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Creative Background Patterns Using Gradients, CSS Shapes, and Even Emojis
10.6.2020
You can create stripes in CSS. That’s all I thought about in terms of CSS background patterns for a long time. There’s nothing wrong with stripes; stripes are cool. They can be customized into wide and narrow bands, criss-crossed into a checked pattern, and played with in other ways using the idea...
The Most Dizzying Fee 'By Far' Paid for an Ethereum Transaction Today
10.6.2020
So, somebody today sent over USD 100 worth of ethereum (ETH) for a fee of over USD 2.5 million. Yes, in that order. The transaction caused an uproar in the Cryptoverse.
Per transaction details, this person sent ETH 0.55, at the time worth USD 133.93, but they paid a whopping ETH 10,669, or USD...
Behind the Source: Cassie Evans
3.6.2020
I feel like the tech industry takes itself far too seriously sometimes. I get frustrated by all the posturing and gatekeeping – “You’re not a real developer unless you use x framework”, “CSS isn’t a real programming language”.
I think this kind of rhetoric often puts new developers off,...
UK Government Seizes $185 Million From Dormant Bank Accounts for Crisis Relief
1.6.2020
The UK government is seizing funds in dormant bank accounts worth approximately $185 million to fund its coronavirus relief efforts. So far, 30 banks have been voluntarily transferring money from dormant accounts to the government, including HSBC, Barclays, Clydesdale, Credit Agricole, Danske...
Bitpay Has ‘No Current Plans’ to Support Liquid or the Lightning Network
29.5.2020
According to Bitpay’s Chief Marketing Officer, Bill Zielke, onchain bitcoin payments still rule the roost as far as payments are concerned. Zielke detailed that at least in the near future, Bitpay won’t be supporting the Lightning Network or Blockstream’s Liquid project. Liquid...
The Many Facts Pointing to Adam Back Being Satoshi
28.5.2020
During the last year, news.Bitcoin.com created a series that shows the many facts that point to certain individuals who might just be Satoshi Nakamoto and it’s been a popular run so far. Our series has covered nearly everyone, but there are still a few individuals that haven’t been...
$9M and Over 4,500 Fusions – Bitcoin Cash Supporters Anticipate the Cashfusion Audit
27.5.2020
Since November 28, 2019, the Cashfusion protocol has helped facilitate 4,583 fusions to-date with roughly 40,564 bitcoin cash ($9.1M). Cashfusion is an extension of the Cashshuffle platform and the protocol has been deemed “far more practical than other coinjoin protocols.” Bitcoin Cash...
Bitcoin Fees Drop But Still Remain Far From the Pre-Halving Level
26.5.2020
After two weeks of soaring, Bitcoin (BTC) fees' flight to new highs seems to be over, at least for now, descending more than 50%.
Bitcoin fees started rising after the reduction of the miners' reward on May 11, surprising even the industry insiders and reaching new, 'ridiculous' highs this year....
Bitcoin.com’s New CEO is Third So Far in 2020 Amid ‘Lagging Morale’
22.5.2020
Bitcoin.com is being led by its third CEO in three months, with the promotion of Chief Product Officer Dennis Jarvis
Why Have Cryptocurrency Payments Failed to Take Off So Far?
21.5.2020
Cointelegraph interviewed merchants and executives from Crypto.com and Pundi X to learn about the current state of crypto payments for retail customers
Market Wrap: Here’s Why Ether’s Price Has Jumped 65% So Far This Year
19.5.2020
Ether is outperforming bitcoin in 2020 but has lower liquidity and different technical dynamics than the world’s largest cryptocurrency
Open Interest on CME Bitcoin Options Is Up 1000% So Far This Month
15.5.2020
CME Bitcoin options open interest has soared to $142 million in the first half of May, marking an increase of over 10 times the value at the end of last month
Bitcoin Network Sees a Massive Mining Pool Shift Following the Halving
14.5.2020
Following the third bitcoin halving on May 11, 2020, there’s been a big shift in mining pool distribution, as far as hashrate is concerned. At the time of publication, there’s around 100-115 exahash per second (EH/s) in search of bitcoin blocks and spectators have seen two relatively...
Bitcoin Doubling Gold's Yearly Gain So Far
14.5.2020
Continuing to outpace mainstream markets, Bitcoin flexes gains more than double that of gold
How I Put the Scroll Percentage in the Browser Title Bar
12.5.2020
Some nice trickery from Knut Melvær.
Ultimately the trick boils down to figuring out how far you’ve scrolled on the page and changing the title to show it, like:
document.title = `${percent}% ${post.title}`
Knut’s trick assumes React and installing an additional library. I’m sure...
Bitcoin Outperforming Gold and Stocks so Far This Month
7.5.2020
Bitcoin looks to have decoupled from traditional markets as investors refocus on the network's imminent mining reward halving
Real-World Effectiveness of Brotli
30.4.2020
Harry Roberts:
The numbers so far show that the difference between no compression and Gzip are vast, whereas the difference between Gzip and Brotli are far more modest. This suggests that while the nothing to Gzip gains will be noticeable, the upgrade from Gzip to Brotli might perhaps...
Using Formik to Handle Forms in React
28.4.2020
There is no doubt that web forms play an integral role in our web site or applications. By default, they provide a useful set of elements and features — from legends and fieldsets to native validation and states — but they only get us so far when we start to consider the peculiarities of using...
Decentralized Web Protocol IPFS Has Its Biggest Update So Far
28.4.2020
Developers release IPFS version 0.5 today, reportedly the most important protocol upgrade so far
Grayscale Buys 50% of All Ethereum Mined in 2020
28.4.2020
Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments bought about 50% of all newly mined ethereum so far this year. It now holds the equivalent of 1.1% of ETH in circulation, according to a post on Reddit. Grayscale operates 10 cryptocurrency investment products focused on institutional investors. As...