
> On and on it goes. The book reads like a 350-page under-sourced rallying tweet full of insults, name-calling, and hyperbolic language. While entertaining, it’s tiresome – and worth very little. Saif’s aggressive tone and outlandish claims undercut his argument and bewilder the reader. He rarely provides references for his claims, and seldom does he even identify the opponents he attacks. We are to take Saif’s word for it, his denouncement accepted as (fiat?) gospel.

Checks out.

On 1. Note that there was a lack of basic economic history fact-checking in the newer book of his: https://www.aier.org/article/everything-is-the-feds-fault-a-review-of-the-fiat-standard/

heidi

Wah over my technical head. I'm kind of a fan of the "Bitcoin Simulator" because you can kind of learn by doing. 
https://www.bitcoinsimulator.tk/blockchain?chain=public

crrdlx

grokking bitcoin is the same thing if not better, and doesn't support a shitcoin promoter 

BlokchainB

it doesn't, instead it lays the ground work for the economic engine behind the technical stuff. ie "MACRO"

I didn't know the bitcoin standard has a technical description of bitcoin.

premitive1

Programming Bitcoin is probably the best code exercise book for learning the fundamental math, cryptography, and data structures underpinning bitcoin. 

richnost

badgerr

nymatix

For a very good technical understanding of Bitcoin read in order:

bitcoin

For a very good technical understanding of Bitcoin read in order:

1. The Bitcoin Standard
2. The Blocksize Wars
3. The Book of Satoshi
4. Grokking Bitcoin
5. BITCOIN v0.01 ALPHA
6. Bitcoin a Work in Progress
7. Mastering The Lightning Network
8. The Bitcoin Dev Mailing List(s)
9. The bitcoin/bitcoin Github issues, pull requests and merges