Satoshi Nakamoto proposes a radical new form of electronic currency; a global ecosystem soon emerges in the wake of a financial crisis.

The value of bitcoin skyrockets as a cryptocurrency wild west emerges, and people around the world go mad for the huge profits to be made.

Along with bitcoin comes blockchain technology, a tool to decentralise all kinds of things beyond cryptocurrency.

Pioneers of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have bold visions of a virtual future, with a science fiction future possibly looming closer than we realise.