David Gerard writes the cryptocurrency and blockchain news site Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain. He is the author of the 2017 book Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts and the 2020 book Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money. Until he reinstalled the laptop they were on, he was the proud owner of six Dogecoins. He remains a frequent, if occasionally annoyed, user of Facebook.
As well as being a crypto journalist, David also works as a Unix system administrator, where his job includes keeping track of exciting new technologies, and advising against the bad ones. He has also been an award-winning music journalist, and has blogged about music at Rocknerd.co.uk since 2001. He is a volunteer spokesman for Wikipedia, and for skeptical wiki RationalWiki.org. Originally from Australia, he lives in east London with his spouse Arkady Rose and their child.
Website: www.davidgerard.co.uk
Email: dgerard@gmail.com (best contact method)
Mastodon @davidgerard@circumstances.run
Twitter: @davidgerard
Phone, WhatsApp, Signal: +44 7733 223 584 (please also email)
Book cover artist: Alli Kirkham is a South California artist, illustrator and writer. Her current project is a comic, PunkPuns.
Website: www.punkpuns.com/author
David’s wife, Rose Gerard (Arkady Rose), reviews most of his posts before they go out. They’re vastly improved by a beta reading. Check out Arkady’s music and T-shirts and mugs and prints and stuff!
Book images
Please feel free to use any of these images when writing about me or the books.
- Author photo (credit: Arkady Rose) (JPEG, 1500×2000)
- Also on Wikimedia Commons and reusable under CC by-sa 2.0
- Author photo (credit: Pauline Martindale) (JPEG, 2400×1800)
- Libra Shrugged ebook front cover (JPEG, 2560×1600) by Alli Kirkham
- Libra Shrugged paperback front cover (JPEG, 2550×1640) by Alli Kirkham
- Libra Shrugged paperback front and back covers (JPEG, 2550×3400) by Alli Kirkham
- Libra Shrugged line art (credit: Alli Kirkham);:
- Thumbs down (PNG, 24-bit colour, 2040×1591)
- Smug Money (PNG, black and white, 1 bit per pixel, 1679×1742)
- Dumpster fire (PNG, black and white, 1 bit per pixel, 1070×1315)
- Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain paperback front cover (JPEG, 2550×1640) by Alli Kirkham
- Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain paperback front and back covers (JPEG, 2550×3400) by Alli Kirkham
- Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain ebook front cover (JPEG, 2560×1600) by Alli Kirkham
- Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain line art (credit: Alli Kirkham; PNG, black and white, 1 bit per pixel):
- Tippybot (1179×2140)
- Blockbot (1519×1852)
- Scared Business Guy (883×1323)
- Tulip (952×1866)
- Tulip border (4149×1233)
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