It was the people using it that that made it happen and that made it evolve in a different way that it has evolved the people are what made this matter the people are are what turned this into something that might influence the world.
What they say about it
- Focuses on the people and early community“the early community”3
- Covers the history of Bitcoin“the history of Bitcoin”2
The best things said about it
Nathaniel Popper's Digital Gold which is just about the history of Bitcoin.
Vitalik Buterin Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2020 It's about Bitcoin and the founding and like the early community and things like that.
In the course of writing this book I traveled to most of the places where Bitcoin has caught on in any significant way and I was always on the lookout for people actually using Bitcoin.
Fascinating characters and they they sort of they they give a window on the most basic level and just how Bitcoin works.
It's certainly one of the constant tensions in my book as I tell the history of Bitcoin.
The entire theme of what you've been talking about and in your book as well is about the role of people and the players behind this ecosystem.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper is a history of Bitcoin that chronicles its origins, early community, and fundamental mechanics. Vitalik Buterin recommended the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast to anyone looking to understand the cryptocurrency space. Shaan Puri mentioned reading the work on My First Million while discussing the early days of Bitcoin. Additionally, author Nathaniel Popper appeared on the a16z Podcast to discuss his reporting for the book, noting that he traveled to places where Bitcoin had caught on to observe ordinary people using it. Popper explained that everyday users in Argentina and elsewhere provided a window into how Bitcoin functions on a basic level. He also discussed the recurring tension in his book between decentralization and the crises caused by people trusting central institutions. Erik Torenberg joined the conversation to note that the book effectively highlights the role of the individuals behind the ecosystem. Popper concluded that the people using Bitcoin were ultimately the ones who made it matter and evolved it into a global phenomenon.
Every mention
Vitalik Buterin and theres like nathaniel poppers digital gold which is just about the history of bitcoin 1
“and theres like nathaniel poppers digital gold which is just about the history of bitcoin”
Nathaniel Popper everybody understands gold and that's true even in the title of my book digital gold but it's it's more tha… 5
“in the course of writing this book I traveled to most of the places where Bitcoin has caught on in any significant way and I was always on the lookout for people actually using Bitcoin”
“and just fascinating characters and they they sort of they they give a window on the most basic level and just how Bitcoin works and that was that was at the bottom of it that's what I was interested in this book”
“well I think it's certainly one of the constant tensions in my book as I tell the history of Bitcoin and and because in reality many of the crises that have hit Bitcoin have been as a result of people trusting their bitcoins with some central institution”
“everybody understands gold and that's true even in the title of my book digital gold but it's it's more than just a thing it's more than just a token it's a way to move things”
“it was the people using it that that made it happen and that made it evolve in a different way that it has evolved the people are what made this matter the people are are what turned this into something that might influence the world”
Erik Torenberg I agree and I think it's interesting because the entire theme of what you've been talking about and in your… 1
“I agree and I think it's interesting because the entire theme of what you've been talking about and in your book as well is about the role of people and the players behind this ecosystem”
Shaan Puri There was I'm reading this book called Digital Gold. It's about the Have you ever Do you know that? It's a… 1
“There was I'm reading this book called Digital Gold. It's about the Have you ever Do you know that? It's a that book it's about Bitcoin and the founding and like the early community and things like that. I've read that one.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I'm here today with nathaniel popper New York Times journalist and the author of the book just out today digital gold Bitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money”
“and in doing that he's been one of the most successful evangelists for Bitcoin but in doing that he's also himself influenced the story of Bitcoin that's great well thank you Nathaniel and that's the Daniel popper from The New York Times and the author of digital gold”