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Voatz ‘Blockchain’ App Used in US Elections Has Numerous Security Issues, Says Report
13.3.2020
New audit of Voatz echoes an earlier MIT report, finding numerous issues with the platform
SLP Token Fuels Scooter Rental Business in Taiwan, Investors to Get Their Dividends in BCH
10.3.2020
A company running a small scooter rental service in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital city, has minted an SLP token on the Bitcoin Cash network to support its business and to attract investors and customers. The company issues its own cryptocurrency, a Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token. SLP is...
What to Use Instead of Number Inputs
6.3.2020
You might reach for <input type="number> when you're, you know, trying to collect a number in a form. But it's got all sorts of issues. For one, sometimes what you want kinda looks like a number, but isn't one (like how a credit card number has spaces), because it's really just a string...
Making Things Better: Redefining the Technical Possibilities of CSS
3.3.2020
(This is a sponsored post.)
Robin recently lamented the common complaint that CSS is frustrating. There are misconceptions about what it is and what it does. There are debates about what kind of language it is. There are even different views on where it should be written.
Rachel Andrew has a...
In-Browser Performance Linting With Feature Policies
26.2.2020
Here’s a neat idea from Tim Kadlec. He uses the Modheader extension to toggle custom headers in his browser. It also lets him see when images are too big and need to be optimized in some way. This is a great way to catch issues like this in a local environment because browsers will throw an error...
A Look Into Recent Binance Trading Performance Issues
25.2.2020
An analysis of the performance issues and malfunction recently reported by major crypto exchange Binance
Bank Issues Blockchain-powered Employee ID + More News
25.2.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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NongHyup (NH) Bank has become the first company in South Korea to issue blockchain-powered employee ID cards, reports...
ConsenSys Spins Off Health Division to Tackle US Healthcare Issues
25.2.2020
ConsenSys Health seeks to provide the blockchain solution to U.S. healthcare problems
Russian Smelting Giant Nornickel Launches Metal Tokenization Platform for Testing
25.2.2020
The Russian mining and smelting giant will issue metal-backed tokens on Atomyze, a Hyperledger-based blockchain platform
China Adopts Security Standards for Blockchain Applications in the Financial Sector
25.2.2020
Keeping the focus on blockchain development, banking authorities in China have issued a set of rules pertaining to the secure application of crypto-related technologies in the financial sphere. The new standards, the first of this kind, are to guide the work of developers and service providers...
Tax and KYC Issues Plague Upbit's Foreign Withdrawals, Exchange Says
20.2.2020
South Korean crypto exchange Upbit still bans foreign clients from withdrawing funds
“CSS4” Update
16.2.2020
Since I first chimed in on the CSS4¹ thing, there's been tons of more discussion on it. I'm going to round up my favorite thoughts from others here. There is an overwhelming amount of talk about this, so I'm going to distill it here down as far as I can, hopefully making it easier to follow.
Jen...
DTCC Calls on Banks and Regulators to Help Address Blockchain Security Issues
13.2.2020
A comprehensive framework shared by all participants will negate any risks associated with blockchain, the derivatives repository giant says
Crypto Fraud Now Exposing Legacy Banks to Compliance Issues, Reports CipherTrace
11.2.2020
Banks who ignore crypto could be setting themselves up for trouble in more ways than one
Bithumb Global To List $EXE; Issues New Trading Pair
7.2.2020
With an official Twitter post, the globally acclaimed crypto exchange, and trading portal, Bithumb Global has announced the news about its plans of listing 8×8 Protocol platform’s $EXE token on its network. The latest addition to the exchange network will help the investors to indulge...
4 ‘Bitcoin Contenders’ With Zero Use Cases and Barely Any Infrastructure
6.2.2020
Cryptocurrency markets and the industry are extremely competitive and many users believe a single digital asset will reign someday, and that it may not be BTC. Over the last few years, many holders believe the assets they hold are bitcoin contenders with coins like IOTA, EOS, ADA, XRP, and...
Bitspark to Shut Down Due to Internal Issues, Despite Positive Results
4.2.2020
Maxine Ryan. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Real Vision Finance
Bitspark, a bankless money transfer solution utilizing blockchain technology, will be shutting down in a month, despite reporting positive results.
Hong Kong-based company will be closing its doors on March 4, 2020, announced...
Innovation Can’t Keep the Web Fast
31.1.2020
Every so often, the fruits of innovation bear fruit in the form of improvements to the foundational layers of the web. In 2015, HTTP/2 became a published standard in an effort to update an aging protocol. This was was both necessary and overdue, as HTTP/1 rendered web performance as an arcane sort...
Understanding Immutability in JavaScript
30.1.2020
If you haven’t worked with immutability in JavaScript before, you might find it easy to confuse it with assigning a variable to a new value, or reassignment. While it’s possible to reassign variables and values declared using let or var, you'll begin to run into issues when you try that with...
Iran Issues Over 1,000 Licences for Crypto Mining + More News
27.1.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Mining news
The Iranian Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has issued more than 1,000 licenses for cryptocurrency mining...