The Wind Does Not Name You

In the small Buenos Aires apartment she shares with her mother, Emilia stumbles onto a discovery on the Bitcoin blockchain, that shakes not just the global financial system, but her own world. As chaos unfolds across nations and questions surface about her estranged father’s role in it all, Emilia finds herself drawn back to Gabriel—the boyfriend she dumped when his dreams of building a better world clashed with her resolve to stay. Gabriel had asked her to move with him to New York, to build a life together, but leaving Argentina felt like a betrayal—of her ailing mother, her country, and everything she believed she stood for. So she had no choice but to push him away. But the strangest thing happened. She used to hate how often Gabriel played Keane. Now their songs haunt her days, echoing emotions she once thought she had under control.

To uncover the truth and confront her past, Emilia must untangle the mystery she’s uncovered on the blockchain, face the shadow of her father, and decide if she’s ready to follow her heart across an ocean.

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Some early feedback, from Rachel Geyer, Mother, Vice-President, terahash.energy GmbH, Board Chair of the European Bitcoin Energy Association, and Co-Founder of Les Femmes Orange:

"Alex Gladstein’s book ‘Check Your Financial Privilege’ taught me how skewed the current financial system is,  which in turn led me to devote much of my time and energy to working ‘for’ Bitcoin. The story of Emilia’s discovery in ‘The Wind Does Not Name You’ really resonated for this reason.  With Bitcoin we finally have a hard monetary system whereby all participants play by the same rules, rich or poor, young or old, male or female…  Rules without rulers.

A frequently voiced (but unfounded) fear is the inequity and potentially destabilising risk-factor of the significant number of Bitcoin accrued by Satoshi Nakamoto (presumably) in the early days of Bitcoin. The notion that Satoshi has a cunning plan up his sleeve - to stealthily and self-lessly disperse his wealth to where it is most needed - is not only intriguing, but also highly credible.  He has already proven his humility in his disappearance and his genius in the legacy he created and left behind for the benefit of humanity."

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