Inventing Bitcoin
by Yan Pritzker, Nicholas Evans · first published 2019
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on “Top 57 Cryptocurrency Books” ↗I would add Andreas Antonopoulos's video, as well as the What Bitcoin Did podcast as good starting points. Also check out the book, Inventing Bitcoin.
on “Starting a crypto project” ↗…to gain a lot of value the long term compared to the melting icebergs of central bank and commercial bank created fiat currencies. If this doesn't make sense, please read "The Bitcoin Standard" and "Inventing Bitcoin" to understand this technological advance. One can prefer sundials to watches, but reality was changed when the watch was invented.
on “Bitcoin Is a Hideous Monstrosity Made Out of Computers and Greed” ↗…ledger and anyone with the public key can see how much funds are held in the wallet. This aspect of transparency is one of the key selling point of BTC. I would recommend a short and interesting read - "Inventing Bitcoin".
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