Crypto
💡 Byteside Weekly: Ethereum powers down, Canva powers up
From Ethereum's shift to proof-of-stake to Canva, Zoom and Figma making big (but very different) moves, it's been quite a week in tech.
Dogecoin's co-creator really, really hates all things crypto these days
"Built primarily to amplify wealth [through] tax avoidance, diminished regulatory oversight and artificially enforced scarcity." Ouch.
A movie just launched 91,000 NFTs to pro– nope, I'm not doing this...
Digital artists getting paid thanks to NFTs is great. Movies and companies creating NFTs to score some free promotional value suck.
Sotheby's will accept Bitcoin and Ether for a 101-carat diamond auction
For the lucky billionaires who are afraid to turn their crypto back into fiat currency, Sotheby's is ready to take your coin. HODL or buy?
Even Katy Perry is getting in on NFTs. Can anything stop this?
Peer-to-peer video streaming slash blockchain company Theta is set to host Katy Perry NFTs as part of a new wave of "OMG who has an NFT now?"
Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???
Yes, what we really needed Twitter to do was to make some NFT artworks – and not even make them tradeable for whoever gets them...
Most pirates just give up
Digital driver's licenses going great in NSW, while pirates get lazy in the modern era. Plus crypto, the end of Charlie on YouTube, and more.
Shiny new You at Google I/O
Big news from Google I/O today, plus a victory for gig economy workers at FWC, the death of Windows 10X, Ethereum power cuts, and more.
Type by imagining your handwriting
Tesla drops Bitcoin, Wi-Fi gets hacked, Apple fights fraud, and science helps people type just by thinking about handwriting.
NFT digital horse racing? Nah, play Pocket Card Jockey instead
Apparently blockchain horse racing is a thing now. Consider: playing Pocket Card Jockey is cheaper, better for the environment, and more fun.
Taking the fun out of fungible
Let’s cut to the chase: a lot of people who think they’ve recently bought digitally verified unique artworks will soon discover these artworks are not as permanent or as verified as they’d hoped. The whole non-fungible token craze is a mess. The technical concept? Very sound. Entirely
WTF is NFT? Here's why Grimes, Kings of Leon and friends are loving it
Non-fungible tokens are so hot right now. Musicians, artists and even the NBA are on board, so we explain what the fung is going on.
Cryptocurrency criminals are making themselves easier to catch
Dumb things with crypto? Never! A report finds that 55% of crypto money laundering schemes take place on just 270 blockchain addresses.
Ethereum mining hurts gamers right in the wallet
Graphics card prices are getting pushed higher because of folks looking for a piece of the cryptocurrency mining action.
