As Bitcoiners, we strive to expand our knowledge of the decentralized currency when we can. Reading Bitcoin-related books is one of the best ways to increase your understanding of Bitcoin, the current fiat system, and how Bitcoin is a better option as a global currency.
Below are 5 popular Bitcoin books that will help you expand your Bitcoin knowledge. Please note, that there are a large amount of great Bitcoin-related books that are not mentioned in this list. The below are books I personally own and have read myself, and are in no particular order.
There are a lot of other Bitcoin books out there, I have only suggested ones I have read myself.
1) The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
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This is an obvious one, and arguably the most popular Bitcoin book right now, The Bitcoin Standard provides an in-depth analysis of the history, economics, and philosophy behind Bitcoin. It argues that Bitcoin is the new gold standard and explains how the technology works, its potential impact on the global economy, and why it is important for individuals to understand and embrace it.
2) Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
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Mastering Bitcoin is a technical guide to understanding and using Bitcoin, written by one of the most prominent voices in the Bitcoin community. It covers topics such as the blockchain, wallets, mining, and security, and provides practical tips for developers, entrepreneurs, and investors looking to leverage the power of Bitcoin.
3) The Book Of Satoshi by Phil Champagne
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The Book of Satoshi is a collection of writings by the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. It includes the original white paper that introduced the concept of Bitcoin, as well as email exchanges between Nakamoto and other early Bitcoin enthusiasts. The book offers insights into the motivations and thought processes behind the creation of Bitcoin.
4) Bitcoin Evangelism by Brian De Mint
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For individuals who are new to Bitcoin or those who have already adopted this technology and want to gain a better understanding of technical concepts and share them with others, Bitcoin Evangelism is an excellent resource. This resource can make Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency accessible to anyone, as these concepts do not have to be challenging.
5) 21 Lessons by Gigi
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Falling down the Bitcoin rabbit hole as a new Bitcoiner is a dramatic experience. 21 Lessons explores the author's most significant realizations learned in their own orange pill experience.
Final Thoughts
And there you go, that's the list of 5 must-have Bitcoin books to increase your knowledge and understanding of the most popular digital currency.
I also just wanted to quickly plug my first ever book titled Orange Pill'd, out July 31.
Orange Pill'd is a collection of 250 individual Orange Pilled stories from Bitcoiners from 72 countries around the world.
Orange Pill'd is currently available for pre-order with a 30% pre-release discount. I am also giving away $3,000 USD (11.25M Sats) shared between 3 people who pre-order before July 31.
If you want to check it out, head to https://www.orangepilldbook.com. Thanks!
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Great show, hopefully all of these implementations on lightning dont cause any issues, although I'm optimistic about other layer 2's
I said women want security and freedom. Security. and Freedom. Aren't these opposing forces? And that's the point. Isn't that what a woman is? She runs away from protection in search of freedom. She clings to security and sacrifices freedom. Having children fits inside this quite nicely I think.
I also said there are multiple ways of being, I could not possible capture femininity in a description or definition. That's why my answer if purposefully vague. You can invent meaning for yourself out of my flexible words: security and freedom. Use them as a valance over the life of someone you know, do you see these things as important to her?
I was having similar question here:
https://stacker.news/items/179331
At the end help me one guy at Bitcoin Pizza Day
you don't need to sync the blockchain
createpsbt '[{"txid" : "903f5ba285e093aef7423fac59bbfcd2979441766bf4a73a622f7e1d606ef17e", "vout" :0}]' '{"bc1qcmkwdrx3e20e0xsfn2se23wzj9r7dc3t4wd9a3": 0.00000546}'cHNidP8BAFICAAAAAX7xbmAdfi9iOqf0a3ZBlJfS/LtZrD9C966T4IWiWz+QAAAAAAD9////ASICAAAAAAAAFgAUxuzmjNHKn5eaCZqhlUXCkUfm4isAAAAAAAAATools>Load transaction>From textLoad transactionbutton(this will be disabled, because your wallet doesn't recognize my input)
share>Fo Coinjoin;strip privates>Copy to clipboardNow only change my example to yours. Let me know if you need help with that.. For me it was really frustrating to figure it out š
One small step backwards for bitcoin, one giant crash for shitcoins.
Pretty awesome sub-story. It's kind of weird that people are more than willing to conspire under the thinest veil of plausible deniability, yet won't conspire when it's removed. It's like a child protecting itself from monsters by hiding under a blanket.
I want to share more of it, but I'd just recommend reading it all. There's no mention of Bitcoin at all, but it tells a favorable portrait of Bukele, which I won't believe the face of, yet I did learn more about Bukele's tenure and El Salvador from this article than I had in any other (if only because it was written well).
ZKPs are pretty complex and I don't fully understand their inner workings, so I'll try to explain the proposal (and potential benefits) and skip how ZKPs actually work
The proposal wants to add zero-knowledge proofs to the Bitcoin base layer through a soft fork. Zero Knowledge Proofs would allow for more complex scripting (allowing you to perform computation off-chain and you can provide a succinct proof it happened on-chain).
It could also enable more layer-2's. I believe the one the author proposed is similar to a roll-up, where users would deposit into a single "ZKP address", and transfer funds to each other off-chain. It's not quite clear what improvements this would offer over classic payment channels.
However, there are a bunch of issues with adding ZKPs to Bitcoin too that would also increase complexity. Verification keys, which are needed to verify ZKPs can be larger than 520 bytes, so you can't include them in a spending script. Thus you would include the hash, and then propagate the key separately. The issue with this is that without the key, you can't verify the transaction, so for a ZKP spend to happen, you'd have to somehow make sure every node on the network has received the verification key. You'd also need to store this key (seemingly permanently) to verify past transactions, which would increase storage requirements.
Generating ZKPs (and verifying individual ZKPs) is also quite computationally expensive. The cost can be reduced by "batching", but you still would only have a limited amount of ZKP-transactions in a single block, because each one can take tens of milliseconds to verify.
You deserve it!
Your work is so much appreciated, for so many years. I was watching your work from the beginning. Well done!
Pick the one labelled "shitcoin shill"
If anyone else is a conspiracy theory spectator, check this out from Kim Dotcom:
I haven't done my spectating yet, but the claim is that MH370 was sent through a portal created by tictac shaped aircrafts.
It's so awesome that we get to hear about this directly from the guy who maintains it. You guys rock. No apology necessary. Thank you for all your work. Keep it up!
Hi there,
First of all, thank you for your work! I have two questions:
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Thanks
For sats, sure
I can't recommend the Darknet Diaries podcast enough, for example :)
Started a 21-day challenge in which I aimed to learn something new about Bitcoin or interact with its ecosystem every day. I would also record my progress on Stacker News.
Day 6 - Did some reading up on how I could wean off my dependence on fiat and incorporate habits into my life to use Bitcoin more often. Compiled a list of merchants that accepted BTC payments and even methods on how I could give others sats so that they could experience the Lightning Network first-hand.
Cul De Sac in Tempe looks pretty promising
https://culdesac.com/
I experienced something similar when it came to "OG bitcoiners." I held them in reverence as wise old gurus. I eventually learned that some of them were not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
The stakes are so much higher with Bitcoin it will force us to write better code.