Since Bitcoin has come to the public awareness in 2013 there have been many books written about the currency. These books cover different topics such as Bitcoin basics, Blockchain overviews, ways to make money with Bitcoin and the history of Bitcoin. In today’s post I’d like to cover the 4 top selling books available today about Bitcoin.
Format & pricing: Kindle ($15.49), Paperback ($33.24)
# of pages: 298
Published: December 20th, 2014
Pros: The ultimate guide available today about the Bitcoin mechanics, proven record of excellence by Amazon readers.
Cons: Not for beginners, requires a technical orientation.Overall review: Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a California-based information security expert, tech-entrepreneur and author. He’s a consultant on several bitcoin-related startups and permanent host of the Let’s Talk Bitcoin podcast. He also served as head of the Bitcoin Foundation’s anti-poverty committee until 2014, resigning due to disagreements with its management.Mastering Bitcoin is considered to be the best technical reference about Bitcoin today. It’s sort of the ultimate guide to understanding what Bitcoin is and how it works. Having said that, the books seems to be geared much more towards technical people and developers who are trying to build Bitcoin related apps and software.The book gets an astonishing 4.9 stars from 28 reviews on Amazon with no negative reviews at all. The neutral reviews (3 stars) talk about the fact that the book is indeed too technical.
Format & pricing: Kindle ($14.99), Paperback ($18.00), Hardcover ($19.77), Audible ($19.95), Audio CD ($40.00)
# of pages: 368
Pros: Excellent entry level book. Great overall overview about money and cryptocurrencies as a whole.
Cons: Gives Bitcoin “an easy pass”, a bit too long.Michael J. Casey writes for The Wall Street Journal, covering global finance in his “Horizons” column. Paul Vigna is a markets reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering equities and the economy.The Age of Cryptocurrency doesn’t just look at Bitcoin but rather on the whole concept of money and how Bitcoin is disrupting it. For those who found Mastering Bitcoin too technical this is a great entry level book into the world of Bitcoin and its adoption today.Most of the critique passed on this book regarded the fact that it’s a bit too long and that it gives Bitcoin “an easy pass”. Meaning, it talks a lot about the adoption of Bitcoin but not so much about its actual success or failure as a currency. Someone reading this book may be mesmerized by Bitcoin’s success without understanding the hardships it’s going through as a payment form or the competition around it.
Disclosure: This is the guest author’s own book!Author: Ofir Beigel
Format & pricing: Membership Website ($27.00), PDF ($27.00)
# of pages: 278
Pros: A detailed step by step guide to creating a Bitcoin business, no prior knowledge of Bitcoin needed.
Cons: Isn’t solely related to Bitcoin, but rather more to the business opportunity around it.Ofir Beigel is an independant Bitcoin blogger and online marketer who has been operating 99Bitcoins since 2013. His main focus on his blog is how to make Bitcoin accessible to newbies without it sounding too technical or complicated.My Dirty Little Bitcoin Secrets takes a different take on Bitcoin. It’s not a book about the currency itself but rather about ways you can profit from the Bitcoin industry. The author explains how he managed to form a steady income from the Bitcoin industry without needing to take the risks involved in mining, trading or investing in Bitcoin.Reviews claim that on one hand the book gives a solid and easy to understand explanation about how to make money from the Bitcoin industry. On the other hand the concepts explained in it aren’t unique to Bitcoin and can be applied to many industries online. The author uses mainly online marketing techniques to generate his profit.
Format & pricing: Kindle ($2.99), Paperback ($14.95), Hardcover ($25.89), Audible ($17.95)
# of pages: 394
Pros: A fascinating and surprisingly readable background to the genesis of bitcoin.
Cons: Most of the stuff written in this book can be found scattered online. Not a deep technical dive.Phil Champagne is Managing Director of Wren Investment Group, LLC. His background in software engineering combined with his interest in history, investments, and macroeconomics (Austrian School of Economics) naturally led him to explore and then become a passionate advocate of the Bitcoin technology and its social implications.You can consider The Book of Satoshi to be “the history book of Bitcoin”. The book basically takes the essential writings that detail Bitcoin’s creation. Examples include Satoshi Nakamoto emails, posts on computer forums, the seminal paper which started Bitcoin, etc.Even though this may seems just like a rehash of stuff you can find scattered online, the author has added significant value by sorting through them and adding his own editorial comment and introductory paragraphs.The book managed to gain a 4.7 rating from 20 different reviews on Amazon, none which seem to be negative.
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