[ANN] FIRST Feature-length Documentary on Bitcoin, 100% BITCOIN FUNDED!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Well, at least you're able to have on hand over the amount originally hoped for (post #2 of this thread) thanks to the exchange rate. https://blockchain.info/tx/684b728372b617cf78bcb8544028da48f1bde81e6591b8b4cae08f9424c71078

May I suggest offering the content free, whereupon you'll be more likely to garner more donations oppose to having to pay for it?

Do your best to keep us abreast, thus keeping any naysayers at bay. The last thing you fine lads need is spending time to defend yourselves for whatever reason.

Personally, I'm currently in route to Satoshi Forest to feed some homeless Thanksgiving dinner, albeit it's looking like it may not happen on Thursday, but it's not uncommon to have said feast on the immediate following weekend.

Next, I'm heading to Las Vegas to drum up support for Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund.

I'll do my best to get some footage.

TMIBTCITW (The Most Interesting Bitcoiner In The World)

[Spekulatius]

 

Tomorrow on the 11th of December our team will visit Mr. Schwaab in the National Parliament of Switzerland and inquire on his parliamentary call to investigate the dangers of Bitcoin and potentially ban it which more then 50 parliamentarians have co signed. You can find his proposition here: http://www.parlament.ch/d/suche/seiten/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20133687

A similar postulate has been submitted recently and has been signed by more then 40 parlamentarians asking to consider Bitcoin a legal currency: http://www.digitale-nachhaltigkeit.ch/2013/12/bitcoin/

Please let us know what to ask him if you have any questions for us, post it in the comments!

 

Relevant Reddit discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1sgzzy/swiss_parliamentary_postulate_bitcoin_is_a/

Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364555.0

[LiteCoinGuy]

hurry up, i cant wait to see the movie

[Spekulatius]

We went to the Swiss Parliament, the Bern Bundeshaus to meet Mr. Schwaab that lodged a rather sceptical postulate to the parliament and while we were at it, ran into Mr. Weibel that wants to bring the Swiss government to accredit Bitcoin with official "Currency Status" with his very own postulate, both signed by a few dozen parliamentarians.

Both interviews were pretty good and enlightening, more on our blog at bitcointhedocumentary.org and soon in the donor's exclusive digital content section (P.S.: Donation thresholds will be reduced)!

[Spekulatius]

So we are in Switzerland at the moment to meet the local Bitcoin crowd and among them of course is core devolper Mike Hearn who lives in Zürich. We will catch up with Mike on the 17th this month to have a casual interview covering the relevant questions concerning the docu, like how Bitcoin works under the hood explained in simple terms and also how developing one of the most scrutinized technologies in the world feels like.
After the compulsory portion is done, Mike may answer some additional questions, questions of the Bitcoins fan base (insert your name here). So please let us know of any questions you may have on your mind for me to ask Mike on Tuesday.

Grüezi,
Johannes

[Spekulatius]

Thresholds to receive certain levels of our much loved Thank You Presents ❤ have been drastically reduced by almost 90%. The same goes for our valuable Sponsors packages that can be bought for a fraction of what it once was. If I was one of those electronic store mascots, I would call myself Crazy Joe's.
So hurry up and donate as long as they stay so cheap! When the first exclusive content will be released, thresholds may go up to cover our costs (financial statements for past months will be released shortly).

[Spekulatius]

No suggestions for questions to Mike yet?

C'mon!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

No suggestions for questions to Mike yet?

C'mon!

BUmp!!! Any questions for Mike?

[LiteCoinGuy]

what does the thinks about the coming regulation in the US?

why does he live in zürich ?

why doesnt "he" (the foundation) add Zerocoin in BTC ? now zerocoin will be made as an own coin:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=362468.msg3878992#msg3878992

[remotemass]

Questions you may rise:

1) What characteristics would a cryptocurrency need to have to be much superior to bitcoin?
2) How possible it is to extend the number of decimal places in bitcoin?
3) How bitcoin exchanges work? How is the BTC price set?
4) How robots and other autonomous agents will use bitcoin?

[Spekulatius]

from our news section:

Switzerland trip recap:


Parlamentarian Thomas Weibel who want’s to make Bitcoin an officially recogniced currency in Switzerland


Parlamentarian Jean Christophe Schwaab who set out to ban Bitcoin (both interviewed).


Taking pictures and Cut away footage


Zürich riverside view


HSBC


Zürich town


According to the man, Switzerland’s largest mining operation




Visit at Bitcoin Swiss AG in Baar (sorry for my shaky cell phone pic)


German Wolpertinger (beware!)




Interviewing Mike Hearn on Zürichsee shore.

 

Some pics were taken with cell phone, some from camera footage. All unedited.

This trip was definetely a success. We got alot of quality interviews and good footage of physical Bitcoins, Litecoins and the mining farm (and of course of scenic Swiss towns). This trip concludes our some dozen scheduled trips all across Europe. More with 20-30 interviews and of course our main character who we followed around for 9 months. Maybe one or two other trips may come up if some quality interviews can be arranged in the coming months, among possible interviewees are the European Central Bank, the German Federal Police (BKA) and Julian Assange with who’s secretary I have been in touch and which current residence in London we payed a visit.

The following steps to take are to produce a quality teaser that uses our material and showcases what the final movie could look like and to seal a deal with some professional studio to do the editing and post production which lays ahead and will hopefully be finalized by late Spring next year.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

LOOKING FUCKING GREAT!!! (caps intended)

[Frost000]

I'm relatively new here but I must say that I enjoyed reading through this thread and can't wait to be able to see the finished film!

Good luck!

[Spekulatius]

http://netzkultur.berlinerfestspiele.de/#programm_18jan2014


Tomorrow on Saturday, the 18th of January the Berliner Festspiele ("Berlin Festivals") will screen the early version of our movie that we finalized when handing it in to our university in October. It includes scenes from interviews and has about 45 mins playtime. Although it is a very early version that lacks the whole story part and shows none of the final production volume of the anticipated release version, it will do the job to explain Bitcoins to a wider audience present at the event who wants to learn more about the different actors in Bitcoinland because the event`s main focus is on "Netzkultur", net culture. The 8pm slot is the one where Bitcoin will be introduced and discussed by a disperse audience and me with prior screening of the movie.

I was approached by the curators of the event because of my visual material and connections into the regional Bitcoin world. Bitcoinlike I will participate as a virtual presence over Skype

Check it out if you like, other interesting points are also the agenda >>>http://netzkultur.berlinerfestspiele.de/#programm_18jan2014<<<

P.S.: Sorry for the late notice!

[hlynur]

bump

how are you guys doing?

how went the premiere of the early version?

[counter]

http://netzkultur.berlinerfestspiele.de/#programm_18jan2014


Tomorrow on Saturday, the 18th of January the Berliner Festspiele ("Berlin Festivals") will screen the early version of our movie that we finalized when handing it in to our university in October. It includes scenes from interviews and has about 45 mins playtime. Although it is a very early version that lacks the whole story part and shows none of the final production volume of the anticipated release version, it will do the job to explain Bitcoins to a wider audience present at the event who wants to learn more about the different actors in Bitcoinland because the event`s main focus is on "Netzkultur", net culture. The 8pm slot is the one where Bitcoin will be introduced and discussed by a disperse audience and me with prior screening of the movie.

I was approached by the curators of the event because of my visual material and connections into the regional Bitcoin world. Bitcoinlike I will participate as a virtual presence over Skype

Check it out if you like, other interesting points are also the agenda >>>http://netzkultur.berlinerfestspiele.de/#programm_18jan2014<<<

P.S.: Sorry for the late notice!

Yes indeed an update would be great but what would have been awesome is if this pic was never posted.   

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Let me guess. They received funding from Sunlot, thus getting some sun in some parking lot. Hope that's not Brock's car.

Can't wait to see the flick, guys.

[QuestionAuthority]

It's been about 14 months, will this be completed soon?

I don't think it took this long to write "War and Peace"!

[hlynur]

2nd bump....(oh god not that pic again  )

Seriously though, any update on your project would be highly appreciated.

[Gleb Gamow]

If I don't get an update within 24 hours, I'm going to jack off to this image, especially the dude on the right.