Bitcoin Billionaires
by Ben Mezrich
The Winklevoss twins' second act: buying bitcoin in 2012, founding Gemini and becoming the first bitcoin billionaires. Mezrich's usual dramatization; light on crypto substance.
Read it if…
you want the Winklevoss story as a narrative.
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Skip it if…
you want to understand bitcoin; see Digital Gold.
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Three things you will actually use
- Conviction plus patience.
- Regulation as strategy.
- Second acts exist.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the 2013 crash.
Our verdict
Dramatized second act.
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