I am immensely grateful to Noah Eaker, Lauren Bittrich, Marlena Bittner, and the entire team at Flatiron Books and Macmillan, who have helped me turn this incredible story into one of the most fulfilling writing experiences of my career; likewise, to Eric Simonoff and Matthew Snyder, agents extraordinaire.
I’m also extremely thankful to my numerous sources, without whom I could not have written this book, and to the group of main characters, who opened themselves up to me and were generous with their time, experiences, and expertise.
As always, I’m thankful to my parents, my brothers and their families, and to Tonya, Asher, Arya, and Bugsy, for putting up with me talking nonstop about Bitcoin for the past year and a half.