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PureCSS Gaze
28.5.2020
Diana Smith with another mind-bending all HTML & CSS painting.
I love that these occupy a special place on the “Should I draw this in CSS?” curve. Things like simple shapes are definitely on the “yes” side of the curve. Then there’s a large valley where things...
Bitmain Cofounder Allegedly Expelled – Could Face Litigation for Operation Interference
27.5.2020
One of the largest ASIC mining manufacturers worldwide, Bitmain, has allegedly ousted cofounder Micree Zhan. Regional reports note that he’s been threatened with litigation if he interferes with company operations. According to two local announcements written in Chinese, Bitmain has warned...
Why Innovation Matters (and How Not to Screw It Up), Feat. Matt Ridley
27.5.2020
The “Rational Optimist” author gives his take on the economic history and possible futures of prosperity’s most important driver: innovation
Goldman Sachs: Cryptocurrencies ‘Are Not an Asset Class’
27.5.2020
Goldman Sachs held an investor call Wednesday to discuss current policies for bitcoin, gold and inflation. The stalwart investment bank is still no fan of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies
The $10B Stablecoin Industry Has a Fraud Problem It’s Not Addressing
27.5.2020
If stablecoins are used for apparently illegal activity, should issuers step in to stop it? So far, they've been reluctant to do so, says our columnist
The Many Bad (and Good!) Patterns for Close Buttons
27.5.2020
Manuel Matuzović details 10 bad HTML patterns for a close button. You know, stuff like this:
<a class="close" onclick="close()"×</a
Why is that bad? There is no href there, so it really isn’t a link (close buttons aren’t links). Not to mention the missing href makes this...
Are You a Developer?
27.5.2020
“You’re not really a developer. Sooner or later people are going to realize you don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re just not good enough.” You’ve probably had thoughts like these at one point or another. You’ve never heard someone else tell you that you’re not a developer, but you’re still...
Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Not a Replacement for Bitcoin: Grayscale
27.5.2020
Leading Bitcoin fund manager Grayscale Investments explains in its recent report that viewing CBDC as a Bitcoin replacement is incorrect
CSS Tips for New Devs
27.5.2020
Amber Wilson has some CSS Tips for New Devs, like:
It’s not a good idea to fix shortcomings in your HTML with CSS. Fix your HTML first!
And…
You can change CSS right in your browser’s DevTools (to open them, right-click the browser window and choose “inspect”...
Polkadot Mainnet Not Yet Live, Just a Mainnet Candidate
26.5.2020
Time will tell if the network will cement its dominance
Look to Design, Not Laws, to Protect Privacy in the Surveillance Age
26.5.2020
In the smart home era, we need to take privacy protection into our own hands, says the co-founder of IoTeX. Privacy laws won't help us
To See Libra’s Potential, Look at the Philippines, Not the US
26.5.2020
Some have written off Libra as a watered-down project. But you can see its potential in places where Facebook use is high and payment standards are low
BigONE Exchange Unveils Star Program
25.5.2020
BigONE, one of the world’s safest cryptocurrency trading platforms, is excited to launch its new Star Program, a referral system that comes with a advanced backend platform that allows BigONE Star members to track the detail of every user they referred to BigONE, not to mention a decent...
How to Convert a Date String into a Human-Readable Format
25.5.2020
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m writing this article, in part, because it’s something I look up often and want to be able to find it next time. Formatting a date string that you get from an API in JavaScript can take many shapes — anything from loading all of Moment.js to have...
This Is Not Capitalism: How Covid-19 Shined a Light on America’s Fascist System
25.5.2020
In the last few months, giant American corporations and financial incumbents that are subsidized by the U.S. government, have profited immensely during the coronavirus outbreak. This has caused certain groups of people and those who despise wealth to claim that “capitalism is broken.”...
Bitcoin Investment App CEO Calls BTC a Monetary Revolution, Not a Technical One
24.5.2020
Bitcoin is not yet a go-to investment option in the public eye, but those days could be coming
IOHK Aims Data Security and Cardano Will Not be the Only One to be Benefitted
22.5.2020
With Artificial Intelligence taking over the ground and hampering the state of privacy, we are not far from one such year when the robots will take over humans. And not that anything is done in a disguised manner; instead, we have been permitting these data management companies from dusk to dawn....
Recent Unemployment Numbers Might Not Mean Anything for Bitcoin
21.5.2020
Millions more Americans posted unemployment status last week, but does that mean anything for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin Rattled By Transfer of Satoshi Coins That Might Not Be Satoshi’s
21.5.2020
Rumor spread Bitcoin's mysterious founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, was moving early-mined bitcoin
No, ISIS Does Not Have $300M in a Bitcoin ‘War Chest’
21.5.2020
Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has debunked several high-profile stories about the use of crypto to fund terror groups