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4 cryptocurrency Twitter takes you really need to read

Mar12
by on March 12, 2019 at 11:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Twitter is where the hottest of cryptocurrency and blockchain takes live and die. It’s where founders fling shit at one another over seemingly arbitrary disagreements, and it’s where the most flamboyant of pundits flex their wit. So, let’s recap some of the most important and interesting Twitter threads from the past weekend, you know, for knowledge. 1. We need to be realistic about how painful forking is Instead of calling a fork a “scheduled protocol upgrade” I’d love for developers to acknowledge reality and call it “risky and painful process of everyone updating their nodes at once and we’re not sure if…

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TNW2019 Daily: Let’s Hard Fork together

Mar12
by on March 12, 2019 at 10:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


TNW2019, our tech conference in Amsterdam, is just 58 days away. We’re busy getting everything perfect, and there’s so much to look forward to. One distinct highlight is the conversation we’ll have about blockchain and cryptocurrency. Last year, I got sucked into this rather intricate technology, and it has huge potential to change our future for the better. I’d like to dedicate this TNW2019 Daily to our Hard Fork track, which will explore everything about it, together with eToro. You’re all forking cool Blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiasts fascinate me. While I know enough about this niche world to get by,…

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TNW2019 Daily: Let’s Hard Fork together

Mar12
by on March 12, 2019 at 10:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


TNW2019, our tech conference in Amsterdam, is just 58 days away. We’re busy getting everything perfect, and there’s so much to look forward to. One distinct highlight is the conversation we’ll have about blockchain and cryptocurrency. Last year, I got sucked into this rather intricate technology, and it has huge potential to change our future for the better. I’d like to dedicate this TNW2019 Daily to our Hard Fork track, which will explore everything about it, together with eToro. You’re all forking cool Blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiasts fascinate me. While I know enough about this niche world to get by,…

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Hands-on: Vivo’s Apex 2019 phone’s whole screen is a fingerprint sensor

Mar12
by on March 12, 2019 at 9:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Last year, Chinese phone maker Vivo began showing off its concept devices to the press before injecting some of those handsets’ technologies and features into market-ready models. That helps the company showcase its capabilities in the smartphone arena, and also gauge consumer interest in its ideas. In 2018, it revealed its Apex concept, which included a pop-up selfie camera, and a completely bezel-less display. We later saw those features in phones like the Vivo Nex and the V15 Pro. This year’s concept phone – the Apex 2019 – shows off a full-display fingerprint sensor, a unibody glass design with no…

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Hands-on: Vivo’s Apex 2019 phone’s whole screen is a fingerprint sensor

Mar12
by on March 12, 2019 at 9:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Last year, Chinese phone maker Vivo began showing off its concept devices to the press before injecting some of those handsets’ technologies and features into market-ready models. That helps the company showcase its capabilities in the smartphone arena, and also gauge consumer interest in its ideas. In 2018, it revealed its Apex concept, which included a pop-up selfie camera, and a completely bezel-less display. We later saw those features in phones like the Vivo Nex and the V15 Pro. This year’s concept phone – the Apex 2019 – shows off a full-display fingerprint sensor, a unibody glass design with no…

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