Bank of Israel Drafts Model of a Digital Shekel
The central bank of Israel has offered a glance at what a digitalized version of the national fiat currency may look like. According to a released “draft model” of the coin, Israelis should be able to use the digital shekel in payments, even offline, and convert it to cash at any moment. The Israeli central bank digital currency (CBDC) will provide some privacy, but not anonymity. This Is What the Digital Shekel Should Look Like The...
The Pirate Bay Promotes ‘Suspicious’ Digital Pirate Token (TPB)
The Pirate Bay has been both an early adopter and a pioneer when it comes to cryptocurrencies. More than eight 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 its visitors. This was a controversial move, but one that was followed by many other sites. TPB Promotes...
Disney Patents Blockchain-Based Movie Distribution System to Stop Pirates
Disney is one of the best known brands in the world and the owner of an impressive collection of movies and TV shows. New and old releases earn the company a healthy stream of revenue, both in movie theaters and through its own movie streaming service Disney+. While there is plenty of competition from other movie studios, Disney’s single biggest threat appears to be piracy. To tackle this issue, Disney’s in-house anti-piracy team...
3 features released in Python 3.1 you should use in 2021
This is the second in a series of articles about features that first appeared in a version of Python 3.x. Python 3.1 was first released in 2009, and even though it has been out for a long time, many of the features it introduced are underused and pretty cool. Here are three of them. read more Powered by...
5 reasons to host your container registry with Pulp
Linux containers have greatly simplified software distribution. The ability to package an application with everything it needs to run has helped increase stability and reproducibility of environments. read more Powered by...
