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Couldn’t put it down
Great, quick, easy read. Incredible story, and well told.
Your mouth will be hanging open in disbelief. Get this book
Outstanding read!
“American Kingpin” by Nick Bilton is a gripping and fascinating true story that reads like a thriller novel. The book tells the tale of Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind behind the online drug marketplace Silk Road. Bilton’s meticulous research and engaging writing style make it easy to become fully immersed in the story. The book is a wild ride, taking you from the depths of the dark web to the highest echelons of the DEA. With its themes of innovation, rebellion, and the blurred lines between good and evil, “American Kingpin” is a must-read for anyone interested in technology, crime, or human psychology. Overall, it’s a captivating and thought-provoking page-turner that will keep you hooked until the very end!
a little bit of a generic read, but absolutely fascinating.
The writing style and general feel makes this book read a little like a generic childrenâs book, but with more swearing. That being said, the story it tells is utterly fascinating and very well done. Would recommend it for anyone interested in learning about law enforcement or radicalism.
Non fiction that sometimes feels like a good novel
I tend to enjoy complicated stories written by traditional magazine feature writers.
This book fits the mild.
A fascinating story, written in an entertaining style.
Great read
Very interesting and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Can’t wait to see the movie! What makes it crazier is that it is a real story. Hollywood can’t even make this stuff up!
Masterpiece
My favorite book. The details of the Silk Road are on point but the stars of the story are the people involved. Beautifully written. HIGHLY recommended.
A well told story
A well told story, but could have used more detail.
There are two mistakes where the author refers to PGP and an encrypted chat application. PGP or Pretty Good Privacy is an encryption algorithm and not a chat application.
So in this book Ross makes fun of Jeremy Hammond for using simple passwords and reusing them, but he is using the same cheap Samsung laptop for clear web and dark web work? He is worried about OpSec but he uses Facebook? Even before the Snowden info this was stupid.
If I would have been a millionaire like him I would have a nice 17 inch loaded Panasonic ToughBook for work and a nice 17 inch Alienware machine loaded for personal stuff.
Absorbing Read – Fascinating Subject
I sort of stumbled upon this book while searching true crime, and boy am I glad I did. The dark web is something I’ve heard exists, but know nothing about it. The concept of The Silk Road is so simple, yet so completely illicit. The “Amazon of illegal drugs.” That no one thought about it earlier than Ross Ulbricht is almost a bigger crime than what he did.
This was an engrossing read. It is so well-written that I didn’t want to put it down. It reminded me of the old Batman TV show from the ’60s – how are they going to get out of this one?!? Ross dodged bullets in the form of investigations by no less than four different government agencies. On the other hand, I wondered how on Earth the likes of the FBI (the ‘feebs’) could possibly catch him since the TOR browser and Bitcoin are completely anonymous.
The individual stories are fascinating also; from Ross himself (The Dread Pirate Roberts) to interesting profiles of a handful of the government agents trying to catch him. Sometimes you would start to feel bad for Ross, but then he’d do something awful like order a hit.
I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It is thorough, easy to read, and suspenseful. Too often, non-fiction writers forget that even non-fiction can be suspenseful and engaging. Not this time.
Cyber crime thriller but true!
I came across this book probably out of my interest in cryptocurrencies and cybercrime in general while reading the first chapters of Andy Greenberg’s “Tracers in the dark”. But American Kingpin is by no means limited to those topics, it’s way more than that, including politics, some culture, and even a couple of good history lessons thrown in for good measure.
It goes into many details, even some technical aspects but I’m willing to bet the fast pace of the writing will keep you glued to its pages even if you don’t care much about those details. For the number of facts and insights that packs, it is a surprisingly short book (or maybe I just enjoyed it so much it felt short).
It’s one of those books you can read for entertainment (and it will certainly entertain you) but after you finish it you’ll feel somehow wiser, with your understanding of how the world works greatly increased.
If I have to say something on the downside, I did miss some more references and background material at the end and an index in case I want to double-check something in the future.
I found this book similar to these titles (in case you are looking for more books or just to check if your taste is in any way similar to mine; there is no particular order on this list and most books deal with related topics but not all of them are about crime; all would be rated 5 stars in my opinion):
-Dark mirror, by Barton Gellman
-No place to hide, by Glenn Greenwald
-Countdown to Zero Day, by Kim Zetter
-Masters of Deception, by Michelle Slatalla and Joshua Quittner
-Kingpin, by Kevin Poulsen
-The cuckoo’s egg, by Cliff Stoll
-The spy in Moscow station, by Eric Haseltine
-Crypto, by Steven Levy
-The smartest guys in the room, Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
-Disrupted, by Dan Lyons
-Masters of Doom, by David Kushner
-The Other Pandemic, by James Ball
-Money Men, by Dan McCrum
-The man who solved the market, by Gregory Zuckerman
-Numer go up, by Zeke Faux
-Going infinite, by Michael Lewis (and many others from the same author)
-Lying for money, by Dan Davies
-The soul of a new machine, by Tracy Kidder
-Most books written by Ben Macintyre
The book is written extremely well. Highly engrossing and hard to put down especially towards the end. It explains the web without going into too much technical details. A must read!
I really enjoyed reading this book, it not only describes The Silk Roads rise , but also Ross as a person and gives you insights why he did what he did, and how he felt with it.
I would recommend ! 🙂
Great book