The Orange Pill by Ijoma Mangold

The Orange Pill by Ijoma Mangold is one of the most unusual Bitcoin books in the German-speaking world – not written by a financial expert, but by a renowned literary critic for DIE ZEIT, who himself fell down the rabbit hole during the lockdown.

About the author

Ijoma Mangold (* 1971) is a literary critic for the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT, known from the "Lesenswert Quartett" and a long-time jury member of the SWR best list. His literary perspective makes the book particularly accessible – knowledgeable, personal, and with a touch of humor.

Reading Sample

“In the movie 'Matrix', the hero has to decide whether to take the blue pill or the red pill. The blue one lets him forget, the red one lets him recognize the truth about the world. Based on this, Bitcoin is called 'the orange pill', because whoever engages with it becomes aware of the power of Wall Street and central banks in our world."

"Mangold undertakes a 'journey into the rabbit hole' which also becomes an intellectual adventure for the reader." – Süddeutsche Zeitung

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