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A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
3.11.2020
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years
Corporate giants may not follow MicroStrategy's Bitcoin adoption play, Raoul Pal explains
3.11.2020
Communication is key, especially when it comes to explaining Bitcoin to mainstream corporate entities
Limit Promise Concurrency with pool
3.11.2020
Methods like Promise.all, Promise.allSettled, Promise.race, and the rest are really excellent for managing multiple Promises, allowing for our apps to embrace async and performance. There are times, however, that limiting the number of concurrent operations may be useful, like rate limiting...
PayPal CEO: Financial System 'Not Working,' Users 'Very Eager' For Crypto
3.11.2020
Dan Schulman. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Axios
Dan Schulman, CEO of online payments giant PayPal, has presented his diagnosis of the current financial system’s shortcomings, claiming it is inefficient and causing millions of people to be excluded, as the company expands into...
How to Automate Project Versioning and Releases with Continuous Deployment
2.11.2020
Having a semantically versioned software will help you easily maintain and communicate changes in your software. Doing this is not easy. Even after manually merging the PR, tagging the commit, and pushing the release, you still have to write release notes. There are a lot of different steps,...
eToro Adds Insolvency Insurance Policy – Crypto Users Not Included
2.11.2020
The free insurance scheme covers customers for up to £1 million if the firm should ever become insolvent. But crypto holders are left out in the cold
The crypto compliance lie: Sacrificing privacy does not make us safer
31.10.2020
The lightchain-vs.-darkchain dichotomy is counterproductive, and a healthy graychain will produce more valuable crypto assets like Bitcoin
OCC’s Brian Brooks Against Government Issued Digital Dollar – Supports Regulation of Privately Issued Stablecoins
31.10.2020
The acting director of the U.S. Office Comptroller of Currency (OCC) Brian Brooks says the creation of the U.S. digital dollar is a terrible one because the government is not good at building things. Instead, Brooks believes tech companies, which already possess the know-how, to be in a better...
Germany’s central bank is working on a blockchain project, but it's not a CBDC
30.10.2020
Bundesbank seems to be coyly flirting with blockchain technology
The company that coined the term ‘hash rate’ is not concerned about its recent decline
30.10.2020
Bitcoin's hash rate is down on the year, though the price remains largely unaffected
Little Things on My Personal Site
30.10.2020
I updated my personal website the other day. Always a fun project since it’s one of the few where it’s 100% just me. It’s my own personal playground with no other goal than making the site represent me to have a little fun. It’s not a complete re-write, just some new paint....
Using Your Own Design System with KendoReact Components
30.10.2020
Maybe you’ve already heard of (or even worked with!) KendoReact. It’s popped up in some of my day-to-day conversations, especially those about working with design systems and React. You could think of it as a component library like Bootstrap or Material Design, except the components...
Kraken CEO: ‘Defi Scams’ Must Take Their Losses as Way to ‘Enlightenment’
29.10.2020
Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of the world’s fourth-largest crypto exchange Kraken, has criticized decentralized finance (defi) projects, accusing them of being “scams” that enter the market too quickly, unprepared. In a charged Oct. 26 tweet, Powell said...
Axion’s Launch is Going to Make Crypto-Believers out of Mainstream Investors
28.10.2020
This month, a new cryptocurrency project called the Axion Network will achieve a major milestone – it will see its mainnet launch and go public. The reason that’s so significant is that Axion represents a new breed of cryptocurrency. It’s not a utility token or an attempt...
Trump Hackers Spur US Interest in Monero…But Not Prices
28.10.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/realdonaldtrump
Crypto scammers who successfully hacked into United States President Donald Trump’s election campaign looking for payment in monero (XMR) appear to have sparked a new interest in the most popular privacy coin – albeit one that has failed to save...
First SEC Official to Say Ether Is Not a Security Is Leaving the Agency Later This Year
27.10.2020
William Hinman, the director of the SEC’s division of corporation finance, is planning to conclude his tenure later this year
A Look at the Fascist Agenda Behind the ‘Great Reset’ and the WEF’s Reboot Propaganda
27.10.2020
Less than two weeks ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director called for a “new Bretton Woods moment.” Meanwhile, the IMF is not the only entity pushing for a “great reset,” as the World Economic Forum (WEF) and other mainstream entities have been...
4 Bitcoin Lightning Network Vulnerabilities That Haven’t Been Exploited (Yet)
27.10.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has a few of vulnerabilities that have been discovered in its two-year lifespan, but none have been exploited
Vitalik Buterin Not Sure 'When ETH 2.0' but Says Clients Can Launch it Alone
27.10.2020
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin does not know when the second iteration of the network might be going live, but said that, in theory, clients can launch it on their own.
One of the most asked questions in the crypto space, particularly this year, has been "when ETH 2.0"? After...
Kevin Hart Learns Bitcoin Is a Legit Investment, Not ‘Voodoo Money’ in an All-Star Telethon
26.10.2020
Popular actor Kevin Hart gave bitcoin a boost this weekend during an all-star telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Hart told viewers that cryptocurrency is a legitimate investment right after he called it “voodoo money.” Kevin Hart Shouts Out About Bitcoin...