Wholesale Hero/Villain by Mark Eglinton

[Permuted Press] The inside story of the man who claims to have invented Bitcoin, and his battle to protect it. “Fans of cryptocurrency, and perhaps forensic accountants, will want to give this a read.” —Kirkus In 2008, when the Bitcoin Whitepaper was published online, the technology world changed forever. Hero / Villain: Satoshi: The Man Who Built Bitcoin tells the story of how an awkward Australian security specialist who, having first been outed against his will by the press in 2015, claimed to have created something truly revolutionary under the moniker “Satoshi Nakamoto.” Thereafter, his authenticity continually in dispute by the wider crypto world, the undeniably divisive man spent almost a decade in and out of courts around the world trying to protect what he claimed to be his prized invention. Initially intended to be a force for good that would allow people to transact directly and inexpensively online, it wasn’t long before Bitcoin became something else: a specu