Summary of Digital Gold

Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money is a 2015 book by Nathaniel Popper, a technology reporter for The New York Times. The book tells the history of Bitcoin and how a select group of individuals and organizations helped spread its technology and adoption from humble beginnings in 2008 to worldwide acceptance in 2020. While it covers the financial and technical aspects of Bitcoin, it also illustrates how Bitcoin has become a cultural movement and a source of inspiration to many of its users. The book's main theme is to track how a seemingly obscure invention went from a mysterious concept to a currency that has changed how people think about money. It looks at how various companies and individuals have been part of Bitcoin's success and into the various events that have shaped its outcome along the way.