Books by Antony Lewis
“I thought I should probably include something that covers technical details. This book is very clear. It’s a good place to start for an intelligent non-technical reader and I thought I should include one book like that. It’s a couple of years old. It’s written with some useful perspective about how things have actually evolved and developed.” Read more...
The best books on Cryptocurrency
David Birch, Policy Analyst
Interviews where books by Antony Lewis were recommended
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The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
by Michael Casey & Paul Vigna -
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Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency
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A History of Money
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Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff
Bill Maurer and Lana Swartz (eds) -
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The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains
by Antony Lewis
The best books on Cryptocurrency, recommended by David Birch
The best books on Cryptocurrency, recommended by David Birch
Proselytes for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin extol them as a liberation technology to free us from big government. Sceptics insist that while they have been the source of useful technologies, as units of value, account and exchange, they will remain marginal. Here, digital currency expert David Birch chooses five books to help you understand the utopian roots of cryptocurrencies, the technology behind how they work, their functions and uses, and their broader place in the long history of money.
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The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains
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The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything
Michael Casey and Paul Vigna -
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Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
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Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts
by David Gerard -
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Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code
by Aaron Wright & Primavera De Filippi
The best books on Blockchain, recommended by Kevin Werbach
The best books on Blockchain, recommended by Kevin Werbach
In an age when trust in banks and other traditional institutions has been undermined and all our personal data is in the hands of the new tech giants, can blockchain help us take back control and restore trust? Or is it just a tool for financial speculation and illegal activities? Wharton professor and author Kevin Werbach recommends books to get your head around the basics of ‘blockchain.’
