{"product_id":"the-mysterious-mr-nakamoto-a-fifteen-year-quest-to-unmask-the-secret-genius-behind-crypto-hardcover","title":"The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto: A Fifteen-Year Quest to Unmask the Secret Genius Behind Crypto - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin's creator and a deep dive into crypto's utopian origin story--from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Billionaire's Vinegar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Could be the best mystery story of the past twenty years.\"--James Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you amazed, enlightened, and utterly breathless.\"--Robert Kolker, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHidden Valley Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn October 2008, someone going by the name Satoshi Nakamoto posted a white paper outlining \"a peer-to-peer electronic cash system\" called Bitcoin to an arcane listserv populated by Cypherpunks. No one in the community had heard of Nakamoto, and just as people were starting to wonder who he was, he vanished. As the years passed, and the scope of Nakamoto's achievement became clear, the truth of his identity grew into the greatest unsolved mystery of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto\u003c\/i\u003e traces Benjamin Wallace's attempt to unmask the figure behind the currency and the world it wrought. Nakamoto's Bitcoin at first seemed destined to fulfill the dreams of fringe 1990s utopians for a currency set free from governments and big banks. Yet after he disappeared, his creation took on a strange new life in the financial markets, where rampant speculation fueled a vision of crypto as a potential windfall, inviting charlatans and scammers and opening a vast gulf between Bitcoin's idealistic origins and its troubled reputation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut who was Nakamoto? Whoever he was could rightly claim to have invented one of the most important technologies of the new century. And Nakamoto was a billionaire--his Bitcoin wallet held an untouched eleven-figure fortune waiting to be claimed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the same propulsive-narrative flair that made his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Billionaire's Vinegar\u003c\/i\u003e an instant success, Benjamin Wallace presents a page-turning work of investigative journalism. Tracking leads from London to Oslo to Los Angeles, from coastal Australia to the Arizona desert, he takes readers through a rogues' gallery tour of Nakamoto suspects--from benevolent geniuses like cryptographer Hal Finney to difficult ones like a reclusive polymath known to his followers only as Jim; from the mercurial Australian Craig Wright, who claims to be Nakamoto, to a secret team at the National Security Agency. With the forensic skill of Sherlock Holmes and the storytelling verve of Arthur Conan Doyle, Wallace follows the trail of computer code and personal writings to the heart of the Nakamoto mystery while interrogating the very nature of mystery itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e is \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Billionaire's Vinegar\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a features writer at \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964738765101,"sku":"9780593594025","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-mysterious-mr-nakamoto-a-fifteen-year-quest-to-unmask-the-secret-genius-behind-crypto-hardcover-3752412.webp?v=1775473446","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-mysterious-mr-nakamoto-a-fifteen-year-quest-to-unmask-the-secret-genius-behind-crypto-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}