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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

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KodakOne claims ONE MILLION DOLLARS of … hypothetical copyright-trolling income

11th January 201915th January 2019 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Not answered: just how KodakOne’s “artificial intelligence” is supposed to automatically divine the correct email address to send a notice concerning any random web page.

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News: Crypto Visa issuer fined by Gibraltar, ICOpocalypse, US Congress, BitMEX, EOS, OmiseGo, Laurie Penny

12th December 201812th December 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

And the week’s opinion pieces — some sane and lucid … some not so much.

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The KodakCoin ICO failed, and now everyone wants their money

10th December 201812th December 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

The ICO failed, and nobody’s getting paid. Except ICOx Innovations. Also, one of the developers they stiffed is holding their Post-Licensing Portal software hostage.

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News: The crypto price crashes further, Tether, nodejs/NPM coin-stealing exploit, North Korea blockchain conference

26th November 201827th November 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

bullish on USD. it is clear that USD is increasingly popular with past hodlers of the deprecated bit-Coin. USD has gone up hugely in just the past day against the b.t.C!! in conclusion you should be getting into currency

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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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News: SEC subpoena storm, KodakCoin, QuadrigaCX funds frozen, exchange shenanigans

10th October 201814th October 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

I have Internet at home again! Here’s news from the past few weeks.

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News: The SEC swings into action, Marshall Islands SOV, Papua New Guinea, new stablecoins, Indian crypto legality, R3 and Ripple settle, Star Xu of Okex detained, KodakCoin

11th September 201813th September 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

You know how everyone was wondering when the SEC would do something about the crypto space? Looks like they’re getting into motion.

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News: Shapeshift KYC, Kraken Halifax shutdown, EU ICO rules, UK Blockchain APPG, Mone’s failed ICO, KodakOne, Ethereum analytics, Bitcoin crash, Laurie Penny doing the Crypto Cruise, Walch/Schuster recordings

6th September 20187th September 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

‘Tis just a seasonal dip!

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Leaked: The KODAKCoin/KodakOne Confidential Offering Memorandum, 21 May 2018

19th August 201821st September 2018 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

It wasn’t widely circulated — but I have a copy of the KodakOne Confidential Offering Memorandum. The official, authoritative statement of what WENN Digital are trying to sell you.

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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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