The Bitcoin Standard
The Bitcoin Standard walks readers through the fascinating history of the technologies of money. It explores what gave these technologies their monetary role, how they lost it, what that teaches us about the desirable features of money, and how Bitcoin is designed to improve on these technologies. Rather than as a currency for criminals or a cheap mass consumer payment network, this book argues Bitcoin is emerging as a decentralized, politically neutral, free-market alternative to national central banks. For anyone looking for a clear understanding of this new digital money, The Bitcoin Standard is the essential resource.
The Bitcoin Standard is highly recommended by Raoul Paul.
"Bitcoin has no owner, no authority that can decide on its fate. It is owned by the crowd, its users. And it now has a track record of several years, enough for it to be an animal in its own right. Its mere existence is an insurance policy that will remind governments that the last object the establishment could control, namely, the currency, is no longer their monopoly. This gives us, the crowd, an insurance policy against an Orwellian future."
— From the Foreword by Nassim Nicholas Taleb