Bitcoin has incredible true stories: a vanished founder, a pizza worth hundreds of millions, exchange collapses, civil wars over block size. Yet almost all the books are non-fiction.
I’m writing a historical novel that follows those real milestones with a fictional layer on top, so I’m genuinely curious:
- What Bitcoin or crypto fiction have you liked?
- Which real Bitcoin event would make the best scene in a novel?
I’ll share what I learn.
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It's pretty good! I'm about halfway through now.
Another good one is the movie Dope (2015).
And I'm sure we can squirrel up some more.
Crypto (2019) is surprisingly good.
Thanks. Good to know.
have you published any excerpts of your novel anywhere? (or is the novel itself already published? a brief internet search for it didn't come up with anything).
Have not published it yet. Will publish it soon. Can you guess when the launch date is? :)
yes, I can. exciting!
Not a book but an audio story https://fountain.fm/show/RdBny3x8kiOcHY4GwEgD it’s in the crime/mystery category
Thanks much. Listening to it now.
Have you read Joe Carlesare's Bitcoin fiction book? It's quite good! You can buy it with Bitcoin here https://603btc.com/pleb-shop
But I totally agree with you, Bitcoin needs more fiction
Have not read it. Thanks for the link.
Not strictly Bitcoin, but two novels worth reading for tone: Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon (1999, a digital gold-backed currency plot, a decade before the whitepaper) and Daniel Suarez's Daemon / Freedom™ (an autonomous program running a darknet economy).
For scenes, some real events that already have a built-in dramatic arc:
Good luck with the book. I'd read it.