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Why Has Binance Just Bought a Chinese Dapps Analytics Platform?
3.12.2019
Source: Instagram, Binance
Major crypto exchange Binance has continued its seemingly relentless acquisitions drive with the purchase of analytics service DappReview, an information resource for blockchain-powered decentralized applications (dapps).
In a Binance blog post, the company said that...
Why Eurasian Debt, Economic Uncertainty Make a Bull Case for Bitcoin
30.11.2019
Talk of the need for “a new, neutral global reserve asset” is ongoing at the heart of the traditional financial sphere
iOS 13 Broke the Classic Pure CSS Parallax Technique
27.11.2019
I know. You hate parallax. You know what we should hate more? When things that used to work on the web stop working without any clear warning or idea why.
Way back in 2014, Keith Clark blogged an exceptionally clever CSS trick where you essentially use a CSS transform to scale an element down...
MATIC Up 100% in 10 Days — Why Are Binance IEOs Starting to Pump?
26.11.2019
Some IEOs tokens are flipping bullish, including $ONE, $FET, $ERD, $MATIC
Don’t Blame China: Why BTC Still Can’t Compete With Fiat
26.11.2019
In the wake of recent price movements, doubts are beginning to crop up more and more around BTC maximalist circles. As focus shifts from Satoshi’s founding vision of the coin as cash to a mere digital gold to be saved and “cashed out” later, valid questions are indeed raised....
Still in the Queue… Why Bitcoin is Popular but Not a Global Currency Yet?
24.11.2019
Cryptocurrency has grown in popularity over the years despite the flak it has drawn from various governments and other sectors of the economy. However, it would not be too much to claim that cryptocurrency holds the key to the future, as a digital currency would emerge as one of the most important...
The Surprising Reason Why Blockstack Could Be America’s First Crypto IPO
21.11.2019
Blockstack is currently evaluating how it will conduct its next token offering for general miners. An IPO is one of four options
The Surprising Reason Why Blockstack May File for an IPO
21.11.2019
Blockstack is currently evaluating how it will conduct its next token offering for general miners. An IPO is one of four options
Paypal CEO Admits He Owns Bitcoin
21.11.2019
The CEO of Paypal, Daniel Schulman, has revealed in an interview that he personally owns bitcoin. He also talked about Paypal’s plans regarding cryptocurrency, how to achieve mass adoption, and why Paypal decided to leave Facebook’s Libra project. Also read: US to Strictly Enforce...
Why Not Pay Sources for Stories? — Asks Blockchain Media Startup
20.11.2019
BLOCKTV wants to pay people for helping it tell meaningful stories about the blockchain space, even though established journalistic norms say not to
Getting Started with GraphQL
20.11.2019
GraphQL was developed by Facebook in 2012 to power up its mobile apps. Since open-sourcing GraphQL specification in 2015, it gained a lot of popularity and is now used by many development teams, including giants like GitHub, Twitter or Airbnb. Why so? And what exactly is a GraphQL? Let's take...
Restrictions Worldwide Show Why It’s Vital to Be Your Own Bank
20.11.2019
As capital controls and banking restrictions continue to affect various populations worldwide, standing in the way of individuals and their hard-earned savings, some are looking to safer options and even cryptocurrencies. Lebanon, Zimbabwe, and India are just a few of the countries to deal with...
Why Tokenized Projects Are Building on Bitcoin
20.11.2019
Bitcoin is something you hodl. Ethereum is something you build on. At least that has long been the official narrative, with projects favoring dedicated smart contract networks over Bitcoin for spinning out dapps and second layer solutions. Like all crypto narratives, however, this one has started...
The Best Cocktail in Town
18.11.2019
I admit I've held in a lot of pent-up frustration about the direction web development has taken the past few years. There is the complexity. It requires a steep learning curve. It focuses more on more configuration than it does development.
That's not exactly great news for folks like me...
Learn UI Design
14.11.2019
Erik Kennedy's course Learn UI Design is open for enrollment for less than a week. Disclosure, that link is our affiliate link. I'm linking to it here because I think this is worthy of your time and money if you're looking to become a good UI designer.
I think of Erik sorta like the Wes Bos...
Why Do Governments And Corporations Need Blockchain?
14.11.2019
Cryptocurrency is just one blockchain use case among many
NEO Founder Explains Why the Internet Is Imperfect
14.11.2019
“The internet is a great invention. It looks almost perfect. But is it really?”
What Is VeChain (VET) and Why Did it Pump 65% This Month?
12.11.2019
VeChain has gained more than 100% over the past two weeks, leading analyst @CryptoMichNL to believe that the positive momentum in altcoins could kick off a new bull cycle
When to Use SVG vs. When to Use Canvas
12.11.2019
SVG and canvas are both technologies that can draw stuff in web browsers, so they are worth comparing and understanding when one is more suitable than the other. Even a light understanding of them makes the choice of choosing one over the other pretty clear.
A little flat-color icon? That's...
Disabled buttons suck
11.11.2019
In this oldie but goodie, Hampus Sethfors digs into why disabled buttons are troubling for usability reasons and he details one example where this was pretty annoying for him. The same has happened to me recently where I clicked a button that looked like a secondary button and... nothing happened....