Thinking of Shorting Bitcoin Futures? GBTC Bears Nurse Big Losses
Dec11

Thinking of Shorting Bitcoin Futures? GBTC Bears Nurse Big Losses

With Cboe launching its futures markets and CME set to begin its bitcoin derivatives products next week, many people are speculating on individuals and organizations short selling the cryptocurrency. However, there already is a publicly traded bitcoin investment vehicle called the Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) that can be short sold as well. Although, those trying to short GBTC this year have been getting burned as GBTC short sales are down...

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Terrarium TV: The Best Android Movie Streaming App Faces Uncertain Future
Dec11

Terrarium TV: The Best Android Movie Streaming App Faces Uncertain Future

In early 2014, Popcorn Time turned the consumer end of the piracy world upside down. Utilizing a BitTorrent backend and a beautiful interface, Popcorn Time certainly lived up to its promise of being the Netflix for Pirates. Adopted by millions of users, it soon became a household name. In the months and years to come, Popcorn Time grabbed hundreds of headlines. However, aside from the app’s success, much of what followed was...

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Win a year of access to O'Reilly Safari eBooks, videos, and more
Dec11

Win a year of access to O'Reilly Safari eBooks, videos, and more

We’re kicking off our third straight week of holiday giveaways with a one-year subscription to O’Reilly Safari, a US $399/year membership that gives you access to thousands of technology and business ebooks, videos, live online trainings, and real-time support from experts. read...

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What is a blockchain smart contract?
Dec11

What is a blockchain smart contract?

The first thing to know about blockchain smart contracts is they’re not contracts, smart, or necessarily on a blockchain. They are, in fact, singularly ill-named.1 Let’s address these issues in reverse order, and we should find out exactly what a smart contract actually is along the way. First, an introduction to what transactions are and things that aren’t transactions. read...

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How to use WeKan to manage your work
Dec11

How to use WeKan to manage your work

Managing your work—figuring out which tasks to carry out and scheduling them—can be difficult. Not only are other things competing for your attention, there’s only so much time in the day for you to do what you need or want to do. There are any number of tools that you can use to help manage your workflow. You’ve probably used or test driven as many (or maybe even more) than I have. One that I find effective is...

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