Bitcoin Billionaires
The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic rowers, and foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of the brothers' redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook. Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric character who tells them about a brand-new idea: cryptocurrency. Immersing themselves in what is then an obscure and sometimes sinister world, they begin to realize "crypto" is, in their own words, "either the next big thing or total bulls--t." There's nothing left to do but make a bet. From the Silk Road to the halls of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while illuminating a tantalizing economic future. On November 26, 2017, the Winklevoss brothers became the first bitcoin billionaires. Here's the story of how they got there--as only Ben Mezrich could tell it."--Dust jacket.
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- Read this and the papers mentioned inside it to get an overview of the market:
https://messari.io/pdf/messari-report-crypto-theses-for-2021...
It might be worth it to get a pro subscription at messari.io or theblockcrypto.com for a saner alternative to crypto twitter and other news outlets.
The quickest way to learn is to actually use it. Make trades on uniswap, earn fees with a liquidity pool, get some sushis, stake them, etc. etc. Unfortunately these days eth gas fees are very expensive though and you will spend a lot of money in fees.
It's nice to read about the history how everything involved and get to know some of the characters behind. Two books i enjoyed: - Bitcoin Billionaires - from the guy who wrote that book from the facebook movie - Out of Ether, how Ethereum got started
- 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
Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
Blockchain Bubble or Revolution by Neel Mehta
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies by Arvind Narayanan
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
The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth
Programming Bitcoin by Jimmy Song
Bitcoin by Knut Svanholm
The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains by Antony Lewis
Bitcoin & Black America by Isaiah Jackson
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
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by Carlota Perez
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
The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance by Brett Scott
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
Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
Code by Lawrence Lessig
Blockchain and the Law by Primavera De Filippi
Bitcoin by Dominic Frisby
Blockchain by Mark Gates
The Age of Cryptocurrency by Paul Vigna
Bitcoin For Dummies by Prypto
The Truth Machine by Paul Vigna
Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott
Blockchain by Melanie Swan
Digital Cash by Finn Brunton
Introducing Ethereum and Solidity by Chris Dannen
Building Blockchain Projects by Narayan Prusty
Investing in Ethereum by Oscar Flynt
- 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
