Broken Money
A deep dive into monetary history through a technological lens. Lyn Alden traces how innovations shaped money across centuries, examining commodity-based systems, modern fiat currencies, and emerging alternatives like Bi…
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Bitcoin technology, monetary theory, and the future of money.
How Bitcoin Works
How Bitcoin solves digital money: Transactions are signed with cryptographic keys, grouped into blocks through proof-of-work mining, and chained together via hashes. The network of nodes enforces rules without any centra…
Bitcoin Fundamentals
What if your savings couldn't lose value to inflation? What if no one could freeze your account? Imagine money that can't be controlled by any government or bank. Bitcoin makes this possible: digital cash you truly own. …
Principles of Economics
If you've ever scratched your head at the economy, wondered why prices keep rising, or questioned why money seems to lose value over time, Principles of Economics by Saifedean Ammous might blow your mind. It's not your t…
The Road to Serfdom
A quick and plain-English summary of Hayek's classic take on freedom, planning, and why good intentions can still go very wrong.
Run Your LN Node on a Raspberry Pi
In this guide, I'll show you how to set up a fully custodial Lightning Network (LN) node using Alby Hub on a Raspberry Pi, giving you complete control over your node. Alby Hub offers a DIY free version for a self-custodi…
Criptoria
A story about the evolutionary process that gave birth to computers, networks, cybersecurity and digital money. From Greece to Bitcoin, Cryptoria narrates a selection of milestones that occurred before and after Alan Tur…
Bitcoin with Rigor
Bitcoin with Rigor goes beyond a basic explanation of Bitcoin, offering a detailed analysis of how Bitcoin works. It breaks down its components clearly, helping readers understand both the parts and the system as a whole…
Understanding Taxes
Taxes are unavoidable. Whether it's your paycheck, morning coffee, or the house you just bought, taxes are everywhere. If you've ever wondered where your money goes after payday or why buying property comes with extra fe…
The Cypherpunks
In the early '90s, with the internet on the rise, a group called the Cypherpunks emerged to defend digital privacy. They pushed for encryption and privacy tech, shaping our digital world with their vision and ideals.
Bitcoin: A Work in Progress
With thousands of 'crypto' projects out there, they say Bitcoin is old and boring, but nothing could be further from the truth. This book will guide you through the latest developments in Bitcoin, as seen through the eye…
Programmable Money
Bitcoin is often referred to as programmable money because it allows for the execution of programmable transactions through its scripting language, leveraging each bit for precision and functionality.
Mastering Bitcoin
This book covers everything from the basics to the most profound technical aspects of how Bitcoin works. It is an excellent guide through the complex world of Bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in t…
The Genesis Book
Bitcoin did not appear out of nowhere. For decades prior to Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention, a diverse group of computer scientists, privacy activists, and heterodox economists tried to create a digital form of money that c…
The Book Of Satoshi
A compilation of Satoshi Nakamoto's emails, forum posts, and writings from 2008-2010 that detail Bitcoin's creation, design decisions, and the vision behind the protocol.
The Blocksize War
Jonathan Bier chronicles the Bitcoin blocksize war (2015-2017), exploring the key players, strategies, and ideological battles that shaped who controls Bitcoin's protocol.
21 Lessons
Bitcoin as more than just money—a deep dive into economics, philosophy, and culture. Like Alice in Wonderland, exploring Bitcoin is full of surprises.
Bitcoin: Blockchain y su investigación
How is created Bitcoin address? How does it work the creation of the private & public keys and how are they known as wallets? And many other interesting questions.
The Bitcoin Standard
The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications.