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Everything You Need to Know About Date in JavaScript
11.6.2019
Date is weird in JavaScript. It gets on our nerves so much that we reach for libraries (like Date-fns and Moment) the moment (ha!) we need to work with date and time.
But we don't always need to use libraries. Date can actually be quite simple if you know what to watch out for. In this article...
Cypherpunk Adam Back Speaks of Blockchain Benefits at G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers
10.6.2019
Cypherpunk Adam Back, often regarded as the father of virtual currencies, took part in an event at the G20 meeting of finance ministers
How Blockchain Voting Is Supposed to Work (But In Practice Rarely Does)
8.6.2019
There are a number of blockchain projects affirming they have a system of on-chain governance that works. But is that true?
Using DevTools to Improve the UX Design to Development Process
7.6.2019
I’d like to tell you how I see code and design intersect and support one another. Specifically, I want to cover how designers can use code in their everyday work. I suggest this not because it’s a required skill, but because even a baseline understanding of coding can make designs better and...
Hotels and Realtors in Venezuela’s Historic Cumaná City Accept Bitcoin Cash
6.6.2019
For years Venezuelans have been surviving the harsh economic climate of their country, beset by hyperinflation and political instability. Small businesses have been hit the hardest. But even in these difficult conditions, the ingenuity and hard work of Venezuelan entrepreneurs has allowed them...
Neo Announces New Consensus Mechanism For Its New Mainnet
4.6.2019
Neo has developed a new consensus algorithm for its mainnet v2.10.2, the delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance mechanism 2.0
Ripple Unveils its XRP Based Mobile Banking Application
31.5.2019
Ripple is still gaining the attention of crypto lovers. The XRPL lab of Ripple has designed an app for the mobile user that can do more than just sending cryptocurrency from one wallet to another. The newly designed app of Ripple was unveiled at a community event, Bitrue in Amsterdam....
PR: Blucon Launches BCH Transportation Card
31.5.2019
Blucon is excited to announce the launch of their transportation card that supports BCH. The system will work by integrating the EXO-Platform, to allow the instant conversion of cryptocurrency into spendable cash. Blucon has leveraged on its existing business relationships between cryptocurrency...
Facebook and Microsoft Pledge to Help Canada Conduct a Clean Election
28.5.2019
Fake news, automated accounts, and targeted advertising of spurious content to Facebook users have been some of the biggest problems that have affected elections in many democracies across the world, over the past few years. The internet was weaponized in a devastating fashion as the flow of wrong...
Prioritizing
27.5.2019
You're faced with a lot of decisions in everyday work. There are multiple tasks calling for your focus, and you can burn daylight or even burn out trying to decide what comes first. There's a phenomenon called decision fatigue. There have been many studies that you can make poor choices when you're...
Two Miners Purportedly Execute 51% Attack on Bitcoin Cash Blockchain
25.5.2019
Two miners, BTC.top and BTC.com, have reportedly executed a 51% attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain
Code as Documentation: New Strategies with CSS Grid
24.5.2019
I work for Supercool, a fast-moving design agency that makes custom built sites for arts clients, powered by the off-the-shelf system, Craft CMS; it's high-spec graphic design with relatively demanding typography and art direction. Over the past few months we’ve been moving to CSS grid. We’re...
Monero Developers Consider Adopting New Proof-of-Work Algorithm in October
24.5.2019
In October, privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero will reportedly switch to a new proof-of-work algorithm
EOS BP, Explained
24.5.2019
EOS’s Block Producer system might be unique, but it is not without criticism
Front-End Documentation, Style Guides and the Rise of MDX
23.5.2019
You can have the best open source project in the world but, if it doesn’t have good documentation, chances are it’ll never take off. In the office, good documentation could save you having to repeatedly answer the same questions. Documentation ensures that people can figure out how things work...
$19 Million: Ethereum Foundation to Fund Work on 2.0 Upgrade, Plasma and More
21.5.2019
The Ethereum Foundation issued a blog post today outlining how an estimated $30 million would be spent to further develop the ethereum ecosystem
Australian Government Employee Charged With Mining Crypto at Work
21.5.2019
A 33-year-old Australian IT contractor has been charged after he allegedly mined cryptocurrency on government computer systems
Latest Hack Sparks Concern Whatsapp Will Never Be Secure
20.5.2019
Facebook’s popular messaging app with 1.5 billion users in over 180 countries has another major vulnerability. Hackers were able to covertly install spyware on iOS and Android smartphones using Whatsapp with just a phone call. “All of their security issues are conveniently suitable...
How Cryptocurrency Scams Work
19.5.2019
Don’t end up like this person.
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Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology...
Footnotes That Work in RSS Readers
17.5.2019
Feedbin is the RSS reader I'm using at the moment. I was reading one of Harry's blog posts on it the other day, and I noticed a nice little interactive touch right inside Feedbin. There was a button-looking element with the number one which, as it turned out, was a footnote. I hovered over it,...