Major Chinese Banks Bar Customers From Buying Gold, Precious Metals
Major Chinese banks have taken measures to prevent customers from buying gold, platinum, palladium, and other precious metal-related products through them. The Shanghai Gold Exchange also says it may take necessary measures to curb gold trading to “protect investors.” Chinese Banks and Regulators to ‘Cool Gold Rush’ Chinese regulators and major banks are taking measures to curb the trading of gold and other...
Single Miner Reorgs Ethereum Classic – Devs Report a Chain Split
Members of the Ethereum Classic team reported that the network suffered a reorganization (reorg) today. The blockchain network is asking service providers to halt deposits while it carries out maintenance of the chain. The latest event follows a similar attack in January 2019, which led to some exchanges taking pre-emptive action. Both Ethereum Classic (ETC) and one of the founders have since put out a statement acknowledging this...
The Pirate Bay Receives Under $5 in Bitcoin Donations Per Day
The Pirate Bay has been both an early adopter and a pioneer when it comes to cryptocurrencies. More than seven years ago the torrent site added support for Bitcoin donations, with Litecoin and Monero following later. The Pirate Bay was also the first large website to start mining cryptocurrency by using the computing resources of is visitors. This was a controversial move, but one that was followed by many other sites. Bitcoin Scared...
Japanese Government Appoints Hello Kitty as Copyright Ambassador
From relatively humble beginnings way back in 1974, Hello Kitty is now one of the most popular media franchises of all time. Indeed, a report last year revealed that the cartoon character has generated an eye-watering $80 billion in sales. Over the years, Kitty White – to cite her real name – has had her own clothing and toy lines, appeared in manga and anime, and featured in games and music. But despite being obviously...
Why making mistakes makes me a better sysadmin
I’ve been a Fedora Linux contributor for a little over a decade now. Fedora has a large community of developers and users, each with a unique set of skills ranging from being a particularly discerning user to being an amazing programmer. I like this because it inspires and motivates me to develop new skills of my own. read more Powered by...
