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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: Craig Wright loses, baseball Bitcoin, Kickstarter on the blockchain, Australian crypto scams

9th December 202110th December 2021 - by David Gerard - 6 Comments.

A human centipede ouroboros of scammers scamming scammers scamming scammers.

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Stablecoins: Tether, Libra, the President’s Working Group, the IMF

10th November 202114th November 2021 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

Phrases like “macro critical levels” are what central bankers say when they’re sounding the air-raid sirens.

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Libra Shrugged — Chapter 15: Central bank digital currencies

8th November 20213rd March 2022 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

An excerpt a year after the book’s publication — because I keep referring people to this chapter. Buy the book for more!

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News: Binance vs. the world, VanEck ETF, Robinhood fined, AfriCrypt Ponzi, mass ransomware attack

3rd July 20215th July 2021 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

I am Elmer J. FUD, nocoiner. I own a mansion and a yacht.

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News: Stopping ransomware, China hates miners, Ecuador CBDC history, NFTs still too hard to buy

16th June 202121st June 2021 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

Things happened that aren’t in El Salvador!

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News: Coinbase goes public, Bitcoin hashrate goes down, NFTs go down, proof-of-space trashes hard disk market

20th April 202123rd July 2021 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PATREON, OKAY? Love ya!

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Libra book cutting room floor: Previous basket-based currencies

3rd August 20202nd October 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

The Libra book probably won’t have to include a short history of currency baskets before I can talk about why the original plan for the Libra reserve was ridiculously terrible. So I’ve posted it here.

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News: Coronavirus kills conferences, India un-bans crypto, Bitcoin catches a cold

10th March 202010th October 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“FCA are like the SEC If they forgot to do their job, ever” — Ben Munster

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News: Libra and stablecoins and FinCEN, China still hates crypto trading, Tether

22nd November 2019 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

And I’m doing another Intelligence Squared on Thursday 5 December — and this one’s free!

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News: Libra stumbles on, Bitmex leaks customer list, Crypto Capital Corp arrest and indictment, Tether appeal, Blockchain for China, Kleiman v. Wright settlement fails, Telegram tokens delayed, UK tax for cryptos

4th November 20195th November 2019 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“BITCONNECT SAID TO EXIT LIBRA CONSORTIUM FOR FEAR OF BAD PRESS”

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  • The conspiracy theory economics of Bitcoin
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  • 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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