News: 14,000 CryptoKitties to kill Ethereum, history of Earn.com’s PiTato, ransomware, cryptographers on cryptocurrency
Also: I need titles for the sequel to Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain!
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard
Also: I need titles for the sequel to Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain!
“Bitcoin is finance, distilled … There are no fundamentals, no cash flows or price-earnings ratios, to evaluate. It is pure speculation about speculation, a Keynesian beauty contest where all the pictures are blank.”
All the stuff I didn’t have time to post in the past few days, plus the fallout from the stuff I did have time to post.
RMS Titanic NFTs: You wouldn’t download a corpse.
Part two of the early history of NFTs, from the book I’m writing with Amy Castor, is up now, over on Amy’s blog.
This is a draft of part one of the history chapter for our planned NFT book. Corrections and nitpicking are most welcomed!
Top Shot claimed to be about the cards — but it was all about the trading market. And it wasn’t so great at letting traders take out their money.
This is the cyberpunk future we deserved — the first NFT rugpull by a nation-state.
Banksying the unbanksied.
Crypto asked for regulatory clarity, and they’re getting it! Good and hard.