{"product_id":"hijacking-bitcoin-roger-ver-9798989492435","title":"Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC","description":"\u003cp\u003eBitcoin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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. \u003cem\u003eHijacking Bitcoin\u003c\/em\u003e destroys the most popular narratives that surround Bitcoin and sets the historical record straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the inside flap: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBitcoin has been captured and changed for the worse. That's the undeniable conclusion of \u003cem\u003eHijacking Bitcoin\u003c\/em\u003e. Chocked full of history and inconvenient truths, this book goes on a myth-busting rampage against the most popular narratives that surround BTC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Ver, Steve Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989492435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Ver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Roger Ver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482789535999,"sku":"9798989492435","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23c7501c-0d5e-4f76-ba4d-741cdf5c3995.jpg?v=1715999497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hijacking-bitcoin-roger-ver-9798989492435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}