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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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Author: David Gerard

YouGov Direct’s “GDPR-compliant” blockchain — GDPR-laundering as a service

11th June 201812th July 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Polling company YouGov think that, with YouGov Direct, they can sell demographic data to advertisers in a suitably GDPR-laundered manner. Using … the blockchain!

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How to record Skype audio on a PC — Open Broadcaster Software (obs-studio)

6th June 201823rd June 2018 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

A surprisingly common technical problem — elegantly solved!

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West Virginia’s Voatz blockchain voting pilot … is another single-user blockchain as a database

5th June 20187th August 2018 - by David Gerard - 7 Comments.

The West Virginia blockchain voting pilot just records the votes in a private blockchain, used as a database. Apparently, this is a big win for voting on the blockchain.

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News: Me in York this Saturday, Bitcoin unpopular, Kik not so keen on blockchains, SEC vs Titanium, Request and Wikipedia update

5th June 20186th June 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Plus adventures in blockchain punditry.

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The mathcoins: decentralised cryptocurrency, without the blockchain?

1st June 201819th August 2018 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

You see a confusing page full of equations. Someone’s trying to sell you a token based on it. What do you do?

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News: Poloniex reverification, Asus 20 video card motherboard, TRON buys BitTorrent, lots of security issues

31st May 20181st June 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

I got an Ethereum scammer, pretending to be me, at last!

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Kodak pt 6: KodakCoins on sale! And the Reg A+ escape route

29th May 20188th August 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Handelsblatt in Germany describes KodakCoin as “highly dubious”, “a half-baked marketing gag” and “a stumbling company with a fading name looking for a capital strike.”

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News: KodakCoin, FCA investigations, Ripple on TV, EU motion, Arizona blockchain veto

25th May 2018 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

Plus my speaking dates in June and July.

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Explaining the Justice Department/CFTC criminal investigation into Bitcoin trading — and likely Bitfinex/Tether

24th May 201815th June 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

A rundown of what market manipulations warrant a criminal investigation — and why Bitfinex/Tether are a likely focus.

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My evidence to the UK Treasury’s Digital Currencies Inquiry

23rd May 201823rd January 2019 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

My written evidence to the UK Treasury’s Digital Currencies Inquiry is finally up, as is everyone else’s.

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  • The conspiracy theory economics of Bitcoin
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  • Ethereum smart contracts in practice
  • The DAO: the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code
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