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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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I hear bitcoin is supposed to be good now. Is it a new bubble yet?

22nd November 20247th February 2025 - by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

Plus some enterprises not on the blockchain.

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Crypto collapse: SEC tightening crypto custody rules, why you can’t cash out your BUSD, Binance and Catherine Coley, SEC charges Terra-Luna

18th February 202318th March 2023 - by David Gerard - 13 Comments.

No, no, not Groundskeeper Willie.

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Crypto collapse: States bust Nexo, Terra’s Do Kwon on the run, Celsius CEO resigns, FTX buying Voyager and eyeing Celsius, ETH miners screwed

29th September 20223rd December 2022 - by David Gerard - 11 Comments.

Multiple state regulators at the NASAA Nashville conference were quite interested in putting Alex Mashinsky’s backside in jail.

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Crypto Policy Symposium 2022 videos are up

7th September 20227th September 2022 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

All the videos in original running order.

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News: IOTA blackmail, Coinbase banking and lawsuit, ezBtc vanishes, Ross Ulbricht appeal fails, Wright motion denied, Butterfly Labs, TimiHealth

15th August 201917th August 2019 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“I mean at a certain point as a lawyer you have to have a one word conversation with your client — ‘no.'”

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News: QuadrigaCX, Swift and Ripple, Mt. Gox, illegal abuse images on Bitcoin SV blockchain

10th February 201914th February 2019 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

If you made up the Quadriga saga as a story about lost pirate treasure, the target audience would have to be about four, because eight year olds wouldn’t buy it.

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News: Poloniex reverification, Asus 20 video card motherboard, TRON buys BitTorrent, lots of security issues

31st May 20181st June 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

I got an Ethereum scammer, pretending to be me, at last!

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News: 14,000 CryptoKitties to kill Ethereum, history of Earn.com’s PiTato, ransomware, cryptographers on cryptocurrency

21st April 201821st April 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Also: I need titles for the sequel to Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain!

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News: Me at Intelligence Squared, MailChimp bans crypto, ICOs suing over ad bans, Reddit drops Bitcoin, Bitfinex avoids Petro, Sichuan demolishes hydro, bad blockchain laws, Wall Street not so blockchain

2nd April 201812th April 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

Crypto Fools’ Day is, of course, January 9. In cryptocurrency, every day is January 9.

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Bitfinex’ed Twitter suspension, and Bitfinex and Tether updates

9th February 201821st August 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

“Bitfinex’ed”‘s Twitter got blocked, and the Tether printer started up again, just in time for the crypto price pump! Plus Tether legal concerns, and a timeline of Bitfinex and Tether.

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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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