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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: World Wildlife NFT, Diem sale details, ECCB DCash offline

7th February 20227th February 2022 - by David Gerard - 5 Comments.

Admittedly, NFTs are not as bad as that time the WWF ended up funding mercenaries to rape, torture and kill suspected poachers. Whoops!

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News: Twitter hexagons, Binance plays at compliance, Bitcoin Widow tour, Russia

28th January 202228th January 2022 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

I changed my own Twitter avatar to a pentagon, to show my allegiance to the fiat petrodollar.

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News: Craig Wright in court, Mt. Gox settlement, Bitcoin futures ETF, Reddit community points, miners still can’t sell their bitcoins

13th November 202113th November 2021 - by David Gerard - 4 Comments.

We have a new CD out too!

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News: Facebook abandoning Libra/Diem, Soulja Boy vs. Atari, Kurson arrested again, El Salvador

22nd August 20212nd November 2021 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

The Diem Association is “effectively a zombie organization.” Ya think?

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News: El Salvador, Binance vs Malaysia, Goldman Sachs non-blockchain ETF, Virgil Griffith

30th July 202124th November 2021 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

Withdrawals are temporarily unavailable due to unscheduled scheduled maintenance. Funds are absolutely safe.

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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: London Football Exchange and Perth Glory, Ripple pays MoneyGram to be its friend, Libra not dead, IOTA still halted, Sweden’s not-a-CBDC

29th February 202015th June 2020 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“I think sophisticated market investors can judge for themselves if 2+2 makes 5, or even 6. As Bruce Springsteen sang, ‘it’s just like Sister Ray said.’”

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News: Tether sued, ether is a commodity, proof of work is still awful, IRS releases incomprehensible guidance

16th October 201918th October 2019 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

If you’re going to do crimes, don’t do them on a permanent immutable public ledger of all transactions.

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News: Bitfinex/Tether v. New York, Cryptopia hack coins moving, HitBTC may be insolvent, Craig Wright copyright registration, SEC v. ICOs, money laundering is still illegal with Bitcoins

25th May 201926th May 2019 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

How much do you need to annoy a government agency that it starts a whole new press page just to refute your claims?

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News: Number go up, Bitfinex/Tether/Crypto Capital latest, blockchain supply chains still bad, another crypto ETF

10th May 201911th May 2019 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

The important thing about the Bitcoin price is that both Makemake and Haumea are in Libra right now. Obviously.

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Table of Contents

  • The conspiracy theory economics of Bitcoin
  • Dogecoin
  • Buterin’s quantum quest
  • ICOs: magic beans and bubble machines
  • Ethereum smart contracts in practice
  • The DAO: the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code
  • Business bafflegab, but on the Blockchain
  • Imogen Heap: “Tiny Human”. Total sales: $133.20

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