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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: 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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News: SEC, Tether, Lightning Network economics, altcoin pumping, even Ripple users don’t use XRP

20th January 201822nd May 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Some more news bits while I endeavour to untangle Tether.

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News: Kik vs SEC, Kraken still offline, Brazil, Portugal, why you can’t cash out, porn ICO, musical blockchain

13th January 201813th January 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Things other than KodakCoin happened. I was going to have a “no cryptos” day today, but …

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News: Buttcoin 2017, ICOs, Parity bailout, NiceHash post-mortem, cashing in bitcoins, Wikipedia, Lightning Network

12th December 201713th December 2017 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

The SEC’s action against Munchee is particularly noteworthy for how generic the dodgy ICO in question is.

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News: NiceHash hack, Bitfinex makes the news, Steam drops Bitcoin, SEC vs ICO, Venezuela, book news, I have to mention CryptoKitties

6th December 201716th January 2018 - by David Gerard - 1 Comment

All the stuff I didn’t have time to post in the past few days, plus the fallout from the stuff I did have time to post.

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News: Hong Kong, SEC and ICOs, Ethereum roadmap, the Bitcoin bank run, CryoGen recommend my article

27th November 201725th April 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

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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News: Lightning Network new layer, BCH your BTC, popular Monero, ICO securities, Tether analysis, devouring the past

12th November 201712th November 2017 - by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

Now that big blocks are dead, the Lightning Network (postulated) just had another layer added.

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News: Bitfinex crypto withdrawal problems, SEC vs celebrity ICOs, Tapscott VC fund, scammers, magic, bubbles

3rd November 201725th April 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

Plus some favourite tweets for the weekend.

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News: ICOpocalypse! SEC, Switzerland, South Korea

29th September 20177th November 2018 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

And some bloke with a megaphone standing across the street from the Bloomberg office in London, ranting about Bitcoin.

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News: SEC targets cryptos, CBS site mines Monero, slapdash crypto “hedge funds,” Singapore pulls bank accounts

26th September 201728th September 2017 - by David Gerard - Leave a Comment

This is actually good news for Bitcoin, because,

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