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JAMstack, Fugu, and Houdini
19.11.2019
What has me really excited about building websites recently is the fact that we, as front-end developers, have the power to do so much more. Only a few years ago, I would need a whole team of developers to accomplish what can now be done with just a few amazing tools.
Although...
Canadian Company Commissions 3 Bitcoin Mining Units to Restart Oil Well
17.11.2019
A nascent industry utilizing flared gas to power bitcoin mining units has been developing over the past year or so, in symbiosis with the oil and gas industry in North America. Companies providing services in this promising niche continue to install mobile datacenters at oil wells in the U.S....
Ukrainian Railways Branch Caught Mining Crypto With State Power
15.11.2019
The Lviv branch of Ukrainian Railways has been caught red-handed diverting company electricity to mine bitcoin
BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd Ties Up With Australias Power Ledger to launch P2P
14.11.2019
In a big move, the Delhi Electricity distribution company (discom) BSES has declared that BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd or BRPL has tied up with Australias leading Power Ledger company to launch consumer- to- consumer also known as P2P solar trading on an experimental basis. The partnership between BRPL...
Power Ledger Completes Peer-to-Peer Solar Energy Trading Trial in India
14.11.2019
Power Ledger and BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, a major Indian power utility, have jointly conducted a P2P renewable power trading trial in the country
Venezuela Becomes ‘Dollarized’ as Citizens Seek Refuge in Alternative Solutions
12.11.2019
Venezuela has been suffering from rapid inflation as the purchasing power of the sovereign bolivar has become near worthless. Over the last few weeks, Venezuelans have been dealing with blackouts throughout major cities, making credit card readers useless. Additionally, citizens are dependent...
The Power in Energy, and How New Technologies Can Shift It
9.11.2019
The imbalance in power and access in emerging technologies is linked to energy usage and cost — some blockchain protocols are set to change that
Power Ledger Strikes Deal to Roll Out Blockchain in South Australia
8.11.2019
Blockchain energy firm Power Ledger partners with local electricity retailer Powerclub to roll out its technology in South Australia
Crypto Miner Steals $5M Worth of Computing Power Using Identity of Riot Games Founder
7.11.2019
A crypto miner stole the identity of a co-founder of the game developer behind League of Legends to illegally access $5 million in computing power
Location, Privilege and Performant Websites
7.11.2019
Here’s a wonderful reminder from Stephanie Stimac about web performance. She writes about a recent experience of moving to an area with an unreliable network and how this caused problems for her as she tried to figure out what was happening during a power blackout:
Assuming all of your customers...
Power Ledger Collaborates With Powerclub for Blockchain Electricity Trading
7.11.2019
Power Ledger, the popular blockchain startup firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Australian electricity wholesaler, Powerclub. This collaboration is expected to gear up the peer-to-peer blockchain energy trading platform in the southwestern part of the continent. This...
Mainstream Renewable Power Closes $580 Million Wind and Solar Financing Deal in Chile
6.11.2019
Wind and solar energy are fast emerging as one of the most important sources of renewable energy, and Mainstream Renewable Power is one of the better-known names in this industry. On Tuesday, the company announced that it has managed to close financing to the tune of $580 million for...
Making a Chart? Try Using Mobx State Tree to Power the Data
5.11.2019
Who loves charts? Everyone, right? There are lots of ways to create them, including a number of libraries. There’s D3.js, Chart.js, amCharts, Highcharts, and Chartist, to name only a few of many, many options.
But we don’t necessary need a chart library to create charts. Take Mobx-state-tree (MST)...
Crypto Secularizes Wealth by Returning Power to the People
5.11.2019
Secularization is the process of converting something from a religious status to a nonreligious one. In its usage here, the word “religious” has no necessary connection to a deity. The word refers to the mystification of a thing in order to elevate it to the status of the divine where...
Maker’s Stability Fee Drops to 5.5% After Multi-Collateral Dai Announcement
3.11.2019
According to the CEO of the Maker Foundation, Rune Christensen, Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) will launch on November 18. On October 28, Maker’s stability fee was reduced by a ‘whale’ with roughly 94% of the voting power. Also Read: French Ministry of Education Publishes Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Mining Power Sees Short-Term Drop as Rainy Season Ends in China
1.11.2019
After sustained growth over the past three months, bitcoin's mining power has dropped with a seasonal falloff in hydropower output in China
Leaked Transcript Details Power Struggle Inside Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain
30.10.2019
A transcript of a Bitmain staff meeting reveals an ugly power struggle inside the world's biggest bitcoin miner maker that led to the abrupt ousting of co-founder Micree Ketuan Zhan
How Blockchain and Crypto Are Poised to Shift the Balance of Power
27.10.2019
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are poised to disrupt global financial systems and alter the balance of power forever
Bitmain Aims to Build a 300MW Texas Mining Farm
23.10.2019
The Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies and DMG Blockchain Solutions announced the launch of a 25MW mining facility in Rockdale, Texas. The new mine aims to bolster Bitmain’s international expansion which will soon expand to 50MW of processing power and then extend the operation’s...
Rare Joint Statement From U.S. Regulators Proves Crypto Centralization Is Here
17.10.2019
The U.S. SEC, Fincen and CFTC issued a rare joint statement Friday addressing regulation of “activities involving digital assets.” Citing crypto’s perceived role in money laundering and terrorism, the regulatory power trio prescribed stricter adherence to anti-money laundering...