How Bitcoin Exposes Money, Power & Human Nature | Tibor Fischer

Author Tibor Fisher uses Bitcoin and crypto culture in a novel to probe truth, motives, and the media-shaped myths around the industry.

Key Takeaways

Tibor Fisher chose fiction over fast-moving nonfiction, writing My Bags Are Big to explore why people join crypto and how stories shape belief.
Characters are amalgams of real people; authors can invent freely while anchoring plots in recognizable tech-culture detail and narrative craft.
Bitcoin serves as ideological setting (Austrian economics, escape from weak banks) and plot device—this novel explains appeal, not technical mechanics.
Media coverage builds a crypto archetype (e.g., Sam Bankman-Fried), but the community is diverse and often motivated by escape or hopes for quick wealth.
Obscene quick profits are rare; long-term tech-like investing aided early holders, traders face steep odds, and owners can face government coercion.
Publishing realities: books lag tech news, reviews are subjective, and many readers prefer clear, signposted genre fiction with recurring characters.