DeutschAward-winning filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann released the documentary “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet” this week. Cryptopia discusses the powerful crypto economy and the flourishing ideas that have emerged from Satoshi’s invention.
Antonopoulos: the Market Will Decide
After his celebrated film “Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It”, Torsten Hoffmann is back again. Hoffmann’s new film features people like Andreas Antonopoulos, Roger Ver, Charlie Lee, Samson Mow, Preethi Kasireddy, Wences Casares, and Laura Shin.
The film discusses how Bitcoin and the resulting technologies and applications are changing and improving our world. In addition, the film deals with Web 3.0, decentralized finance, and some other topics that were not covered in the predecessor.
As crypto evangelist Antonopoulos explained in the film, there is currently not enough broad acceptance, which is why no prediction can yet be made as to whether cryptocurrencies will be suitable as a medium for exchange or a store of value. The market will decide on this. “What Bitcoin is in Venezuela is different from what it is in San Francisco”, he added.
About Governments and Censorship in the Cryptoverse
Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver was also featured in the documentary on promoting economic freedom. Ver emphasized that governments finance most of their wars by printing money, not through direct taxes. So, if we take away the government’s ability to print money at will, we can take away most of its power.
The scaling debate surrounding Bitcoin was also highlighted. Ver explains his aversion to censorship, e.g., by forum moderators of r/bitcoin deleting Satoshi’s quotes. “If you don’t support free speech, you don’t support Bitcoin”, Ver emphasized.
Further comments came from Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin, and Samson Mow, the founder of Blockstream. For cryptocurrencies to thrive, we need to work with the current financial system, Lee noted. Mow discussed the company’s infamous satellite project, calling it a necessary technology for Bitcoin to become the foundation of a new global financial system.
Film Scenes Were Secretly Shot in Switzerland
According to Hoffmann, the first film had a smaller budget, but this time 8 times the funds were put into Cryptopia. Elaborate 3D animations were created to illustrate the inner workings of the blockchain. During the release this week, Hoffman explained that the film was shot in a remote part of Switzerland at a secret location with two 4k cameras and sometimes even in 8k resolution.
To also get the remaining comments from the biggest names in the crypto industry, the film can be watched on the official page for CHF 5.70 or 0.0007 BTC.
According to producer Hoffmann, a German version is planned for the second half of 2020. We’ll stay tuned.
