Torsten Hoffmann, the director, producer, and writer of the 2015 critically-acclaimed documentary "Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It" is back with a sequel.

His new film, titled "Cryptopia – Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Future of the Internet", continues the story from where it left off by presenting the aftermath of Bitcoin's scaling debate.

This interview presents various highlights from the film and establishes why the new production is a great conversation starter for newbies and nocoiners.

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Time stamps:

00:47 – Introduction

2:17 – Ticket prices and how the interviewees have changed since the last documentary (Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It)

4:18 – Approaching Roger Ver and remaining objective in presenting the scaling debate

6:55 – The explanatory animations in the documentary and reaching newbies

9:00 – The documentary's 3 chapters

11:26 – Why maximalists should pay more attention to the film before dismissing it

12:00 – Roger Ver going from Bitcoin Jesus to Bitcoin Judas

14:30 – Travelling around the world to film interviews

14:55 – Xapo's huge underground military storage facility

17:40 – Working on the film for 6 years

18:30 – Why watching the documentary in the cinema is a different experience

19:15 – Why Bitcoin documentaries made by community members are better

20:31 – The hero's journey

21:00 – The chapter about the history of the internet

22:08 – Mining innovation and using the cheapest kind of energy

23:54 – Why Bitcoin helps make energy more efficient

24:34 – Managing to distinguish between Bitcoin and scams in a way that doesn't create confusion

25:17 – Interviewing the inventor of ERC20 and confronting him with the scams he enabled

28:00 – Another ICO mania?

29:25 – The Ponzi psychology and human greed

30:20 – Is "Cryptopia" a conversation starter for nocoiners?

32:20 – What would Torsten change to his documentary?

33:45 – What would Vlad add to the documentary?

34:15 – Starting the project from the Bitcoin "Civil War" and removing parts to make it all less confusing

35:15 – Scaling Bitcoin

36:49 – Bitmain and SegWit

37:28 – The Andreas Antonopoulos quote that didn't make the final cut

38:25 – Should altcoins exist?

39:09 – Why maximalism is fascinating to Torsten Hoffmann

40:26 – Why Ethereum sucks

42:40 – Why BS V sucks

43:39 – A certain character who lives in London, files patents, and claims to have invented Bitcoin. Why does he belong in this film?

46:08 – Gigabyte blocks are a myth

47:53 – Interviewing Calvin?

49:21 – How was the feedback for "Cryptopia"?

51:15 – A newbie would have sucked at producing a documentary like this

52:39 – Why do projects need blockchains?

54:41 – DHL has been tracking items for years without blockchains

56:08 – Closing notes

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