Uncovering the Untold Story of Bitcoin: Exploring the World of Misfits and Millionaires Seeking to Revolutionize Money with Digital Gold

Ela: I bought this for my husband and he liked it.

Netherlands on Oct 05, 2023

Amazon Customer: Great info on who and when BTC started and it's subsequent progress.

United Kingdom on Aug 07, 2023

Amazon Customer: The book delivered to me had been printed back to front. Up for any challenge I adapted and dove in.
What a engaging story with larger than life characters and no end of twists in the narrative. Its about as interesting as history gets. This should be taught in school rather than the battle of Hastings. A little more relative. The definitive intro into crypto. Wonderful read.
Took a few pages to adjust back to reading a book the traditional way.

United Kingdom on Jul 07, 2023

Arun: Its very nice book , i read many other crypto book but this book made me understood all about bitcoin in very easy way.

India on Jun 20, 2023

Anthony TAnthony T: Since I began my journey into reading on a daily basis my comprehension and vision of the content of the book has become more easy to understand, but with the technical content as the such in this book left me wondering what each term was/ment.

Blockchain? Hashrate? Decentralization?

As an absolute beginner of the crypto space I will say that the journey and the characters of the book really caught my attention and the struggles they went through, and the silent genius that seemed to spawn from each individual. Brilliant minds with drive, excitement and passion to fuel their pursuits. It is all fascinating how everything came to be and the rollercoaster ride feels like something straight from a movie, and it could be!

For those looking to dive into how Bitcoin started and the legacy of events and real individuals that supported it (or cast FUD from it), be prepared to listen to a narrative of an incredibly well structured community of people who laid down the foundation for where we are today. Now surely this is only one instance of what has taken place but I Believe it's a good starting place.

Also, the technical appendix in the back is quite handy!...

United States on May 14, 2021

Gunther Sotomayor: In brief: This is NOT a book about Bitcoin! Instead is a book about the history of Bitcoin and how the cryptocurrency came to be; plenty of names and personal stories of those pioneers that came at the very beginning of the Bitcoin phenomenon as well the evolution of Bitcoin under their guidance and their philosophy of decentralized power and the contrast between them and the new powerful players that belong to the “old ways” of money, more interested in the underlying technology, Blockchain, than in any idea of personal freedom. Tempered expectations are advised but at the end an informative read after all.

The writing style is very engaging, each chapter starts almost like a thriller making us part of what we would witness in the following paragraphs and how organic and easily the author moves from thriller to investigative journalist and back again; plenty of time is dedicated to providing a background of each of the people introduced in each chapter and how that background influenced their attitudes and approach regarding Bitcoin.

The author makes a point to explain that at the very beginning of Bitcoin, with Satoshi himself a mysterious ghost, the intention...

United States on Dec 08, 2020

G. Heyworth: If the Internet had been invented before the discovery of GOLD, the Aztecs would have etched Block Chains on their monuments. You’ll have to read this book to get the joke…however lame.
I am a 30-year+ veteran of retail financial services. No, not a Quant who devises algorithms; I deal with Moms ‘n’ Pops and deliver understandable solutions.
So, what’s with this Bitcoin thing? I needed to know what was going on. With the likes of Sir Richard Branson and other highly sophisticated and moneyed proponents of Bitcoin, I am reminded of the early stages of the Internet when a client commented to me, ‘if I meet someone, professionally, who concedes that he is not “online” then I fairly dismiss him. (I, of course, was very “online”.)
I’ve always maintained that ‘if humans invented it, then humans should be able to understand it’.
This book not only explains Bitcoin, this book is an historical compendium of Bitcoin’s embryonic journey to date. I had been reading, collaterally, the 2-part insertion in WIRED magazine about Silk Road, the internet drug site using Bitcoins to trade…wow, did I get confused as to who did what to whom! Popper, (Digital...

United States on Jul 12, 2015

Mac McAleer: This is the story of the origin and early development of the digital currency Bitcoin. The book starts from Bitcoin's public origin as a suggestion posted on the Internet in late 2008 and continues through to the last chapter for March 2014. No doubt future editions will update the story. The author, Nathaniel Popper, is a journalist on the New York Times. He has constructed a series of interlocking stories of the people who have played a part in Bitcoin's short history, together with background information. When he introduces technical descriptions (1), they are written to be understandable by non-technical readers. Both general and more technical readers can use this book as a history of Bitcoin. There is also a 6-page Technical Appendix followed by a 19-page Sources with extensive references.

Each chapter in the book has a date, giving its position in the Bitcoin timeline. The 9-page Introduction is the exception to this, starting several years later to give an indication of where the story is leading. It gives describes a private meeting arranged by a financier where the survivors of Bitcoin's early history mingle with potential investors from Silicon Valley and Wall...

United Kingdom on Jun 12, 2015