{"product_id":"the-crypto-genius","title":"The Crypto Genius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fifteen-year hunt for the most consequential anonymous figure of the 21st century — the creator of Bitcoin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn October 2008, a mysterious figure named \u003cstrong\u003eSatoshi Nakamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e posted a white paper outlining \"a peer-to-peer electronic cash system\" called \u003cem\u003eBitcoin\u003c\/em\u003e to an arcane mailing list populated by Cypherpunks. No one in the community had heard of Nakamoto. By 2011, just as the world was beginning to wonder who he really was, he vanished — leaving behind a working cryptocurrency, an eleven-figure Bitcoin fortune untouched in his wallet, and a mystery that would only deepen with every passing year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust who was Satoshi Nakamoto?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracking leads from coastal Australia through London, Oslo, and Los Angeles to the Arizona desert, journalist Benjamin Wallace takes readers on a fifteen-year quest through the rogues' gallery of Nakamoto suspects — eccentrics, geniuses, libertarians, anarchists, longevity fanatics, and self-styled prophets of a stateless future. Along the way, \u003cem\u003eThe Crypto Genius\u003c\/em\u003e traces Bitcoin's utopian origins, the cryptographic ideas that made it possible, and the multi-trillion-dollar world it eventually wrought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreviously published as \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Mr Nakamoto\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Could be the best mystery story of the past twenty years.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — James Patterson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is, by far, the deepest investigation into possibly the biggest mystery of the 21st century. I couldn't put it down.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Mark Manson, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An astonishingly obsessive deep dive into the financial world's greatest modern mystery.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Robert Kolker, #1 \u003cem\u003eNYT\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHidden Valley Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Highly enjoyable.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Wallace is an American journalist and bestselling author. His previous book \u003cem\u003eThe Billionaire's Vinegar\u003c\/em\u003e, about a $156,000 bottle of counterfeit wine, was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller. He has written for \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51682602942680,"sku":"9781805464389","price":550.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/the-crypto-genius.jpg?v=1778703689","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/the-crypto-genius","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}