Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

Well, that’s just made my day dumber: a vaguely threatening email demanding bitcoins

29th January 201829th January 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

I guess this is my life now — nonsensical demands for bitcoins.

How to read a crypto market depth chart, and why people went ‘HOLY CRAP’ at the overnight Tether chart

28th January 201823rd March 2021 - by David Gerard - 13 Comments.

Tether, the “pegged” US dollar substitute token, crashed to $0.93 on Kraken last night. Here’s why this is important, and what a market depth chart shows.

News: Coincheck hack, YouTube ads with crypto miners, Cobinhood exchange goes Tether-only

27th January 201825th July 2019 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

Plus some interesting and useful opinion pieces.

What do ICO “advisors” do? Paid endorsements, and … that’s about all

27th January 201831st January 2018 - by David Gerard - 4 Comments.

Back in the innocent days of a few months ago, I thought ICO advisors were there to advise. I might multiply my rate for ICO advice 100× going forward.

“Children of Satoshi”: an ICO-funded TV action drama about Bitcoin

26th January 20189th February 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

Coming soon: expensive crowdsourced Bitcoin fan fiction.

News: Friedman LLP parts with Bitfinex, Weiss Crypto Ratings, Netherlands, SEC, ICOs, Venezuela, Arsenal

24th January 201824th January 2018 - by David Gerard - 6 Comments.

I’m 5000 words into a 1500-word article on Tether, and 1000 words into a 300-word intro to IOTA. Meanwhile, elsewhere …

Podcast interview with David Birch about Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: how and why

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

In which I am interviewed by David Birch, author of Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin, about Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain. Hear how and why I wrote this thing!