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Ethereum blockchain undergoes massive cryptocurrency gambling exodus

Jan29
by on January 29, 2019 at 5:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency gamblers have left Ethereum-based decentralized apps (dApps) en masse. They’ve converted almost entirely to gambling on competing networks, taking their transactional volume with them. Blockchain research unit Diar studied three blockchains that support dApps, Ethereum, EOS, TRON, to determine just how much US dollar value is processed on each network – and by what kind of dApp. It discovered that dApps deployed on EOS and TRON are now responsible for 94 percent of all the US dollar value transacted across the three protocols. Surprisingly, 55 percent of that traffic is coming from EOS, and 36 percent is flowing through dApps deployed…

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Check out TNW2019’s 11 new tracks

Jan29
by on January 29, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


TNW2019, our tech conference in Amsterdam, is all about discussing the future of technology. Whether you’re a developer, marketer, artist, or entrepreneur, there’s an interesting discussion that you’ll want to join. That’s why we’ve divided up our keynote talks into 11 tracks – to help you decide which ones will be the most personally relevant. Let’s discover what we’ll be talking about at TNW2019. We’ve outlined the burning questions we’ll be answering, to help you find out which of this year’s 11 diverse tracks inspire you the most: Main Stage On our main stage, we’re inviting some of the biggest…

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Check out TNW2019’s 11 new tracks

Jan29
by on January 29, 2019 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


TNW2019, our tech conference in Amsterdam, is all about discussing the future of technology. Whether you’re a developer, marketer, artist, or entrepreneur, there’s an interesting discussion that you’ll want to join. That’s why we’ve divided up our keynote talks into 11 tracks – to help you decide which ones will be the most personally relevant. Let’s discover what we’ll be talking about at TNW2019. We’ve outlined the burning questions we’ll be answering, to help you find out which of this year’s 11 diverse tracks inspire you the most: Main Stage On our main stage, we’re inviting some of the biggest…

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Teens are eating their own fingers to Evanescence covers on TikTok

Jan29
by on January 29, 2019 at 4:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Social Media, video


Have you ever heard of Evanescence, the Arkansas-originating metal band — when we say metal we mean more like the shiny substance melted over the buckle of a Hot Topic piano key belt — who brought us the 2003 classic, “Bring Me To Life”? I remember wailing this into my bedroom mirror, sobbing. And did you ever see that magic trick where one person — usually a dad — bends their finger, and then using highly technical illusions makes it look like they’re pulling off their finger from the knuckle? Well, luckily for us, both have combined in this digital age,…

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Teens are eating their own fingers to Evanescence covers on TikTok

Jan29
by on January 29, 2019 at 4:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Social Media, video


Have you ever heard of Evanescence, the Arkansas-originating metal band — when we say metal we mean more like the shiny substance melted over the buckle of a Hot Topic piano key belt — who brought us the 2003 classic, “Bring Me To Life”? I remember wailing this into my bedroom mirror, sobbing. And did you ever see that magic trick where one person — usually a dad — bends their finger, and then using highly technical illusions makes it look like they’re pulling off their finger from the knuckle? Well, luckily for us, both have combined in this digital age,…

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