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Ethereum set to become first blockchain to settle $1 trillion in one year
23.10.2020
The Ethereum network is processing more than double the transaction volume of Bitcoin, and is on-course to process $1 trillion this year
‘Google Is One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases of All Time,’ With Matt Stoller
22.10.2020
The author of “Goliath” gives his take on the history of American antitrust politics and what it means for the just-announced Google case
Goldman Sachs to Settle Massive Corruption Case for $2.8 Billion With US Government
22.10.2020
Goldman Sachs has reportedly agreed to settle with the U.S. government over its role in a corrupt Malaysian government investment fund, which is one of the firm’s worst scandals since the financial crisis. In addition, Goldman Sachs previously agreed to pay the Malaysian government billions...
Filecoin Founder Accuses Justin Sun of Spreading Lies About FIL Tokens as Fresh Dumping Allegations Emerge
21.10.2020
Juan Benet, a founder at Filecoin, is attacking Justin Sun for spreading completely false accusations about the movement of the FIL tokens soon after listing. In his long Twitter rebuff, Benet accuses Sun of spreading lies with the intention of harming the Filecoin project financially. Calling...
Harvest Finance Doubles Total Value Locked to $704M in One Week
21.10.2020
Harvest Finance’s dramatic growth took place during a time when enthusiasm around the DeFi space has slowly hit a wall
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21.10.2020
This is a neat little HTML preprocessor from Giuseppe Gurgone. It has very few features, but one of them is HTML includes, which is something I continue to be baffled that HTML doesn’t support natively. There are loads of ways to handle it. I think it’s silly that it’s been...
European Commission Opposes Crypto Fraud Compensation Fund: Victims Say Commission Cozying up to the Industry
21.10.2020
The European Commission (EC) is opposing the creation of the crypto crime victim superfund to be financed with $0.0001 per dollar on all cryptocurrency transactions occurring within the EU. The Commission says that it does not have the competence to set up and administer such a fund. It also argues...
Finoa and Dapper Labs Announce Exclusive Partnership To Bring Institutional-Grade Custody To Flow Ecosystem Investors
20.10.2020
Berlin, October 20, 2020: Finoa, one of the leading digital asset custody and financial servicing platforms in Europe, and Dapper Labs, the company known for creating CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, announces that Finoa has been exclusively selected as one of top custody providers for FLOW and...
cookieStore: Async Cookie API
20.10.2020
One pattern in the JavaScript API world that web development veterans will notice is that we’ve been creating new methods to accomplish what older, grosser APIs once achieved. XMLHttpRequest became the fetch API, some APIs like Battery became async, and there are dozens of other examples....
An Ethereum VR Game Featuring Atari and Care Bears Sells Plots of Virtual Land for $76K
20.10.2020
A great number of Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been selling on various marketplaces this year creating tens of thousands of dollars in NFT sales. One particular platform called The Sandbox has been selling virtual land parcels for thousands of dollars worth of ether. The Sandbox is a virtual...
Cryptographers Are Always Going to Be ‘One Step Ahead’ of Regulators: Monero’s Spagni
19.10.2020
Privacy protocols have become the focal point of regulators and law enforcement agencies when the race among central banks to launch sovereign digital currencies is heating up
Focus management and inert
19.10.2020
Many forms of assistive technology use keyboard navigation to understand and take action on screen content. One way of navigating is via the Tab key. You may already be familiar with this way of navigating if you use it to quickly jump from input to input on a form without having to reach for your...
Filecoin Miners Go On Strike One Day After Mainnet Launch, Prompting Early Reward Release
19.10.2020
Some of the largest Filecoin miners stopped mining on Saturday, complaining the project’s mining incentive scheme has made it impossible for the miners to start operations
Cashfusion Use Increased by 328%, $200M in BCH Fused and Close to 20,000 Fusions
18.10.2020
Cashfusion, the privacy-enhancing solution for the Bitcoin Cash network is nearing its one-year anniversary and during the last four months, fusions have increased by 328.93%. The protocol recently completed a security audit and fusions are nearing 20k with close to $200 million worth of bitcoin...
People Problems
16.10.2020
Just the other day, Jeremy Keith wrote that problems with performance work isn’t only a matter of optimization and fixing code, but also tackling people problems:
It struck me that there’s a continuum of performance challenges. On one end of the continuum, you’ve got technical issues. These can...
Bitcoin.com Exchange Announces Public Sale of the Atari Token on October 29, 2020
16.10.2020
Price per Atari Token: $0.25 IEO platform has been enabled for prospective purchasers to pass KYC before public sale NEW YORK/ PARIS – October 16, 2020 – Bitcoin.com Exchange, one of the leading authorities in cryptocurrency exchanges announces the details of the upcoming public sale...
How to Conditionally Add Attributes to Objects
16.10.2020
JavaScript is full of tricks that you don’t know you want until you … want … them. Or maybe just until you see them. One trick I recently realized was conditionally adding attributes to React elements. Of course this trick essentially boils down to conditionally adding properties...
Philippines Regulator Warns Investors to Steer Clear of Mining City’s Bitcoin Vault Ponzi
15.10.2020
There’s a mining contract scheme people are discussing and making the rounds on the web called “Mining City” or “Bitcoin Vault.” The Philippines SEC recently put out a warning against the operation and the alleged masterminds behind the project. One thing is for sure...
Block.one Debuts Big-Business Version of EOSIO Blockchain
15.10.2020
Block.one has released “EOSIO for Business,” an enterprise-focused version of its software
Nigeria Protest Group Asks for Bitcoin Donations After Regulators Blocks Bank Account
15.10.2020
A Nigerian protest group called Feminist Coalition is asking well-wishers to make donations via bitcoin after authorities reportedly blocked the organization’s bank account. Feminist Coalition is one of the many groups spearheading protests against alleged police brutality by a Nigerian...