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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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Crypto collapse: TrueUSD in trouble, Prime Trust and Banq go down, Europe hates Binance, BlockFi, Terra-Luna, Twitter is just resting

2nd July 202316th August 2023 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“Submarines are like Bitcoin. The billionaires in them prove that billionaires aren’t very smart.”

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SEC sues Binance, part 2: asset freeze, securities, Coley and Brooks, Gensler’s alleged COI

16th June 20231st July 2023 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

“The Allegedly Manipulative Trading Identified by the SEC was Entirely Appropriate.”

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Crypto collapse: Celsius sues KeyFi, BlockFi’s FTX deal, Scaramucci’s SkyBridge, Voyager suit, 3AC going to jail?

28th August 202229th August 2022 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“Referring to this as a house of cards is insulting to cards, which have a consistent value and utility, unlike cryptocurrency.”

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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: Filecoin, CoinDesk, money-laundering busts, Libra barred until 2023, BitMEX and Roko’s Basilisk

4th November 202021st January 2023 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

Filecoin: Must die, bye bye, bye bye.

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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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News: Eran Eyal and Shopin charged again, some Cryptopia money found, Richard Heart and Hex, exhuming Gerald Cotten

15th December 201915th December 2019 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Crypto is not a Ponzi scheme! It’s just a great platform to build other Ponzis on.

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News: Friedman LLP parts with Bitfinex, Weiss Crypto Ratings, Netherlands, SEC, ICOs, Venezuela, Arsenal

24th January 201824th January 2018 - by David Gerard - 6 Comments.

I’m 5000 words into a 1500-word article on Tether, and 1000 words into a 300-word intro to IOTA. Meanwhile, elsewhere …

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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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