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The Cryptopians

Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze

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The Cryptopians

By: Laura Shin
Narrated by: Laura Shin
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 The story of the idealists, technologists, and opportunists fighting to bring cryptocurrency to the masses.

In their short history, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone through booms, busts, and internecine wars, recently reaching a market valuation of more than $2 trillion. The central promise of crypto endures—vast fortunes made from decentralized networks not controlled by any single entity and not yet regulated by many governments.

The recent growth of crypto would have been all but impossible if not for a brilliant young man named Vitalik Buterin and his creation: Ethereum. In this book, Laura Shin takes readers inside the founding of this novel cryptocurrency network, which enabled users to launch their own new coins, thus creating a new crypto fever. She introduces readers to larger-than-life characters like Buterin, the Web3 wunderkind; his short-lived CEO, Charles Hoskinson; and Joe Lubin, a former Goldman Sachs VP who became one of crypto’s most well-known billionaires. Sparks fly as these outsized personalities fight for their piece of a seemingly limitless new business opportunity.

This fascinating book shows the crypto market for what it really is: a deeply personal struggle to influence the coming revolution in money, culture, and power. Cryptocurrency Business
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Outstanding research, story telling and narration by Laura. I had heard snippets of the crypto saga since 2017 but this book pieces everything together. gives you the perspective of the people and events involved

Must listen for all interested in crypto

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A very entertaining book on crypto. Great story and deep technical easy to follow descriptions

Excellent!

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How cool is Griff Green.

Detailed account of ‘The DAO’ hack and various accounts from ETH founders time working with the protocol.

Laura has done a great job and with no detail spared.

Learnt bits and bobs throughout the book even as an avid ‘cryptopian’.

Big book, worth a listen.

The story of ETH’s development & ‘The DAO’s’ complete & detailed history

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Really tough going. It's good content story-wise but it presents like it's been put together by a child. "He said this then she said this" etc. It's like someone is just reading short form text messages and then throwing an absurd amount of detail in between the messages going on about the colour of floor boards or some other menial detail to haphazardly stitch the text messages together.

Tough

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