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Rethinking Twitter as a Serverless App
23.4.2020
In a previous article, we showed how to build a GraphQL API with FaunaDB. We’ve also written a series of articles [1, 2, 3, 4] explaining how traditional databases built for global scalability have to adopt eventual (vs. strong) consistency, and/or make compromises on relations and indexing...
Charlie Shrem on the Importance of Camaraderie in the Crypto Industry
17.4.2020
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Bitcoin Maximalism, Entrepreneurs and COVID-19 in Zimbabwe (Part 5 of a Six-Part Documentary Podcast Series)
16.4.2020
On this episode, we'll join Anita Posch in Zimbabwe as she speaks with Tongayi Choto, a software developer, entrepreneur and a bitcoin maximalist
Swiss Crypto Firm Closes $14.5M Series B to Help Secure Brokerage License
16.4.2020
Crypto Finance AG's $14.5 million funding round will go toward international expansion and courting institutional investors
Factom’s Two Employees Press On Despite Lead Investor’s Call to Liquidate
10.4.2020
Factom, Inc. cut 80 percent of its 10-person staff. “The protocol is going to run whether Factom, Inc. continues or not,” said COO Jay Smith
Crypto Trader Tone Vays: ‘It’s Only Going to Be Bitcoin’
10.4.2020
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If Bitcoin Works in Zimbabwe, It Works Everywhere (Part 4 of a Six-Part Documentary Podcast Series)
9.4.2020
On this episode, we join Anita Posch as she discusses bitcoin's potential with a self-described "digipreneur" and teacher in Harare, Zimbabwe
DataDash’s In-Depth Guide to Swing-Trading Cryptocurrencies
8.4.2020
CoinMarketCap and Nicholas Merten of DataDash have launched a series on the strategies for trading and investing in cryptocurrencies. Nicholas’sContinue Reading
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Miner Perspectives on Bitcoin Halving 2020, Part 1 of a New Podcast Series
4.4.2020
Hosted by CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim, the first episode of the Bitcoin Halving 2020 podcast series is about the impact of bitcoin’s third halving on the concentration of miners in China
Accessibility Links
2.4.2020
Austin Gil has kicked off the first in a five-part series about “HTML Forms Right” and to starts with semantics. It’s talking to the “we build our front-ends with JavaScript” crowd. The first block of code is an example of an Ajax form submission where the data...
Tiger King’s Archnemesis Big Cat Rescue Accepts Bitcoin
2.4.2020
The number one show on Netflix in the U.S. right now is a television series called “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” and American audiences are eating it up like candy. While the docuseries costar Joseph Maldonado, aka “Joe Exotic,” spends 22 years behind bars...
Using Bitcoin in Zimbabwe, Part 3 of a Six-Part Documentary Podcast Series
2.4.2020
In the third episode of the six-part series about Bitcoin in Africa you will hear from two early bitcoin adopters based in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe
Top 3 Crypto Mining Pool Founder Speaks on the ‘Wins’ of Working in Hardware
27.3.2020
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Consistent Backends and UX: How Do New Algorithms Help?
26.3.2020
Article Series
Why should you care?
What can go wrong?
What are the barriers to adoption?
How do new algorithms help?
In previous articles, we explained what consistency is, the difference between "strong" and "eventual" consistency, and why this distinction is more important than ever to modern...
Coinbase, Fidelity and More Back Coin Metrics in $6M Series A Funding Round
26.3.2020
The cryptocurrency data provider will use the new funding to expand its team and improve product offerings
Polychain, Bain Capital Join $3M Series A Round for Indian Exchange CoinDCX
24.3.2020
The funding round comes just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the country's banking ban
CoinDCX, India’s Leading Exchange Secures $3M in Series A Funding
24.3.2020
India’s largest crypto exchange CoinDCX announced on Tuesday that it had secured $3,000,000 in a Series A funding. The funding round was led by Polychain Capital (Frisco, US), Bain Capital Ventures (Boston, US), and BitMEX parent HDR Group (Victoria, Seychelles). As per an article published...
Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX Raises $3 Million in Series A Round
24.3.2020
The Indian crypto exchange pulls in the multimillion dollar investment in a funding round from Polychain, Bain Capital, and HDR Group
BitWise’s CEO on the Principles for Deciding Whether to Enter Crypto
20.3.2020
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Bitcoin in Zimbabwe – Part 1 of a New Documentary Podcast Series
19.3.2020
After three weeks of listening, recording and talking bitcoin in Africa, podcaster Anita Posch shares her experiences in part one of this new six-part documentary podcast series