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Major Exchanges Experience Technical Issues as Bitcoin Price Drives in Massive Traffic
18.12.2020
Bitcoin has finally broken the $20k resistance level. The record-breaking price caused massive traffic on a myriad of crypto exchange platforms like Binance and Coinbase. Bitcoin All-Time Price High Causes Issues on Binance For weeks now, many crypto enthusiasts have been hoping that the price...
I learned to love the Same-Origin Policy
17.12.2020
I spent a good chunk of my work life this year trying (in collaboration with the amazing Noam Rosenthal) to standardize a new web platform feature: a way to modify the intrinsic size and resolution of images. And hey! We did it! But boy, was it ever a learning experience.
This wasn’t my first...
Blockchain-Based Immunity Passports Don’t Resolve Core Privacy Issues: Report
7.12.2020
Proposals for immunity or vaccine passes have resurfaced with promising news about vaccines, but the web standards they’re based on contain flaws
xSigma DeFi Is a Game Changing Protocol Backed by a NASDAQ Listed Company
1.12.2020
The DeFi ecosystem has been growing faster than anyone can keep up with recently. Billions of dollars in digital assets are invested, despite all the problems the current services suffer from. Buggy code, security vulnerabilities and shady anonymous developers are just some of the issues that...
Peafarm – NFT Crypto Games on Tron 4.0 Platform, Airdrop Is Now Live
29.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. NFT (non-fungible token) had been used in the construction of decentralized gaming platforms, issuing proprietary tokens, anti-copy and copyright related issues. It is expected to be a new trend that will attract the attention of investors because of the profits and practical...
Coinbase warns users of connectivity issues due to Amazon AWS outage
26.11.2020
The U.S.-based exchange has told users that they may experience some intermittent delays or errors while transacting
Report: Blockchain Price Oracle Manipulation Produces Millions in Losses, Shows No Signs of Slowing
12.11.2020
On November 9, a writer from the website samczsun.com published a report that shows a number of issues with price oracle manipulation stemming from a few blockchain applications. The researcher notes that price oracle manipulation has resulted in “over $30 [million] in losses so far.”...
Ethereum Suffers from Unintended ‘Chain Split,’ Few Third-Party Services ‘Got Stuck on Minority Chain’
11.11.2020
According to a number of third party infrastructure providers, the Ethereum blockchain suffered an unintended hard fork or chain split on Wednesday. The service providers Infura, Binance, and Blockchair all reported issues with consensus at block height 11,234,873. The cryptocurrency community...
Ethereum Service Providers Experiencing Issues After Reported Blockchain Split
11.11.2020
The Ethereum blockchain network looks to be suffering issues Friday morning, with knock-on effects at related service providers
One of the world's top banks issues bonds that can be bought with Bitcoin
11.11.2020
China Construction Bank has used blockchain technology to issue the first tranche of a planned $3 billion worth of debt
compute cuter
30.10.2020
Get that desk more cuter, fam. Amy (@sailorhg) has this perfectly cute minisite with assorted desktop backgrounds, fonts, editor themes, keyboard stuff, and other accessories. These rainbow cables are great.
And speaking of fonts, we’re still plucking away at this microsite for coding fonts...
Malaysian Securities Commission issues revised digital asset guidelines
28.10.2020
Regulation for initial exchange offerings and digital asset custodians comes into force today
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell Issues Tough Critique of ‘Reckless’ DeFi Launches
27.10.2020
"Stop f**king up your bulls**t DeFi scams and expecting exchanges to bail you out," Powell said
CFTC Issues Guidance on Digital Currencies for Futures Commission Merchants
22.10.2020
The CFTC wants futures commission merchants to take care when dealing with customer's funds
People Problems
16.10.2020
Just the other day, Jeremy Keith wrote that problems with performance work isn’t only a matter of optimization and fixing code, but also tackling people problems:
It struck me that there’s a continuum of performance challenges. On one end of the continuum, you’ve got technical issues. These can...
New WEF study reveals issues facing blockchain and crypto standards
14.10.2020
WEF study says the ongoing efforts from blockchain organizations are not enough to set global blockchain standards
Bank of Russia issues consultation paper on digital ruble
13.10.2020
Russia’s central bank says that the digital ruble can be an “additional form of money alongside cash and non-cash.”
Blockchain may solve Twitter and Facebook’s moderation issues says Aragon exec
9.10.2020
Would decentralized governance save social media platforms from polarizing its users with its politics?
Thai central bank issues $1.6B in government bonds on IBM blockchain
5.10.2020
The Bank of Thailand has issued the world’s first blockchain-based government savings bond platform
With Round 1 Fully Sold Out, ClinTex Launches Round 2 of the CTi Token Sale
2.10.2020
2nd October 2020, London, United Kingdom: The lack of coordination, and major issues with bureaucracy are taking a heavy toll on the medical trials industry. Costing anywhere from $600,000 to upto $8 million USD per day, every single day a medicine is delayed not only leads to huge financial...