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End of year crypto roundup: How did Ethereum perform in 2018?

Dec30
by on December 30, 2018 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, The next generation of money management


Ethereum is an open-source blockchain platform which lets anyone create and deploy decentralized applications (DApps). The project was first proposed in a white paper in 2013 by a 19 years old Vitalik Buterin. Buterin’s purpose was clear. Instead of targeting and building every single use-case over blockchain, he wanted to create something that could be used to create anything over blockchain — whether it is custom cryptocurrencies, financial instruments, smart property, decentralized storage systems, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), non-fungible assets, identity management solutions, or whatever else you could think of. And, he wanted the users to be able to do this by…

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Hackers pocketed $878,000 from cryptocurrency bug bounties in 2018

Dec30
by on December 30, 2018 at 7:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


While hardcore cryptocurrency enthusiasts often tout blockchain for its heightened security, the technology is not perfect – and there are often tons of vulnerabilities in the code. Indeed, blockchain companies have received at least 3,000 vulnerability reports in 2018 alone. According to stats from breach disclosure platform HackerOne, blockchain companies awarded $878,504 in bug bounties to hackers this year. The data was compiled in mid-December. By contrast, the total sum of bug bounties awarded by August was $600,000. With $534,500 awarded, EOS creator Block.one accounts for more than 60 percent of all bounties handed out in 2018. Here is the top three…

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Why designers shouldn’t bother learning to code

Dec30
by on December 30, 2018 at 1:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, syndication


Every couple of weeks we see a new article come up that tries to answer the good old question: should designers learn to code? Our industry is finally reaching a point where we are able to step back and reframe that question altogether. There are two fundamental arguments used by those who defend the fact that designers who learn to code become more valuable than others: First, by creating prototypes that are as close as possible to the ultimate intent of the desired experience, it becomes more likely that it will be executed by others appropriately — if not by the…

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Tech stocks are overvalued and it’s killing innovation

Dec29
by on December 29, 2018 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


We’re entering an unprecedented era of advanced technology and behemoth tech companies driving its development. Earlier this year, Apple became the first company to reach a one-trillion-dollar valuation, and Amazon followed suit, reaching a one-trillion-dollar market cap in September. Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Facebook, and Netflix are similarly dominant over the S&P 500, together providing an enormous proportion of the technology we use on a daily basis and influencing the direction of the entire stock market. These companies certainly deserve praise, and they’ve been able to accomplish a lot over the past couple of decades, but we’ve dangerously overvalued these…

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