Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency, is booming. The rulers of the main global powers, founded on the fear that this technology poses a danger to the sovereignty of countries and to the general population, articulate the creation of a global governance structure to combat digital crimes.

Meanwhile, in a routine investigation, CIA agent Claire Atkins discovers a mysterious shed and suspects that it is connected to an international network of pedophilia and child trafficking that makes use of cryptocurrencies. To deepen the investigations, she seeks the help of the greatest enthusiast (and perhaps the creator himself) of this technology, the economist and programmer Ulrich Fersen.

In a frantic chase that involves hackers, high-tech robots, artificial intelligence and influential politicians, they discover that facing the system may be the only way out.