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265 sats \ 8 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Nov \ on: Why does EVERY Bitcoin book start like this? BooksAndArticles

Laughed out loud here.

Not having read a Bitcoin book, I wouldn't know if they all start like that, but it just about fits my expectation of Bitcoin books.

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157 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 9 Nov
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Not having read a Bitcoin book

Does not compute

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288 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Nov

The only Bitcoin book I've read is cryptoeconomics.

Maybe you can count Learning Bitcoin from the command line but it's not really a book.

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143 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 9 Nov

It's the only one I may have finished beginning to end. I'm not 100% sure because I read it on the wiki.

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103 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 9 Nov

I'm honestly super surprised. I thought you'd be the type to read all or most of them.

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Nov

I don't mind crawling through someone's x archive or their bitcointalk history, but I am not likely to read their book.

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136 sats \ 2 replies \ @Murch 9 Nov

You read so much and never read a book about Bitcoin? I’m surprised!

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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 9 Nov

I can't bring myself to read any of them. Usually, I can find very good articles and forum posts on any topic in bitcoin. Hard to imagine a book competing.

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103 sats \ 0 replies \ @Murch 9 Nov

That’s fair. The technical ones can outdate quickly, and others are hit-and-miss. I have read maybe five or six, and parts of a few more. Out of those, I enjoyed the Blocksize Wars and Resistance Money. Regarding technical books, Mastering Bitcoin 3rd Edition is great, but I’m biased: I was one of the technical editors for it.

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