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  • Bitcoin Billionaires

  • By: Ben Mezrich
  • Narrated by: Will Damron
  • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,682 ratings)

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Bitcoin Billionaires

By: Ben Mezrich
Narrated by: Will Damron
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"Narrating with subtle pitch and phrasing variations, Will Damron connects with every bit of the drama and interpersonal tension that pervade this story. His pleasing voice and facility with dialogue are enormously enjoyable.... Damron's superb performance adds to the excitement and makes this captivating listening." (AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner)

From Ben Mezrich, the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, comes Bitcoin Billionaires - the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss' big bet on cryptocurrency and its dazzling pay-off.

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 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.

Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric 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, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while illuminating a tantalizing economic future. On November 26, 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 Macmillan Audio
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100% Great story

No you will not understand the code behind BTC better or become a believer but you surely will understand the case for Bitcoin and have a good handle on who the key players/events were when BTC was coming into popularity.

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educational fun exciting

los of good info. written well. nice to take my mind off trading but still on topic

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Great insight on how it all came to be. HODL!

Was hooked from the beginning. This is certainly the wave of the future. Whether you believe in it or not, it's never going away.

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Great audiobook.

Loved it, couldn't stop listening! A new Winks fan. A priceless token of honor to be rejected by the cult, respect guys.
Loved how it demonstrated, through actual experiences, how the religious-order-tech-cult is thoroughly dishonorable, deceitful, and dangerous to civilization. You will know the zealots of this evil order by the ridiculous buzzwords these fools repetitively use... demonic mantras of the depraved and decieved.
Entertaining 10/10.

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Entertaining, but not Journalism

This is basically a biographical puff piece about how flawless the Winklevoss twins are. Nonetheless it was pretty entertaining, though I found myself rolling my eyes every 20 minutes or so.

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One for the history books

Crypto twitter is a beautiful place...thank you Ben for bringing this quality story to life

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Kept me sitting in the car!

Great story, really enjoyed the tie-in with other books/storylines. Highly recommend this one!

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Great book

Great book, I use to think they were the bad guys. Zuck is the real one.

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Typo Mezrich

Just like all his others, he makes real stories sound like novels! Great storytelling from a great writer.


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WOW

Very well written and exploding w unbelievable surprises at every turn! This is a true winner and a must read for anyone entering the crypto space!

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