The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin

What is Bitcoin? Privately launched in 2009, this virtual currency has also been called ‘digital gold’. Bitcoin has experienced a boom in recent years, and is now accepted as a means of payment by many traders worldwide. But is Bitcoin really the money of the future – or just a flash in the pan? Director Nicholas Mross follows his brother Dan, a busy family man, programmer and Bitcoin aficionado, on a journey through the world of this new digital currency. He highlights every facet of this Internet phenomenon: In addition to many Bitcoin entrepreneurs having their say, Mross also focuses on the legal aspects, as well as the social and political dimensions, of this ‘open source’ cryptocurrency.