David Gerard | Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

News: SEC vs crypto hedge fund, Garza sentenced, post-bubble office vacancies, EOS hack, ICOs sell off 238k ETH, David Chaum

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 15,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: 333 eth , aaron stanley , breaker , civil , cme , coinsbank , consensys , crypto asset management lp , david chaum , eos , gaw , hitbtc , ico , josh garza , links , maria bustillos , matthew davies , michelle mone , mixxlabs , paycoin , sec , smart contract , sofr , tezos , timothy enneking , twitter , xrp , xrptrump

And first reports back from the Coinsbank Crypto Cruise.
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My new house! Moving this week, service will be spotty

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 14,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: bbc , chris shake , house of fine art

I’ve handed over a chunk of my hodling of the disreputable minor coin GBP, got the keys and we’re moving in over the coming week.
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News: The SEC swings into action, Marshall Islands SOV, Papua New Guinea, new stablecoins, Indian crypto legality, R3 and Ripple settle, Star Xu of Okex detained, KodakCoin

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 11,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: 44coin , amanda gutterman , asx , australia , azure , barry eichengreen , barry honig , bitfarms , bittorrent , celsius , cethf , civil , consensys , cxbtf , diamond reserve club , digital asset , eli l. lewitt , gemini dollar , high times , ico , icox innovations , imf , india , joe lubin , john o'rourke , kodakcoin , kodakone , kraken , ledger atlas , lenny kugel , links , maksim zaslavskiy , marshall islands , microsoft , okex , papua new guinea , paul vigna , paxos standard , preston byrne , r3 , raymond dearie , recoin , riot blockchain , ripple , ryde , sean russell , sec , sov , star xu , tokenlot , tron , twitter , wenn digital , wikipedia

You know how everyone was wondering when the SEC would do something about the crypto space? Looks like they’re getting into motion.
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Kathimerini (Greece) 9 Sep 2018, p22: Cryptocurrencies: innovation or “bubble”? — original English text

Original text in English of my piece in yesterday’s Kathimerini.
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Kathimerini (Greece) 9 Sep 2018, p22: Cryptocurrencies: innovation or “bubble”?

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 09,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: ariel glenn , kathimerini , yannis pailiologos

If you’re in Greece, get today’s Kathimerini and you’ll see a 350-word op-ed from me on why cryptos are bad.
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News: Shapeshift KYC, Kraken Halifax shutdown, EU ICO rules, UK Blockchain APPG, Mone’s failed ICO, KodakOne, Ethereum analytics, Bitcoin crash, Laurie Penny doing the Crypto Cruise, Walch/Schuster recordings

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 06,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: angela walch , ashley fox , bitcoin , breaker , edmund schuster , equi , erik voorhees , ethereum , europe , eva kaili , fincen , google , kathimerini , kenneth a. blanco , kodakcoin , kodakone , laurie penny , lightning network , links , marconi , michelle mone , quinn dupont , ryde , shapeshift , wenn digital

‘Tis just a seasonal dip!
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First legally-mandated blockchain: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s spam call complaint database

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 02,2018
Comments: 1
Tags: blockchain , ibm , india , microsoft , prashant shukla , tech mahindra , trai

Requiring a particular deep implementation is bad — and especially because of unrealisable hype.
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News: CBOE Ether futures, the invisible Petro, Civil and Associated Press, BitFi hacked worse

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 01,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: associated press , australia , bitfi , bitfinex , cboe , chieftin , china , civil , coinbase , csiro , de nederlandsche bank , ethereum , ibm , john mcafee , links , nicole jonker , north korea , petro , qriously , quinn dupont , sec , theranos , tim draper , university college oxford

Plus good papers, opinion pieces and followups. And why surveys claiming amazing mainstream crypto uptake!! are made-up rubbish. Also, go hear Edmund Schuster and Angela Walch on Tuesday afternoon.
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Saïd Business School presents the astounding blockchain of the future! And not the mundane one of the present

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Aug 31,2018
Comments: 2
Tags: blockchain , david shrier , oxford blockchain strategy , said business school , stewie zhu

Business students are actively seeking out courses on “blockchain.” This one is very optimistic — and leaves its students susceptlble to the hype.
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Don’t PayPal me — they cut me off!

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Aug 29,2018
Comments: 5
Tags: paypal

Don’t try to PayPal anything to dgerard@gmail.com – it’ll bounce!
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