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Telegram Drops Technical White Paper for Blockchain SEC Is Trying to Halt
5.2.2020
Telegram has revealed more details about its TON blockchain's block validation process, even as it fights the SEC in court over its $1.7 billion token sale
TravelbyBit Collaborates With Expedia to Open New Booking Opportunities
5.2.2020
Taking pride in being one of the best online travel booking platform based on cryptocurrencies, TravelbyBit has announced the news about its strategic collaboration with leading travel technology firm, Expedia. The integration between the two popular travel portals, TravelbyBit and Expedia,...
Iowa Caucus App Fiasco Shows Need for Open Source Transparency
4.2.2020
Iowa's election fiasco shows the risks of relying on centralized, digital systems and software that lacks transparency
Binance Announces WazirX Sale Results; Set to Open WRX Trading Tomorrow
4.2.2020
The Binance Launchpad platform has announced the results of its WazirX token sale, the first token launch of the platform this year. According to the platform, there were 10,000 winning tickets held by a total of 9,033 winners. Over 20,000 users participated in the lottery draw, with almost 137,000...
The Three Types of Code
3.2.2020
Every time I start a new project, I organize the code I’m looking at into three types, or categories if you like. And I think these types can be applied to any codebase, any language, any technology or open source project. Whether I’m writing HTML or CSS or building a React component, thinking...
Bitcoin Futures: Volatility ‘Coming’ as BitMEX Hits $1B Open Interest
3.2.2020
Bitcoin should see a “significant” price move on the back of futures strength, one analyst believes
Open Letter to India's Finance Minister on Crypto Sector Potential
31.1.2020
Sumit Gupta is the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform CoinDCX, which Gupta co-founded in early 2018.
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An Open Letter to the Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, on the Potential of India’s Cryptocurrency Sector and the Benefits it Presents to the Indian Economy
Dear...
Bitcoin Startup Casa Names New CEO as Node Service Goes Open-Source
31.1.2020
Bitcoin startup Casa is charging into 2020 with a new look – by winding down its hardware product and shuffling its front office
Simple Image Placeholders with SVG
27.1.2020
A little open-source utility from Tyler Sticka that returns a data URL of an SVG to use as an image placeholder as needed.
I like the idea of self-running utilities like that, rather than depending on some third-party service, like placekitten or whatever. Not that I'd advocate for feature...
Court Documents Reveal More Possible Investors in Telegram’s $1.7B ICO
27.1.2020
Big names that may have invested in Telegram’s token sale are surfacing in court documents as the company fights a case brought by the SEC
[aktualita] FSF bych chtěla z Windows 7 udělat open source
25.1.2020
Free Software Foundation chce po Microsoftu, ať uvolní Windows 7 jako open source. Ve své nové iniciativě se odvolává na tezi Microsoftu o tom, jak open source miluje. Microsoft tentokrát dodržel slovo a po ukončení podpory odmítl bez zaplacené prodloužené podpory poskytnout opravu i kritické...
ECB Keeps Subzero Interest Rates and Open-Ended QE Worth €20B a Month But Launches Policy Review
24.1.2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched an extensive review that will examine a wide range of its policies by the end of this year. Under its new president, Christine Lagarde, the bank will try to establish why its monetary stimulus has failed to achieve the Eurozone’s goal of close...
Watch Thieves Wrench Open a Bitcoin ATM – Leaving a Regular ATM Intact
24.1.2020
Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, PhiladelphiaPolice
An American store manager was left baffled after thieves executed a sophisticated plan to steal a Bitcoin ATM that “wasn’t doing well” – leaving a cash-filled conventional ATM behind.
Police in Philidelphia said two men used crowbars to break...
[článek] Vychází telefon s Linuxem, ProtonVPN nově jako open source, Silicon Valley se bojí Číny
24.1.2020
[5 minut čtení] Evropa bude prodávat vlastní procesory. Microsoft jako open source vydal nový programovací jazyk. Zprávy z IT, každý pátek na Lupě. Vždy v pátek připravuje reportér Jan Sedlák výběr zajímavých zpráv ze světa IT. Co se událo v tomto týdnu?
Dfinty Launches Open Version of LinkedIn + More News
23.1.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Dfinity, a blockchain-based cloud computing company, unveiled an open version of LinkedIn, dubbed LinkedUp....
Campaign Privacy Statements Open Up Voters to Data Sharing
23.1.2020
By signing up for one election campaign, you're often consenting to work with others
Collective #583
23.1.2020
The CSS Cascade * Sideway * Teaching in the open: Eleventy * Form Design Patterns
Collective #583 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
SEC Depositions Shed Light on Telegram’s $1.7B Token Sale
22.1.2020
Newly released transcripts of the SEC’s depositions of Telegram executives offer a rare window into the logic and the mechanics behind its $1.7 billion token sale
Uzbekistan to Throw its Doors Open to Tax-free Cryptocurrency Trading
22.1.2020
Uzbekistan’s president has produced a draft decree that will see tax authorities in the country waive taxes on cryptocurrency trading and transactions – for both Uzbeks and non-nationals living in the country.
As previously reported, the government has been keen to implement the new measures –...
Blockchain Association Sides With Telegram Against SEC, Says Grams Are Not Securities
22.1.2020
The U.S. advocacy group has come out strongly on the side of Telegram in its ongoing SEC court case