The Grand Soir of Satoshi (EN)

A spectre haunts this novel: that of bitcoin. Maxence Verrou, roll-necked guru, former evangelist for a pocket safe and prophet of the blockchain, has founded the Bitcoinshevik Party and promises the plumbers, nurses and pensioners of La Baule that the Grand Soir will be decentralised. The Orange Revolution is under way, and it accepts payment by digital wallet. From the march on Bercy to the crash that carries off the small tokens down to the last, this account follows the great promise to the hangover. A satire of the most modern of old illusions: getting rich together, each for himself.