Description

‘The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto could be the best mystery story of the past twenty years.’ James Patterson

‘This is, by far, the deepest investigation into possibly the biggest mystery of the 21st century. I couldn’t put it down.’ Mark Manson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k

‘Highly enjoyable’ Wall Street Journal

In October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto posted a white paper outlining ‘a peer-to-peer electronic cash system’ called Bitcoin to an arcane Listserv populated by Cypherpunks. No one in the community had heard of Nakamoto, and just as people were starting to wonder who he was, he vanished…

Just who was Satoshi Nakamoto? Tracking leads from coastal Australia – through London, Oslo and Los Angeles – to the Arizona desert, and exploring Bitcoin’s utopian origins and the world it eventually wrought, The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto takes readers through a rogues’ gallery tour of Nakamoto suspects – and the eleven-figure fortune in his Bitcoin wallet still waiting to be claimed.

Publisher Review

I’m not sure whether Ben Wallace should win a Pulitzer, be institutionalized for taking on this massive project, or both. * James Patterson * Benjamin Wallace’s astonishingly obsessive deep dive into the financial world’s greatest modern mystery will leave you amazed, enlightened, and utterly breathless. * Robert Kolker, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road * The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto takes us on a wild adventure among the oddballs, geniuses, longevity fanatics, and anarchists of crypto in search of one of the most elusive and consequential figures of our time. * Sheelah Kolhatkar, New York Times bestselling author of Black Edge * The Mysterious Mr Nakamoto delves into the enigma of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, and the quest to unmask the figure behind the revolutionary cryptocurrency. Combining deep research and gripping storytelling, Benjamin Wallace unravels the mystery of Nakamoto’s identity while exploring the cultural and financial impact of Bitcoin on the modern world. It’s a thrilling, illuminating read. * Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion-Dollar Whale * I have long relished Ben Wallace’s storytelling talents, and in The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto, he delivers a tale that is somehow a blend of Agatha Christie and Soren Kierkegaard, unravelling a mystery while also exploring the nature of mystery itself. His search leads us into many dark corners of the nation-state of Bitcoin, a world and its people I was surprised, as a reader who willfully never gave much thought to crypto, to find absolutely mesmerizing. * Adam Moss, author of The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing *