The Internet of Money

 If the two books mentioned above help us to understand the historical context in which Bitcoin first appeared, then this book expands on the 'why' with infectious enthusiasm. Andreas Antonopoulos is perhaps the most respected voice in the crypto space. He's been traveling the world as a Bitcoin evangelist since 2010 and this book is a summary of talks he gave Unernet on the circuit between 2013 and 2016, all tightened up for publication.

His first book, Mastering Bitcoin, is a technical deep-dive into the technology, aimed more specifically at developers, engineers, and software and systems architects. But this book uses some choice metaphors to explain why you can't ban Bitcoin or turn it off, how the scaling debate doesn't really matter and why Bitcoin needs the help of designers to lock in mass adoption.

"When you first ride your brand new xeeeno automobile in a city," he writes, "you are riding on roads used by horses with infrastructures designed and used for horses. There are no light signals. 

There are no road rules. There are no paved roads. And what happened? The cars got stuck because they didn't have balance and four feet." But fast forward exam dumps questions one hundred years and the cars that were once ridiculed are absolutely the norm. If you want to swim around in the philosophical, social and historical implications of Bitcoin, this is your starting point.

Choice Quotation: "Bitcoin is not just money for the internet. Yes, it's perfect money for the internet. It's instant, it's safe, it's free. Yes, it is money for the internet, but it's so much more. Bitcoin is the internet of money. Currency is only the first application. If you grasp that, you can look beyond the price Forex smart trade, you can look beyond the volatility, you can look beyond the fad. At its core, Bitcoin is a revolutionary technology that will change the world forever. Join."