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Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard

  • About the author
  • Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: The Book
  • Book extras
  • Business bafflegab, but on the Blockchain
  • Buterin’s quantum quest
  • Dogecoin
  • Ethereum smart contracts in practice
  • ICOs: magic beans and bubble machines
  • Imogen Heap: “Tiny Human”. Total sales: $133.20
  • Index
  • Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money
  • My cryptocurrency and blockchain commentary and writing for others
  • Press coverage: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
  • Press coverage: Libra Shrugged
  • Table of Contents
  • The conspiracy theory economics of Bitcoin
  • The DAO: the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code
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News: 14,000 CryptoKitties to kill Ethereum, history of Earn.com’s PiTato, ransomware, cryptographers on cryptocurrency

21st April 201821st April 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Also: I need titles for the sequel to Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain!

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News: Bitfinex warrant canary disappears, Hyperledger loses members, Kik vs CryptoKitties

16th December 201717th December 2017 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“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.”

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News: NiceHash hack, Bitfinex makes the news, Steam drops Bitcoin, SEC vs ICO, Venezuela, book news, I have to mention CryptoKitties

6th December 201716th January 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

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.

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Early history of NFTs, part 2: Monegraph, Spells of Genesis, Rare Pepes

29th May 202229th May 2022 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

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.

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The prehistory of NFTs

25th May 202225th May 2022 - by David Gerard - 13 Comments.

This is a draft of part one of the history chapter for our planned NFT book. Corrections and nitpicking are most welcomed!

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NBA Top Shot: a short history of the largest mainstream NFT project

17th April 202217th April 2022 - by David Gerard - 4 Comments.

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.

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News: FCA versus UK crypto, Infura sanctions on Ethereum, BitMEX Reed headed for trial, India

4th March 202229th March 2022 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

This is the cyberpunk future we deserved — the first NFT rugpull by a nation-state.

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NFTs: crypto grifters try to scam artists, again

11th March 202111th March 2021 - by David Gerard - 18 Comments.

Banksying the unbanksied.

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News: McAfee and BitMEX busted, don’t pay your ransomware, Morgan Beller leaves Libra, SEC beats Kik

10th October 202011th November 2020 - by David Gerard - 5 Comments.

Crypto asked for regulatory clarity, and they’re getting it! Good and hard.

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News: DeFi in full mania, Australian Senate fintech report, Bank of England on Libra, Care Bears on the blockchain

3rd September 20202nd October 2020 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

HOW TO DESTROY ETHEREUM: use it for something. This cripples it every time.

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