Bertram Gilfoyle

Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street

by Jeff John Roberts  · 15 Dec 2020  · 226pp  · 65,516 words

, HBO’s tech parody, Silicon Valley, would likewise air an episode that uses cryptocurrency as a central plot point. The episode depicts a main character, Bertram Gilfoyle, plunging forward with a plan to mine and distribute “Pied Piper Coins”—tokens named for his company—through an ICO. Pied Piper Coin would earn