US SEC Commissioner Says Bitcoin ETF Approval Long Overdue
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says that the regulator should have approved a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S. a long time ago. She emphasized that it is not the SEC’s job to approve or reject applications based on the merits of the underlying investment itself. “People should make their own decisions” whether to buy bitcoin, said the commissioner. SEC Commissioner Wants Bitcoin ETF Approved A commissioner with the U.S....
Should Internet Users Pay a Piracy Levy To Ensure Creators Get Paid?
More than two decades after going mainstream, the problem of illegal downloading is not going to go away overnight. Indeed, it may not go away at all. Over the years there have been dozens of initiatives to try and reduce the flow but by far the most effective has been to make content available to consumers at a fair price. The success of services like Spotify and Netflix are a testament to that but there are other ideas too, ones...
Enter invisible passwords using this Python module
Passwords are particularly problematic for programmers. You’re not supposed to store them without encrypting them, and you’re not supposed to reveal what’s been typed when your user enters one. This became particularly important to me when I decided I wanted to boost security on my laptop. I encrypt my home directory—but once I log in, any password stored as plain text in a configuration file is potentially exposed...
How I avoid breaking functionality when modifying legacy code
Allow me a bit of introspection. I’ve been working in the software engineering field for 31 years. During those 31 years, I’ve modified a lot of legacy software. read more Powered by...
