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Scale with Speed: The Bitcoin Lightning Network Explained

The Bitcoin Lightning Network is an independent solution that’s heralded as the solution to bitcoin’s scaling problem by keeping fees minuscule and making transactions instant, away from the blockchain.

In this article, Toptal Freelance Blockchain Developer Amin Shah Gilani explores what the Bitcoin Lightning Network really is, how it can make the guarantees it provides, and its current state.

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Amin Shah Gilani

Amin Shah Gilani

Amin is the winner of the Coinbase Bithack v2, after which his Pakistan-based Bitcoin company raised funding from Silicon Valley.

Accounting Best Practices Ignored: 10 Ways Entrepreneurs Waste Money on Accounting and Stifle Growth

In this article, Toptal Finance Expert Scott Hoover runs through a useful list of the top ten most common mistakes he encounters with respect to the accounting practice in small businesses. By avoiding these mistakes, entrepreneurs can ensure they stop wasting money and stifling the growth prospects of their company.

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Scott Hoover

Scott Hoover

Scott is a CPA with three focus areas: high-level monthly financial oversight, accounting software projects, and corporate tax planning.

Exploring the Reasons for Design Thinking Criticism

Design thinking has become both a buzzword and a useful business tool. It has been hailed as revolutionary while also called a failed experiment as evidenced by increasing criticism.

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Shane Ketterman

Shane Ketterman

Shane comes from a background in architecture and design, information technology, and content marketing, and practices UX research.

A Project Manager's Guide to Digital Transformation

89% of organizations adopted or have plans to adopt a digital-first strategy in 2018. Digital transformation requires both a cultural shift and a restructuring of products and services around new digital capabilities. Project managers are some of the most important people on the tactical level during a digital transformation.

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Vytas Butkus

Vytas Butkus

Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.

10 Tips to Make WordPress Maintenance Smooth

WordPress maintenance tends to be straightforward and some may even consider it mundane. However, this doesn’t mean you should take it lightly, as it can still consume a lot of time.

In this article, Toptal WordPress Developer Hassan Jamal outlines ten essential WordPress maintenance tips that could help you save hours of work and keep your websites up to date with relative ease.

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Hassan Jamal

Hassan Jamal

Hassan is a self-taught full stack web developer who has over six years of experience with different levels of website development.

Mobile E-commerce Best Practices for UX (with Infographic)

E-commerce sites and apps that are not mindful of mobile e-ommerce best practices will be left in the dust and stand to lose billions. But successful mobile e-commerce experiences can be achieved by following these mobile e-commerce UX design best practices (with infographic).

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

Miklos is a UX designer, product design strategist, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.

New Web Order: An Overview of Content-first Design

Designers do not simply decorate, they create an experience of moving through content. There are various strategies available that align the client and team in creating content that will result in better designs.

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Robert Suckley

Robert Suckley

Rob is a digital designer with more than 15 years of experience in designing UX and UI that prioritizes both business goals and end-user needs.

Innovation with Life-critical Systems

When complex systems are life-critical, it can be extremely difficult to modernize and upgrade them safely. While many engineers will never work on such systems, there is much to be learned from those who do.

In this article, Toptal Solutions Architect Dr. Kyle Kotowick explains how to properly maintain and update systems that are too important to fail.

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Kyle Kotowick, Ph.D.

Kyle Kotowick, Ph.D.

Dr. Kotowick is a leader in solution architecture, holding a Ph.D. in Human Systems Integration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo

Logo History 101 – A Walkthrough of Lasting Impressions

Join us on a journey through the annals of design history and test your knowledge of famous logos along the way.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.

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