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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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Tag: bitfinex

News: more coal-powered Bitcoin mining, Colorado vs. ICOs, Bitfinex withdrawal issues, the decline of “blockchain”

11th November 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Bitfinex’s banking arrangements are fine — so long as you don’t try to get your money out.

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News: Australia “nah mate” to blockchains, Bitfinex/Tether push Rothschild conspiracy theories, JPEG blockchain DRM, miners as locusts, Initiative Q

23rd October 20182nd December 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“The market can stay irrational longer than you can retain hope for humanity.”

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Bitfinex’s banking problems solved: SNITCHES GET STITCHES

17th October 20184th November 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

The Bitfinex crypto exchange has discovered a truly remarkable solution to its banking problems — but don’t tell anyone. ‘Cos snitches get stitches.

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Is Bitcoin going TO THE MOON? No, it’s Tether going down the plughole

15th October 201816th October 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

If a dollar costs 85 cents … you have to wonder what’s up with that dollar.

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News: What’s wrong with Civil, Bitfinex deposits suspended, Liquid is live, Proof of Work must die

14th October 201815th October 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

“Cryptos Drop Day After Summer Solstice = Occult Manipulation?” um, ok

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News: CBOE Ether futures, the invisible Petro, Civil and Associated Press, BitFi hacked worse

1st September 20183rd September 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

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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News: WeChat ban, Virtual Commodity Association, MyHealthRecord and RMIT Blockchain, Venezuela, TRON guts BitTorrent, Inc., Bitfinex/Tether, Deloitte blockchain survey

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

The FOIA request denial from the CFTC over Bitfinex and Tether is particularly interesting.

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News: Exitscam.me, UK Treasury, IBM’s dollar-substitute token, Stripe, KodakCoin

22nd July 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

And there’s a Wikipedia article on the Kodak KashMiner.

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News: Me at Intelligence Squared on Monday, darknet busts, Ross Ulbricht appeal rejected, Bitfinex/Tether, Expedia drops Bitcoin, GiveCrypto

29th June 201830th June 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

No, there wasn’t a double-spend on Tether — just an exchange error. And the Lightning Network still doesn’t work. And don’t forget Intelligence Squared on Monday!

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News: Mt. Gox recovers, Bitcoin crashes, Bitfinex/Tether, Kaminska to Parliament, Hydro-Québec, TRON, EOS, Nano insecure keys

22nd June 201822nd June 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

“I hate these extremely rare occurrences of crypto exchanges getting hacked once a week.”

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