The billionaire's folly : the untold story of Ethereum and the unicorn that wasn't

"This is the inside story of the first great crypto bubble. Billions of people have invested in crypto, hoping to get rich. But is it all about profit-- or could this technology make the world a better place? That was the challenge Joe Lubin, an eccentric billionaire worth more than $30B at peak, posed to Faisal Khan across a cafe table in early 2017. This real life story describes Khan's journey around the globe, pitching board rooms in New York and celebrities in Los Angeles about the magic of the blockchain. Meanwhile Lubin's experimental company soon veered off the rails as it fell victim to anarchy and greed. Learn how to make millions off crypto tokens, impress a venture capitalist with just a tweet, and convince a government to buy vaporware. Through ConsenSys' rise, Khan's story probes the zeitgeist of a time when young men with too much money and too much power worked to create a future they hadn't fully thought through." -- Amazon.com Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Prologue Part I: The Desert Unicorn Rocket Ship In the Beginning Rocketman Into the Ether Cryptography Sashimi and a Kahuna Day One A Brief History of Blockchain King Kong The Mesh Fuck You Money Darq Slaq Vertigo New Worlds Bogart Shitcoins Chump Change Stuck Outside Blackbird Part II: Bubble A Firehosing Trillions In Toronto So You Want to Be a Crypto Millionaire Swimming with Whales The Retreat From Lahore, With Love The Twitter Wars The Ministry of Truth Confessions of a Blockchain Hit Man A Leader of Thoughts Chuck Norris Mines Bitcoin Popechain Bad Terms Satanists and Capitalists Part III: Collapse Unindicted Co-conspirator Ye Gods Grandma’s Revenge Green Shoots The Schoolbus The Ding Dong Hall of Fame Roller Coaster Epilogue: Ethereum, the Digital Country