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Nailing the Perfect Contrast Between Light Text and a Background Image
7.8.2020
Have you ever come across a site where light text is sitting on a light background image? If you have, you’ll know how difficult that is to read. A popular way to avoid that is to use a transparent overlay. But this leads to an important question: Just how transparent should that overlay...
Every Website is an Essay
7.8.2020
Every website that’s made me oooo and aaahhh lately has been of a special kind; they’re written and designed like essays. There’s an argument, a playfulness in the way that they’re not so much selling me something as they are trying to convince me of the thing. They use words and type and color...
Raoul Pal: ‘It May Not Be Worth Owning Any Asset Other Than Bitcoin’
7.8.2020
Raoul Pal, CEO and founder of Real Vision, says Bitcoin may soon become his only asset for long-term investments
HTML for Subheadings and Headings
6.8.2020
Let’s say you have a double heading situation going on. A little one on top of a big one. It comes up, I dunno, a billion times a day, I’d say. What HTML do you go for? Dare I say, it depends? But have you considered all the options? And how those options play out semantically...
JavaScript Fatigue
6.8.2020
From Nicholas Zakas’ newsletter, on how he avoids JavaScript fatigue:
 I don’t try to learn about every new thing that comes out. There’s a limited number of hours in the day and a limited amount of energy you can devote to any topic, so I choose not to learn about anything...
Bluehelix Global Expansion – Strategically Cooperates with Japanese Licensed Exchange Xtheta
6.8.2020
“Japanese licensed exchange Xtheta officially announced that it has a strategic partnership with Bluehelix, the leading blockchain financial infrastructure technology service provider, which to provide Xtheta with the underlying blockchain financial technology services to accelerate...
US Congressmen Want IRS to Balance Taxation and Innovation in the Cryptocurrency Space
6.8.2020
A bipartisan quartet of US congressmen wants the IRS taxation policy not to dissuade taxpayers from participating in blockchain token staking. These politicians believe America’s ingenuity can help drive this promising staking technology. The four congressmen are Bill Foster (D) of Illinois...
17-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty to Twitter Hack as Defense Tries to Lower Bail From $725K
5.8.2020
The 17-year-old charged with being the mastermind behind July's Twitter hack has pleaded not guilty; the defense says bail posted is "grossly inappropriate" to the amount of money stolen
Newly Discovered Ledger Wallet Vulnerability Could Be Disastrous if Not Fully Patched
5.8.2020
Ledger has failed to fully fix a major vulnerability that allows for a “Bitcoin Fork” attack
Expanding the Future (of Dev Tooling) with AI
5.8.2020
Codota wants their tools to (at least!) double developer productivity. My vision is that we can do that not only by getting more developers using these tools, but in expanding where and how these tools learn themselves. The better the tools can *learn from us* what we're doing, the better *we...
Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hack Mastermind Pleads Not Guilty
5.8.2020
On Tuesday, during a court hearing in Hillsborough Circuit Court, the “mastermind” of the Twitter hack pleaded not guilty
Making Sense of react-spring
4.8.2020
Animation is one of the trickier things to get right with React. In this post, I’ll try to provide the introduction to react-spring I wish I had when I first started out, then dive into some interesting use cases. While react-spring isn’t the only animation library for React, it’s one of the more...
Over 90% of ETH’s Supply Now in Profit
4.8.2020
More than 90% of ETH’s circulating supply is now in profit. The last time this level was observed was in early 2018 when the price of the cryptocurrency was $925. Research and analytics firm Glassnode reported Monday that the percentage of ETH’s supply in profit has reached a level...
European Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for $1.4 Million, Claims It Cannot Afford to Repay Users
4.8.2020
2gether, a Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform, has been hacked for about $1.4 million and company executives claim that they do not have the money to repay customers. Chief executive officer Ramon Ferraz Estrada said over the course of several tweets on Monday that the breach of July...
How Not to Lose Your Cryptocurrency License in Estonia
2.8.2020
Basic recommendations for those who are considering incorporating crypto business in Estonia
Dispelling the Myth That Bitcoin Proponents Want a Cashless Society
2.8.2020
Bitcoin and a great number of other cryptocurrencies are electronic versions of currency. Many people falsely assume that crypto proponents are for a cashless society and this is certainly not the case. If we removed the central banks’ printing fiasco and the inflationary practices from cash...
Bitcoin Futures Traders Bet on Bullish Price Action, but Not Too Fast
1.8.2020
Bitcoin futures open interest is currently at an all-time high as traders expect more upside for BTC’s spot price
Stimulus Is Failing: Global Banks to Break Support Levels, US Dollar Plummets to 2-Year Low
31.7.2020
Central banks worldwide have injected further stimulus into the economy, as European Union (EU) leaders recently approved a $2.1 trillion budget, the Bank of England boosted stimulus injections in mid-June, and the Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it would keep lending until the end...
Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Drop to a 12-Month Low Fueling Bullish Optimism
30.7.2020
The number of bitcoin held on exchanges has touched a 12-month low, as bitcoin exchange balances have reached levels not seen since June 2019. According to onchain statistics, there’s more than 2.6 million BTC held on global trading platforms worldwide. Data from a number of sources show that...
3 Reasons Not to Panic as Bitcoin Miners to Exchange Flow Spikes 46%
30.7.2020
On-chain data shows miners have sold more than they mined in the past week, but this might not necessarily impact BTC price for three reasons