startup ethics

16-bit retro pixel art showing a hooded figure at a laptop with a Bitcoin symbol, surrounded by cash, weapons, digital marketplaces, and dark web imagery, representing the themes of American Kingpin.

A gripping, unsettling examination of ambition, technology, and unchecked optimization, American Kingpin reads like a Silicon Valley case study gone rogue. Nick Bilton’s deep dive into the rise and fall of Silk Road reveals how startup logic, platform design, and ideological blindness combined to create one of the most infamous enterprises of the digital age. Essential reading for anyone serious about business, ethics, and power.

Books

American Kingpin Book Review Nick Bilton