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Bitcoin books: ideas, history and technical practice

Navigate technical manuals, monetary theory, history, criticism, memoir and fiction with clear links to the Atlas concepts each book develops.

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A useful Bitcoin library contains more than advocacy. This path separates technical references, economic arguments, historical reporting, criticism and fiction, and connects every title to the people, mechanisms and disputes needed to read it in context.

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The Bitcoin Standard

The Bitcoin Standard — by Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, monetary history, sound money and the economics of a scarce digital asset.

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Broken Money

Broken Money — by Lyn Alden: Bitcoin, monetary history, sound money and the economics of a scarce digital asset.

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Inventing Bitcoin

Inventing Bitcoin — by Yan Pritzker: an accessible introduction to Bitcoin’s purpose, operation and practical use.

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The Blocksize War

The Blocksize War — by Jonathan Bier: the people, conflicts and primary records that shaped Bitcoin’s history.

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Mastering Bitcoin

Mastering Bitcoin — by Andreas M. Antonopoulos and David A. Harding: Bitcoin’s protocol, transactions, scripts, software and engineering trade-offs.

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Mastering the Lightning Network

Mastering the Lightning Network — by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun and René Pickhardt: Lightning channels, routing, liquidity and Bitcoin’s payment layer.

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BK01The Bitcoin StandardBooks · 2 §BK02The Fiat StandardBooks · 2 §BK03Broken MoneyBooks · 2 §BK04Layered MoneyBooks · 2 §BK05The Price of TomorrowBooks · 2 §BK06The Big PrintBooks · 2 §BK07The Bullish Case for BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK08Gradually, Then SuddenlyBooks · 2 §BK09Inventing BitcoinBooks · 3 §BK10The Little Bitcoin BookBooks · 2 §BK1121 LessonsBooks · 3 §BK12Thank God for BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK13God Bless BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK14Bitcoin and Black AmericaBooks · 2 §BK15Check Your Financial PrivilegeBooks · 2 §BK16Resistance MoneyBooks · 2 §BK17The Philosophy of BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK18Bitcoin Is VeniceBooks · 2 §BK19The 7th PropertyBooks · 2 §BK20SoftwarBooks · 3 §BK21Orange Pill’dBooks · 1 §BK22Pay Attention to BitcoinBooks · 1 §BK23The Little Book of BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK24Everything Divided by 21 MillionBooks · 1 §BK25The Blocksize WarBooks · 3 §BK26Digital GoldBooks · 2 §BK27The Genesis BookBooks · 2 §BK28The Book of SatoshiBooks · 1 §BK29The Mysterious Mr. NakamotoBooks · 2 §BK30Bitcoin BillionairesBooks · 2 §BK31The Age of CryptocurrencyBooks · 2 §BK32Digital CashBooks · 2 §BK33Tracers in the DarkBooks · 2 §BK34Hijacking BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK35The CryptopiansBooks · 2 §BK36Mastering BitcoinBooks · 3 §BK37Mastering the Lightning NetworkBooks · 3 §BK38Programming BitcoinBooks · 3 §BK39Grokking BitcoinBooks · 3 §BK40Learning Bitcoin from the Command LineBooks · 3 §BK41Bitcoin and Lightning Network on Raspberry PiBooks · 2 §BK42Bitcoin Development PhilosophyBooks · 3 §BK43CryptoeconomicsBooks · 3 §BK44Bitcoin: 199 QuestionsBooks · 2 §BK45Q&A About BitcoinBooks · 3 §BK46The Basics of Bitcoins and BlockchainsBooks · 2 §BK47Bitcoin For DummiesBooks · 2 §BK48Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can’t F*ck WithBooks · 1 §BK49The Internet of Money — Volume 1Books · 2 §BK50The Internet of Money — Volume 2Books · 2 §BK51The Internet of Money — Volume 3Books · 2 §BK52Bitcoin MoneyBooks · 2 §BK53Goodnight BitcoinBooks · 1 §BK54The Little HODLerBooks · 1 §BK55The MandiblesBooks · 2 §BK56The Sovereign IndividualBooks · 2 §BK57A Progressive’s Case for BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK58Bitcoin EvangelismBooks · 1 §BK59Bitcoin: A Work in ProgressBooks · 2 §BK60Bitcoinový standardBooks · 2 §BK61Vynález jménem BitcoinBooks · 2 §BK6221 lekcíBooks · 2 §BK63Bitcoinové penízeBooks · 3 §BK64Bitcoin: Odluka peněz od státuBooks · 3 §BK65Bitcoin a jiné kryptopeníze budoucnostiBooks · 2 §BK66Dark Web: Sex, drogy a bitcoinyBooks · 2 §BK67Bitcoin Mining HandbookBooks · 3 §BK68Bitcoin Mining EconomicsBooks · 3 §BK69Bitcoin Mining GlossaryBooks · 3 §BK70Bitcoin: Separation of Money and StateBooks · 3 §BK71Building Bitcoin in RustBooks · 3 §BK72Bitcoin: The Ultimate CollateralBooks · 3 §BK73Bitcoin Mining Heat ReuseBooks · 3 §BK74The Bitcoinization of FinanceBooks · 3 §BK75The Ultimate Bitcoin Mining GuideBooks · 3 §

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