Recommended Reads
Bitcoin is more than just a digital currency. Bitcoin is a technological, economic and social revolution. To truly grasp its significance, we’ve provided you a page with our favorite books, essays, and articles that explore Bitcoin’s origins, mechanics, and how to live a Bitcoin lifestyle.
“The Bushido of Bitcoin” by Aleksandar Svetski, draws parallels between ancient Japanese samurai code and the staple principles of Bitcoin. The book explores how Bitcoiners must adopt the values of the samurai such as discipline, honor, resilience, and long term thinking. Svetski teaches Bitcoiners how to act accordingly and navigate the challenges the modern Bitcoin world presents to us.
"This book blew my mind; it is a work of genius. It put together the technical, economic, motivational and related issues around Bitcoin better than anything I've seen. The best compliment I can give this book is that I read it and I decided to buy $425m of bitcoin. It was the most impactful on our way of thinking in Microstrategy and it made us want to invert our balance sheet to base it on a bitcoin standard." - Michael Saylor
"The first book of its kind: an open exchange of ideas among scholars about the relationship between money and state in a post-Bitcoin world. This compendium of ten original articles, written by leading researchers in monetary policy, economic theory, and the social sciences, takes new steps toward answering today’s most urgent political question: whether our legacy institutions still serve the goals of liberty and prosperity." - Bitcoin Magazine
Much like the title suggests, this book strips Bitcoin down to its core with no jargon and complicated add ons. This book is perfect for beginners (much like this website) and covers all the essential features that Bitcoin has to offer.