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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economics
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Economic theory, monetary policy, financial systems, and investing principles.
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.
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…
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 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 Psychology of Money
There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don't have and don't need. Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness.
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.
Stock market investing
Stock market basics & essentials.
One up on wall street
America's most successful money manager tells how average investors can beat the pros by using what they know. According to Lynch, investment opportunities are everywhere.
Rich dad poor dad
Explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich.