The crypto experience: Top 5 must watch crypto films

The crypto experience: Top 5 must watch crypto films

Time Stamp: July 3, 2023 1:00 AM
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  • “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchain and the future of the Internet” is a journey to understand decentralized technology and the promise of the new web 3.0.
  • Despite the obstacles, “Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution” remains optimistic about the potential for digital currencies to promote financial freedom and economic growth
  • In the 1hr 30 min movie, a cryptocurrency (Canadian QuadriaCX) founder Gerald William Cottan mysteriously dies, and with him disappears US$250 million.

The web3 and crypto ecosystem has been the fastest-growing industry of the 21st century. Many changes have happened to the sector since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009. As a result, it is impossible to grasp all the information about the industry through self-market analysis. 

However, there are published documentaries that help to walk anyone through the cryptocurrency journey. This article looks at the top films explaining the changes to the market over time (in no particular order).

   1. Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King

This film features as the best crypto documentary on Netflix. In the 1hr 30 min movie, a cryptocurrency (Canadian QuadriaCX) founder Gerald William Cottan mysteriously dies, and with him disappears US$250 million. A group of investors dive in to trace his footsteps and retract the monies they believe Gerald stole from them.

They turn to internet sleuths to unravel his life, using legal and illegal avenues to uncover the truth. Most of them get scammed, showing how ruthless the world is to those who desire to get rich quickly without working for it. The docufilm is a decent thriller; one does not need to understand how blockchain and cryptocurrency work to enjoy it fully. 

The film saw over 12 million viewers hours after its March 20, 2023 release.

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   2. Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution

This show follows the journey of African entrepreneurs and Bitcoin enthusiasts who share their experiences with cryptocurrency to do business. Banking on Africa provides cryptocurrency as an option for the failed currencies on the continent. The documentary also touches on the adoption challenges in Africa, including government regulations and the need for more education about the technology. Scammers have also flooded Africa, and many people often fall into the traps. 

 Despite the obstacles, the film remains optimistic about the potential for digital currencies to promote financial freedom and economic growth. The documentary is available on YouTube.

   3. Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain

If you want to understand blockchain technology, this film is for you. The 1hr 24min documentary published in 2018 shows blockchain’s positives and negatives and how transformative the technology can be. It explores what it is, what it can do and how it will transform human interaction, including fighting poverty and hunger.

Through interviews with experts and key figures in the crypto space, the film makes it clear that no one is sure what to expect within the possibilities of disruptive technology. You never know; if it can do good of a magnitude, it can also facilitate dangers in equal measure. This documentary Is worth the watch.

      4. Banking on Bitcoin

The film refers to Bitcoin as the world’s largest social-economic experiment. It takes the viewer through the Bitcoin journey and the technology behind it. The narrators show how Bitcoin came to be. After the 2008 market crash, a group of people started questioning why there had to be a third party in transactions, the Central Banks. That same year Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, which offers peer-to-peer interactions with transactions recorded in an open ledger. 

However, the US and other governments launched an attack on the technology, as the idea of doing away with oversight would make the governments lose their power. But guess what? Bitcoin survives through it all. Banking on Bitcoin shows an ideological battle between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism.

  5. Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Future of the Internet

This show explores blockchain technology’s journey and delves into the new concepts born out of it. The film portrays blockchain as the blueprint to provide a better and fairer internet. Despite its potential, Bitcoin is facing severe price volatility and government opposition.

The documentary shows how the media is often misinformed about what is happening with the ecosystem. “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchain and the future of the Internet” is a journey to understand decentralized technology and the promise of the new web 3.0.

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