Unlock the Mystery of Bitcoin: A Comprehensive Guide to the Technology Behind the World's First Decentralized Digital Currency

Ben Clay: It's a small book and I read it in an evening but worth it. I've often had trouble explaining some of the technical aspects of Bitcoin to potential converts and this helped: most notably with the "somebody could hack the code" objection.

United Kingdom on Jul 07, 2023

Brian P. Evans: This book is a great intro to all aspects of bitcoin. Concepts are explained in a manner that is easily understood by a broad audience.

United States on Jun 14, 2023

Brighjh: This book covers all the bases
Explains all the talking points you’ve heard people spout for years
Understand the security of bitcoin as the hash rate rose
Understand what forks really are and what they do
If you’d like to bitcoin before, you’re gonna love it now. If you didn’t know a bitcoin is now you’re really gonna understand.

United States on Mar 27, 2023

Jessa: I’ve read many books about Bitcoin and I like this one the best. If you want to understand Bitcoin in a simple and straightforward way without sacrificing depth, then this is the book for you. I highly recommend this book—in fact I have gifted several copies to my friends and family.

United States on Mar 20, 2023

Aron C. Gahagan: Pritzker packs a lot of helpful information into 106 pages. However, at every point, he is clear, concise, and makes no assumptions about the reader's background. Those who want to really understand the mechanics of the Bitcoin network, without getting lost in the weeds, will appreciate this book. What is cryptography and how does Bitcoin leverage this? Why is decentralization important? How does the software account for incentives at every point of Bitcoin's inflation schedule in order to secure the network? What about vulnerabilities? All this and more is covered in clear, direct language than the vast majority of people will understand. He explains the invention of bitcoin step by step, addressing what problem arose, how it was solved, etc. Very helpful, and a very quick read. I will be recommending it widely.

United States on Dec 31, 2022

EL: This is an absolutely fantastic book about the fundamentals of bitcoin explained in a manner that is easy to understand and memorable. I would recommend it to any beginner all the way up to a seasoned bitcoiner. Highly recommend!

Canada on Dec 28, 2022

travis: This is a good introduction into how bitcoin technically works and all the pieces fit together. This is a good primer for Mastering Bitcoin. Thanks Yan.

Australia on Nov 03, 2022

Kindle Customer: Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in the next financial revolution called BITCOIN. It will surely gonna blow your mind....

India on Sep 19, 2022

Cliente de Kindle: Un buen libro para introducirse en los fundamentos tecnológicos de bitcoin, con extensión contenida. Emplea un inglés técnico y accesible que facilita la lectura. Complementariamente, aporta una buena selección de enlaces a lo largo del libro para ampliar información. Dada su aproximación eminentemente técnica, eché en falta, no obstante, algún anexo con código comentado.

Spain on Sep 03, 2022

NJ: Inventing Bitcoin is the best introductory book on some of the technical aspects of the coin, mainly how its proof-of-work is designed technically. The middle sections explaining the hash function, the mining, and how the consensus-driven distributed ledger is updated are top-notch.

The shortcomings are in the sections before and after where the author, an avid crypto-enthusiast, refuses to genuinely analyze if the methods deployed are the best possible forever. A section towards the end tries to create a strawman by asking whether Bitcoin is like Myspace of coins. The author's answers that primarily rely on the coin's current dominance as the factor why it will be at the top forever are almost cringe-worthy for anyone who has seen the dominance of Netscape or Wintel, or even Facebook.

Sha256 hash is irreversible and will remain so for a long time. Still, almost everything else attached to the bitcoin network - wallets, exchanges, human beings and their passwords, the devices used, the networks - are far more fallible. POW is perhaps too elaborate for a ledger update, and its environmental cost is likely to look silly to future generations when they look back. Most...

United States on Feb 27, 2022