Documentary: The Bitcoin Gospel

[rogerver]

Documentary: The Bitcoin Gospel
by VPRO Backlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKuoqZLyKg



I really like how this documentary turned out.

I hope other people find it persuasive and informative as well.

[rogerver]

I think the ending sums up exactly why I am so passionate about Bitcoin.
If you don't want to watch the whole thing, at least watch the very end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKuoqZLyKg&t=47m21s

[rogerver]

Here is an example of the many emails I have received since this documentary was shown:


Dear Mr Ver,

My name is xxxx and i live in the Netherlands. Just yesterday i saw a dutch documentary Tegenlicht. The documentary was called the bitcoin gospel.

Normally i am not that kind of guy that is used to give credits to people. But since i have seen the doc i would like to thank you for your empowerment regarding bitcoin and especially your remarks about the power of governments in their financial system wich is doomed to fail anyway.

At the end of the documentary i became angry as you were when you spoke about the secretary of state wich states that she thought it was ``worth`` it to murder 500.000 iraqi kids as a result of US sanctions. These people are insane and it shook me to the core

Thank you for being a pioneer and such a straight up guy. Unfortunately i live in the Netherlands and we dutch people have a tendency of waiting and waiting to reform untill it is either too late or there is no way round it!

Thanks again and i wish you the best of luck.

Kind regards,

xxxx

[rogerver]

[rogerver]

Another great email:

Dear Roger,

Yesterday there was a documentary about Bitcoins on the Dutch Television . You did a fantastic job Roger. You inspired me, and now I am going to pitch for the board of my company why we should use bitcoins as a currency. We are a dutch xxxxx company and we have got 10% of the xxxxx market in the Netherlands. I hope we will receive 10% of our transactions with bitcoins. Why you should recommend it for an dutch webshop? I'm going to quote your text, and i will show a small part of the documentary.

An other question is, how can is send and receive bitcoins on my blockchain?

Hope to hear from you!!

Yours sincerely,


xxxxxx

[Smartie]

How quickly was that Bitcoin claimed, after you posted it online? Will you do it again... or only with a audience not familiar with Bitcoin?

[rogerver]

How quickly was that Bitcoin claimed, after you posted it online? Will you do it again... or only with a audience not familiar with Bitcoin?

I try to do that sort of giveaway for large audiences who are new to Bitcoin.
I suspect it was claimed instantly although the filming for the show was several months ago.

[AvatarX]

Documentary: The Bitcoin Gospel
by VPRO Backlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKuoqZLyKg



I really like how this documentary turned out.

I hope other people find it persuasive and informative as well.

I liked the intro a lot. While there was an obvious slant by VPRO. It still was well worth a watch. Specially given this is the first one where you and Marshall Long get to star in one. I meant, it is quite odd it took this long.

[LiteCoinGuy]

i highly recommend that docu! a pretty good one.

[BitcoinXio]

Great documentary, well done and worth the watch!

[rendravolt]

Everyone should watch this documentary!

[rogerver]

On Nov 5, 2015, at 6:30 PM, xxxxx wrote:

Hi Roger,

With respect I watched a television documentary about bitcoin.

I was surprised what you did and how USA handled it, shame on them.
Your Japanese is better than mine,

At the end I was touched by your emotions, really.

In day-time I work in the Netherlands with emigrants who left their country because of WAR.
It’s hard work and ask for money every day.

The gouverment here helps a bit, but the people around us are boycotting us.

We need food, clothes, blankets but most of it EDUCATION

I’m a first aid instructor and I teach the mothers how to treat their children when needed, how to provide life saving skills.

I respect you and your work and ideas

Lets hope that in a couple of months these people can return tot heir country or otherwise can join our community

But the most imnportant, lets stop the WAR all over the world and lets make the banks stop puting money in the weapon delivery

That’s all for now, thank you

Kind regards

xxxx
xxxxx, the Netherlands

[stan.distortion]

Well worth watching and one hell of a final word, much appreciated.

[Blackreign]

Great documentary. My thanks to Roger Ver for his contributions to this site and bitcoin in general.

The link doesn't seem to work in the Netherlands, so i'll post the link for Dutch users:
http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/afleveringen/ ... gelie.html