There’s a lot of great books on Bitcoin out there but I’m curious to know what your favorites are. The Bitcoin Standard being an obvious recommendation, so is Bitcoin: Hard Money you can’t F*** with.
I’d also add in “Mastering Bitcoin”.
Anyone have any other gems worth reading?
Good suggestions already. I'll add some more:
The White Paper
The Book of Satoshi
The Bitcoin Standard is unbeatable
Ammous is a legend! He goes a bit off the rails in The Fiat Standard but his rants are certainly good entertainment and enlightening at the seem time.
I think we're a little opposites in this regard 😂 I prefer the more elegantly formulated sentences/declarations over the going off the rails 😬
Oh, so do I, but I find it better to envision Ammous jokingly ranting about art, anarchy and fossil fuels rather than taking it all too seriously.
There is already a lot or rambling rants about us. What I need is a perfectly perfect declaration in a tuxedo that really hits it home
From best to good:
On my wish list:
The Seventh Property
I really like the classic The Bitcoin Standard, notwithstanding the weird quirky opinions on art and culture expressed by the author, and I really like The 7th Property, by Eric Yates. I'm reading Bitcoin Is Venice right now, and I'm enjoying it very much.
https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money
My two favs are old ones.
When Money Dies.
Fiat money inflation in France
The Little Bitcoin Book is the book i most frequently gifted to people. It was short and i think relatable in a way most people can understand.
The Internet of Money Vol I - III also was one of the first books I read.
Sovereign Individual - you can read my quick summary about it here on StackerNews.
Inventing Bitcoin
the seventh property
You can get your hands on a signed copy of Bitcoin: Everything divided by 21 million
scarce.city/auctions/bitcoin-everything-divided-by
At the time of this comment its at 800k sats...
1984
book of satoshi
The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier I really enjoyed. Almost a historical explanation of how bitcoin is what is it today.
I also think some of the best books that led me to bitcoin weren't about it alone, but more about complexity science and the history of economics. Some include:
--> Lords of Finance - Liaquat Ahamed
--> Incerto series - Taleb
--> The Death and Life of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs
--> Unsettling of America - Wendell Berry
--> The Timeless Way of Building - Christopher Alexander
--> The Diversity of Life - E.O. Wilson
Not a book - but an extension to Nik Bhatia's 'Layered Money' is all of his extensive writings on the Lightning Reference Rate (4 part series):
And now some great new writings from he and Joe Consorti on LNRR
Already mentioned, for both Bitcoin and Lightning - 'Mastering the Lightning Network' by Andreas Antonopoulos is great
And last - not Bitcoin specific, but Ray Dalio's 'The Changing World Order' is excellent and IMO may as well have been referring to Bitcoin throughout
The Book of Dead (banksters) :)