Bitcoin, the digital currency, was introduced in 2009 with little fanfare; five years later, shocking the world, it was worth $14 billion. This book explores the cyber currency by focusing on the remarkable stories and intriguing personalities of those responsible for its sudden success: Satoshi Nakamoto, the reclusive and anonymous genius who created Bitcoin; Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, administrator of the largest and most successful Dark Web drug superstore, using Bitcoin to fuel online sale of drugs, hacking services, counterfeit money, and assassinations; and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Harvard graduates, successful litigants vs. Facebook, world-class Olympic rowers, and Bitcoin entrepreneurs who own 1 percent of all bitcoins in existence.

比特币，数字货币，在2009年推出时几乎没有大张旗鼓；五年后，令全世界震惊的是，它价值140亿美元。这本书通过关注那些对网络货币的突然成功负有责任的人的非凡故事和引人入胜的个性来探索网络货币：Satoshi Nakamoto，一位隐秘和匿名的天才，他创造了比特币；罗斯·乌尔布里希特（Ross Ulbricht），又名恐怖海盗罗伯茨（Roberts），是最大、最成功的黑暗网络毒品超市的管理者，他利用比特币推动在线药品销售、黑客服务、假币和暗杀；还有Cameron和Tyler Winklevoss，哈佛毕业生，成功的诉讼人和Facebook，世界级的奥运赛艇运动员，以及拥有现有比特币1%的比特币企业家。