''Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and the Silk Road''
is a 2015 documentary-film directed by
Alex Winter, chronicling events surrounding
Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of Asian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over , it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the ...
,
bitcoin
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and
the politics of the
dark web
The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets ( overlay networks) that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access. Through the dark web, private computer networks can communica ...
.
Covering the trial of
Ross Ulbricht, the documentary features interviews with ''
Wired
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* ''Wired'' (Jeff Beck album), 1976
* ''Wired'' (Hugh Cornwell album), 1993
* ''Wired'' (Mallory Knox album), 2017
* "Wired", a song by Prism from their album '' Beat Street''
* "Wired ...
'' writer
Andy Greenberg and developer
Amir Taaki. ''Deep Web'' features narration from actor
Keanu Reeves. The film premiered at the 2015
South By Southwest
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film festival, and aired on the
Epix network on May 31, 2015.
See also
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Darknet market
References
External links
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2015 documentary films
2015 films
American documentary films
Bitcoin
Dark web
Darknet markets
Documentary films about the Internet
Documentary films about crime in the United States
Films about cryptocurrencies
Films directed by Alex Winter
Films produced by Alex Winter
Films with screenplays by Alex Winter
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
English-language documentary films
Documentary films about finance
Mass media about Internet culture
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