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Old School Bitcoin Whales Are Moving: This Week a Single Entity Transferred 10,000 BTC Acquired in 2013
12.3.2021
While bitcoin’s price has neared the all-time price highs captured in February, old coins that have sat idle for many years have started to wake up from slumber. On March 4, at block height 673,162, a block reward worth 50 bitcoin from 2010 was transferred for the first time in over a decade....
Why Pokémon Cards Continue To Endure 25 Years Later
10.3.2021
Top Product: Pokémon 11 Card Lot 1st Edition + Rare Included | $30 | eBayRead more
After Almost Three Years Away, Returning To Overwatch Feels Amazing
8.3.2021
I have a confession to make: Despite being Kotaku’s number one Overwatch fan, I haven’t played it myself in two years. But buffeted by my optimism for Overwatch 2 and being unable to get my Overwatch fix because Overwatch League won’t be back for another month, I decided to play again, hoping...
US Court Sentences Another Centra Tech Co-Founder to 8 Years in Jail
8.3.2021
Sohrab Sharma, a co-founder with the now-defunct Florida cryptocurrency firm, Centra Tech, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of duping investors via a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO). Additionally, the court has ordered Sharma to forfeit...
$1 Million per BTC in 10 Years: ‘In Terms of Dollars Bitcoin Is Going to Infinity,’ Says Kraken CEO
6.3.2021
While bitcoin prices have been coasting along between $46k to $48k during the last three days a number of proponents are still bullish about the crypto asset’s long-term value. On Thursday, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell said that he thinks bitcoin could easily reach a million-dollar valuation...
Co-founder of Floyd Mayweather-promoted ICO sentenced to 8 years
5.3.2021
A co-founder of the fraudulent 2017 ICO Centra Tech has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the scheme
The PlayStation 2 Is Now 21 Years Old
4.3.2021
Can you believe it? The PlayStation 2 was first released in Japan on March 4, 2000.Read more
Nvidia wins legal battle over $1B in sales of crypto mining hardware after 3 years
4.3.2021
Top GPU manufacturer Nvidia is celebrating after a judge nixed the lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors by “understating” GPU sales to crypto miners
The Wii U Gets A New System Update Two And A Half Years Later
2.3.2021
Today in Japan, Nintendo released a new system update for the Wii U. The latest firmware, 5.5.3, was released in early September 2018.Read more
From Gold to Greenbacks: A Look at the US Dollar’s Devaluation, Manipulation and Militant Backing
26.2.2021
228 years ago the U.S. dollar was created and ever since then, the national currency has been both powerful and controversial at the same time. Moreover since 1971, after being backed by precious metals for decades, American dollars have been backed by nothing and estimates say a quarter of...
Crypto Users Claim Popular Bitcoin Paper Wallet Generator Is Compromised, Millions Allegedly Stolen
25.2.2021
A number of forum posts and tweets say that the website bitcoinpaperwallet.com is compromised and people have said they have lost bitcoin using the paper wallet generator. Three years ago the website domain changed ownership and ever since then losses have been reported on Reddit forums...
Bitcoin whale from 2010 moves 100 BTC for first time in 11 years
25.2.2021
Blockchain analysts have identified 100 BTC mined in June 2010 that were moved for the first time today
The Half-Life 2 RTS Is Finally "Out" After 13 Years Of Development
23.2.2021
For over a decade now, a group of fans have been working on Lambda Wars, a real-time strategy game set in the Half-Life universe. Originally a Half-Life 2 mod, and later a standalone beta, the thing is now finished, or as finished as a game ever gets these days, anyway.Read more
Mistakes I’ve Made as an Engineering Manager
18.2.2021
I’ve been a manager for many years at companies of different scale. Through these experiences, I’ve done my share of learning, and made some mistakes along that way that were important lessons for me. I want to share those with …
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‘More Valuable Than Gold’- The Motley Fool Announces $5 Million Investment Into Bitcoin
18.2.2021
The fifth-largest investment website globally with over 80 million monthly visitors, The Motley Fool’s positive outlook for the future of bitcoin is another data point in the coin’s journey as the influential advisory organization wades into the debate. Investing Advice Provider...
Final Fantasy XIV Could Go At Least Five More Years, Director Says
18.2.2021
Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida recently spoke about the future of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game with The Washington Post, saying that at its current growth rate, users can expect the online world to continue expanding with new content for at least five more years,...
20 Movies to Stream Before This Year's Blockbuster Sequels Arrive
17.2.2021
This year’s film slate includes the usual glut of remakes, prequels, and sequels—some of them continuations of decades-old franchises. Films like Coming to America 2 and Top Gun: Maverick began their stories in the ‘80s and are only now receiving their long-awaited followups, while the next James...
Front of the Front / Back of the Front
17.2.2021
People really latched onto Brad’s framing. And for good reason. Front-end development has gotten so wide scoping that there are specialists inside of it. Two years ago, I cut it down the middle and now Brad is putting …
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The ‘All Your Base Are Belong To Us’ Video Is Now 20 Years Old
17.2.2021
The early aughts were a weird time. George H. W. Bush’s loser son somehow became president, god-awful bands like Crazy Town and Staind had songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and we made do with, like, one meme a year. In 2001 that meme was “All Your Base,” a Newgrounds video that ironically celebrated...
The web didn’t change; you did
16.2.2021
I love this piece from Remy Sharp where he argues that the web didn’t get more complicated over the last 20 years, despite what we might think:
Web development did not change. Web development grew. There are more options now,
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