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Hijacking Bitcoin

By: Roger Ver, Jeffrey Tucker - foreword
Narrated by: Steve Patterson
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Publisher's summary

Bitcoin was promised to be a liberating technology, a free market alternative to state-controlled money. But that promise was broken after a small group of insiders took over the project and fundamentally changed Bitcoin's design.

Few people know the true history of Bitcoin and its original design due to years of heavy censorship, social media engineering, and tight information controls online. Hijacking Bitcoin destroys the most popular narratives that surround Bitcoin and sets the historical record straight.

Roger Ver's passion and pain come through as he tells the story of a beloved project corrupted in front of his eyes. Written by one of the most prominent figures in the cryptocurrency industry, this book is impossible to ignore.

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Bitcoin has been captured and changed for the worse. That's the undeniable conclusion of Hijacking Bitcoin. Chocked full of history and inconvenient truths, this book goes on a myth-busting rampage against the most popular narratives that surround BTC.

Is Bitcoin truly decentralized? Is it supposed to be digital gold or digital cash? Did the original design really have scaling problems? Roger Ver addresses these questions head-on and provides uncomfortable answers.

Roger Ver is the world's first investor in Bitcoin startups and has been a prominent name in the cryptocurrency industry since the beginning. Yet, as he confesses in the introduction, this book is not a love story. It's a devastating exposé of the corruption, propaganda, and centralization of power in Bitcoin.

©2024 Roger Ver (P)2024 Roger Ver
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Freedom Money still exists in BCH

Well done history from pre hashwar to the block dev tax. Written in a way a that even a BTCer can understand ;-) Naration was great especially love the tone vays Jimmy Song convo...

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Amazing!!

I am so glad this story is being told. As an outsider who received most of my information from BTC core proponents, I never knew the massive internal war regarding the block size. It wasn't until I heard Steve Patterson talk about this on a Youtube video just a few years ago that I learned this was even an issue. And until this book I didn't know how deep the battle went. Thanks to Roger and Steve for writing this, and Steve remains one of the best audio book narrators.

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Detailed history of bitcoin and the block size wars

Wish I would have known more about this back in 2017 when the split was happening. I was mislead and sold my Bch for more btc at the time and sided with the small blockers. Now with hindsight after using both chains I see the major benefits of BCH and how BTC was hindered keeping the blocks small and adding different solutions that didn’t benefit Bitcoins future as a useful currency.

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Fascinating thidden history of bitcoin

The story of how Bitcoin leadership fractured under the weight of personal incentives and turned political. How one version emerged victorious through repressing competition and controlling the narrative. The bright story we all wanted to believe in turned out to be a heavily engineered piece of propaganda!

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digital cash is the hijacked goal

The book is entertainingly written and narrated while being informative at the same time. I wish I would have learned about it without the author getting arrested.

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Must listen for anyone that is into crypto!

Great overview of the the history of bitcoin and the conflicts through the years. Must listen to anyone that is into crypto!

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This book speaks the truth! Refreshing.

As someone who has been involved in bitcoin for over 10 years, this book speaks the truth!

This book stands on its own as a definitive lesson in the TRUE history of bitcoin and how it was taken over by individuals with ulterior motives.

Roger and Steve do an excellent job of providing FACTS and QUOTES and not engaging in speculation or emotional attacks. It makes the case for the small blockers and the large blockers, and it quickly becomes evident who is in the right.

Phenomenal book.

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Great and Informative

This was a great read. Even though I was early into bitcoin and considered myself pretty knowledgeable on the subject, Rodger Ver does a great job laying out the facts and telling the story of bitcoin that most are not aware of.

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bitcoin secrets

I didn't know of the back fighting in the Bitcoin universe. eye opening. I will read more about the block size war.

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Loved it!

Excellent book, excellent narration.
Captivating story of Bitcoin's history.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in cryptocurrencies.

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