Bitcoin billionaires : a true story of genius, betrayal, and redemption / Ben Mezrich.

By:

Mezrich, Ben, 1969-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2020Description: x, 276 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781250217769 (pbk.)
1250217768 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

332.4

LOC classification:

HG 4751 M617b 2020

Contents:

Into the tiger's cage Dead in the water Damaged goods In the beginning there was foam The basement Finding love in a hopeless place August 30, 2012 Charlie Stepford, Connecticut Buyer's market The reverse heist The spark Bayfront park, downtown Miami On the road again In the air The king of Bitcoin The morning after Bright lights This side of paradise The united front Behind the door Bitcoin 2013 Going mainstream A pirate's tale The day after The fall Across town Men of Harvard Judgment day Launched From Dumas to Balzac Epilogue: where are they now ...?

Summary: "Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic rowers, and foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of the brothers' redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook. Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric character who tells them about a brand-new idea: cryptocurrency. Immersing themselves in what is then an obscure and sometimes sinister world, they begin to realize "crypto" is, in their own words, "either the next big thing or total bulls--t." There's nothing left to do but make a bet. From the Silk Road to the halls of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while illuminating a tantalizing economic future. On November 26, 2017, the Winklevoss brothers became the first bitcoin billionaires. Here's the story of how they got there--as only Ben Mezrich could tell it."

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HG 4751 M617b 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000157430

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276).

Into the tiger's cage
Dead in the water
Damaged goods
In the beginning there was foam
The basement
Finding love in a hopeless place
August 30, 2012
Charlie
Stepford, Connecticut
Buyer's market
The reverse heist
The spark
Bayfront park, downtown Miami
On the road again
In the air
The king of Bitcoin
The morning after
Bright lights
This side of paradise
The united front
Behind the door
Bitcoin 2013
Going mainstream
A pirate's tale
The day after
The fall
Across town
Men of Harvard
Judgment day
Launched
From Dumas to Balzac
Epilogue: where are they now ...?

"Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic rowers, and foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of the brothers' redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook. Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric character who tells them about a brand-new idea: cryptocurrency. Immersing themselves in what is then an obscure and sometimes sinister world, they begin to realize "crypto" is, in their own words, "either the next big thing or total bulls--t." There's nothing left to do but make a bet. From the Silk Road to the halls of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while illuminating a tantalizing economic future. On November 26, 2017, the Winklevoss brothers became the first bitcoin billionaires. Here's the story of how they got there--as only Ben Mezrich could tell it."

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