Fintech
Digital technologies

The early bitcoin ecosystem

Academic partner:
McGill University
With the help of :
Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada

The year is 2014, bitcoin is trading at around $450 USD. Find out what the mood was in Silicon Valley at the time from early investors and bitcoin entrepreneurs.

Case study

Filmed in 2014 in Los Altos and Mountain View California, USA, at Y Combinator’s and 500 startup’s offices as well as at BitAccess’s rental home office at the time. Other film locations include Invest Ottawa’s offices in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Decentral’s offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Case Study Participants: Haseeb Awan, BitAccess, Moe Adham, BitAccess, Vignesh Sundaresan, BitAccess, Ryan Wallace, BitAccess, Sam Atlman, Y Combinator, Justin Kan, Y Combinator, Sean Percival, 500 Startups, Anthony Di Iorio, Decentral, Bruce Lazenby, Invest Ottawa. Executive Producers Dr Hamid Etemad, McGill University, Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais. Producer Thierry Harris, Cartouche Media. Creative Director Melissa Gendron, Cartouche Media.

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