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The Kind of Development I Like
18.11.2019
I'm turning 40 next year (yikes!) and even though I've been making websites for over 25 years, I feel like I'm finally beginning to understand the kind of development I like. Expectedly, these are not new revelations and my views can be summed up by two older Computer Science adages that pre-date...
Global Trend Against Cash Intensifies as China Joins the Squeeze
16.11.2019
For various reasons, a growing number of nations are experiencing the rapid development of cashless society. Paper money may become extinct in some countries in the not-so-distant future. Prompted by the spread of private and decentralized cryptocurrencies and the threat of losing control over...
JAMstack CMSs Have Finally Grown Up!
15.11.2019
This article is based on Brian's presentation at Connect.Tech 2019. Slides with speaker notes from that presentation are available to download.
In my experience, developers generally find the benefits of the JAMstack easy to comprehend. Sites are faster because the resources are static and served...
Xinyuan Boosts Real Estate Development Through Blockchain Technology
15.11.2019
Taking pride in being China’s first real estate entities to get listed in NYSE, the Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Ltd. has started implementing the expertise of blockchain technology into the business to boost its operability and manageability. The firm has established itself as the first real estate...
Some CSS Grid Strategies for Matching Design Mockups
14.11.2019
The world of web development has always had a gap between the design-to-development handoff. Ambitious designers want the final result of their effort to look unique and beautiful (and true to their initial vision), whereas many developers find more value in an outcome that is consistent...
‘Zimdollars’ Issued for First Time in Ten Years Amidst Continued Hyperinflation
14.11.2019
The new Zimbabwe dollar has hit the streets, with banks beginning to issue the paper currency Tuesday. The ‘Zimdollar,’ existing earlier this year as coins, e-balances, the RTGS dollar, and bond notes, was returned to in June as a replacement for the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)...
ITFC Raises Its Trade Finance and Development Efforts in OIC Countries
12.11.2019
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has announced that in the third quarter of 2019, it helped in boosting growth in these nations by financing transactions to the tune of $2.2 billion. It is a significant development and shows the sort of financial commitment that has been made...
Working with Fusebox and React
8.11.2019
If you are searching for an alternative bundler to webpack, you might want to take a look at FuseBox. It builds on what webpack offers — code-splitting, hot module reloading, dynamic imports, etc. — but code-splitting in FuseBox requires zero configuration by default (although webpack will offer...
8×8 Protocol Completes Its Wallet Development; Announces the Listing of EXE on BITSONIC
8.11.2019
8X8 Protocol’s EXE token has recently been listed on BITSONIC exchange. Earlier, 8X8 Protocol has announced the launch of its wallet. As per reports, the development of the crypto wallet, 8X8 DEX, was completed earlier, and it passed the primitive stage of testing as well. It’s now available in...
Lisk Announces That All New Features of SDK 3.0.0 Completes the Development Stage
8.11.2019
Lisk has announced that it will be hosting an all-day event for developers in Berlin on November 19, 2019. In this event, participants can learn how to make blockchain applications, take part in coding challenges, and attend talks on blockchain technology. Lisk has also stated that the development...
Stellar’s Plan to Win Global Payments: Play Nice With the Finance Cops
7.11.2019
Stellar's first-ever conference in Mexico City gathered entrepreneurs eager to lean into global financial regulations
Development Bank of Namibia Brings High-Level Finance to Namibia
7.11.2019
The financial industry has grown at a fair clip over the past decade or so in Africa, and one of the nations that can now boast of a highly evolved finance industry in Namibia. However, such development does not take place in a vacuum, and there needs to be institutional support in place so that...
Meet Flowee the Hub: A Feature-Rich Bitcoin Cash Validator
7.11.2019
Bitcoin Cash development has been growing wildly over the last year between third party services and infrastructure. Since the inception of BCH, there’s been a number of full node clients that not only distribute important binary data but offer a variety of different features as well....
Tokens.net Seals Partnership With Bitcoin.com as an Official SLP Partner
6.11.2019
Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) is a protocol for token creation on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) chain, promoting tokenization of assets in a simple and effective way. The Simple Ledger Protocol provides electronic wallets, block explorers, social media bots, token faucets and back-end infrastructure,...
STACS Bags Banking Veteran as the New Head of Business Development
5.11.2019
STACS (Securities Trading Asset Clearing & Settlement), the Singapore-based enterprise blockchain development firm, has confirmed hiring banking expert, David Teo, as their Business Development lead. Jay Ng, the Managing Director of STACS, stated: We are working on a few important blockchain...
Central Bank Blockchains and Corporate Ledgers Are Still Vaporware
4.11.2019
There’s been a resurgence of blockchain discussion this year, especially after China’s President Xi Jinping lauded blockchain and told Chinese citizens the country needs to accelerate distributed ledger technology development. Despite the lack of producing anything worthwhile, for some...
TZERO to Tokenize $25M of Luxury Residential Development in UK
30.10.2019
tZERO will tokenize at $25 million of the River Plaza luxury residential property in Manchester, U.K
China Ranks 35 Crypto Projects as President Xi Pushes Blockchain
29.10.2019
China has been on a roll with a series of crypto-related announcements. President Xi Jinping’s speech to accelerate the development of blockchain technology in China was followed by the passing of a cryptography bill. Meanwhile, China’s Center for Information and Industry Development...
Major Latin American Development Bank Pilots Blockchain for Land Registry
28.10.2019
The largest development bank in Latin America is supporting a two-year blockchain pilot for land registry in three South American countries
Inter-American Development Bank to Pilot Land Registries on Blockchain
28.10.2019
The global organization is aiming to ease the burden of trying to reset land titles in Latin American countries