Ben Mezrich, creator of the Unintentional Billionaires, which fashioned the premise of the film The Social Community, and the creator of the lately printed Bitcoin Billionaires in regards to the Winklevoss twins’ rise within the cryptocurrency trade, discusses what he initially obtained mistaken about Cameron and Tyler. He additionally talks about Fb’s Libra, how he thinks private animus towards them is a part of Mark Zuckerberg’s motivation behind this new cryptocurrency, and what Fb and Libra must do to assuage issues over privateness points. Plus, we cowl his writing course of and who can anticipate to be on the large display screen, taking part in the Winklevoss twins and Charlie Shrem within the upcoming film.
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Episode hyperlinks:
Ben Mezrich: http://www.benmezrich.com/
Ben Mezrich’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/benmezrich
Bitcoin Billionaires: http://www.benmezrich.com/books/bitcoin-billionaires/
Unintentional Billionaires: http://www.benmezrich.com/books/accidental-billionaires/
The Unconfirmed interview with the Libra Affiliation’s Dante Disparte: https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/
Unchained with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in January 2019: https://unchainedpodcast.com/tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-on-being-the-fastest-tortoise-in-the-race/
Unchained with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in September 2016: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-fell-in-love-with-bitcoin/
The NYT on the Winklevoss Bitcoin fortune: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/expertise/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins.html
