{"id":4330,"date":"2018-01-21T20:16:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T20:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=4330"},"modified":"2018-01-21T20:28:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T20:28:57","slug":"podcast-interview-with-david-birch-about-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/21\/podcast-interview-with-david-birch-about-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast interview with David Birch about Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: how and why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gerard, author of &quot;Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain&quot; by 15Mb: The @dgwbirch Podcast Series\" width=\"735\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F386942840&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=735&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1&#038;=&#038;utm_campaign=share&#038;utm_medium=twitter&#038;utm_source=soundcloud\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I did a <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dgwbirch\/david-gerard\">podcast interview<\/a> with David Birch for his series of <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dgwbirch\">author podcasts.<\/a> It&#8217;s half an hour, specifically about the book, its origins and history.<\/p>\n<p>We recorded this about a week or so ago. The sound came out surprisingly well, given we literally recorded it on our phones in a quiet corner of an office building &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/21\/podcast-interview-with-david-birch-about-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain\/david-gerard-david-birch\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4338\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4338\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/david-gerard-david-birch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/david-gerard-david-birch.jpg 500w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/david-gerard-david-birch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/david-gerard-david-birch-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We did two other podcasts on the same day\u00a0\u2014 a shorter podcast on the book, and a very long discussion about Bitcoin and blockchain with Guy Shone of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.explainthemarket.com\/videos\/\">Explain The Market<\/a> (who took the photo) \u2014 which I&#8217;ll post when they&#8217;re up. Also on phones, but in a room with less echo.<\/p>\n<p>David is also the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk\/before-babylon-beyond-bitcoin\/\"><em>Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin<\/em><\/a>, which I have here and need to write up. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/lsereviewofbooks\/2017\/10\/12\/book-review-before-babylon-beyond-bitcoin-from-money-that-we-understand-to-money-that-understands-us-by-david-g-w-birch\/\">LSE Review of Books<\/a> piece on it. His previous was <a href=\"http:\/\/londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk\/identity-is-the-new-money\/\"><em>Identity Is The New Money.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/01\/21\/podcast-interview-with-david-birch-about-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain\/celtic-knotwork-egyptian-cat\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4333\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtic-knotwork-egyptian-cat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtic-knotwork-egyptian-cat.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtic-knotwork-egyptian-cat-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can get the shirt I&#8217;m wearing\u2014 Celtic Knotwork Egyptian Cat by Arkady Rose\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.co.uk\/arkadiandreams\/15785437?q=I15785437\">here<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/arkadyrose\/works\/20042243-celtic-egyptian-cat?c=546281-celtic-knotwork\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<br><br><div align=\"center\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\"><img src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/become_a_patron_button.svg\" alt=\"Become a Patron!\" title=\"Become a Patron!\" width=217 height=51><\/a><br><p style=\"align:center;\" class=\"patreon-badge\"><i>Your subscriptions keep this site going. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\">Sign up today!<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In which I am interviewed by David Birch, author of <i>Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin<\/i>, about <i>Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain<\/i>. Hear how and why I wrote this thing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,413,414],"class_list":["post-4330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain","tag-david-birch","tag-guy-shone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4330"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4344,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions\/4344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}