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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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The Block fires a third of staff — Larry Cermak is CEO, Wintermute’s Evgeny Gaevoy joins board

31st March 20231st April 2023 - by David Gerard - 10 Comments.

New, from Skeptic’s Lens!

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Sam Bankman-Fried facts

31st March 202331st March 2023 - by David Gerard - 4 Comments.

SBF does not sleep. He waits … to tell you about his crimes.

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Crypto collapse: New Sam Bankman-Fried charge, Binance fallout, SEC sues exchange over crypto securities, how Signature died

30th March 202330th March 2023 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Looking forward to the 10-hour video blogs detailing crimes hitherto unknown to humanity.

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CFTC cracks CZ’s phone, sues Binance — what’s a little terrorist financing between friends

28th March 20239th April 2023 - by David Gerard - 7 Comments.

“Downside risk is if fincen or ofac has concrete evidence we have sanction users, they might try to investigate or blow it up big on worldstage”

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Do Kwon arrested, White House hates crypto, Coinbase Wells notice, SEC charges Justin Sun, Signature sold, FTX Bahamas party fund returns

25th March 202325th March 2023 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

What ho, Kwoff’s the name. Dont Kwoff. “Bot-coins,” my good fellow? Never heard of ’em. Sounds like piffle and nonsense. Must rush, just off to Dubai. Cheerio, toodle pip!

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Crypto collapse: The Great Unbanking continues, Bitcoin pumps, FTX, Voyager, Tether

18th March 202319th March 2023 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

And predictions of the near future.

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Crypto collapse: Signature Bank blows up, US crypto frantically looks for new banking

14th March 202314th March 2023 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“In five years a number of banks will not be around because of blockchain technology.” — Joseph DiPaolo, Signature Bank, 2018

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Crypto collapse: Silicon Valley Bank falls and takes out USDC, New York calls ETH a security

12th March 20233rd December 2023 - by David Gerard - 9 Comments.

That’s as good as money, sir. Those are IOUs. Go ahead and add it up, every cent’s accounted for.

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Crypto collapse: Good night Silvergate Bank, unbanking crypto exchanges, Voyager sale to Binance proceeding

9th March 2023 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“And it seems to me, you lived your life like a candle in the wind. You’ve abruptly toppled over and you’re burning things.”

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Crypto collapse: Binance hits reserves, FTX’s Singh sings, miners’ creative accounting, bitcoin markets are thin

5th March 202310th March 2023 - by David Gerard - 6 Comments.

Your honor, please. Sam is a growing boy. He needs his crimes.

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Table of Contents

  • The conspiracy theory economics of Bitcoin
  • Dogecoin
  • Buterin’s quantum quest
  • ICOs: magic beans and bubble machines
  • Ethereum smart contracts in practice
  • The DAO: the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code
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  • Imogen Heap: “Tiny Human”. Total sales: $133.20

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