Paypal Completes Rollout of Crypto Offering in UK: First International Expansion Outside US
Paypal has completed the first international expansion of its cryptocurrency offering outside of the U.S. Paypal Crypto is now available to customers in the U.K. allowing them to buy, hold, and sell four kinds of cryptocurrencies. Paypal Crypto Now Available to All Eligible UK Customers Payments giant Paypal Inc. announced Friday that it has completed the rollout of its crypto offering in the U.K. The rollout began in late August when...
$2 Billion Worth of Unpeeled Casascius Physical Bitcoins: There’s Less Than 20,000 Coins Left Active
While bitcoin continues to become more scarce every day, the most popular set of physical bitcoins, crafted by Mike Caldwell from 2011 to 2013, have become far scarcer than their digital counterparts. As of September 18, 2021, there are now less than 20,000 active bitcoins from the Casascius physical bitcoin collection. Casascius Physical Bitcoin Collection Grows Scarcer Bitcoin has become a well-known technology and in the early...
YouTubers Frustrated By Site’s Anti-Piracy Policies Are Being a Little Naive
Twenty, thirty, even forty years ago, piracy of movies was something done relatively quietly between trusted suppliers, friends and family. With the rise of the Internet, however, discussion of how to obtain movies without paying for them was opened up to the masses. Sometime around 2010, the massive success of YouTube and social media tore away any remaining mystique, with a new and seemingly oblivious generation openly flaunting...
5 best practices for using open source community leaderboards
It takes a community of people with varying skill sets and expertise to build open source software. Leaderboards have become a way for open source communities to track progress and showcase and celebrate top-performing contributors. If leaderboards are done right, they can increase participation, motivate contributors with gamification, and enhance the community. But leaderboards can also have adverse outcomes—including discouraging...
Apple and Google Go Further Than Ever to Appease Russia
The tech giants have set a troubling new precedent. Powered by WPeMatico
