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VeriPart: 3-D printed aircraft parts, but on the blockchain — for no good reason

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 03,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: blockchain , moog , veripart

It’s nearly the end of 2019, and the Wall Street Journal is still running puff-pieces on stupid blockchain tricks.
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News: IDAX and Upbit hacks, Binance threatens The Block, Tether sued again, Libra Association, Craig Wright attorney fees, EOS centralises,

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 01,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: binance , bitfinex , blockchain , cbdc , cftc , china , craig wright , cz , defi , eos , gold , gram , idax , ira kleiman , james grimmelmann , libra , links , onecoin , pavel durov , quadrigacx , silk road , telegram , tether , the block , upbit , virgil griffith , xrp

Come see me on the Intelligence Squared panel in London on Thursday afternoon — free!
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News: Libra and stablecoins and FinCEN, China still hates crypto trading, Tether

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 22,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: all t&a consulting pty ltd , australia , axa , benoit coeure , bis , bitfinex , blockchain , china , europe , facebook , federal reserve , fednow , fincen , fizzy , iaqua , ico , intelligence squared , irs , kenneth a. blanco , lance gooden , libra , links , monero , paul vigna , royal bank of canada , silvergate bank , stablecoin , sylvia garcia , tether , the block , united states , valery kovalevskiy , voatz , world chess

And I’m doing another Intelligence Squared on Thursday 5 December — and this one’s free!
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News: Tether sued, ether is a commodity, proof of work is still awful, IRS releases incomprehensible guidance

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 16,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: alex de vries , alipay , beanie babies , binance , bitfinex , bitwise , blockchain , bundesbank , cftc , chainalysis , cls , cz , digiconomist , etf , ethereum , facebook , fca , hyperledger , irs , jennifer robertson , libra , links , martin walker , peter thiel , preston byrne , quadrigacx , roche freedman llp , sec , telegram , tether , tim swanson , ton , united kingdom , united states

If you’re going to do crimes, don’t do them on a permanent immutable public ledger of all transactions.
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The Gartner Hype Cycle is … hype. Don’t use it as an excuse.

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 03,2019
Comments: 9
Tags: blockchain , colin platt , gartner , howard fosdick , jackie fenn , mark raskino , michael mullany

Advocates of failed technologies grasp at the Gartner Hype Cycle because it tells them their success is inevitable.
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News: Bitcoin crashes despite Bakkt, Crypto Research Council, Libra, Tether stay, Kik shuts down Messenger, Craig Wright’s apparent plagiarism, CoinDesk shakeup

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 30,2019
Comments: 5
Tags: bakkt , barry silbert , bitcoin , bitfinex , bitmex , blockchain , cardano , cbdc , charles hoskinson , coinbase , coindesk , craig wright , crypto rating council , deltec , facebook , gram , ibm , ico , icobox , image protect , incognito , jp koning , kik , kim , kim dotcom , kin , kodakone , kyrgyzstan , libra , lightning network , links , lnbig , new york , nikolay evdokimov , onecoin , pete rizzo , reggie fowler , sec , telegram , tether , vortex

Watch me debate Bitcoin as a reserve currency tomorrow!
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UNICEF’s Innovation Fund slides from “blockchain” into cryptocurrencies

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 23,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: blockchain , ethereum foundation , unicef

One piece of cryptocurrency transparency I’d really like to see from UNICEF — a full conflict-of-interest accounting of the crypto hodlings of everyone there promoting “blockchain.”
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News: Kleiman and Wright settling, Libra, Tether, Initial Sucker Offerings, enterprise “blockchains” as back-end datastores, Marshall Islands, Telegram TON software

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 18,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: australian national blockchain , bertrand perez , bitcoin , blockchain , china , craig wright , crypto capital , dan larimer , ecb , eos , ethereum , facebook , finma , global trading solutions , ico , ieo , ira kleiman , iran , judge business school , libra , links , luke-jr , marshall islands , michael hlady , michael peters , north korea , okex , reggie fowler , south korea , spacechain , spc , stablecoin , steven nerayoff , switzerland , telegram , tether , tim swanson , ton , uld , uledger , vaneck

Crypto in general is a complicated machine to funnel decreasing supplies of actual-money from retail suckers to about twenty guys.
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News: Craig Wright loses big to Kleiman, tokens from SAFTs are securities, Patrick Byrne, IOTA again

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Aug 27,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: blockchain , coinbase , craig wright , cryptooracle , dave kleiman , europe , facebook , fuel , grant west , hlth , ico , icorating , image protect , iota , ira kleiman , kodakcoin , kodakone , kunal kalra , libra , links , maria butina , monty munford , moscow , oracle , overstock , patrick byrne , reggie fowler , ruby , russia , saft , santander , sarah jamie lewis , sec , simplyvital , tzero , vanbex

BITCOIN IS IMMUNE TO GOVERNMENT CONFISCATION! Except if you’re in real life.
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News: Facebook Libra in the House and Senate, CFTC investigates BitMEX, India to ban holding cryptos, Justin Sun’s kidney stones

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 23,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: 7digital , anthony pompliano , arthur hayes , bitfunder , bitmex , blockchain , btc-e , cftc , china , coinbase , david marcus , dmitri vasilev , emusic , facebook , fca , hugh haney , ico , icox innovations , india , japan , jon montroll , justin sun , libra , links , new jersey , nouriel roubini , pocketinns , quickbit , sbetone , sec , silk road , tamir koch , united kingdom , united states , volodymyr kvashuk , wex

“Hey everyone. Is it normal and safe to buy bitcoin by mailing envelopes full of cash to someone? Let me know.”
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