Bitcoin Resource Guide

A Work In Progress

Jason Benjamin (Perfect Hue)

I wanted to put together a list of blogs, videos, books, and podcasts that have helped me better understand Bitcoin. This educational guide is organized from basics, foundations & history; infrastructure & technology; markets & business models; additional resources; and a glossary of terms. This is not conclusive as I will be updating this regularly. Please share recommendations in the comments section.

Basics, Foundations & History

• Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto (2008)
• Why Bitcoin Matters by Marc Andreessen (2014)
• Planting Bitcoin: Sound Money by Dan (2018)
• The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati (2018)
• Bitcoin Is A Teacher by Harry Alford (2020)
• Bitcoin Minimalism: Bitcoin is a minimalist philosophy by Dan (2019)
• Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole with Matt Odell and Marty Bent via What Bitcoin Did (2019)
• The Number Zero and Bitcoin by Robert Breedlove (2020)
• Beginner’s guide series on cryptoassets by Linda Xie (2017)
• Why Bitcoin Is Antifragile: Collective Skin In The Game by Harry Alford (2018)

Infrastructure, Network & Technology

• WTF is The Blockchain? by Mohit Mamoria (2017)
• The Byzantine Generals Problem by Lamport, Shostak & Pease (1982)
• Market Overview Of Bitcoin Mining: Why The Technology Behind Bitcoin Will Transform Conservation by Harry Alford (2019)
• The Bitcoin Technological Revolution by Harry Alford (2019)
• Why Blockchain Will Be An Engine For Inclusion by Harry Alford (2018)
• What Is Zero-Knowledge Proof And Why You Should Care by Harry Alford (2018)
• The Idea of Smart Contracts by Nick Szabo (1997)
• Lightning Network by Elizabeth Stark (2016)

Asset, Markets & Business Models

• How To Buy Bitcoin by Luke Conway (2020)
• Dollar-Cost Averaging With A Low Time Preference by Harry Alford (2020)
• How to secure digital assets: Financial independence in the Bitcoin age by SatoshiLabs (2020)
• Why decentralization matters — Enter cryptonetworks by Chris Dixon (2018)
• Money, blockchains, and social scalability by Nick Szabo (2017)
• We Are Still Early on Bitcoin | Michael Saylor by Only The SAVVY (2020)
• How Crypto Can Turn The World Into Investors by Harry Alford (2019)
• Travis Kling — Ikigai: The Secrets of a Crypto Trader on Pomp (2018)
• Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter via Microstrategy (2020)
• Bitcoin Is Financial Freedom For Black America by Harry Alford (2020)
• “Why The Huge Spike In Bitcoin?” by Harry Alford (2020)
• Where I See Bitcoin Going From Here by Harry Alford (2021)
• List of decentralized exchanges by eliooses (2019)
• Bitcoin derivatives, explained: Futures, perpetual swaps, and options by Hunain Naseer (2020)
• Programmable Equity by Harry Alford (2019)

Additional Resources

• Plan B
• Bitcoin Fundamentals Podcast by Preston Pysh
• Pomp Podcast by Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano
• The Breakdown‬ with Nathaniel Whittemore
• Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous (2018)
• Bitcoin & Black America by Isaiah Jackson (2019)
• Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper (2016)
• CoinMarketCap
• Hard Money Film by Richard James (2020)

Glossary

• Crypto Glossary: Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain by Alex Pruden and Sonal Chokshi
• Bitcoin Terms by River Financial