An Interview with the Bitcoin Book "Digital Gold" Author Nathaniel Popper
New York Times writer Nathaniel Popper is a business correspondent by trade, having previously written for the LA Times in New York before moving onto to the New York Times. "[Discovering Bitcoin] was totally as part of my job," he says. "I found when researching Bitcoin, it was which wave did you get in on. And I got in on the one I think most people did, which was in the spring of 2013." Popper has become the de Facto authority on Bitcoin in the traditional press, covering several major stories as the nascent currency came to light. He's been all over the world investigating....
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The New York Timestechnology and finance reporter Nathaniel Popper's new book "Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money" has been praised as one of the best Bitcoin books to date. Popper tells the story of Bitcoin from its geeky, libertarian early days to the beginnings of the current phase marked by significant venture capital investments and growing adoption by the financial community. Popper's book contributes to the ongoing Bitcoin vs. blockchain debate. Once a bitcoin-like digital currency is adopted by banks and governments,....