Tier 1 - Overviews
The book to start with.
Overview. Very well written.
The history of money and the problems bitcoin solves.
Every Bitcoiner has read this book.
A collection of slightly higher level essays.
Technological innovation through history from the mind of an engineer.
Tier 2 - Fundamentals
The science of real (Austrian) economics.
Based on free decisions of individuals.
The importance of mutually beneficial trades.
Short book with great metaphors to explain how the protocol works.
The technical side of bitcoin simplified.
Nonfiction history of the federal reserve and central bank. How the elites have controlled the world over the last 100 years.
A more sophisticated overview of how Bitcoin may enable the progression of civilization in a similar way as the bankers of Medici did 800 years ago.
Why the current system is broken and in the process of failing. Possibly a better book than the original.
What will a Bitocoin world look like? How do we get there?
Antonopoulos is a bitcoin OG. He gets new technologies. There is a great video of him speaking to a lecture hall about bitcoin when the USD price was $100 and there was only one person there.
The strategic National Defense argument for the protocol. This book was temporarily banned on Amazon.
Why new technologies succeed and how they affect industries. Great stuff about how self driving cars will soon change the world.
A comprehensive explanation of the problem/problems that bitcoin is solving.
The total and complete case for Bitcoin. Great info for beginners and the more informed.
How and why government agencies helped the processed food industry promote corn, soy, and sugar products as food.
Articles
Making Vs. Taking - Robert Breedlove
The Number Zero and Bitcoin - Part 1 - Robert Breedlove
Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7
Gradually then Suddenly - Parker Lewis
Bitcoin is the Rediscovery of Money - dergigi
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