Brazil’s Largest Brokerage Creates XP Bitcoin
Oct06

Brazil’s Largest Brokerage Creates XP Bitcoin

Brazil’s XP Investimentos signals its willingness to meet customer demand, filing patent on the brand XP Bitcoin. The move could legitimize bitcoin in the eyes of average Brazilian investors, despite the firm’s previous public protestations and warnings, bringing a Latin American powerhouse to the cryptocurrency marketplace. Brazil is Big, Big, Big Folha de S.Paulo (Folha), the highest circulating newspaper in Latin...

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Japan’s Finance Industry Embraces Bitcoin Mining
Oct06

Japan’s Finance Industry Embraces Bitcoin Mining

Japan’s major players in the financial industry are eyeing bitcoin mining with a goal of generating new revenue. They also hope to help set the ground rules for using bitcoin. In early September Japan’s GMO and DMM.com said they were moving into the mining space. Both companies have started crypto and bitcoin exchanges.  Also read: Greek Court Supports Extradition of Former BTC-E Operator Alexander Vinnik An Asia...

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“Pirate Sites Generate $111 Million In Ad Revenue a Year”
Oct06

“Pirate Sites Generate $111 Million In Ad Revenue a Year”

In recent years various copyright holder groups have adopted a “follow-the-money” approach in the hope of cutting off funding to so-called pirate sites. The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) is one of the organizations that helps to facilitate these efforts. TAG coordinates an advertising-oriented Anti-Piracy Program for the advertising industry and has signed up dozens of large companies across various industries....

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Review by many eyes does not always prevent buggy code
Oct06

Review by many eyes does not always prevent buggy code

Writing code is hard. Writing secure code is harder—much harder. And before you get there, you need to think about design and architecture. When you’re writing code to implement security functionality, it’s often based on architectures and designs that have been pored over and examined in detail. They may even reflect standards that have gone through worldwide review processes and are generally considered perfect and...

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7 deadly sins of documentation
Oct06

7 deadly sins of documentation

Documentation seems to be a perennial problem in operations. Everyone agrees that it’s important to have, but few believe that their organizations have all the documentation they need. Effective documentation practices can improve incident response, speed up onboarding, and help reduce technical debt—but poor documentation practices can be worse than having no documentation at all. The 7 sins Do any of the...

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