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Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption

Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption

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From Ben Mezrich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, comes Bitcoin Billionaires – the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss’s big bet on crypto-currency and its dazzling pay-off.

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 legal 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 – and 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 for fear of alienating Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into a shady 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 to the Facebook boardroom, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while illuminating a tantalizing economic future. On November 26th, 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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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

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

A page turner. Sensibly, Mezrich opts to focus on action. He makes sense of bleeding-but-baffling-edge technology by following the human accessories: early-adopters, a rat pack of weed-smoking coders, dark-web pirates, libertarian philosophers and boy-wonder investors who wouldn’t feel out of place in a Thomas Pynchon novel – and like Pynchon, the thrill is in a wild chase for answers to a mystery that the layperson can only grope at ― Evening Standard

An easily digested cryptocurrency primer ― Financial Times

Gripping . . . Ben Mezrich is a gifted writer who could make a PTA meeting dramatic and exciting ― The Times

Book Description

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House comes
the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss’s big bet on cryptocurrency and its dazzling
pay-off.

From the Back Cover

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

About the Author

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.

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Additional information

Dimensions 12.6 × 2.2 × 19.8 cm
Publisher ‏

‎ Abacus; 1st edition (9 Jan. 2020)
Language ‏

‎ English
Paperback ‏

‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏

‎ 1408711915
ISBN-13 ‏

‎ 978-1408711910
Dimensions ‏

‎ 12.6 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm

10 reviews for Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption

  1. Rory –


    Really interesting read about the original creators of Facebook who battled all sorts of legal and social demons. A branch off into a different world and a bit of an insight into who the brothers are. I’ve read a couple other of Ben Mezrich books and they were good. This does not disappoint. Also gave me a bit of an education into crypto currency. Yep, great book, I’ve recommended it to a number of friends and colleagues now I recommend it to you. Enjoy.

  2. Mr B W J Berry –


    This well researched book fills the gaps for anyone who saw the story unfold in the headlines and creates a rich tapestry for those that are new to the Bitcoin scene. It will be enjoyed by anyone who has a casual interest in business or finance but especially those who are or want to be involved in Bitcoin.The first act is by far the strongest, showing how the Twins fought their betrayal by Zuckerburg, no one will leave this book thinking anything but the worst of the later. The inciteful insights into this are incredibly interesting and enjoyable to read.Unfortunately the “betrayal” that unfolds in the later two acts didn’t quite live up to their earlier betrayal and just felt a little pushed (it was more of a head in the sand moment). It also didn’t come as a surprise, although maybe that’s because I remember it happening…The worst part, of this very good and enjoyable book, is that the story isn’t over, it has only just begun. An example of which is that Facebook have now announced “Global Coin” and have had discussions with Gemini. This would have been a far better ending that the blog post from Zuckerburg that features as the last words.I hope Ben does a hat trick and sells this for a movie (I loved 21 and The Social Network), I know they’ll have to cut a lot out but I think they will also be able to even more by bringing it to a wider audience.I very much recommend this book.

  3. Koby Gould –


    I’ve just read ‘Bitcoin Billionaires’, by Ben Mezrich (on kindle). Superb!I couldn’t put it down!What a story, the difficulties (understatement!) the Winklevoss brothers went through following the Facebook debacle, how they got involved in Bitcoin, what that required of them (no pleasure cruise!!) – they are incredible guys, survivors, fighters! – the journey, but the history, motivation behind and mechanics of Bitcoin/crypto currencies and who else was/is involved, it’s fascinating.I still have a ton of questions about crypto currency workings but that’s progress for me: I didn’t even know what the questions were before I read it!Ben Mezrich is a great storyteller, eg ‘Accidental Billionaires’ (adapted to make ‘The Social Network’, the movie about the ‘founding’ of Facebook), ‘Straight Flush’ and ‘Bringing The House Down’ (adapted to create the movie ‘21’).This is another great book!Enjoy!

  4. Anonymouse –


    A good insight into the (relatively early) period of bitcoin but very selective around the Winklevoss twins – which fine but the author seems to be of the opinion that it’s more comprehensive than that and I feel it falls short in that regard.The biggest shortcoming in my opinion is the salacious tabloid style of writing. It’s irritating and undermines the credibility of the stories told. It also leads to a lot of redundant writing and the book could be shorter as a result.

  5. Kindle Customer –


    The author knows how to tell a story. The writing is smooth and flows forward like a well choreographed dance. Truly a pleasure to read.The book was perhaps written too early, however, given a lot has happened since. Maybe we will read about that on bitcoin trillionaires

  6. SEA WARRIOR –


    I’ve long thought that any good novel, play or film should be capable of being summed up in just three sentences. This? A single sentence could do the job; the plot is slight and much of the book is fluff. But the fluff is of particularly high quality, and that will keep most readers thoroughly absorbed. For me, the most surprising aspect of this tale was just how well the Winkelvii come out of it. They achieve justifiable redemption from their film portrayal. And a billion dollars as well – a fitting reward for their consistently sound judgement. This book passes my Beach Read Test, which was not conducted at some enormously expensive beach-club. Perhaps I should have bought some Bitcoin – or delivered pizza.

  7. Amazon_reviewer –


    Great book! Lots of interesting information. I also recommend these other authors and their books as Nathaniel Popper, Digital Gold The Untold Story of Bitcoin, BBCDSatoshi, Buy Bitcoin You’ll Thank Yourself In The Future and Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon. Overall this was a great book.

  8. sho0006 –


    Loved this book. I’ve read a few by this author and they never disappoint. Highly recommended for anyone either wishing to further their knowledge of Bitcoin origins or just after a great story full of colourful characters.

  9. M. A. Svorinic –

    Such a fascinating read
    Blazed through this book in a weekend. The writing is captivating and the story is just fascinating.

  10. Cliente Kindle –

    Espetacular
    O livro é excepcionalmente bem escrito, tornando a experiência de conhecer a história recente do Bitcoin divertida e empolgante. Super legal conhecer os personagens que acompanhamos diariamente no Twitter!

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