Nathaniel Popper: Bitcoin is Still Lacking a Killer App
Nathaniel Popper, a business reporter at The New York Times - and author of critically acclaimed Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money fell into the digital currency by chance. It was Spring 2013, Popper said, and both he and The Times watched on as bitcoin was taking off, trying to figure out whether it was worthy of coverage or just a passing fad. The answer to their question became apparent after the Winklevoss brothers - Internet entrepreneurs better known for their lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and now....
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Conversation about bitcoin and the blockchain was seemingly everywhere this week, though a closer look at the bylines reveals this was mostly the work of one journalist - New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper. CoinDesk, Fast Company, Forbes, TechCrunch and Vice were just some of the publications this week that either ran interviews with Popper or exclusive excerpts of his new book, Digital Gold, the product of six months of research on the technology. Popper's excerpts generated headlines and social media buzz for their revelations regarding industry activity, with portions devoted to....
Two big names from two different sectors, but still united by one common topic- Winklevoss Twins, known for their involvement in the Bitcoin industry and Nathaniel Popper, for his extensive coverage of Bitcoin in the New York Times and his recent book on Bitcoin titled "Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to reinvent Money" - were together at the GeneralAssemb.ly event organized yesterday in New York. The Winklevoss Twins were interviewed by Nathaniel Popper, asking them a few questions about their start-up and the Bitcoin economy. Winklevoss....
The longest episode of the CCN podcast to date includes two interviews plus the news in review. CCN spoke to Nathaniel Popper in preparation for an article about his new book, Digital Gold, and we also interviewed a developer of Burst, the proof-of-capacity algorithm coin. The recent announcement of Ben Lawsky is discussed as well as the recent fining of PayPal, not to mention BitPay's new ChainDB project and Bitcoin's listing on the finviz website. Please enjoy! If you have any suggestions for future podcasts, such as people you'd like to see interviewed or subjects that need coverage.
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....
Incredible mining facilities in China, and cinematic footage of the workers there. Breathtaking scenes from inside the contentious Russian crypto-currency community, where Ethereum developer Vitalik Buterin addresses a packed house. With Nathaniel Popper as narrator, these are just a few of the glimpses TechCrunch offers in a new documentary series into Bitcoin around the world. In his experience, Mr. Popper’s learned that borders matter in Bitcoin. “Bitcoin is supposed to be this global thing,” Mr Popper tells CCN. “As it expands globally, it takes a different shape in each place where it....