Bitcoin and Gold Correlation Reaches Record High 70%
The prices of bitcoin and gold have reached a monthly average correlation of 70%, an all-time-high, according to data analytics firm Skew. The previous peak of just under 60% was reached earlier on in the second quarter of 2020. Skew said the rising correlation supports the idea that bitcoin (BTC) is a store value, particularly at a time of economic turmoil. “Bitcoin/Gold 1 month correlation reaching new all-time highs, giving...
Russia Developing AI System to Monitor Cryptocurrency Transactions — Prototype Now in Use
Russia is reportedly developing a system using artificial intelligence to track and analyze transactions involving cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, dash, and monero. The system prototype has already been created and is currently being tested. This news followed the signing of crypto regulation into law by President Vladimir Putin. Russian Crypto Monitoring System The Russian government is planning a new system to track bitcoin...
High-Quality Piracy Boosts Box Office Revenues in Opening Week, Research Finds
The vast body of academic piracy research has shown that illegal downloading can affect legal revenues in a variety of ways. Many studies have focused on a negative effect, but there are positive links as well. How piracy interacts with sales often differs from situation to situation. These finer nuances are intriguing and important to obtain a better understanding of the piracy phenomenon. With a newly published study, researchers...
How to use printf to format output
When I started learning Unix, I was introduced to the echo command pretty early in the process. Likewise, my initial Python lesson involved the print function. Picking up C++ and Java introduced me to cout and systemout. It seemed every language proudly had a convenient one-line method of producing output and advertised it like it was going out of style. read more Powered by...
Our favorite open source writing tools
Writing is one of the primary ways we communicate, and it’s endlessly fascinating to see the different ways writers work. I can hardly imagine writing before computers and their ability to instantly edit and rearrange the words I’ve typed onto a screen. Likewise, I wonder whether people who started out writing on a typewriter process their thoughts differently, even on a modern word processor, or whether their workflow has...
