Chapter 8: Educational Resources
Here are some educational resources to get you on the right track.
Books
The Bitcoin Standard – Amazon
Mastering Bitcoin – Amazon
The Price of Tomorrow – Amazon
The Sovereign Individual – Amazon
21 Lessons – 21lessons.com
The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything – Amazon
What Is Money? – Amazon
Bitcoin Whitepaper – Bitcoin.org
Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin – Amazon
The Internet of Money – Amazon
Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better – Amazon
The Fiat Standard – Saifedean.com
Principles of Economics – Amazon
Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money – Amazon
Courses
Bitcoin for Everybody (PRDV151) – Saylor.org
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies – Coursera
Bitcoin Basics: How to Profit in the New Cryptocurrency Economy – Skill Incubator
Bitcoin for Beginners in Plain English – Udemy
Websites
Bitcoin is Hope – Hope.com
Bitcoin.org – Bitcoin.org
Learn Me A Bitcoin – LearnMeABitcoin.com
Bitcoin Only – Bitcoin-only.com
Bitcoin Depot – BitcoinDepot.com
Lopp.net – Lopp.net
Podcasts
Blogs and Articles
Bitcoin Magazine – BitcoinMagazine.com
Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast – Substack
Uncommon Core – UncommonCore.co
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati – Medium
Videos
Andreas Antonopoulos on YouTube – YouTube
Bitcoin for Absolute Beginners – YouTube
10 Hours of Bitcoin – 10HoursOfBitcoin.org
Swan – YouTube
Natalie Brunell – YouTube
Mark Moss – YouTube
Saifedean Ammous – YouTube
BTC Sessions – YouTube
Get Based – YouTube
Strategy – YouTube
Blockstream – YouTube
Joe Nakamoto – YouTube
Aantonop – YouTube
Forums and Communities
BitcoinTalk – BitcoinTalk.org
r/Bitcoin on Reddit – Reddit
Twitter/X Accounts
Documentaries
Bitcoin Whitepaper
The Bitcoin Whitepaper – Bitcoin.org
More About the Pioneers
Michael Saylor: “The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything” – Amazon, “What Is Money?” – Amazon, “Bitcoin and MicroStrategy” – Limited availability, often discussed in interviews or articles.
Hal Finney: Did not publish books but is famous for his contributions to cryptography and Bitcoin. His most notable work includes the “RPOW” paper on Proof of Work.
Max Keiser: Does not have published books but is known for his financial commentary and contributions to Bitcoin advocacy through media (television, podcasts).
Jason P. Lowery: “Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin” – Amazon
Jeff Booth: “The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future” – Amazon
Satoshi Nakamoto: “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” (Bitcoin Whitepaper) – Bitcoin.org
Adam Back: Known for his work on Hashcash, not for publishing traditional books. His contributions are more in research papers and cryptography.
Jack Mallers: Has not published books but is known for his work with Strike and Bitcoin advocacy through interviews and podcasts.
Andreas M. Antonopoulos: “Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain” – Amazon, “The Internet of Money” series (Volumes 1, 2, 3) – Amazon
Jameson Lopp: Not a traditional book author, but has contributed to numerous articles and blogs on Bitcoin security, privacy, and decentralization. His work is online-based.
Nick Szabo: Known for his online writings and contributions to cryptography, like “Smart Contracts” and “Bit Gold”, rather than traditional books.
Lyn Alden: “Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better” – Amazon
Saifedean Ammous: “The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking” – Amazon, “The Fiat Standard” – Saifedean.com, “Principles of Economics” – Amazon
Caitlin Long: Does not have published books but is known for her work in finance and cryptocurrency through articles and speeches.
Robert Breedlove: “Thank God for Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money” – Amazon
Samson Mow: Has not published traditional books but is known for his work and commentary in the Bitcoin space through various media and online platforms.
