Hi everyone,

This is Ben from The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin.  First off, thank you all for your continued support.  We've been working full-time on this film for what seems like a lifetime now!  (And it's been worth every second).  To address a few of the questions that have come through on here, we have been working on the final edit of the film up until this past week.  The premiere at Tribeca was an early draft that we screened in order to showcase the film to distributors.  It is now officially done and we are prepping it for distribution.

We have always believed that a slightly more traditional release with the film would inevitably do the most good in reaching the widest audience.  On average, a documentary with traditional distribution will reach between 10x and 50x more viewers than a strictly digital release.  The flip side is that it does take a bit longer as well.  Translation into multiple languages, QC for each territory, separate frame rate outputs, marketing deals with third party distributors, networks, and partners...  all these things add a bit of extra time to a release, and trust me when I say that if it wasn't worth it in the end, we wouldn't be doing it.  We're as eager as anyone to get the film out.  But we want to give it the best chance at making the biggest impact for Bitcoin as a whole, by reaching people that are interested in learning more about Bitcoin without them having to scour the internet for reliable sources.  They'll be able to passively learn, simply by watching the film locally or directly on their TV.

I can sense the frustration in a few of the posts on here, and I can totally understand where it's coming from, but please...  just stick with us a little while longer.  We're Bitcoiners too, and we're working hard to represent Bitcoin to the masses in the best way possible.  And now that the film is officially done, we wanted to make sure that the first eyes to see the film are those of Bitcoiners.  That's why we're screening the brand new edit at The North American Bitcoin Conference on Friday.  I really hope to see you there.  And if you do attend, please feel free to come up and ask any questions you like after the screening.

To the moon!

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