Andy Greenberg

Trois amis, anciens élèves d'un même lycée, tentent de renouer avec l'esprit d'insouciance de leur adolescence.

Not since the invention of the Internet has there been such a disruptive technology as Bitcoin. Bitcoin's early pioneers sought to blur the lines of sovereignty and the financial status quo. After years of underground development Bitcoin grabbed the attention of a curious public, and the ire of the regulators the technology had subverted. After landmark arrests of prominent cyber criminals Bitcoin faces its most severe adversary yet, the very banks it was built to destroy.

Un film documentaire qui explore l’émergence d’une nouvelle version d’Internet, décentralisée, cryptée, dangereux et au-delà de la loi. en jetant un regard sur le côté trouble du cyberespace s'intéresse à l'arrestation et au procès du créateur présumé du marché noir en ligne Silk Road...

Documentary looking at the black market website known as the Silk Road, which emerged on the darknet in 2011. This 'Amazon of illegal drugs' was the brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian intellectual operating under the avatar The Dread Pirate Roberts. Promising its users complete anonymity and total freedom from government regulation or scrutiny, Silk Road became a million-dollar digital drugs cartel.