Jokes
24.7.2021
This cryptoweek, Circle revealed their USDC reserves after three years, and its CEO thought it good that Janet Yellen called stablecoins ‘national security’ concern. Numerous dog-themed coins flooded the market with pumps and dumps, while a Dogecoin fan sued Coinbase for allegedly “misleading”...
Web Features That May Not Work As You’d Expect
23.7.2021
As the web gets more and more capable, developers are able to make richer online experiences. There are times, however, where some new web capabilities may not work as you would expect in the interest of usability, security and privacy.…
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Sotheby’s to Auction Never-Before-Seen Muhammad Ali Artwork NFT
23.7.2021
On Friday, coinciding with the Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Muhammad Ali Enterprises and the fine auction house Sotheby’s will be auctioning a non-fungible token (NFT) that features a never-before-seen piece of original artwork created by Muhammad Ali. According to the announcement...
1986's Super Mario Bros. Movie Is Being Painstakingly Restored, Now In 4K
21.7.2021
A long time ago, in one of the first Total Recall features I ever wrote for this site, I covered The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach!, the first—and in many ways still the best—Nintendo movie ever made.Read more
Ethereum, Solana, Polygon & Co Form A New Hot Market Of Blockchains
18.7.2021
Blockchains are proliferating almost at the rate of cryptoassets. There are now blockchains for decentralized finance (DeFi), decentralized exchanges, smart contracts, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), video content, for cloud computing, gaming, marketplaces, and who knows for whatever else.
The market...
Bitcoin Shows Resilience Amid Global Political Pushback
17.7.2021
The cryptoasset market remains in something of a funk. Having been knocked off course by Tesla’s announcement that it would no longer accept bitcoin (BTC) as payment for its cars, it has been dragged further down by a steady stream of governmental and regulatory pushback.
From China’s crackdown...
Testing Taproots, Getting Optimism and 20 Crypto Jokes
17.7.2021
This week in the Cryptoverse! While some say that BTC could surpass USD 400K in ten years, Taproot is being tested on the testnet. The “almost feeless” IOTA NFT marketplace launched in test mode, Power Ledger migrated to Solana but kept its token on Ethereum, and Uniswap saw some major governance...
Crypto Derivatives Giant Bybit Enters Spot Trading With More Products In Pipeline
15.7.2021
Ben Zhou. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Bybit
Major crypto derivatives exchange ByBit launched a spot trading pilot today and they have more products in the pipeline amid growing competition in the sector, Ben Zhou, the CEO of the company, told Cryptonews.com.
According to him, the platform...
Technically Capable Bitcoin Has Other Mass Adoption Challenges To Solve
11.7.2021
Bitcoin (BTC)’s price may be wobbling at the moment, but the most popular cryptocurrency continues to attract a steady stream of interest from the wider world. Most recently, US-based payments giant NCR and digital asset management company NYDIG partnered to let around 24m customers of 650 US banks...
6YO Cardano Still Compensates Lack Of Adoption With Plans & Hopes
10.7.2021
Charles Hoskinson. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Real Vision Finance
Cardano (ADA) has been one of the better performing major cryptoassets this year. When bitcoin (BTC) started tanking following Tesla’s rejection of the cryptocurrency in May, ADA began a climb up to its current all-time...
New York, London, Beijing and 20 Crypto Jokes
10.7.2021
Another fun cryptoweek! Circle decided to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, and with crypto market sentiment finally rising, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust's shares were about to be freed for sale bringing a discussion on what it’d mean for BTC price. BNB rallied while Binance CEO had to bow...
:focus-visible in WebKit
9.7.2021
This is a nice update from Manuel Rego Casasnovas. Igalia has this idea to sort of crowd-source important web platform features that need to get worked on (that’s the sort of work they do). They call it Open Prioritization. …
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The Web’s Worst Default
7.7.2021
There are a lot of great defaults when it comes to browsers and the web. Think about all the accessibility features that are baked into HTML so that you don’t have to do weird stuff, like this example from Manuel…
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Ternoa’s Wallet to Include The Project’s Main Features in One Smart App
7.7.2021
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It’s here! After months of hard work, preparation and development, Ternoa will soon be launching the alpha version of the Ternoa Wallet app. On a journey to democratise the crypto-sphere, the Ternoa Wallet...
Bitcoin Cash Payment Processor Evolves Adding URL Shortener, Paypal API Integration
5.7.2021
Prompt.cash, a bitcoin cash noncustodial payment processor, is adding a bunch of interesting functionalities. The payment processor now features a URL shortener that allows users to monetize content on any site on the net. Also, Prompt.cash added Paypal API integrations, making it easier...
This Is How DAOs Are Taking A Greater Role in the DeFi and NFT Sectors
4.7.2021
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have been operating under the radar for a while now. Amid all the excitement over bull markets, DeFi and NFTs, DAOs have found themselves being neglected, despite the fact that they’re coming to play an increasing role within the crypto ecosystem.
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How Taproot Might Affect Bitcoin’s Competitiveness
3.7.2021
Taproot is on its way. The long-awaited Bitcoin (BTC) upgrade has been confirmed, after it passed the minimum threshold of 90% miner approval in mid-June, meaning that it will be implemented in November.
While the core features of Taproot — increased privacy and enhanced wallet scripting —...