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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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Facebook, WhatsApp Pay, Libra/Diem, CBDC news — Diem live in March?

20th February 202124th February 2021 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

There’s no evidence that Facebook’s cleared Diem with regulators in the US, the EU and Switzerland — as they pinky-swore they would absolutely do before launch. But I’m sure they wouldn’t go back on their word.

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News: Coinbase key holders leave, Ethereum 2.0 slashing, Libra may not become Diem, regulatory clarity in France

14th December 202014th December 2020 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

“If the business channel you watch leads its forex ticker with buttcoin price, you should switch the channel.”

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News: DeFi pickled, Binance sues Forbes, crypto Ponzi via underwater scooter

29th November 202025th December 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

I have been scammed 6 months ago. Now someone is calling me from BTC REFUND DEPARTMENT. He said that I have under my name the bitcoins that have been scammed. Is this a scam?

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FT Alphaville Unofficial Tech Chat — David Gerard answers your crypto market questions

20th November 202023rd November 2020 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

Digital gold, Bitcoin mining, CBDCs, DC/EP, Libra and Facebook, corporate crypto purchases, Avalanche and mathcoins, Tether and what happens when the music stops. And Craig Wright.

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News: the collapse of Cred, Binance’s cunning plan, new US regulators, Bitcoin miners run out of cash

16th November 202017th November 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

I ask one thing of you — please review Libra Shrugged!

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News: McAfee and BitMEX busted, don’t pay your ransomware, Morgan Beller leaves Libra, SEC beats Kik

10th October 202011th November 2020 - by David Gerard - 5 Comments.

Crypto asked for regulatory clarity, and they’re getting it! Good and hard.

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China’s DC/EP central bank digital currency — what we know

9th September 20202nd October 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

If Facebook’s Libra project ever has a real-world result, it’ll be China’s DC/EP.

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News: DeFi in full mania, Australian Senate fintech report, Bank of England on Libra, Care Bears on the blockchain

3rd September 20202nd October 2020 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

HOW TO DESTROY ETHEREUM: use it for something. This cripples it every time.

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News: 9 billion tethers, Reddit tokens, Kik is doomed, Singapore joins Libra, China’s CBDC — and J. K. Rowling asks about Bitcoin

15th May 202028th December 2020 - by David Gerard - 5 Comments.

And Investopedia are spammers, and you should remove any links to their site.

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News: Purse.io shuts down, Chinese CBDC test, new Libra member Heifer, North Korea does not dump its bitcoins

26th April 20203rd October 2020 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

Zack Voell from CoinDesk fights the good fight to destroy the crypto markets, and do Buttcoin — and North Korea — proud.

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  • Ethereum smart contracts in practice
  • The DAO: the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code
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