Synopsis
Banking on Bitcoin (2016) is a documentary about the cryptocurrency's early years, and you can watch online on iFILM. Ninety minutes on how a few lines of code from a mailing list grew into something the banks couldn't ignore.
Director Christopher Cannucciari gathers the people who were there at the start — entrepreneur Wences Casares, journalist Nathaniel Popper, the Winklevoss twins, developer Gavin Andresen. They trace how Bitcoin grew underground until a curious public, and far less friendly regulators, finally noticed. The Silk Road arrests, the hunt for Satoshi's identity, the clash between crypto-anarchist dreamers and the old financial order — the focus stays on the people rather than the price charts.
It's a solid primer for anyone who wants the idea behind Bitcoin without the hype or the trading-floor noise: a story about ideology and control, not a get-rich playbook. The tagline says plenty on its own — In Open-Source We Trust. Stream Banking on Bitcoin (2016) online on iFILM.
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