Ben Mezrich

Bitcoin Billionaires

A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Harvard students, Olympic rowers, and legal foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of their redemption and revenge in the wake of an epic legal battle with Facebook - and the first great book from the world of bitcoin. '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 'The book is written with a slick beauty . . . As an introduction to the rise of cryptocurrencies and the modern tech world generally, it is as painless and novelistic as could be imagined' Guardian

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 701931
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9781408711910
• ISBN-10: 1408711915
• Artikelnr.: 57616583

Autorenporträt

Ben Mezrich is the internationally bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the movie The Social Network; The Ugly Americans; Busting Vegas; Rigged and Bringing Down the House, which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Ben Mezrich lives in Boston.

Inhaltsangabe

ACT ONE
1. Into the Tiger's Cage
2. Dead in the Water
3. Damaged Goods
4. In The Beginning There Was Foam
5. The Basement
6. Finding Love In A Hopeless Place
7. August 30, 2012
8. Charlie
9. Stepford, Connecticut
10. Buyer's Market
11. Reverse Heist
ACT TWO
12. The Spark
13. Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami
14. On the Road Again
15. In the Air
16. King of Bitcoin
17. The Morning After
18. Bright Lights
19. This Side of Paradise
20. The United Front
21. Behind the Door, May 16, 2013
22. Bitcoin 2013
23. Going Mainstream
ACT THREE
24. A Pirate's Tale
25. The Day After
26. The Fall
27, Across Town
28. Men of Harvard
29. Judgment Day
30. Launched
31 From Dumas to Balzac
EPILOGUE: Where Are They Now...?
Acknowledgements
Bibliography

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