Bitcoin all-time high
From zero in 2009 to a globally traded asset.
The Bitcoin Rebellion Tells the Whole Story
The Bitcoin
Rebellion
The financial revolt that changed everything.
The film
Shot. Cut.
Ready.
A completed feature drama, independently financed and written by an attorney and CPA who worked in finance through the events it depicts.
2008 destroyed confidence in banks. 2009 built their replacement. The Bitcoin Rebellion covers the full eighteen-year history: the 2008 collapse, the cypherpunks who answered it, the genesis block, the first exchanges, the crackdowns and, finally, Wall Street's embrace of the asset it once dismissed. Writer and producer James Notaris practiced law and finance throughout that period, and the film reflects what he saw.
Why now
$1.3+ Trillion.
The audience
already exists.
Bitcoin's history spans eighteen years, trillions of dollars and more than 500 million owners worldwide. No film has told that story in full, at this scale, until now.
See the filmInstitutional Bitcoin ETF inflows
Wall Street moved from dismissing Bitcoin to owning it.
Global crypto owners
A worldwide audience larger than the population of the United States.
Fastest-growing asset
An illustrative $10,000 investment in 2010 grew to approximately $2.38 billion.
Market and ownership figures are rounded and current through July 2026. Historical-return illustration varies by purchase date. Sources include Crypto.com market-sizing research and published U.S. spot-Bitcoin ETF flow data.
Behind the scenes
On set.
A look at principal photography in the studio.
The complete body of work
Three formats.
One body of work.
Feature film
The Film
A completed 1-hour, 47-minute feature drama, produced with a full cast and crew. Three trailers are complete, and E&O insurance is in place.
Complete · July 2026Television
The Series
All ten Season One television scripts are complete.
All scripts completePublishing
The Novel
A completed 120,000-word novel that serves as the source material for the film and the series.
Manuscript completeOwnership
Sovereign Truth Media LLC, founded by James Notaris, produced the film, the series scripts and the novel. The company owns all rights outright, with no co-financiers and no third-party approval rights.
From the production
Real frames.
Real production.
Stills from the film and photographs from production.
The Bank Yourself movement takes to the streets.
A full trading floor, recreated for the film.
The whitepaper announcement as it appears on screen.
Characters speak directly to camera to explain the ideas behind Bitcoin.
Production design recreates Bitcoin's earliest exchanges.
Title cards place each character inside the institutions of 2008.
An investigative journalist follows the money.
Filmed on location across the country.
Period detail extends to the web browser on screen.
A large ensemble cast carries the story.
The crisis reached every generation.
The completed film, screened for an invited audience.
Filming on a practical studio set.
The production team on set.
A scene in progress during principal photography.
Cast and crew on the studio set.
Trading-floor and technology sets built for the production.
The production team reviews a take.
Principal photography in progress.
The interview set built for the production.
Cast and camera at work.
Proven audience
Stories about money and power find large audiences.
Films and series about finance, technology and powerful institutions have drawn large and lasting audiences.
2015 · Paramount / Plan B
The Big Short
Financial-crisis drama2010 · Columbia
The Social Network
Technology origin story2018–2023 · HBO
Succession
Power and institutions2023 · Sony
Dumb Money
Retail investors and Wall Street
Creator / Writer / Executive Producer
James Notaris
To understand the revolution, you have to go inside the machine. James Notaris spent a career there, helping the high-stakes legal and financial components of Bitcoin mining and AI High-Performance Computing as a Senior Executive, Attorney, and CPA.
Want the truth about what happened when the old financial world collided with the new? James wasn’t just watching; he was there for pivotal moments, and he’s ready to expose the complete, unvarnished truth.
His story is an insider’s account of how a small group of rebels, misfits, and engineers didn’t just predict the future of money. They built it.
James (Jim) Notaris founded Sovereign Truth Media LLC, wrote the novel and the Season One scripts, and produced the feature film.
Project counsel
Schuyler “Sky” M. Moore
Partner · Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP
Sky has practiced in the entertainment industry since 1981, representing producers, sales agents, distributors and financiers. He has handled some of Hollywood’s largest film-financing transactions and was named a lifetime “Legal Legend” by The Hollywood Reporter.
Entertainment counsel to Sovereign Truth Media and The Bitcoin Rebellion.