‘Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto’ Comic Book Sells For Over 20 Bitcoins
MEXICO CITY – The BitGive Foundation has been working to continue its path as an organization that leverages technology to spread philanthropy. Since the creation of BitGive in 2013, the team has helped many organizations, and is now concentrating on their own “Transparency 2.0 Project.” At the recent Latin American Bitcoin Conference Auction, the....
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Visitors to the Bitcoin Center Buenos Aires, home of Bitcoin Argentina and several bitcoin startups, are reminded of the dramatic saga of bitcoin’s elusive founder Satoshi Nakamoto when they get a glimpse of a comic book on display titled: “BITCOIN The Hunt For Satoshi Nakamoto.” But in addition to drawing attention to one of bitcoin’s greatest mysteries, the comic book has its own story beyond the one told in its pages. The comic book, written by Josep Busquet and Alex Preukschat with graphics by Jose Angel Ares Garcia, was announced at the Coin Summit in London in 2014. The story covers....
Who would have guessed that bitcoin could be so "comic?" The English-language version of the bitcoin-related comic book "The Hunt for Satoshi" has now gone public following a successful crowdsale, and is available to digital currency and comic book-lovers alike on comixology.com. Originally launched back in July at London's CoinSummit, the project came to fruition through the hands of creators Alex Preukschat and Joseph Busquet and illustrator Jose Angel Garcia Ares. Preukschat, who hails from Spain, expressed his enthusiasm for the comic and his gratitude for the attention it has received....
In late December 2015, at its Mexico City event, the Latin American Bitcoin Conference made history when it auctioned off a copy of the popular bitcoin comic, Bitcoin: The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto, for 20.4 bitcoins. At the time of the auction, that amounted to around $10,000 USD. Two men, Rodolfo Andragnes and Sebastian Wain, won the comic book together. Rodolfo claims that his involvement in the Bitcoin world began in 1997, more than a decade before Bitcoin even existed. As the Internet rose to prominence, Rodolfo drafted a business plan for an online loyalty program. The name of this....
The world of bitcoin is about to get its first comic book, courtesy of three Spanish artists with a penchant for the geek culture. Bitcoin: The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto was written by Alex Preukschat and Josep Busquet and illustrated by Jose Angel Ares Garcia, who has previously illustrated and published several novels. As the name suggests, the plot revolves around the mysterious creator of bitcoin, but for obvious reasons the team cannot reveal too many details at this point. Preukschat told CoinDesk that he hopes the graphic novel can be a 'Matrix'-like story that makes people....
Following a successful crowdsale, the English version of crypto-focused comic book Bitcoin: The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto has now gone on sale. The book, which was launched at CoinSummit in London back in July, was created by Alex Preukschat and Josep Busquet, and features illustrations by José Ángel García Ares. According to the authors, the comic weaves together the action, facts and fictions of bitcoin technology and its "anarchic cypherpunk culture". The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the supposed pseudonym of the anonymous creator of bitcoin, provides a vehicle for "a wild adventure....