I don't think you will get lost. None of it is technical in the software/code sense. 

Voskuill does a nice job of linking to relevant terms and articles on the internet. 

It's best in small doses, with lots of time to think.

Thanks for your insight. I started reading about an hour ago and it's pretty compelling. I'm sure I'll get lost when it gets technical. 

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Voskuill maintains [libbitcoin](https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system) (the first alternate implementation of bitcoin, which he and Amir Taaki started back in 2011). 

[Cryptoeconomics](https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Cryptoeconomics) is Voskuill's work on the incentives around the tech Satoshi created. It's not so much a book to read through as a graph of ideas in bitcoin. Voskuill recommends "reading the topics as they were written, as a curiosity."

It is certainly the most thoughtful book I've ever read on bitcoin, and the most challenging -- in that some of his conclusions feel very counterintuitive. 

Also, I strongly recommend reading the github version rather than printed. 