Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies

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1. g42gregoryDec 2021
   There is an old (2016, pre-Ethereum large adoption) book from Princeton, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction [1].

   I find it good for the fundamentals. There is a corresponding Coursera class but I found that class a bit long-winded.

   [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691171696/

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2. vhpoetAug 2020
   Please let me know if I'm missing an important book.

   The list has the top rated books first.

   American Kingpin by Nick Bilton

   The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson

   The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

   Mastering Ethereum by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

   The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin

   Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

   The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous

   Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper

   The Internet of Money by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

   Creating the Twentieth Century by Vaclav Smil

   Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier

   Blockchain Bubble or Revolution by Neel Mehta

   Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by Carlota Perez

   Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies by Arvind Narayanan

   Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich

   Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker

   The Little Bitcoin Book by Bitcoin Collective

   Serious Cryptography by Jean-Philippe Aumasson

   An Altcoin Trader's Handbook by Nik Patel

   Programming Bitcoin by Jimmy Song

   The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth

   Bitcoin by Knut Svanholm

   Bitcoin & Black America by Isaiah Jackson

   The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains by Antony Lewis

   Mastering Monero by SerHack

   Grokking Bitcoin by Kalle Rosenbaum

   Why Buy Bitcoin by Andy Edstrom

   The Book of Satoshi by Phil Champagne

   This Book Will Save You Time by Misir Mahmudov

   Bitcoin by Knut Svanholm

   Cryptocurrency Investing For Dummies by Kiana Danial

   The Dreams of Reason by Heinz R. Pagels

   21 Lessons by Gigi

   Bitcoin Clarity by Kiara Bickers

   Rethinking Money by Bernard Lietaer

   From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond by John H. Clippinger

   The Bitcoin Revolution by Dominick Barbato

   How Money Got Free by Brian Patrick Eha

   Handbook of Digital Currency by David LEE Kuo Chuen

   Blockchain Technology Explained by Alan T. Norman

   Cryptoassets by Chris Burniske

   Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain by David Gerard

   Blockchain Basics by Daniel Drescher

   Code by Lawrence Lessig

   Blockchain and the Law by Primavera De Filippi

   Blockchain by Mark Gates

   Bitcoin by Dominic Frisby

   The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman

   The Age of Cryptocurrency by Paul Vigna

   The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance by Brett Scott

   Bitcoin For Dummies by Prypto

   The Truth Machine by Paul Vigna

   Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott

   Digital Cash by Finn Brunton

   Blockchain by Melanie Swan

   Introducing Ethereum and Solidity by Chris Dannen

   Building Blockchain Projects by Narayan Prusty

   Investing in Ethereum by Oscar Flynt

   Bitcoin and Blockchain Security by Ghassan Karame

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3. bootszJan 2018
   I recommend the Princeton course on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies, available free on Coursera:

   https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency

   I took this last year and found it very informative

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4. avinasshOct 2017
   If you are interested in building one in Golang, here is a good article I read recently - Building Blockchain in Go [0]

   Bonus: There is a pretty good Coursera course on the same - Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies [1] and it also has a really good companion book - Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction [2]

   [0] - https://jeiwan.cc/posts/building-blockchain-in-go-part-1/

   [1] - https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency

   [2] - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GGQJ2XW

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5. vjdhamaOct 2017
   There's this course by the people who wrote `Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies`

   It covers the basics pretty well.

   http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/

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6. CoryG89Jul 2016
   My point was not that mining pools completely do away with decentralization, just that contrary to your comment, additional network computing power does not necessarily contribute to that decentralization. It can in fact push it in the opposite direction. And the reason for that is mining pools. If it wasn't for mining pools, your statement would always be true.

   There is a lot about this topic in the new, free book from Princeton authors titled "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies" (a great read)[1]. There is much research being done on the front of finding the best way to eliminate mining pools or at least stop them from potentially centralizing consensus to just a handful of people.

   [1]: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/randomwalker/the-princeto...

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