Omar aka Crypt0, founder and host of Crypt0's News, who was filming a daily Ethereum show through the entire DAO saga in 2016.

The Crypt0's News book

The DAO Hack, An Oral History

Name: The DAO Hack, An Oral History
Brand: Crypt0's News
Price: 29 USD
Availability: PreOrder
Author: Omar aka Crypt0

In June 2016, a flaw in the code of the largest crowdfund in history moved $55 million in a morning. What followed was the strangest five weeks in crypto history: an open letter, a rescue by white hats, a community vote, and a fork that split Ethereum in two. I was filming a daily Ethereum show through all of it. This is the story the way it deserves to be told: as an oral history, from the archive that covered it live.

Book cover: The DAO Hack, An Oral History, by Omar aka Crypt0

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01What is inside

1. The Daily Show. The witness with a camera, a brand new daily Ethereum show with a front row seat to the whole saga.

2. The Dream. How a German startup's leaderless venture fund took shape, from DevCon 1 to the whitepaper.

3. The Biggest Crowdfund Ever. Twenty eight days, about twelve million ETH, about $150 million, the largest crowdfund in history.

4. The Early Signals. The moratorium paper, the stalker attack debate, and the warnings in print weeks before the break.

5. The Hack. June 17, 2016, the reentrancy exploit, the 3.6 million ETH, and the breaking news episode filmed that day.

6. Code Is Law. The open letter, the great debate, and the soft fork that never shipped.

7. The Counterattack. The White Hat Group's race on the public ledger to secure 7.2 million ETH.

8. The Hard Fork. The carbonvote, block 1,920,000, and the WithdrawDAO recovery.

9. The Split. The chain that kept the old ledger becomes Ethereum Classic, and the market prices it in days.

10. The Verdict and the Afterlife. The SEC's 2017 report, the Griff Green fireside, and what the wreckage built.

Appendix: A Note on Sources. Every claim traces to a public source: the Crypt0 archive episodes, the Ethereum Foundation record, and contemporaneous reporting.

02The details

Ten substantive chapters in oral history form: the timeline from the archive, the facts from the public record, the texture from the people who lived it.
Every claim traces to a public source, with a Note on Sources appendix showing the research. Single source claims are flagged honestly.
You get both the PDF and the EPUB with every purchase.
Researched to the Crypt0's News investigation standard: primary sources first, no invented details, ever.

03About the author

Omar aka Crypt0 is the founder and host of Crypt0's News, an independent voice exploring cryptocurrency, technology, markets, and the systems shaping tomorrow. His daily Ethereum show was on the air through the entire DAO saga, from the record crowdfund through the fork, and his archive holds more than two thousand videos of crypto history on camera.

04Questions, answered

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