The e-book’s comparatively sympathetic therapy of Sam turns into extra hanging in distinction to depictions of his adversaries, comparable to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Earlier than the e-book was revealed, a letter from Artistic Artists Company circulating in Hollywood stated Lewis likened Sam and CZ “to the Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader of crypto.” Traces of this characterization nonetheless made it into the completed e-book. “Binance was the category bully, FTX the category nerd, and every took pleasure in utilizing its particular powers to torment the opposite,” Lewis wrote. He additionally stated, “Sam thought in regards to the measurement of the pie, whereas CZ cared extra in regards to the measurement of his piece.” There’s additionally some gratuitous shade, comparable to, “If CZ ever had an unique thought he by no means expressed it.”
