Penguin Random House to Publish Book on Silk Road, Bitcoin

Penguin Random House to Publish Book on Silk Road, Bitcoin

Journalist Brian Eha will be soon quitting his assistant editing job at Entrepreneur.com to write a book about bitcoin and Silk Road, reports indicate. The book, titled Walking the Silk Road, is to be published by Penguin Random House - a giant in the industry. The book will feature accounts of what took place in 2013 at the underground 'dark web' drug marketplace, notoriously shut down by American feds, who now own the richest bitcoin wallet in the world (a result of the seizure). "Bitcoin is one of the hottest topics in business today, and its connection with Silk Road makes for a....


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