Well researched and thorough but not a particularly engaging read for either the layperson or a geek. It’s a linear history of the Ethereum ecosystem’s evolution (from its inception to the end of 2019) that attempts to make crypto comprehensible to a non technical casual outsider. Unfortunately, it’s not a particularly riveting story.

I think it’s indicative of the quality of this book that while I’m very interested in crypto currency and have been for years, I found this book much less engaging than other contemporary techno-histories like Mike Isaac’s SUPER PUMPED, Nick Bilton’s HATCHING TWITTER or his Silk Road book AMERICAN KINGPIN, Nicole Perlroth’s THIS IS HOW THEY TELL ME THE WORLD ENDS, or any of Joseph Menn’s hacking related books like FATAL SYSTEM ERROR.

I would recommend this to few people, but not many. If you’re just curious about crypto I’d probably recommend some podcasts instead.