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- Your 100%* reliable guide to the future of crypto in 2023 https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/12/31/your-100-reliable-guide-to-the-future-of-crypto-in-2023/ 4 comments
- Small crypto funds are next to fall. Case study: Finblox https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/06/17/small-crypto-funds-are-next-to-fall-case-study-finblox/ 2 comments
- It's still 2014 in crypto payments, and buying a burrito is now a taxable event https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/06/05/its-still-2014-in-crypto-payments-and-buying-a-burrito-is-now-a-taxable-event/ 9 comments
- Facebook’s Libra is still dead – Diem to be sold off for spare parts https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/01/26/facebooks-libra-is-still-dead-diem-to-be-sold-off-for-spare-parts/ 148 comments
- Bitcoin goes down – and time bombs are waiting in the market https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2022/01/22/bitcoin-goes-down-and-time-bombs-are-waiting-in-the-market/ 6 comments
- Tether publishes ... two pie charts of its reserves https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/05/13/tether-publishes-two-pie-charts-of-its-reserves/ 15 comments
- Balaji Srinivasan's plan to save journalism https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/08/08/balaji-srinivasans-plan-to-save-journalism/ 2 comments
- Facebook's Libra: national currency tokens, a new white paper – what this means https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/04/16/facebooks-libra-national-currency-tokens-a-new-white-paper-what-this-means/ 6 comments
- Cryptocurrency ads to the general public are misselling, and should be banned https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/07/02/cryptocurrency-ads-to-the-general-public-are-unethical-misselling-and-need-to-be-banned/ 6 comments
- Woolf University: college courses literally on the Ethereum blockchain https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/03/24/woolf-university-college-courses-literally-on-the-ethereum-blockchain/ 8 comments
- Why you can’t cash out pt 3: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi! It just works like one https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/01/04/why-you-cant-cash-out-pt-3-bitcoin-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme-it-just-works-like-one/ 35 comments
- Why you can’t cash out pt 2: Bitcoin and KYC/AML https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/12/23/why-you-cant-cash-out-pt-2-bitcoin-and-know-your-customer-anti-money-laundering-laws-kyc-aml/ 62 comments
- The World Food Programme’s “blockchain” has one participant–i.e. it’s a database https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/11/26/the-world-food-programmes-much-publicised-blockchain-has-one-participant-i-e-its-a-database/ 4 comments
- ICO of the day: CryoGen – bringing crypto and cryonics back together once more https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/11/23/ico-of-the-day-cryogen-bringing-crypto-and-cryonics-back-together-once-more/ 3 comments
- Internet Brands sues for forking under CC-by-SA http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2012/09/06/internet-brands-sues-people-for-forking-under-cc-by-sa/ 14 comments
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- The dForce and Hegic DeFi exploits, and why Smart Contracts are bad https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/04/26/the-dforce-and-hegic-defi-exploits-and-why-smart-contracts-are-bad/ 14 comments merkle-trees
- Bitcoin’s stupendous power waste is green, apparently — bad excuses for Proof-of-Work https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/05/22/bitcoins-stupendous-power-waste-is-green-apparently-bad-excuses-for-proof-of-work/ 34 comments merkle-trees
- Debunking “But Bitcoin is like the early Internet!” https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-but-bitcoin-is-like-the-early-internet/ 79 comments merkle-trees
- Blockchain identity: Cambridge Analytica, but on the blockchain https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/03/22/blockchain-identity-cambridge-analytica-but-on-the-blockchain/ 4 comments merkle-trees , privacy
- Be your own bank! Every Bitcoin Electrum wallet since 2015 is insecure, update now https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/01/07/be-your-own-bank-every-bitcoin-electrum-wallet-since-2015-is-insecure-update-now/ 36 comments merkle-trees
- Smart contracts, Heise Technology Review, Oktober 2017: original interview in English https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/12/03/smart-contracts-article-in-heise-technology-review-oktober-2017-original-interview-in-english/ 3 comments merkle-trees
- There can only ever be 21 million forks of Bitcoin: a survey so far https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/11/20/there-can-only-ever-be-21-million-forks-of-bitcoin-a-survey-so-far/ 5 comments merkle-trees
- The latest Ethereum Parity wallet disaster, play by play https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/11/08/the-ethereum-parity-wallet-disaster-play-by-play/ 41 comments merkle-trees
- Björkcoin: what’s behind Björk’s cryptocurrency album project https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/11/07/bjorkcoin-whats-behind-bjorks-cryptocurrency-album-project/ 3 comments merkle-trees
- The Dilbert ICO: analysing Scott Adams’ crypto offering, WhenHub SAFT https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/10/29/the-dilbert-ico-analysing-scott-adams-crypto-offering-whenhub-saft/ 23 comments merkle-trees
- eBTC: not “Bitcoin on Ethereum,” just an ERC-20 token with a related name https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/10/10/ebtc-not-bitcoin-on-ethereum-just-an-erc-20-token-with-a-related-name/ 3 comments merkle-trees
- Bitcoin Gold, a new Bitcoin full-history fork on the GPU; SegWit2x; Bitcoin core claims “Bitcoin” and “BTC” names https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/10/06/bitcoin-gold-a-new-bitcoin-full-history-fork-on-the-gpu-bitcoin-core-claims-bitcoin-and-btc-names/ 12 comments merkle-trees
- The EtherDelta hack: malicious JavaScript in a contract name, stealing the user’s private key https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/09/28/etherdelta-hack-malicious-javascript-in-a-contract-name-stealing-the-users-key/ 2 comments merkle-trees
- Good morning, welcome to the Apocalypse. All hope abandon ye who enter here. https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/02/03/tether-printer-go-brrrrr/ 31 comments cryptocurrency
- Tether: The CFTC settlement with Tether and Bitfinex: $42.5 million dollars in fines https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/10/29/the-cftc-settlement-with-tether-and-bitfinex-42-5-million-dollars-in-fines/ 27 comments btc
- A strong critique of the stories we tell ourselves https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/06/27/bitcoin-myths-immutability-decentralisation-and-the-cult-of-21-million/ 7 comments btc
- El Salvador to adopt proprietary payment network denominated in Bitcoin https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/06/06/el-salvador-to-adopt-proprietary-payment-network-denominated-in-bitcoin/ 87 comments btc
- Tether has been caught lying about its reserves previously — it issued tethers in 2017 when it literally didn’t have banking — and was investigated by the New York Attorney General... The actual US dollar backing for the tether token is $1.243 billion. https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/05/13/tether-publishes-two-pie-charts-of-its-reserves/?1=1 3 comments btc
- "Signal just blew a huge hole in its credibility" - David Gerard on Signal's MobileCoin integration https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/04/08/signal-messenger-goes-cryptocurrency-with-mobilecoin-proof-of-intel-cpu 8 comments cryptocurrency
- Brave web browsed hijacks links, and inserts affiliate codes https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/ 21 comments technology
- The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/ 38 comments india
- The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/ 184 comments privacy
- Jorge Stolfi explains Bitcoin versus Bitcoin Cash versus Segwit2x, with a train analogy https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/10/15/jorge-stolfi-explains-bitcoin-versus-bitcoin-cash-versus-segwit2x/ 11 comments btc
- Kim Nilsson of WizSec: how the bitcoins were stolen from Mt. Gox https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/09/17/kim-nilsson-of-wizsec-how-the-bitcoins-were-stolen-from-mt-gox/ 6 comments btc
- Bitcoin vs. American Express: a normal person’s reaction to $7 transaction fees or Why Greg Maxwell is Killing Digital Cash https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/08/27/bitcoin-versus-american-express-a-normal-persons-reaction-to-7-transaction-fees/ 21 comments btc