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  • A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption
  • By: Ben Mezrich
  • Narrated by: Lance C Fuller
  • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (148 ratings)

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Bitcoin Billionaires

By: Ben Mezrich
Narrated by: Lance C Fuller
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Ben Mezrich's 2009 best seller 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 audiobook 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 realise '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 tantalising 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.

©2019 Ben Mezrich (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK

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Excellent book

Loved this book, couldn't stop listening and got through it in 2 days :)

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Crypto

Wow Wow Wow
What a story
A must read if you are interested in cryptocurrency

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Great book

A very interesting listen - good info on Bitcoin as well as a compelling story.

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Another Great Ben Mezrich Read

Loved this story although got a little lost through the middle with some of the characters. Have always been interested in the Bitcoin story and while providing a strong story line learnt a lot as well. Certainly a story of redemption for the Winklevoss brothers.

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Interesting sequel to The Social Network

Interesting at the start to hear what happened to the Winklevous twins after Facebook. It appeared although they have strong morals and are gentlemen of Havard, they continued to strike bad luck. Although it was interesting at the start it was long and dragged on a bit. Not terrible but maybe skip until the end once you start tunning out.

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Best book ever! Loved it!

"With great wealth comes with great responsibility" love the message! I am truly inspired and love trading Bitcoin

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really enjoyed how informative it was and finding out information from the early days of btc was a big plus for me. A lot of the characters I have only heard of since 2017 so I was good to see how they got involved in crypto in the very beginning.
memorable moment. charlie schrem being locked up

disappointed with the narration , I didn't feel if was necessary to put on voices for each character, it made me form a different opinion about each character as the difference voices annoyed me hence the character annoyed me. I feel like narrating in the same voice would of been better

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Another cracker from Ben

I hang on the edge of my seat for Ben to release new books.
They never disappoint. I definitely recommend.

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Very interesting

An awesome book. Definitely worth listening to even if Bitcoin doesn't interest you. Well narrated as well.

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Riveting Read!

Best book I’ve listened to in a long time if not ever! Highly recommended!! A must read for 2019

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