Bitcoin: Boom or Bust (2018)

요즘 들어 암호화폐에 대한 논란이 거세다. 일각에서는 실체 없는 사기라 단언하기도 하고, 또 한쪽에서는 디지털 금과 같은 새로운 자산의 일종이 되었다고 주장하며, 또 어떤 부류는 비트코인을 정부와 은행으로부터 벗어나 개인 대 개인 간의 거래를 가능케 할 획기적인 대체 화폐라고 칭송한다. 암호화폐는 과연 어떤 의도로 만들어졌으며, 어떤 원리를 토대로 하고, 앞으로 어떻게 쓰이게 될까? 본 다큐멘터리는 비트코인이 처음으로 고안된 2008년 금융위기 무렵부터 시작해 암호화폐의 근원과 암호화폐에 없어서는 안 될 기술인 블록체인에 대해서 알아보고, 이 신기술이 지닌 잠재력이 어디까지인지를 확인해 보고자 한다. 특히 최근 들어서 암호화폐 생태계 안에서만이 아니라 대기업들까지 연구에 뛰어든 블록체인 기술을 집중 조명한다. 정말 블록체인 기술을 활용해 새롭고 더 공정하며 탈중앙화되고 검열에서도 자유로운 웹 3.0을 개발할 수 있을까? 블록체인 기술을 도입한 새로운 인터넷 환경에서는 현존하는 IT 대기업들의 개입 없이 개개인이 자신의 데이터와 온라인에서의 정체를 보호할 수 있게 될까? 아니면 이 분야에서마저도 또다시 대기업이 주도권을 쥐게 될까? 영화제작자 토르스텐 호프만이 꼼꼼하고 자세한 조사와 관련자들과의 인터뷰를 통해 우리를 이 세계의 중심으로 안내한다.

뉴욕에서 자금세탁 감독원으로 일하는 ‘듀란’은 갑작스럽게 고향 엘바 지사로 발령받게 된다. 전임자의 업무를 정리하던 그는 우연히 의심스러운 가상화폐 거래 내역을 보게 되고, 비트코인에 빠져 있는 친구 ‘얼’의 도움을 받아 사건을 조사하게 된다. ‘듀란’은 점점 사건을 파헤칠수록 가상화폐가 러시아 마피아 조직과 연관되었다는 사실을 알게 되는데…

The film took three years and 125 videos to complete. Through this journey, I got immersed in the decentralised crypto-currency culture and met a bunch of wonderful futuristic-pirates, I would have never met otherwise. It is becoming easier to admit that Ulterior States is an expression of my perceptions, an extract of the years 2012-2015. The collaged story explores code as activism and discovers a melting pot through the neutrality of a decentralised consensus. It looks to the future from different humanist perspectives and argues that crypto-currencies could lead towards; community governed micro-state applications.

If the notion of bitcoin intrigues you, yet you find yourself intimidated by the complicated techno-jargon surrounding it, then the documentary "Bitcoin: Beyond the Bubble" is for you. This incisive overview explains the intricacies of the cryptocurrency in an engrossing and easily digestible manner.

In 2008, an anonymous idealist published a paper under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto which described a digital currency or online payment system; the system was introduced as open-source software in 2009. Four years later, the value of all bitcoins was in the billions of dollars. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; the management of transactions and the issuance of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Because bitcoin is public by design, it is not owned or controlled by any government or bank.

A documentary exploring how money and the trading of value has evolved, culminating in Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Big Bang On August 1, 2015, Mark Karpeles exits his home in Tokyo under police escort. Hours later, Mark is indicted and imprisoned for forgery of computer data and embezzlement in connection with the disappearance of 850,000 Bitcoins, the equivalent of a half million dollars.

Uncompromising millennial radicals from the United States and the United Kingdom attack the system through dangerous technological means, which evolves into a high-stakes game with world authorities in the midst of a dramatically changing political landscape.

A devoted group of entrepreneurs and activists believe they see the writing on the wall, and they're determined to add a new chapter.

What is Bitcoin? With the advent of Bitcoin, the world's first digital currency, for the first time in history money is no longer controlled by banks or governments, but by the people who use it. But where did this currency come from? How does it work? And is it truly the way forward, or just a flash in the pan? Magic Money answers these questions and more as it explores the mysterious origins of Bitcoin, its role in society, and how it could shape the future.

Is Scandinavia ready for Bitcoin? This is starting point for "The Bitcoin Experiment," a road movie about the Bitcoin blockchain and digital currency. Amund Sjolie Sveen takes us on a road trip from Oslo via Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Stockholm and further up in Sweden. Along the way he seeks out environments and meet people who have a relationship with Bitcoin, as users, lawyers, government officials, enthusiasts and sceptics. The trip ends up in the small community Boden in Norrbotten in the north of Sweden. Here he finds what might be called the Heart of Bitcoin.