Revolutions leave behind artifacts. Sometimes they end up in museums. Sometimes they spend a decade in a suitcase. Kolin Burges became one of the defining figures of Bitcoin’s first financial crisis when he flew from London to Tokyo in February 2014 and stood outside the offices of Mt. Gox — then the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, handling an estimated 70–80% of global Bitcoin trading volume — with a hand-lettered cardboard sign reading “MTGOX — WHERE IS OUR MONEY?” Day after day, in the snow, he held that sign while international media gathered and the exchange’s leadership scrambled to contain the fallout. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy shortly after, revealing…

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