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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...
Search Volume for 'Bitcoin Halving' Outflanks Previous All-Time High
14.4.2020
Data from Google Trends indicates that this year’s peak of interest in the event is 16% higher than back in 2016, the last time that halving occurred on the network
Block.one Will Vote With Its EOS in Clear Break From Previous Cautiousness
9.4.2020
Block.one announced it will use its stake of almost 10% of the EOS network to influence block producer voting
IMF Declares Global Recession, 80 Countries Request Help, Trillions of Dollars Needed
30.3.2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that we have entered a global recession — one that is as bad as or worse than the previous global financial crisis. 80 countries have already requested emergency assistance from the IMF. Meanwhile, the G20 has reported fiscal measures...
XRP Replicates its Previous Price Spike; Bulls Knock Above $0.1880 This Time
28.3.2020
Ripple has started giving clear bullish signs by now; forms second higher high above $0.17 XRP has tested resistance at $0.1835 yesterday, and now the coin is strolling around $0.1690 Technical indicators are giving conflicting signals while the coin is trying to find stability above $0.17...
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...
Consistent Backends and UX: What Can Go Wrong?
12.3.2020
Article Series
Why should you care?
What can go wrong?
What are the barriers to adoption? (Coming soon)
How do new algorithms help? (Coming soon)
In the previous article, we explained what strong (vs. eventual) consistency is. This article is the second part of a series where we explain how...
Chinese Government-Backed Institute Releases New Ranking of 37 Crypto Projects
22.2.2020
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto project ranking — the first this year. A total of 37 crypto projects, two more than in the previous ranking, were evaluated and ranked overall this month as well as in three separate categories. Also...
Hacker Group Lazarus Uses Fake Exchanges, Telegram Groups in Latest Malware Attacks
11.1.2020
A new report shows that North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has adapted and evolved new techniques since initial attacks, and are using phony trading platforms linking to Telegram channels which distribute malware, as well as making their malware more stealthy by “adding an authentication...
Low Interest Rates Provide Precarious Protection Against Crisis, World Bank Warns
10.1.2020
The latest global debt wave is the largest in the past five decades, the World Bank has acknowledged in a new report. The international institution notes that previous waves of broad-based debt accumulation lead to widespread financial crises. Historically low interest rates this time might not...
Cardano Tests the Previous Support at $0.036; May Decline Further
4.12.2019
Cardano (ADA) dropped by 3.63% and took the shelter near previous support at 0.036 USD. The next few days may not see any signs of recovery; support may come at 0.035 USD. Cardano has been hit severely over the last 24 hours with a bearish bias. The value of each coin has been down to …
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How the Upcoming Bitcoin Halving Compares to Previous Cycles
2.12.2019
For those standing very close to the crypto charts, it might be easy to get discouraged by the gloomy nature of recent markets. However, new comparisons of the current halving cycle to those in the past have emerged and might put some wind back into the sails of traders, hodlers, and cryptocurrency...
Binance Coin Starts the Week from Bottom as Previous Week Saw Bears Coming in
18.11.2019
BNB coin sees a bottom below $20 after a week-long price decline The coin has recently breached below the key support level of $20 Binance coin has recorded a price drop of more than 8% For the whole last week, Binance Coin (BNB) has been facing a strong bearish trend as it fails to trade...
Japan Pushes Cashless Agenda by Rewarding Non-Cash Payments After Tax Hike
15.11.2019
Japan’s recent October sales tax increase took the rate from 8% to 10%, the previous such hike occurring in April of 2014, when the rate was raised from 5%. The increase is accompanied this time around by new government policy which rewards cashless payments by allowing merchants to provide...
Ethereum Trades Above $185; Holds Tightly Around Previous Price
13.11.2019
Ethereum trades above $180, $182 and $185 support levels ETH/USD face strong resistance at $187 and $190, with an opportunity to have an upside candle break, while Bitcoin holds the risk of sliding downwards Ethereum – the king of altcoins is still consolidating better as compared to Bitcoin,...
How Crypto Winters of Bitcoin’s Past Compare to Today
8.11.2019
Cryptocurrency and bitcoin proponents have been patiently waiting to see if crypto winter is returning as the recent price decline has shaken investors. Digital assets have been meandering aimlessly over the last week and in order to gain some perspective, it’s always good to study the last...
Ripple Eliminates the Previous Gains and Dips Around $0.28
7.11.2019
Ripple rips off the gains from soaring at the height of $0.314 to currently trading at $0.288 (data feed from Kraken) XRP price dipped by over 12% to the lowest at $0.274 in the given time frame XRP tested the support around $0.29 and fell even below Ripple price falls in the selling zone where...
Speculation Abounds Over the Cause of Bitcoin’s Recent Rally
29.10.2019
Crypto’s most recent bull run began last Friday, October 25, after a significant plunge in prices just days earlier that had some prognosticators worried about a return to late 2018 and early 2019’s bleak crypto winter. Since the recent spike, prices have held relatively steady...
Bitcoin Price Skyrockets to $8.7K Confirming Previous Bottom Signals
25.10.2019
Bitcoin bucks recent bear trend with a moonshot to $8,700
Understanding How Reducers are Used in Redux
24.10.2019
A reducer is a function that determines changes to an application’s state. It uses the action it receives to determine this change. We have tools, like Redux, that help manage an application’s state changes in a single store so that they behave consistently.
Why do we mention Redux when talking...