Banking on Bitcoin
An accessible documentary charts Bitcoin’s rise from underground experiment to a disruptive challenge aimed at banks, regulators, and traditional financial power.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- investigative
- technologically curious
- politically charged
- technology film night
- finance discussion
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film centers Bitcoin's attempt to challenge banks, monetary sovereignty, and the financial status quo.
The plot follows Bitcoin from years of underground development through public curiosity, arrests, and confrontation with banks.
Interview subjects include Bitcoin pioneers, technology writers, politicians, investors, and public advocates.
Bitcoin's founders seek to blur sovereignty and financial boundaries while regulators and banks attempt to retain control.
Films like Banking on Bitcoin, and why
The Social Network
technology-focused documentary examining disruptive digital systems and their social consequences
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
accessible documentary treatment of internet culture, innovation, and changing power structures
Inside Job
investigative documentary about financial systems, institutions, and economic power
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
documentary portrait of digital subcultures and the tension between decentralization and authority
Movie Details
- Director
- Christopher Cannucciari
- Release Date
- 2016-12-30
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (98)
Cast
- Wences Casares
- Nathaniel Popper
- Alex Winter
- Rand Paul
- Cameron Winklevoss
- Andy Greenberg
- Tyler Winklevoss
- Michael Casey
- Gavin Andresen
- Paul Vigna
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Banking on Bitcoin about?
- An accessible documentary charts Bitcoin’s rise from underground experiment to a disruptive challenge aimed at banks, regulators, and traditional financial power.
- What is Banking on Bitcoin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Banking on Bitcoin as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Banking on Bitcoin violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Banking on Bitcoin.
- Which films are like Banking on Bitcoin?
- Films with a similar feel include The Social Network, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, Inside Job, and We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists.
- How long is Banking on Bitcoin?
- Banking on Bitcoin runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Banking on Bitcoin?
- In United States, Banking on Bitcoin streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
