preston byrne | Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

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

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 16,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: alex de vries , alipay , beanie babies , binance , bitfinex , bitwise , blockchain , bundesbank , cftc , chainalysis , cls , cz , digiconomist , etf , ethereum , facebook , fca , hyperledger , irs , jennifer robertson , libra , links , martin walker , peter thiel , preston byrne , quadrigacx , roche freedman llp , sec , telegram , tether , tim swanson , ton , united kingdom , united states

If you’re going to do crimes, don’t do them on a permanent immutable public ledger of all transactions.
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SEC blocks the Telegram ICO — what this means, and what happens now

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 13,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: andrew rossow , gram , pavel durov , preston byrne , russia , saft , stephen palley , telegram , ton

Telegram’s whole scheme was to skin precisely the retail buyers who securities registration is meant to protect from being ripped off.
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The SEC’s templated admin orders against ICOs — what happens next, and what you should do

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 18,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: airfox , airtoken , ico , paragon , preston byrne , prg , sec

What to do if you were foolish enough to run an ICO in the US and want to make good.
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News: SEC subpoena storm, KodakCoin, QuadrigaCX funds frozen, exchange shenanigans

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 10,2018
Comments: 1
Tags: ada , angus champion de crespigny , antrouter , binance , bitmain , cardano , copytrack , david golumbia , eos , ethereum , ibm , ico , icox innovations , kodakcoin , kodakone , links , linus tech tips , preston byrne , quadrigacx , ripple , ryde , sec , spankchain , united kingdom , wal-mart , wenn media , woolf university , xrp , yobit

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

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 11,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: 44coin , amanda gutterman , asx , australia , azure , barry eichengreen , barry honig , bitfarms , bittorrent , celsius , cethf , civil , consensys , cxbtf , diamond reserve club , digital asset , eli l. lewitt , gemini dollar , high times , ico , icox innovations , imf , india , joe lubin , john o'rourke , kodakcoin , kodakone , kraken , ledger atlas , lenny kugel , links , maksim zaslavskiy , marshall islands , microsoft , okex , papua new guinea , paul vigna , paxos standard , preston byrne , r3 , raymond dearie , recoin , riot blockchain , ripple , ryde , sean russell , sec , sov , star xu , tokenlot , tron , twitter , wenn digital , wikipedia

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: Rip Off Britain on Bitcoin, Tether in depth, Ethereum as non-security, blockchain not up to UK welfare, Apple kicks crypto apps, religion but on the blockchain

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 15,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: 0xΩ , amin shams , apple , bitfinex , disc , ethereum , gdpr , govcoin , ing , john griffin , kit malthouse , links , matt liston , opinion economy blockchain , paolo ardoino , philomena cunk , preston byrne , rip off britain , rivetz , robert-jan den haan , sec , tether , united kingdom , william hinman

Trust the nice BBC ladies — don’t buy Bitcoin. My goodness, the news in the last couple of days. With lengthy writeups of the details.
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News: don’t pay ransomware, China, Japan, ICO plagiarism, fake exchange volume, cryptid-currency

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Mar 10,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: agora , attack of the 50 foot blockchain , australia , bitstation , china , coindesk , coinhive , david golumbia , ethereum , fsho , ico , japan , links , nouriel roubini , petro , preston byrne , ransomware , royal mint , sierra leone , stephen palley , sylvain ribes , technollama , tom morris , united kingdom

Plus some good recent opinion pieces, and book news.
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News: Venezuelan Petro, BitFunder arrest, Ethereum security holes, Long Blockchain, bad blockchain legislation, DAICOs

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Feb 21,2018
Comments: 2
Tags: bitfunder , bitsonline , california , daico , dao , europe , ico , jon montroll , links , long blockchain , national university of singapore , petro , preston byrne , venezuela

No, nobody can make sense of Venezuela’s Petro, because it doesn’t make sense. Plus more bad blockchain legislation, and SEC charges for fraudulent behaviour dating back to the Golden Age of Bitcoin.
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News: Coinbase, Bittrex breach, NiceHash, Zero Hedge, CEBMa interview with me, not a Ponzi, Lightning Network

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 09,2017
Comments: 0
Tags: bittrex , cebma , coinbase , jacksfilms , lightning network , links , martin walker , nicehash , patreon , preston byrne , zero hedge

Sure has been a busy couple of days, and I don’t just mean the Bitcoin price peak.
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News: Hong Kong, SEC and ICOs, Ethereum roadmap, the Bitcoin bank run, CryoGen recommend my article

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 27,2017
Comments: 0
Tags: bitcoin , cryogen , ethereum , hong kong , hsbc , ico , links , preston byrne , sec

The best bit is where CryoGen recommend the article where I detail why what they’re selling doesn’t work. I suppose I did call them sincere.
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