Bitcoin and Crypto: Ammous, Antonopoulos, Boyapati, Caras, Mezrich
Trader's Library #97 · Money, macro and economics. Bitcoin through the eyes of its advocates and engineers, to be read with some distance.
Author: Saifedean Ammous, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Vijay Boyapati, Michael Caras, Ben Mezrich · Original: incl. The Bitcoin Standard; The Fiat Standard; Mastering Bitcoin; Mastering Ethereum; The Bullish Case for Bitcoin; Bitcoin Billionaires · Year: 2017 · Usefulness for traders: ★★☆☆☆
What it's about
Books on bitcoin: Ammous's “The Bitcoin Standard” and “The Fiat Standard”, Antonopoulos's technical handbooks on Bitcoin and Ethereum, Boyapati's “The Bullish Case for Bitcoin”, Caras's book on bitcoin as money and Mezrich's “Bitcoin Billionaires” about the Winklevoss twins.
What it gives a trader
For a trader this is background on a market increasingly linked to risk appetite in equities. Ammous and Boyapati present the advocates' arguments; Antonopoulos explains the technology.
Lessons for traders
- the advocates' arguments are also a narrative worth checking (the narrative fallacy, Atlas of biases #26)
- crypto reacts to liquidity and risk appetite
- technology and investment are two different things
What to watch out for
Most of these books were written by bitcoin enthusiasts. A critical view is missing.
Discussion
The discussion takes place in Hetman Capital Club (in Polish). Join the discussion in the Club →
Navigation
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Educational content, not investment advice. The book description is my own summary and assessment, not quotations. Edition details were checked in catalogues and bookshops, and where there was doubt I said so plainly.