"The fascinating redemption story of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss--who after their fight with Mark Zuckerberg--bet big on cryptocurrency. Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller 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' unexpected second act in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook. Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that they are pariahs in Silicon Valley; no one will take their money for fear of angering Mark Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds, they run into an eccentric character in Ibiza 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"--Dust jacket flap.
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