Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain

The definitive story of the rise of decentralization and the blockchain, the dawn of a new era in technology and finance

2018 · 84 min · ★ 5.7 · Documentary

Hacktivist and blockchain expert Lauri Love fights extradition in TRUST MACHINE—his computer skills a threat to the US government. Tech innovators strike a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF embraces it to help refugee children? Award–winning filmmaker Alex Winter reveals that proponents of blockchain—a verified digital ledger—are already using the technology to change the world; fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis and world hunger.

Directed by Alex Winter · Written by Alex Winter

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