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Russia Shelves Plans to Criminalize Bitcoin Transactions – For Now
21.7.2020
Russia has dropped plans to criminalize bitcoin transactions – for now, according to local media reports. The Digital Financial Assets Bill (DFA), due to be read for the second time in the Russian parliament – or State Duma – on July 21, has removed references to administrative...
Bitcoin.org Maintainer Calls for the Removal of Cobra, Website Owner Then Fires Him
29.6.2020
The infamous and controversial owner of the website bitcoin.org, Cobra, is under fire recently and a number of community members have asked to see the website removed from his possession. The initial argument was sparked by the website’s maintainer, Will Binns, who told the public that...
Youtube Reinstates Bitcoin.com’s Official Channel After Suspension
15.6.2020
Just recently, the official Bitcoin.com Youtube channel was suspended and removed from the popular video platform. During the last 12 months, Youtube has censored information and banned cryptocurrency video coverage with no remorse. As the censorship continues to wreak havoc on innocent content...
Amid Youtube Censorship, Individuals Flock to Decentralized Video Sharing Apps Like Lbry.tv
31.5.2020
In mid-May, news.Bitcoin.com reported on one of our mining pool videos being censored and banned from the video-sharing platform Youtube. The report had shown how Youtube has been censoring videos for a long time now, and the CEO specifically told the public certain coronavirus films would...
$200M Worth of BTC Removed From Exchanges Post-Halving
13.5.2020
Bitcoin community removes $200M worth of BTC from exchanges the first day after the halving
Decentralized Protocol Removed From EU Contact Tracing Website Without Notice
16.4.2020
EU researchers are concerned after their proposal for a decentralized contact tracing system was rejected without explanation
Google Pulls 49 Cryptocurrency Wallet Browser Extensions Found Stealing Private Keys
15.4.2020
Google has removed 49 cryptocurrency wallet browser extensions after a security researcher discovered they were stealing private keys. These Chrome extensions targeted users of crypto wallets, such as Ledger, Trezor, Jaxx, Electrum, Myetherwallet, Metamask, Exodus, and Keepkey. Also read: Bitcoin...
49 Crypto-Stealing Chrome Extensions Removed from Google's Store
15.4.2020
Google has removed a number of Chrome extensions that were pretending to be crypto wallet apps in order to steal users' cryptoassets.
A total of 49 extensions of Google's popular web browser, Chrome, which is the most popular in the world, have been removed by the tech giant from the Web Store...
Bitcoin Reacts to Fed’s 0% Rate Drop, Reserve Requirements Removed, $700B in Stimulus
16.3.2020
On Sunday, the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed the benchmark short-term rate by 100 basis points bringing it to zero. In addition to the rate cut, the Fed promised $700 billion in bond purchases and eliminated all reserve requirements for smaller financial institutions. However, the Fed’s rate...
BCH Funding Debate: Developers Plan to Launch IFP-Free Version of Bitcoin ABC
20.2.2020
On February 19, a group of well known software developers announced the launch of a new Bitcoin Cash full node with the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) removed from the codebase. The news was announced on the read.cash platform by the developer Freetrader who told the public that strong demand...
Bitcoin Gold 51% Attacked – Network Loses $70,000 in Double Spends
26.1.2020
The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) network suffered another set of 51% attacks on January 23-24, as roughly 29 blocks were removed in two deep blockchain reorganizations (reorgs). Reports indicate that more than 7,000 BTG was double spent as the chain suffered a loss of $70,000 in two days. Also read: Bitcoin...
Multi-Thumb Sliders: Particular Two-Thumb Case
7.1.2020
This is a concept I first came across a few years back when Lea Verou wrote an article on it. Multi-range sliders have sadly been removed from the spec since, but something else that has happened in the meanwhile is that CSS got better — and so have I, so I recently decided to make my...
Speculation Abounds Regarding Youtube’s Removal of Crypto Content
24.12.2019
At least six crypto Youtube channels have reported in recent hours that their content is being removed under the site’s “harmful and dangerous” policy, with one popular channel claiming Youtube pointed to a “sale of regulated goods.” Chris Dunn is one of these, whose...
MARKETS DAILY: Billion Dollar Returns Removed From Libra White Paper
12.12.2019
With markets continuing their decline, we're hunting for billion dollar returns and the Libra Investment Token in a major revision to the Libra white paper
Crypto Swapping App Sideshift AI Drops Access Code Requirement
21.11.2019
Since launching in January, Sideshift.ai has become a well known cryptocurrency application that allows people to swap 20+ cryptocurrencies in an automated manner. When Sideshift first launched, users needed an access code to use the service, but on November 20 the team removed access codes and...
Micree Zhan Claims He Was Removed From Bitmain Without Consent
7.11.2019
Micree Zhan, a co-founder of Bitmain, claims he was ousted from the firm without his consent and will return
This is Why Ripple Removed xRapid, xVia and xCurrent from their Site
9.10.2019
The Cryptoverse was abuzz recently when it was discovered that Ripple made some noticeable changes to their website. We asked the company what happened.
Recently, the company has removed mentions of their products xRapid, a source of on demand liquidity, xVia, used by businesses to plug into...
Devs Remove BIP70 Payment Protocol From Bitcoin Core’s Default Settings
23.9.2019
Cryptocurrency advocates have recently discovered that Bitcoin Core (BTC) developers are planning to disable the payment protocol BIP70 supported by default in the Bitcoin Core version 0.19.0 client. According to developer discussions, full BIP70 support might be removed by version 0.20.0. Also...
Getting To Know The MutationObserver API
8.5.2019
MutationObserver watches the DOM, specifically the places you tell it to, like:
document.querySelector('#watch-this');
...and it can tell you (trigger a callback) when stuff happens — like when a child is added, removed, changed, or a number of other things.
I used it just the other day...
Here’s the thing about “unused CSS” tools
18.6.2018
There are a lot of tools that aim to help you remove "unused CSS" from your project. Never a week goes by that I don't see a tool for this being shared or promoted. It must strike some kind of perfect chord for some developers. I care about performance, and I know that reducing file sizes is good...