David Gerard

David Gerard writes the cryptocurrency and blockchain news site "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain, "and is the author of the 2017 "book Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts" and the 2020 book "Libra Shrugged." As well as being a crypto journalist, he 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 daughter.