Reading list

The best Bitcoin books

Ten books worth your time, from first steps to deep dives. Start with Inventing Bitcoin or The Little Bitcoin Book if you are new.

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The Bitcoin Standard

Saifedean Ammous

Why sound money matters and where Bitcoin fits in the history of money.

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Broken Money

Lyn Alden

How the financial system really works and why Bitcoin is a fix worth studying.

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Mastering Bitcoin

Andreas M. Antonopoulos

The technical bible: keys, transactions, mining and the network.

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The Internet of Money

Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Short, inspiring talks on why Bitcoin matters beyond price.

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Inventing Bitcoin

Yan Pritzker

The clearest short explanation of how Bitcoin works. Great first read.

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The Little Bitcoin Book

The Little Bitcoin Book

Bitcoin Collective

Bitcoin for freedom, finances and the future, in under 150 pages.

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Layered Money

Nik Bhatia

Money as layers, from gold and dollars to Bitcoin and CBDCs.

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The Blocksize War

Jonathan Bier

The inside story of the fight over who controls Bitcoin's rules.

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Digital Gold

Nathaniel Popper

The early days of Bitcoin, told as a page-turning true story.

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The Sovereign Individual

James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg

The 1997 book that predicted digital money and the information age.

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Links go to Amazon UK. Covers via Open Library.