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Iranian Energy Grid Blames 7% Consumption Increase on Bitcoin Miners
25.6.2019
Mostafa Rajabi Mashhad, the spokesperson for Tavanir, an Iranian state-operated grid entity, has explained that electrical consumption has spiked by 7% in comparison to the previous year. Rajabi blames illegal cryptocurrency mining operations for the country’s increased electrical consumption...
Future for State-Backed Brazilian Token Issuance Unclear as Bank Sees Leadership Reshuffle
24.6.2019
Brazilian Development Bank elected interim president. What does it mean for the crypto development of the country?
Grand Theft Crypto: The State of Cryptocurrency-Stealing Malware and Other Nasty Techniques
23.6.2019
Hottest advice to avoid having your crypto stolen? Still — common sense
Grand Theft Crypto: The State of Cryptocurrency-Stealing Malware and Other Nasty Techniques
23.6.2019
Hottest advice to avoid having your crypto stolen? Still — common sense
North Queensland’s Bitcoin Cash City Is Hosting a BCH-Focused Conference
22.6.2019
A BCH-centric two day event is coming to North Queensland Australia, dubbed the Bitcoin Cash City conference, on Sep. 4-5, 2019. The massive Australian state has a densely populated region of around 78 BCH accepting merchants and a large number of bitcoin cash supporters residing in the area....
Collective #525
17.6.2019
Every Layout * The State of CSS 2019 * CJSS * When should you be using Web Workers? * Spotlight
Collective #525 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Managing State in React using Unstated-Next
17.6.2019
In a previous post, we saw how to manage state using Unstated. As you might recall, Unstated uses React’s built-in setState to allow you create components that can consume state by subscribing to a provider — like the React’s Context API.
Well, we’re going to build off that last post by looking...
Blockmodo Lets You Create a Snapshot Cryptocurrency Price Widget
17.6.2019
Cryptocurrency prices never stop moving, as the market exists in a constant state of flux. There are instances, though, when it’s useful to be able to hit the pause button and view the price of a cryptocurrency at a fixed point in time. For such occasions, Blockmodo’s snapshot widgets...
US State of Nevada Passes Flurry of Blockchain Bills
14.6.2019
Nevada is becoming a blockchain powerhouse as it passes a suite of bills designed to promote blockchain adoption
Brazilian State-Owned Bank Funds Documentary via Its Own Ethereum-Based Token
3.6.2019
Brazilian state-owned bank BNDES will finance a documentary using its own real-pegged stablecoin
State Farm and USAA Test Blockchain Platform for Insurance Claims Process
31.5.2019
State Farm unveils that it is testing its blockchain platform with real claims data in tandem with USAA
State Farm, USAA to Pay Each Other Insurance Claims on Blockchain by 2020
30.5.2019
Insurance giants State Farm and USAA are in advanced testing of a blockchain to automate claims processing
Russian State Tests Blockchain-Based Application for Public Administration
28.5.2019
The Russian oblast of Nizhny Novgorod is reportedly testing a blockchain-based application for public administration
Indian State of Telangana Aims to Set up Blockchain District for Start-Ups
28.5.2019
The Indian state of Telangana plans to establish the country’s ostensibly first blockchain district by offering tax relief, resource subsidies, and financial grants to start-ups
Montana Passes Bill to Recognize Utility Tokens and Exempt Them From State Securities
24.5.2019
The U.S. State of Montana recognized utility tokens and exempted them from state securities by passing a new bill
Russian State-Owned Holding Giant Proposes to Apply DLT in All the Gov’t Data Systems
24.5.2019
Russian state-owned holding conglomerate Rostec proposes a $1.3 billion-worth plan to apply blockchain in all the state data systems
Collective #518
23.5.2019
Take Back Your Web * Animation Handbook * Accessible Icon Buttons * The State of Fluid Web Typography
Collective #518 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Berlin: Next month UNCHAIN Convention 2019 will set up a get-together with state of the art crypto voices again, amongst others Tone Vays and Brock Pierce
23.5.2019
June 14-15, Berlin: Pioneers and visionaries are welcomed to join UNCHAIN Convention 2019 for networking, business initiation and controversial discussions of the most exciting areas of crypto and blockchain technology real world utilisation. The second edition of the last year’s top-10 blockchain...
State Street’s Blockchain Lead Departs to Build Data Privacy Startup
23.5.2019
Moiz Kohari, State Street's global chief technology architect, has left to build a new data privacy startup
Binance Hack: What Did CZ Do After the “F***, F***, F***” State?
20.5.2019
Source: Instagram, Binance
When Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao first realized that the exchange had been hacked, and plenty of funds stolen on May 7, his first thought was “F***!”. His second thought was quite different: “F***!!”, while the third one, and you’ll never guess it, was: “F***!!!”.
A...