A Libertarian ‘Startup City’ in Honduras Faces its Biggest Hurdle: The Locals
Próspera was supposed to be a privatized, Silicon Valley-funded paradise—but it’s a hard sell for the neighbors.
Próspera was supposed to be a privatized, Silicon Valley-funded paradise—but it’s a hard sell for the neighbors.
Ian MacDougall, Isabelle Simpson Rest of World Oct 2021 30min Permalink
Awash in coders, crypto, and capital, the city is loving—and beginning to shape—its newest industry.
Benjamin Wallace New York Sep 2021 30min Permalink
Ten years ago, Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s disappeared.
Pete Rizzo Bitcoin Magazine Apr 2021 30min Permalink
Shaun MacDonald was an ambitious tech innovator whose start-up was going to revolutionize the crypto economy. His wealthy investors had no idea that their charismatic founder was really Boaz Manor, a notorious Canadian white-collar criminal.
Leah McLaren Toronto Life Nov 2020 25min Permalink
The bizarre story of what happened when Chinese crypto millionaire Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent.
Chris Harland-Dunaway The Verge Sep 2020 Permalink
Gabriel Jiménez built Nicolás Maduro a digital coin and nearly paid with his life.
Nathaniel Popper, Ana Vanessa Herrero The New York Times Mar 2020 20min Permalink
With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world’s leading miner of digital currency. Then the crypto-crooks showed up.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Nov 2019 20min Permalink
How Brock Pierce ended up as an Epstein guest along with a NASA computer engineer, an MIT professor and a Nobel laureate in theoretical physics is a bizarre tale involving Steve Bannon and an international man of mystery who may or may not be dead.
Kim Masters The Hollywood Reporter Sep 2018 15min Permalink
The story of $800 million hedge fund fraudster Boaz Manor who led the alleged $31 million Blockchain Terminal ICO after disguising his identity with a beard.
Frank Chaparro The Block Dec 2018 Permalink
There are people of all genders and political persuasions looking to walk the plank of the good ship Reality before they’re pushed, but I’ve never met so many so transparently trying to con as many fellow travelers on their way down.
Laurie Penny Breaker Dec 2018 30min Permalink
Inside the ongoing argument over whether Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the blockchain are transforming the world.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Oct 2018 20min Permalink
The hidden history of poker and crypto.
Morgen Peck Breaker Oct 2018 20min Permalink
Arthur and Kathleen Breitman thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus Wired Jun 2018 40min Permalink
How a Russian-born Canadian 23-year-old invented Ethereum, the first cryptocurrency to seriously challenge Bitcoin.
Claire Brownell The Financial Post Jun 2017 Permalink