Ben Mezrich

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Bitcoin Billionaires

A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption

Beschreibung

Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Awardwinning 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 Facebookand the first great book from the world of bitcoin.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." Theres nothing left to do but make a bet. From the Silk Road to the halls of the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Facebook boardroom, 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. Heres the story of how they got thereas only Ben Mezrich could tell it.

Autor

BEN MEZRICH has authored many books, with a combined printing of over four million copies, including Bringing Down the House, which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. His book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal debuted at #4 on the New York Times list and hit bestseller lists in over a dozen countries. The book was adapted into the movie The Social Network, nominated for eight Academy Awards and winner of four Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Flatiron Books / Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 142mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9781250217769
• ISBN-10: 1250217768
• Artikelnr.: 57572943

Rezensionen

Bitcoin Billionaires takes us right inside the Winklevoss brothers' wild chase for redemption through a global maze of big money and backroom deals. Ben Mezrich delivers a tense, propulsive story of ambition and success Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club and The Dante Chamber