For a very good technical understanding of Bitcoin read in order:
  1. The Bitcoin Standard
  2. The Blocksize Wars
  3. The Book of Satoshi
  4. Grokking Bitcoin
  5. BITCOIN v0.01 ALPHA
  6. Bitcoin a Work in Progress
  7. Mastering The Lightning Network
  8. The Bitcoin Dev Mailing List(s)
  9. The bitcoin/bitcoin Github issues, pull requests and merges
Wah over my technical head. I'm kind of a fan of the "Bitcoin Simulator" because you can kind of learn by doing. https://www.bitcoinsimulator.tk/blockchain?chain=public
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On 1. Note that there was a lack of basic economic history fact-checking in the newer book of his: https://www.aier.org/article/everything-is-the-feds-fault-a-review-of-the-fiat-standard/
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On and on it goes. The book reads like a 350-page under-sourced rallying tweet full of insults, name-calling, and hyperbolic language. While entertaining, it’s tiresome – and worth very little. Saif’s aggressive tone and outlandish claims undercut his argument and bewilder the reader. He rarely provides references for his claims, and seldom does he even identify the opponents he attacks. We are to take Saif’s word for it, his denouncement accepted as (fiat?) gospel.
Checks out.
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Mastering bitcoin?
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grokking bitcoin is the same thing if not better, and doesn't support a shitcoin promoter
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Ahh okay. Shitcoiner or not book is still solid
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I didn't know the bitcoin standard has a technical description of bitcoin.
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it doesn't, instead it lays the ground work for the economic engine behind the technical stuff. ie "MACRO"
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But how do the first 4 books prepare you to read the 5th?
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book of satoshi and grokking bitcoin really help give you a knowledge base for #5
you don't need to understand everything by reading #5, you can pick up a lot by just passively reading it without understanding the logic fully. #5 is the soonest you can read it and appreciate some of it's nuances in my opinion, you can always push it further out or revisit it
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Programming Bitcoin is probably the best code exercise book for learning the fundamental math, cryptography, and data structures underpinning bitcoin.
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