Cryptocurrency and bitcoin
A fifteen-year asset class with a large literature already split between origin narrative, technical reference, and post-mortem on the frauds.
14 books · 5 people behind it
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- Digital GoldNathaniel Popper, 2015
- The Bitcoin StandardSaifedean Ammous, 2018
- Number Go UpZeke Faux, 2023
- Mastering BitcoinAndreas M. Antonopoulos, 2014
The people behind it 5
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Academics 1
Strategists 1
Journalists 3
Books 14
Andreas M. Antonopoulos · 2014 · The technical reference for how the protocol actually works.
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Nathaniel Popper · 2015 · The standard origin history of bitcoin and its early holders.
Paul Vigna, Michael J. Casey · 2015 · Wall Street Journal reporters on money, trust and the blockchain claim.
Saifedean Ammous · 2018 · The hard-money case for bitcoin; the most cited book inside the community.
Michael Lewis · 2023 · Sam Bankman-Fried and the collapse of FTX.
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Zeke Faux · 2023 · Tether, FTX and the 2021-22 bubble reported from the inside.
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg · 1997 · 1997 forecast of digital money weakening the nation state
George Gilder · 2018 · The case that blockchain architectures displace the centralised web
Camila Russo · 2020 · Narrative history of Ethereum and smart contracts.
Balaji Srinivasan · 2022 · Argument that online communities can become sovereign; crypto-native politics
Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott · 2016 · The high-water mark of enterprise blockchain enthusiasm.
David Gerard · 2017 · The sceptic's brief against crypto claims.