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5375 sats \ 22 comments \ @ek 23 Aug 2023 bitcoin

122 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 23 Aug 2023

A must read.

203 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 23 Aug 2023

Argh, I came here to post this. I expect this will turn out to be one of the two best books on btc. (The other one I expect will be the one from the philosophers, which I wish they would fucking release already!)

Also, I love how Lyn conducts herself so much. Super smart, super detailed and concrete understandings, no hyperbole, no bullshit, polite, and graceful under fire. Remarkable person.

29 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 23 Aug 2023

Preston Pysh left a good review lol

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19 sats \ 0 replies \ @netstatic 25 Aug 2023

I'm a fan of Lyn but I'm waiting to see more reviews on the book. The outlook on Reddit is hopeful and some are claiming it'll be better than The Bitcoin Standard. I'm excited to learn more about what's inside.

19 sats \ 2 replies \ @Storyteller 24 Aug 2023

I’m only buying kindle books. No hardcover for me because shipping takes ages. Paying duty tax on books that are 50% of the book’s price is crazy.

I will wait until I get instant shipment.

Is it possible to create a paywall of any shipment through lnbits for books?

We need a way to distribute content like books (not pdf, or mobi) for books online that are secured and that cannot be copied!

Just like minting each bitcoin writers like Lyn should be able to mint their books and you should be able to buy only that book and only the person with the private book should be able to open that book and read it.

If you can buy the book and then share it online in pdf or mobi writers cannot live. Their stuff will be copied.

Same with songs. Same with videos.

I should be able to create content - called a book - and only send it to you when you sent me some sats and you shouldn’t be able to copy it. I guess the double spent (or double copy) problem with books (digital content), a song, a video still needs to be solved, like Satoshi solved it for money/value transfer.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @locomancell 24 Aug 2023

The only ways to do that are NFTs or Ordinals as far as I understand

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Storyteller 24 Aug 2023

I have to cgeck the ordinals. The NFTs I know. But the NFT will give you ownership. But everybody can still see the content.

The thing that needs to be created is that you cannot “open” the file and consume the content (consume meaning reading, listening, watching) if you do not own the private key of that wallet/ of that thing.

Something like: here is the book. But the book is encrypted. Closed. You can’t read it.

If you buy THIS book, only you can open the book. And you cannot pass that book to others to open it.

There are two aspects. You can’t pass it to others. And you cannot open it.

If you pass it, you loose it.

And finally you cannot copy it either. You cannot multiply it.

I think with bitcoin we have solved two of these problems. You can not pass it and keep it. You cannot copy it.

But everybody can still see it. Open it. The blockchain is open.

When we solve the third: opening it, reading it, listening to it we will have gone to the next level.

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @TwoLargePizzas 23 Aug 2023

It's books like these that orange pill people who never would've given Bitcoin a second thought. I hope it does as good of a job explaining the solution to broken money as it does broken money.

I've been building a reading list for my next holiday. This will be going on it.

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @btcschellingpt1 23 Aug 2023

Delighted to see this released .. but sad to see no availability for hardback or softback on Amazon .. can't buy for sats either .. sigh

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBitcoinRun 23 Aug 2023

Very nice

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 23 Aug 2023

Look forward to this!

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @colourorange 23 Aug 2023

been very much looking forward to this! amazon won't be able to deliver a hardcover before i head out on some travel though.. will need to wait a bit to order this

when audiobook?!

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 23 Aug 2023

instant order, thanks for the heads up!

19 sats \ 5 replies \ @shyfire 23 Aug 2023

It's a bit broken using broken money to buy a book on broken money. Hopefully she enables sound money purchases in the near future.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @nemo 24 Aug 2023

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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 24 Aug 2023

And for those for whom the book price is a burden or distribution is an issue, perhaps because they live in countries where the money is most broken, I invite them to pirate it.