The TechBeat: The Crypto Industry is Overlooking a Critical Factor in Ensuring Its Success (1/8/2025)

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The Crypto Industry is Overlooking a Critical Factor in Ensuring Its Success

By @kategrizik [ 4 Min read ] To turn people into cryptocurrency adopters, it’s not enough to just develop technology and use traditional marketing techniques. Read More.

Programmable Bitcoin Is Here: A Turing-complete Bridgeless Bitcoin Execution Layer

By @omnity [ 9 Min read ] The Runes Exchange Environment (REE) is a decentralized execution layer on Bitcoin for builders to create BTCFi exchanges without forks, bridges, or opcodes. Read More.

The Ultimate Cloud Cost Optimization Guide for 2025

By @techleader [ 8 Min read ] Actionable tips to optimize your cloud costs in AWS, Azure and GCP, with case studies, and code snippets. Read More.

Building a Web Server with Python and Flask

By @ajayvallab [ 9 Min read ] Learn to build your own web server with Python and the lightweight Flask framework. Its a beginner-friendly guide with step-by-step instructions Read More.

GPS Is Broken, And It's Holding Tech Back

By @jackborie [ 4 Min read ] GPS signals are vulnerable to jamming, spoofing, and interference, leading to inaccuracies and inefficiencies. Read More.

The Top 5 Memecoins of 2024 Are Ones You Probably Weren't Paying Much Attention To

By @obyte [ 7 Min read ] Among all the funny coins, some star performers reached unexpected highs in 2024. Read More.

This New AI Tool Claims to Solve Data Problems Better Than Anything Else—Here’s Why That Matters

By @hugedata [ 7 Min read ] Researchers have developed a solution that emphasizes three pivotal techniques to augment problem-solving in data science. Read More.

How I Accidentally Became an SEO Nerd and What I Learned About SaaS Websites

By @rafiqulislam [ 5 Min read ] Accidentally became an SEO pro? Learn actionable SaaS SEO tips—from stalking search intent to killer content & CRO—to turn your site into a conversion machine! Read More.

A Platform-Agnostic Approach in Cloud Security for Data Engineers

By @dataengonline [ 6 Min read ] Discover a platform-agnostic approach to cloud security for data engineers. Strengthen the defenses with encryption, zero-trust models, and multi-cloud tools. Read More.

35 Product Management Books You’ll Actually Learn From

By @jameseffarah [ 16 Min read ] With the help of a photographic memory, I've read over 50 product management books in 2024. Here is a curated list from my Kindle library. You're welcome. Read More.

You Don't Need a Big Budget to Get Your First Crypto Exchange User

By @pzavadskiy [ 6 Min read ]

When I started building my derivatives exchange, Biqutex, I went through almost every marketing idea I could think of. Read More.

Refactoring 021 - Remove Dead Code

By @mcsee [ 4 Min read ] Eliminate unused functions, constants, and "just-in-case" code. Read More.

5 Open-source and Free Operating Systems to Donate via Kivach

By @obyte [ 6 Min read ] There are free and open-source OS available for everyone, and we’re going to list some of them ahead. Maybe you can donate them crypto with Kivach! Read More.

How to Increase Your Intelligence (even if You're Not Genetically Gifted)

By @praisejames [ 4 Min read ] The true test of intelligence is getting what you want out of life. Read More.

The Crypto Curve: Left, Right, and Center

By @andreydidovskiy [ 5 Min read ] Based on the principles of the “Bell Curve,” the Crypto Curve is a meme used to depict the distribution of intelligence among market participants. Read More.

In Tongan Politics, Timing and Grace Often Matter More Than Persistence

By @edwinliavaa [ 2 Min read ] The chambers of Tonga's Parliament recently witnessed a defining moment in the nation's political narrative. Read More.

AI Framework has You Covered on Image-to-Text Workflows

By @ritabratamaiti [ 5 Min read ] Learn how to use AnyModal, a modular framework for integrating vision and language models, to build and train your own LaTeX OCR system. Perfect for AI research Read More.

The Greatest Life Hack of All Time Might Be To Avoid Life Hacks Altogether

By @witness [ 3 Min read ] In accumulating life's "hacks" to master cheat codes, we lose something significant without meddling through the messy slog of critical thinking and self-awaren Read More.

The Time to Think In Satoshis Has Come

By @ssaurel [ 4 Min read ] If talking in terms of Satoshi will become the norm in the future, thinking in Satoshi must become the norm now to encourage mainstream adoption of Bitcoin. Read More.

Life360 Is Being Sued for Selling Location Data: What You Need to Know

By @TheMarkup [ 2 Min read ] A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the maker of family-tracking app Life360, alleging it sold users’ location data without permission. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️