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What This Book Is

And Then You Win is a narrative nonfiction business book about entrepreneurship, Bitcoin, leadership, and resilience. Written by George Kikvadze, Vice Chairman of Bitfury Group, it offers a firsthand account of building critical infrastructure during Bitcoin’s earliest and most volatile years—from obscurity to global adoption.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

Founders and startup builders
Investors and venture capital professionals
Leaders in high-risk, high-conviction environments
Bitcoin and blockchain insiders
Anyone building through uncertainty

ENDORSEMENTS & PRAISE

BILL TAI (FOREWORD)

Early backer of Bitfury, Canva & Zoom. Technology Catalyst

This is a rare insider’s account of what it really takes to build through chaos, stay true to conviction, and come out the other side stronger.

SIR RICHARD BRANSON

Founder, Virgin Group

This book captures what I witnessed firsthand ... how true entrepreneurs make the impossible possible.

VAL VAVILOV

Co-Founder & CEO, Bitfury Group

Do good and good things will happen to you. This book is about this!

CHANGPENG ZHAO (CZ)

Founder, Binance & Giggle Academy

This is the untold story of how Bitcoin's backbone was forged by true believers.

SHEIKH ZAYED BIN SUROOR AL NAHYAN

Beyond innovation and success, this story is about friendship, courage, and persistence. It has been my privilege to share this journey with George and see how conviction can outlast any storm.

WENCES CASARES

Founder, Xapo & "Patient Zero" of Bitcoin in Silicon Valley

George captures what it means to grow up with broken money: Bitcoin is not just technology, it is necessity. This is the untold story of building that foundation against all odds.

ADAM BACK

Cryptography Pioneer & CEO of Blockstream

From the Block Size Wars to $100K — George & Val were there building Bitcoin’s layer 0.

MATT ROSZAK

Bitcoin OG, Chair of Digital Chamber and Tally Capital

From our early Bitcoin OG days to institutional adoption-George lived every moment of this transformation.

DON WILSON

Founder & CEO, DRW

The untold story of how Bitcoin's earliest believers built its foundation brick by brick.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is this book technical?

No. It’s a story about people, decisions, and resilience—not a technical manual.

Is this a crypto trading book?

No. It focuses on building long-term infrastructure and conviction, not speculation.

Is this a memoir or a business book?

It’s both—blending narrative storytelling with real lessons from building one of Bitcoin’s foundational companies.

Do I need to know Bitcoin to read it?

No. The story is accessible even if you’re new to Bitcoin.