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Weekly Platform News: Improving UX on Slow Connections, a Tip for Writing Alt Text and a Polyfill for the HTML loading attribute
23.8.2019
In this week's roundup, how to determine a slow connection, what we should put into alt text for images, and a new polyfill for the HTML loading attribute, plus more.
Detecting users on slow connections
Algolia is using the Network Information API (see the API’s Chrome status page) to detect users...
NEO Price Analysis: Will the Bears Make Way for Bulls For NEO?
22.8.2019
The bears had been putting pressure on the price of NEO like other altcoins for the whole of July. August seems to have been a little better for NEO though the bears are still holding ground as seen from the one-day price chart with the prices oscillating in the range of $9.20 – $9.83....
Andrew Yang Wants to Make US Elections Fraud-Proof Using Blockchain
22.8.2019
U.S. Democratic candidate Andrew Yang says he would implement blockchain-based mobile voting as president
The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt
21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...
Using requestAnimationFrame with React Hooks
21.8.2019
Animating with requestAnimationFrame should be easy, but if you haven’t read React’s documentation thoroughly then you will probably run into a few things that might cause you a headache. Here are three gotcha moments I learned the hard way.
TLDR: Pass an empty array as a second parameter...
Cardano Price Analysis: Cardano (ADA) Is Trying To Make A Descent Upward Move
19.8.2019
The condition of the crypto market sphere has attained no significant improvement until now. This is the reason why investors still cannot have hope regarding good returns even if they start investing in potential altcoin like Cardano. The coin is highly unstable and is also possessing great...
Site Monetization with Coil (and Removing Ads for Supporters)
13.8.2019
I've tried a handful of websites based on "tip with micropayments" in the past. They come and go. That's fine. From a publisher perspective, it's low-commitment. I've never earned a ton, but it was typically enough to be worth it.
Now Bruce has me trying Coil. It's compelling to me for a couple...
Can the Fed Kill Bitcoin? Navigating the Chokepoints of Tax Law and KYC
9.8.2019
Taxes. The one word that can kill any buzz in seconds flat. Whether you’re a libertarian ranting about how taxation is theft or one of those fabled creatures who is actually happy to file them as their so-called civic duty, one fact remains: those who don’t give the government a bite...
Ethereum Price Analysis: Will Bulls Make an Entry for Ethereum (ETH)?
9.8.2019
Ethereum, a popular and second-largest coin on the blockchain platform, has been gearing itself for the release of Ethereum 2.0 in early 2020. The YTD chart shows the price of Ethereum had peaked during June being as high as $330 on June 25 and after that, the bears were in continual motion showing...
Using Immer for React State Management
7.8.2019
We make use of state to keep track of application data. States change as users interact with an application. When this happens, we need to update the state that is displayed to the user, and we do this using React’s setState.
Since states are not meant to be updated directly (because React’s state...
How to Shuffle BCH and Keep Your Transactions Private With Cashshuffle
6.8.2019
As blockchain surveillance becomes more prevalent, cryptocurrency advocates have created ways to make digital currency transactions more private. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has an application called Cashshuffle, which allows users to shuffle their BCH with other fractions of BCH to obfuscate...
More Cities and Regions Accepting Coins for Taxes, Services
6.8.2019
Cryptocurrency payments, as convenient as they can be, are still something most governments are trying to wrap their heads around and regulate. Local authorities, however, being closer to the citizens they are called upon to serve, are often quicker to adopt novelties that make their lives and...
then on Objects
5.8.2019
Promises were a revelation in JavaScript development, allowing us to enjoy async processing and avoid callback hell. Many new APIs like Battery API, Cache API, and others use the promise API. One fact you may not know is that you can add a then method to any object to make it Promise-like!...
Pre-Register for Bitcoin.com’s New Crypto Exchange to Win Bitcoin Cash Prizes
1.8.2019
Over the last few years, Bitcoin.com has striven to make digital assets more accessible to everyone in the world. In June we launched our peer-to-peer bitcoin cash marketplace Local.Bitcoin.com and this September we’re launching our very own exchange with over 50 trading pairs. Today...
Fetching Data in React using React Async
1.8.2019
You’re probably used to fetching data in React using axios or fetch. The usual method of handling data fetching is to:
Make the API call.
Update state using the response if all goes as planned.
Or, in cases where errors are encountered, an error message is displayed to the user.
There will always...
Creating Dynamic Routes in a Nuxt Application
30.7.2019
In this post, we’ll be using an ecommerce store demo I built and deployed to Netlify to show how we can make dynamic routes for incoming data. It’s a fairly common use-case: you get data from an API, and you either don’t know exactly what that data might be, there’s a lot of it, or it might change....
Ethereum Price Analysis: Will Bulls Finally Make an Entry for Ethereum (ETH)?
27.7.2019
Ethereum has been going through phases of bear and bull moments through the current week Ethereum is a largely popular coin on the blockchain platform has been in the news for its eagerly awaited Ethereum 2.0 which is expected to make the network more robust and user-friendly. Ethereum had a good...
VeChain Price Analysis: VeChain (VET) Expected to Make a Bounce Back Soon; The Downward Trend Seized
26.7.2019
ENN Energy Holdings Limited, one of the largest power sector company in China, has joined hands with VeChainThor Blockchain. The aim of this tie-up is to ensure optimal quality control and supply-chain management. Additionally, Shanghai Gas, a state-owned company that supplies more than 90%...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Trading Near Make-or-Break Levels
26.7.2019
Yesterday, we saw a decent rise in bitcoin price above the USD 10,000 level, but also discussed hurdles near the USD 10,200 level. BTC/USD failed to continue above USD 10,200 and it started a downside correction. The price declined below USD 10,000 and tested the USD 9,650 support. Similarly, there...
How Government Agencies Make Criminals of Crypto Traders
26.7.2019
A New Jersey man has been indicted this week for converting over $2 million to bitcoin and operating a private exchange business not registered with the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. According to a July 24 press release by the U.S. Attorney’s office, 46-year-old William Green could face...