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The Popeye Moment
25.11.2019
Frank Chimero is redesigning "in the open" and we should pay attention to it because (1) we should listen to anything Frank has to say because he's a great designer and writer and (2) working in public is awesome.
But the gut punch for me in this opening article is the way Frank pulls zero punches...
After Blockstack’s Regulated Offering, Where Now For US Token Sales?
24.11.2019
When Blockstack announced the first Reg A+ token sale, many believed it would open the floodgates for a spate of similar offerings. Reg A+ has long been the Holy Grail of token offerings in the U.S., with a host of companies pursuing the only SEC exemption that allows the inclusion of unaccredited...
Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Shatters Records Amid Spot Market Turmoil
23.11.2019
Bakkt’s bitcoin core (BTC) futures product saw another all-time high as the spot market price of BTC plummeted under $7,000 on Friday morning, Nov. 22. Bakkt saw 2,728 contracts traded ($20 million) and $1.75 million in open interest outpacing the record of 1,179 contracts on Oct. 25. Also...
How Building in the Open Can Change Our Industry
21.11.2019
I have to admit, I'm a developer who hasn't built a website. When I first read Chris's question, I sat in silence for at least a minute. Which technical topic did I want to discuss? A new library, programming language or best practice? Nothing, in particular, came to mind. Is that because I'm a...
It’s my job, and yours.
21.11.2019
The role of ethics in our modern web space has been on my mind for the past few years and I suspect it will occupy my thoughts increasingly as I move forward. With each encounter of a questionable feature or setting on a website, I can't help but think of all of the people involved and...
Getting Started with GraphQL
20.11.2019
GraphQL was developed by Facebook in 2012 to power up its mobile apps. Since open-sourcing GraphQL specification in 2015, it gained a lot of popularity and is now used by many development teams, including giants like GitHub, Twitter or Airbnb. Why so? And what exactly is a GraphQL? Let's take...
The Communal Cycle of Sharing
18.11.2019
What I'm interested in this year is how we're continuing to expand on tools, services, and shared side projects to collectively guide where we take the web next, and the way we're sharing that.
So many other mediums—mostly analog ones—have been around for ages and have a deeper history. In...
Crypto Leaders Propose Open Compliance Protocol For Financial Action Task Force
16.11.2019
Can a new compliance protocol make it easier to follow FATF regulation?
Learn UI Design
14.11.2019
Erik Kennedy's course Learn UI Design is open for enrollment for less than a week. Disclosure, that link is our affiliate link. I'm linking to it here because I think this is worthy of your time and money if you're looking to become a good UI designer.
I think of Erik sorta like the Wes Bos...
Huobi and Nervos Join Hands to Make Huobi Chain Open Source
13.11.2019
On Tuesday, November 12, Huobi Group announced that a high-performance public blockchain, Huobi Chain, become open-source and publicly available to developers. Huobi partnered with Nervos, a blockchain development startup, to developed high-performance Huobi Chain, which was unveiled last year...
AEX Collaborates With HashQuark Open Staking Platform to Drive Growth and Mutual Benefits
13.11.2019
AEX, a reputed global cryptocurrency exchange platform, joined hands with HashQuark, a professional staking service provider. HashQuark, a member of the HashKey group, primarily focusses on public chains that are built upon PoS and DPoS platforms like the Cosmos, CyberMiles, VeChain, IOST, IRISnet...
Huobi Chain Blockchain Completes Planned Open Source Developer Rollout
12.11.2019
Huobi public blockchain project completes open-source move
Huobi’s ‘Regulator-Friendly’ Blockchain Goes Open Source
12.11.2019
Huobi Chain, the regulator-facing public blockchain of exchange Huobi Group, is now open source and available to all developers on GitHub
Po virtuální realitě končí i ta papírová. Google ruší brýle Cardboard, projekt bude open source
7.11.2019
Google nedávno ukončil své prostředí pro virtuální realitu Daydream, které bylo dostupné v rámci Androidu. nyní se přidává i Cardboard – jednoduché papírové brýle, do kterých se vkládal telefon. Softwarové nástroje ale Google uvolní komunitě jako open source.
Princip fungování Cardboardu byl
New IRS Policy on Crypto Clears the Air Though Left Some Issues Wide Open
7.11.2019
The tax-related cryptocurrency policy has been eagerly awaited in the United States of America for a long time. Finally, on October 9, the guidelines related to cryptocurrency taxation have been updated by the federal department, the Internal Revenue Service. All the contentious issues related...
Netlify CMS Open Authoring
6.11.2019
I like the term "Git-backed CMS." That term works for an emerging style of CMS that looks and behaves much like any other CMS, with a fascinating twist: it doesn't actually store any data for you. These CMSs are connected to a Git repo where the data lives in flat files (e.g. Markdown). You teach...
JavaScript waitForTime
6.11.2019
I write a lot of tests for new features within Firefox DevTools. We have hundreds of “mochitests” which open the browser and perform synthetic actions like clicking, typing, and other user actions. I’ve previously written about waitForever which essentially halts following actions...
Spacechain Plans to Build World’s First Open-source Satellite Network
6.11.2019
Singapore-based start-up SpaceChain has decided to build the world’s first open-source Blockchain-based satellite network. The company aims to protect the digital assets of organizations from hackers and cybercriminals. In this effort, SpaceChina wants to become as the integrator of space...
This Startup’s Upgrade Code Can Be Used by Any Bitcoin-Based Blockchain
4.11.2019
Nexus says an upgrade that brings smart-contract functionality to its blockchain can also be used by any other bitcoin-based chain
CME Group Publishes Bitcoin Options Specifications
2.11.2019
In mid-September, the foreign exchange company CME Group announced the launch of options on its bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020, pending regulatory review. CME Group executive Tim McCourt said there was “increasing client demand” for the firm’s bitcoin derivatives and now...