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Rough Notation
22.6.2020
This is a neat little library. It uses SVG to insert hand-drawn looking annotations to elements (probably text), like underlines and box highlights (there are 6 design options, all configurable). Super clever.
Here’s a little demo:
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Aside from it just being cool,...
Bitcoin Rises in New Crypto Rankings by Chinese Government-Backed Institute
20.6.2020
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has revised its cryptocurrency project rankings. Thirty-seven crypto projects were evaluated overall and in three sub-categories. Bitcoin has risen while the top three spots remained occupied by EOS, Tron, and Ethereum. CCID’s 18th...
How to Avoid Crypto Scams
17.6.2020
Whenever a new world-changing technology is released unto the masses, inspiring, industrious individuals inevitably start thinking of positive use cases.Continue Reading
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Litecoin Core v0.18.1 Now Released; Charlie Lee Tweets the News!
11.6.2020
The creator of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, expressed his joy over the final release of Litecoin Core 0.18.1 through a tweet. He is thankful all to all the creators who have worked on this new update. He also talks about the upcoming release, i.e., Litecoin 0.20, which will make it stand in line with...
CoinMarketCap Launches Chat
11.6.2020
As you may or may not have noticed, CoinMarketCap released a long-awaited logins function for its website this week. UsersContinue Reading
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London’s ETC Group to List Centrally Cleared Bitcoin ETP on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra
10.6.2020
A UK-based financial services company will list a centrally cleared bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra electronic trading market later this month. In a statement released on June 9, Etc Group said the contract, known as Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (BTCE)...
Trump Predicts US Economy to Recover by 2021 — Fed Chair, Economists Disagree
7.6.2020
President Donald Trump has predicted that the US economy will recover by 2021, citing new jobs data released by the Labor Department which contains a “misclassification error.” Officials say the numbers are artificially low, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and several...
Another Free Ransomware Decryptor Released
6.6.2020
Emsisoft launched a free tool that decrypts files affected by a variant of the Tycoon ransomware attack
Bitmain Unveils Cheaper T19 Bitcoin Miner to Regain Lost Market Share
2.6.2020
Bitmain on Monday released the Antminer T19, a cheaper bitcoin mining machine, in an effort to regain lost market share. The Beijing-based company said the Antminer T19 has computing power or hashrate of 84 terahash per second (TH/s) and power efficiency of 37.5 joules per terahash (J/TH)....
Background Patterns, Simplified by Conic Gradients
28.5.2020
For those who have missed the big news, Firefox now supports conic gradients!
Starting with Firefox 75, released on the April 7, we can go to about:config, look for the layout.css.conic-gradient.enabled flag and set its value to true (it’s false by default and all it takes to switch...
Germany Enters Recession as Over 100 Banks Charge Negative Interest Rates
18.5.2020
Germany has plunged into a recession with the worst quarterly contraction since the global financial and economic crisis of 2008, according to official data. Over 100 banks in the country are now charging customers negative interest rates. Germany Enters Recession The German economy is now in...
17,000 Quadrigacx Users Seek $307M from the Failed Canadian Crypto Exchange
13.5.2020
About 17,000 people have filed claims for refunds from the collapsed Canadian digital asset exchange Quadrigacx. Altogether, the claims, denominated in both cryptocurrency and fiat, amount to nearly $307 million. According to a document released Tuesday by Ernst & Young, the court-appointed...
Recent Episodes of ShopTalk Show
12.5.2020
There is a super cool new Podcast block for WordPress Gutenberg you use Jetpack (released in 8.5). I wanted to try it out, so below you’ll see recent episodes from ShopTalk Show. I’d tell you all about the recent episodes, except then this blog post wouldn’t age very well, because...
Dollar Vigilante Founder Talks Covid-19 and Economic Crisis: ‘The Modern Financial System Is at the End of It’s Rope’
7.5.2020
Jeff Berwick is an entrepreneur with a lot to say these days and he’s released a number of videos discussing the coronavirus pandemic and the government-induced lockdowns. Berwick is the founder of The Dollar Vigilante, an anarcho-capitalist media outlet focusing on gold, silver, mining...
How to Use Block Variations in WordPress
6.5.2020
WordPress 5.4 was released not so long ago and, along with other improvements and bug fixes, it introduced a feature called Block Variations. I had a chance to use it on one of my recent projects and am so pleasantly surprised with how smart this feature is. I actually think it hasn’t received...
ECB in Full-On Emergency Mode as ‘Unprecedented Decline’ Hits Eurozone
2.5.2020
The euro area is facing an “unprecedented” economic decline, the worst since records began. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde paints a picture of a central bank in full-on emergency mode after the bank kept its interest rates unchanged. Unprecedented Economic...
1 Cent per Kilowatt-Hour: China’s Sichuan Province Encourages Hydro-Powered Bitcoin Mining
29.4.2020
The local government of Ya’an city, in China’s Sichuan province, has announced the region is encouraging bitcoin mining in Sichuan if operations leverage the local hydropower plants. The document released by Ya’an city officials is in stark contrast to how Sichuan lawmakers felt...
Cardano Continues Surge Higher After New Full-Node Wallet is Released
27.4.2020
Charles Hoskinson. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Charles Hoskinson
Following the announcement of a new “mainnet wallet” for Cardano, the blockchain platform’s native crypto token ADA is seeing strong gains in the crypto market, rising nearly 8% over the past 24 hours to a price of USD 0.046...
Coinbase Launches Price Feed to Help Secure $1 Billion DeFi Economy
25.4.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released a price oracle that allows anyone to publish price data on-chain. The Coinbase Oracle, a signed price feed, grants users free access to data for BTC-USD and ETH-USD markets, the company announced Thursday. The idea is to make decentralized finance more...
South Africa Proposes 30 Rules to Regulate Cryptocurrency
19.4.2020
South Africa’s top financial regulators, including the South African Reserve Bank, have jointly released a policy paper with 30 recommendations for the regulation of cryptocurrency and related service providers. They aim to be in compliance with the cryptocurrency standards set by...