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xgil··on Show HN: A blockchain glossary for beginners
Good idea. Thanks
xgil··on Show HN: A blockchain glossary for beginners
Thanks for the feedback. I'll review those definitions
xgil··on Show HN: A blockchain glossary for beginners
Hey guys, I have created this glossary of terms to help people wanting to start with blockchain and cryptocurrencies. I hope you find it useful. Feedback is welcome!
xgil··on Bitcoin.org to denounce “Segwit2x”
The outcome of the Bitcoin hardfork is highly unpredictable.
xgil··on Show HN: The Blockchain Newsletter
A few weeks ago I started a newsletter curating the best articles on blockchain, bitcoin, ethereum, ICOs and more.

This will hopefully save time to those of you that want to be up to date with the cryptocurrency world.

xgil··on [dead]
> For months, Mr. Kalanick had pulled a fast one on Apple by directing his employees to help camouflage the ride-hailing app from Apple’s engineers. The reason? So Apple would not find out that Uber had secretly been tracking iPhones even after its app had been deleted from the devices, violating Apple’s privacy guidelines.

How could they track iPhones after the app was deleted?

xgil··on Goodbye MongoDB, Hello PostgreSQL
I also keep reading about how bad is MongoDB for lots of projects. I don't think MongoDB is worthless, but from my experience I also have concerns about it.

If so many people migrate to other technologies, why is MongoDB still so popular? Have a look at http://db-engines.com/en/ranking_trend, MongoDB has just passed PostgreSQL