@Pantera 23 November 2025 edited

The Impact Of "Hijacking Bitcoin" In Hijacking Bitcoin, Roger presents an interpretation of **Bitcoin’s history** that is **arguably more accurate than any other stand-alone source on the internet**. https://www.hijackingbitcoin.com/ My abridged video version of the book has now reached **21,000 views** on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETp7oyzDbmo If you believe it has made a meaningful impact and deserves to reach an even wider audience, please share it, talk about it, and direct others to it. Your support helps the message spread: **HIJACKING BITCOIN: The Hidden History Of BTC, by Roger Ver** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETp7oyzDbmo However, it’s not all bright when it comes to YouTube. For some time now, the platform has stopped promoting my videos the way it once did, especially Hijacking Bitcoin, despite strong metrics across the board. In this write-up, I’ll take a closer look at the data from my YouTube channel and specifically from the Hijacking Bitcoin video. Why YouTube’s Algorithm Didn’t Match the Metrics

I know for a fact that this video could easily reach 50–100k views, but it seems YouTube has limited its reach. And I’ll explain exactly why this may have happened. First, take a look at the like-to-dislike ratio and the number of comments.

**96.3% like ratio** (654 likes) **116 comments** **21,787 views** Stats that indicate the video performed well. But in reality, it should have performed at least 100% better, and here’s why. **1. Impressions (YouTube Recommendations)** Impressions are only moving lower, despite positive interactions (likes, comments, shares) by the viewers.

**2. CRT (Click-through-rate)** CRT is high enough to justify a much better number of recommendations. **However, this is not normal either:**

**Only 19.7% of the views come from YouTube recommendations.** Just 5.1k of the total views came through YouTube’s recommendation system. I’ve been wondering for a while whether this was normal, and as you will soon see below, it clearly is NOT. YouTube is not promoting Hijacking Bitcoin as it should. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETp7oyzDbmo **Most viewers** are finding it through external links on platforms like **Reddit, Twitter, and Medium, and watch the video embedded there.** Others find it via search on YouTube or Google, something that means that the algorithm should have recommended it even more! This leads me to believe there may be some manual manipulation involved. And here’s evidence. In the following chapter are the stats the video should have achieved if it hadn’t been artificially limited. **3. Comparison With a Different Channel I Manage** I run another monetized YouTube channel (educational - completely unrelated to cryptocurrency), where videos often reach 50,000 views with high watch time. From this experience, it became to me clear that something is off with the crypto channel, strongly suggesting that **the algorithm may have been manually adjusted.** Here’s an example of how the breakdown should have looked, using a video with 50,000 views. ****WHAT IS NORMAL:****

Actually, this is the low end. YouTube’s reach should typically account for at least 40 tp 50% of a video’s views. For Hijacking Bitcoin, this was less than 20%. These numbers reflect what happens when the algorithm isn’t being manipulated by a YouTube admin according to personal preferences:

23.5k views came from recommendations alone, out of 287k impressions—around 50% of the total views. In comparison, for Hijacking Bitcoin that percentage is less than 25%. These numbers can vary, but the fact here is that Hijacking Bitcoin was much more unique and better work than anything else I ever created. Every metric is better than this video, which did receive less shares, comments, likes, lower like/dislike ratio, but a normal distribution. I could be wrong in my assumption, but I’d greatly appreciate insights from other content creators about YouTube’s algorithm. Let me know if you think my suspicion is justified—that there may be foul play or manual intervention limiting the reach of my videos. Monetization The channel is monetized, which means ads are shown, so if you want to avoid ads, use a browser adblocker like "uBlock Origin". New views mainly come from people searching for *Hijacking Bitcoin*, rather than from YouTube’s recommendations, since the platform no longer recommends the thumbnail despite the positive metrics and searches. **Total revenue from YouTube:**

So, revenue from YouTube has actually been negligible so far. My other successful channel earns about 30 times more, but again not enough to worth fully committing. Cryptocurrency content, in particular, has much more competition with all the YouTubers acting as clowns, and my content is faceless with TTS (text-to-speech). The difference is the approach. I don't plan to expose my face to the public and act as a clown, rug people or whatever. I don't want my followers to like my looks, my face, or my voice, but find value in the information I provide. The message I send, this way is more important than someone in a thumbnail with their mouth open, even if that means there will be less views, less watch time, less revenue. Creating crypto videos and content is purely a hobby to me. I make these videos when I feel like it, completely on my own, with no outside help. If one day a video goes viral, that would be amazing, not just for the potential income, but also for the hope that a creator could eventually dedicate themselves fully to content creation and escape the rat race. It’s always more fulfilling to work hard on something you truly enjoy. That said, I don’t expect this to happen anytime soon. My free time is limited to just a few hours each day, and YouTube’s strict demands for “consistency” in uploading new content are impossible to meet unless I dedicate all of my available time to it. Still, I have plans for new videos in the future and a new one is coming soon. [Conclusion] New Video Out Soon

People tend to search for Hijacking Bitcoin more often when the price of Bitcoin (BTC) drops or when Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETp7oyzDbmo Some investors eventually start asking what’s really going wrong when prices fall. They begin looking for answers, and that usually happens during bear markets or when something they previously dismissed, like BCH, Zcash, and others, suddenly gain attention. Thus, when the entire market crashes and BCH rises, many confused investors start to wonder whether all the hype pushed by shills has any real substance **or whether the true value lies somewhere else, hidden in plain sight.** A new video will be coming out in about two weeks. I don’t make “politically correct” content for investors who only want comforting narratives. This upcoming video will once again focus on Bitcoin as a whole, and reinforce the case I’ve been making all these years. A honest approach that has earned strong support from thousands of followers across every network I’ve been on. Special thanks to my readcash sponsor @bitgree

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