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Top 3 Mistakes Crypto Derivatives Traders Make
25.3.2020
Derivatives trading has taken the crypto world by storm. As a matter of fact, the open interest of Bitcoin futuresContinue Reading
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Judge Grants Injunction Halting Telegram’s TON Release Again, Notice of Appeal Reportedly Filed
25.3.2020
The embattled Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain and its native gram cryptocurrency have seen plans for launch stifled once again, with a preliminary injunction granted by Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel. The March 24 injunction sides with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
BitMEX Open Interest Collapses After Controversial Long Squeeze
24.3.2020
Open interest in XBT/USD on BitMEX has crashed by over 50 percent from 115,000 BTC to 55,000 BTC over the past 12 days
Performance Links
24.3.2020
I've had a number of browser tabs open to articles all related to web performance and gosh darn it if blogging them is a way for me get some closure. They are all good!
Manuel Matuzovic, Why 543 KB keep me up at night:
Yes, I know, it depends. 543 KB aren't always bad, but on that specific page...
Emin Gun Sirer’s AVA Labs Seeks Wall Street Business After Open-Sourcing ‘Avalanche’ Protocol
24.3.2020
AVA Labs is looking to build financial infrastructure for Wall Street businesses after open sourcing its novel “Avalanche” protocol
Cash Crisis: National Currencies Plunge in the Wake of Coronavirus
24.3.2020
Announcing an open-ended QE program Monday for unprecedented asset purchasing, the U.S. Federal Reserve has pledged to purchase assets "in the amounts needed," signaling the beginning of a virtually unlimited easing effort which will include moving into corporate bonds for the first time.
The post...
Yale Researchers Turn to Hyperledger to Track Carbon Emissions
24.3.2020
A team from Yale's OpenLab has been exploring how blockchain, IoT and other data-science tools can be used to measure and track carbon emissions
What Does `playsinline` Mean in Web Video?
18.3.2020
I got myself confused about this the other day, went around searching for an answer and came up empty on finding something clear. The answer actually is quite clear and I feel a little silly for not knowing it.
With it in place, like this:
<video src="..." controls playsinline</video
Mobile...
DeFi on Bitcoin: The Time Has Come for Decentralized Finance to Run on top of Bitcoin´s Network
18.3.2020
The main aim behind DeFi (decentralized finance) is to create a financial service ecosystem that’s open-source, permissionless, transparent and functioningContinue Reading
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Can Open Source Networks Address Medical Shortages? Feat. Bruce Fenton
18.3.2020
In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW talks open source ventilators, overreactions in monetary policy and the slippery, sticky slope towards helicopter money with Bruce Fenton
[článek] Josef Tětek (TopMonks): Myšlenka open financí nedávný masakr Etherea přežije
18.3.2020
[7 minut čtení] Proč propad ceny Etherea z konce minulého týdne existenčně ohrozil největší současný projekt tzv. decentralizovaných financí v kryptoměnovém světě? O decentralizovaných financích DeFi (pokročilých finančních nástrojích, které umožňují nad kryptoměnami vytvářet decentralizované...
How to Create a “Skip to Content” Link
17.3.2020
Skip links are little internal navigation links that help users move around a page. It’s possible you’ve never actually seen one before because they’re often hidden from view and used as an accessibility enhancement that lets keyboard users and screen readers jump from the top of the page to...
WooCommerce 4.0 & WooCommerce Payments Beta
17.3.2020
Y'all know WooCommerce: it's a plugin for WordPress that adds robust eCommerce functionality to your site. Notably, like WordPress itself, it's open-source and free. You only pay for things if you need things like special plugins that extend functionality.
This is a huge month for WooCommerce!...
QE4 Begins: Fed Cuts Rates, Buys $700B in Bonds; Bitcoin Rallies 7.7%
15.3.2020
Effectively, this is “QE4,” the fourth major round of quantitative easing by the American central bank since the global financial crisis a little more than a decade ago
[článek] Tomáš Knížek (Open-source Aliance): Chceme úřady naučit používat open source. Máme podporu ANO
12.3.2020
[10 minut čtení] Nová organizace chce prosadit open source ve státní sféře. Je ale spojena s některými kontroverzními jmény. V Česku začala fungovat Open-source Aliance, která si klade za cíl dostat otevřený software do státních institucí a podílet se na likvidaci závislosti na jednom dodavateli....
Russia Seeks to Block ‘Darknet’ Technologies, Including Telegram’s Blockchain
11.3.2020
A Russian government agency has requested contractor bids to find ways to block censorship-resistant internet tech, including one blockchain: Telegram's
Libra Wanted a Currency, All We Need Are DeFi’s Open Payment Rails
10.3.2020
Rather than build an alternative currency like Libra, Facebook should concentrate on building new infrastructure, like the open systems in the ethereum-DeFi space, says ConsenSys's Lex Sokolin
Geoff’s Redesign Posts
9.3.2020
I love it when people redesign "in the open" and write about it. I'd just like to shout out to our own Geoff who has been doing this for 3 months now. He started in late December last year. He's been sharing stuff like his dev tooling choices, considering performance, considering accessibility...
Industry Execs Claim Freshly Minted ‘Virgin Bitcoins’ Fetch 20% Premium
8.3.2020
A few blockchain surveillance companies like Cyphertrace have recently published reports on criminal activities tied to bitcoin usage and the studies mentioned the topic of “virgin bitcoins.” According to industry executives, freshly minted bitcoins with no transaction history can sell...
Animating CSS Width and Height Without the Squish Effect
6.3.2020
The first rule of animating on the web: don't animate width and height. It forces the browser to recalculate a bunch of stuff and it's slow (or "expensive" as they say). If you can get away with it, animating any transform property is faster (and "cheaper").
Butttt, transform can be tricky. Check...