Ep. 241 - Ben Mezrich: Bitcoin Billionaires

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Show hosts Bryce Paul, @PizzaMind & Matthew Aaron join Ben Mezrich for an in-depth discussion of Ben’s new book titled “Bitcoin Billionaires” available now in print and audio formats. Ben has been friends with “The Winklevoss Twins” for many years and offers a unique insight into their contribution to the founding of Facebook. This story was originally told in Ben’s 2009 release titled “The Accidental Billionaires” which was adapted for the hit movie “The Social Network” in 2010. The discussion also covers the parallels between the social network revolution and the emerging crypto currency revolution. **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** Guest Links: http://www.benmezrich.com iTunes: Ben Mezrich Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Mezrich IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583826/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/benmezrich Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crypto-101/id1262351840?mt=2 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://www.instagram.com/crypto_101 https://twitter.com/PizzaMind Music: ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ♫Music By♫ ●WNTRA - Crashing Down [Bass Rebels Release] ●Song - https://youtu.be/SmxEcQhs7N4 ●Download/Stream - https://www.bassrebels.co.uk/Crashing... © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, Crypto 101ers. This is Bryce, you are a new host.
0:08.4	And this is Pizza Mine. And we got Matthew Aaron. Hi, everybody.
0:11.7	Your beloved and departing host. And we have a very special guest tonight. His name is Ben
0:16.8	Mesrick. And he is the author of his latest book called Bitcoin Billionaires, which outlines
0:22.1	the life of the Winklevoss twins. Ben is an acclaimed nonfiction author on many topics.
0:27.9	He's a Harvard graduate. He's written about topics such as UFOs, Russian oligarchs, online
0:32.7	poker, and now Bitcoin. Ben, why do you introduce yourself to the audience here?
0:36.4	All right, thanks, thanks for having me. Hi, everybody do you introduce yourself to the audience? Thanks. Thanks for having me.
0:37.6	Hi, everybody. I'm happy to be here. So the Winklevoss twins, they currently run a world-class
0:42.4	crypto exchange called Gemini. They have a lot of venture investments. How'd you meet these guys?
0:47.3	So I've actually known them for a long time. I wrote the book that became the movie The Social
0:51.8	Network. So back in, I think it was 2007, when I started that project, I was first approached by
0:58.0	Eduardo Savarin, who, if you remember the movie, was the one who, you know, him and
1:04.0	Zuckerberg were battling over being co-founders. And the first people I reached out to were
1:08.0	the Winklevoss twins. And I reached out to them via
1:10.9	Facebook to interview them. And they became one of my big sources for the social network.
1:15.5	And, you know, so I met them a long time ago in their previous incarnation. So, you know,
1:20.4	it was in the battle to create social networks, which was a very different revolution.
1:25.5	Yeah. Do you see a lot of similarities between how that is happening, like the social networks
1:30.5	and maybe how things are unfolding in the crypto world?
1:33.6	I do.
1:34.2	I mean, I think it's the same energy.
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