====== Bitcoin Media ====== **Bitcoin Media** is a collection of common and popular [[:Bitcoin]] books, websites, podcasts, influencers, and more. ===== Bitcoin Websites ===== * The [[https://casebitcoin.com/library|Bitcoin Library]] * [[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page|BitcoinWiki]] is the encyclopedia of Bitcoin knowledge. * The [[https://nakamotoinstitute.org/|Nakamoto Institute]] * [[https://bitcoiner.guide/|Bitcoiner.guide]] is an excellent and thorough resource. * [[https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html|Jameson Lopp's Bitcoin Information Guide]] * [[https://bitcoin-only.com/|Bitcoin-only.com]] * [[http://bitcoinanswerman.com/|BitcoinAnswerMan]] * [[https://bitcoinist.com|Bitcoinist]] * [[http://understandingbitcoin.us/|Understanding Bitcoin]] is "a liberty lover's guide to the mechanics and economics of crypto-currencies" ==== Beginner Friendly ==== * [[https://bitcoin-resources.com/|Beginner-Friendly Bitcoin Resources]] ===== Books About Bitcoin ===== * [[https://amzn.to/3DLfnHl|The Bitcoin Standard]] by [[:Saifedean Ammous]] is an excellent primer to the economics behind Bitcoin's ascendancy. * [[https://amzn.to/3QRGIdw|The Fiat Standard]] by Ammous seeks to contrast the Bitcoin story. * [[https://amzn.to/3QO5n2N|The Book of Satoshi]] by [[:Phil Champagne]] * [[https://amzn.to/3qL9G4l|Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain]] by [[:Andreas Antonopoulos]] is one of the most popular Bitcoin books, and for good reason. * The increasing level of technical detail means much of it is only interesting for those who want to dive into the technology on an active level. * [[https://amzn.to/3qEhGnL|Mastering the Lightning Network]] by Antonopoulos and coauthors * [[https://amzn.to/3UejYaD|The Basics of Bitcoin and Blockchains]] by [[:Antony Lewis]] * [[https://amzn.to/3DsIf6Q|Cryptoeconomics: Fundamental Principles of Bitcoin]] by [[:Eric Voskuil]] et al * [[https://amzn.to/3RHul57|Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics]] by Knut Svanholm and Kalle Rosenbaum * [[https://amzn.to/3Sa1Pc2|Thank God for Bitcoin]] by [[:Jimmy Song]] and [[:Julia Tourianski]] * A moral and religious case for Bitcoin * [[https://amzn.to/3QMESuG|Bitcoin Money]] by [[:Michael Caras]] is a children's book * [[https://amzn.to/3qG2eaA|This Book Will Save You Time]] by [[:Misir Mahmudov]] * [[https://amzn.to/3BdUDoo|The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future]] by [[:Jimmy Song]] and a bunch of others * [[https://amzn.to/3qNvQmg|21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole]] by [[:Gigi]] * [[https://amzn.to/3RMFX75|The Bullish Case for Bitcoin]] by [[:Vijay Boyapati]] and [[:Michael Saylor]] * [[https://amzn.to/3BIcHss|The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age]] by [[James Davidson]] and [[:William Rees-Mogg]] * [[https://www.btcwip.com/|Bitcoin: A Work in Progress]] ===== Bitcoin Podcasts and Videos ===== ==== Bitcoin Podcasts ==== These podcasts focus more on Bitcoin specifically than cryptocurrencies in general. * [[https://www.youtube.com/c/GaryLelandtheBitcoinBoomer|The Bitcoin Boomer]] is [[:Gary Leland]]'s podcast aimed at the [[Baby Boomer]] generation, which is not as sophisticated with new technology as younger generations. * [[https://saifedean.com/podcast/|The Bitcoin Standard]] podcast * [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp2V_2S02t-F69FZdFRlMXw|The Rounding the Earth]] podcast covers many topics, but includes episodes on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. ==== Bitcoin Videos ==== * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4|But how does Bitcoin actually work?]] by [[3Blue1Brown]]. ===== Blogs and Newsletters With Excellent Bitcoin Discussion ===== * [[https://www.swanbitcoin.com/signal/|Swan Signal]] * [[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/|Rounding the Earth]] covers some Bitcoin and cryptocurrency content. * [[https://cryptowords.github.io/|Crypto Words]] ===== Bitcoin on Social Media ===== ==== Bitcoin Twitter ==== The Twittersphere is where the cryptocurrency conversations (and memes) rage, primarily. This deserves its own subcategories. Also know that Twitter seems to heavily manipulate feeds, and cryptocurrency is one of the areas in which they do so. If some of these folks irritate your political sensibilities, get over it and put on your filter like an adult. //Why Twitter?// {{ bitcoin:bitcoin_education_guide:img0081.png?331x386 }} === Serious Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Thinkers === * [[https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4|Nick Szabo]] is one of the world's best economic minds. Warning: may irritate the Woke. Big Trump supporter. His blog, [[https://t.co/zZ7lTyOrtS?amp=1|Unenumerated]] , is full of gems. * [[https://twitter.com/aantonop|Andreas Antonopoulos]] is one of the world's best Bitcoin teachers. Warning: may irritate the MAGA folks. Never Trumper. * [[https://twitter.com/Truthcoin|Paul Sztorc]] also writes the [[https://www.truthcoin.info/|truthcoin.info]] and [[https://bitcoinhivemind.com/|BitcoinHivemind.com]] blogs/sites and is one of the important developers of [[https://www.drivechain.info/|Drivechain]] /sidechains, which might link most all cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin in the future. * [[https://twitter.com/lopp|Jameson Lopp]] is one of the great [[https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html|Bitcoin educators]] . * [[https://twitter.com/nic__carter|Nic Carter]] is one of the clearest thinkers in this entire space. Better writer than speaker. * [[https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_|Caitlin Long]] is my favorite ex-Wall Street Bitcoiner, and also Founder/CEO of [[https://twitter.com/AvantiBT|AvantiBank]] . * [[https://twitter.com/theoryofbitcoin|Theory of Bitcoin]] -- Warning: While some of the information here may be good, this account may be a propaganda account in an internal war over which Bitcoin fork is the "real Bitcoin". This is where you have to up your game in terms of filtering information. Often, 90% is good, real information, and 10% is manipulation. * [[https://twitter.com/evoskuil|Eric Voskuil]] * [[https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes|Lesley Carhart]] is an infosec specialist and all around bad ass. * [[https://twitter.com/jimmysong|Jimmy Song]] is an OG Bitcoiner with develop and writing credentials * [[https://twitter.com/NakamotoInst|Nakamoto Institute]] * [[https://twitter.com/rogerkver|Roger Ver]] was a Bitcoin evangelist who started shilling for the BCH sidechain. Might be an act. Hard to say. * [[https://twitter.com/100trillionUSD|Plan B]] with the $100T and stock-to-flow discussion in particular. * [[https://twitter.com/MartyBent|Marty Bent]] runs a free newsletter. * [[https://twitter.com/famous_ideal|This account]] dedicated to the work of John Nash and his concept of Ideal Money === Cryptocurrency Education === * [[https://twitter.com/learningsats|Learning Bitcoin]] === Cryptocurrency News === * [[https://twitter.com/AutismCapital|Autism Capital]] * [[https://twitter.com/BitcoinForumCom|Bitcoin Forum]] * [[https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC|Documenting BTC]] is a lot of fun === Core Bitcoin Developers (past and present) === * [[https://twitter.com/kristovatlas|Kristov Atlas]] (friend of mine) * [[https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin|Vitalik Buterin]] === Cryptocurrency Conferences === === Cryptocurrency Exchanges === Think of cryptocurrency exchanges like major corporations. They have their own interests. It is important to keep this in mind because the information they emit is valuable, but there is also plenty of politics embedded. * Binance folks: * [[https://twitter.com/cz_binance|CEO Changpeng Zhao]] * [[https://twitter.com/lingzh1220|Linda Zhang]] * [[https://twitter.com/BinanceChain|Binance Chain Community]] * [[https://twitter.com/bisq_network|Bisq Network]] (decentralized exchange) * [[https://twitter.com/Coinbase|Coinbase]] folks: * [[https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong|CEO Brian Armstrong]] * [[https://twitter.com/balajis|Balaji Srinivasan]] * [[https://twitter.com/Gemini|Gemini]] folks: * [[https://twitter.com/cameron|Cameron Winklevoss]] * [[https://twitter.com/tyler|Tyler Winklevoss]] * [[https://twitter.com/BSHalliday|Blair Halliday]] * [[https://twitter.com/Krakenfx|Kraken]] Exchange folks: * [[https://twitter.com/danheld|Dan Held]] * [[https://twitter.com/Uniswap|Uniswap Protocol]] (decentralized exchange) === Cryptocurrency Mining === * [[https://twitter.com/rich__godwin|Rich Godwin]] of Cormint (my personal Bitcoin mentor when I started out) === Cryptocurrency Projects === * The [[https://twitter.com/Bitcoin|@Bitcoin]] Twitter account is run by the [[https://bitcoin.org/en/|bitcoin.org]] folks. This is not "the people who run Bitcoin" or anything like that, but is essentially an interest group. Filter appropriately. * [[https://twitter.com/AvantiBT|AvantiBank]] is the first American cryptocurrency-focused (digital assets) bank, started in Wyoming * [[https://twitter.com/ethereum|Ethereum]] folks: * [[https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin|Vitalik Buterin]] * [[https://twitter.com/ethereumJoseph|Joseph Lubin]] * [[https://twitter.com/alexbosworth|Alex Bosworth]] is the Infrastructure Lead at [[https://twitter.com/lightning|Lightning Labs]] and CEO of yalls.org * [[https://twitter.com/trezor|Trezor]] is a well known hardware wallet manufacturer * [[https://twitter.com/ConsenSys|ConsenSys]] * [[https://twitter.com/Grayscale|Grayscale]] * [[https://twitter.com/eric_lombrozo|Eric Lombrozo]] is the CEO of [[https://www.weusecoins.com/ciphrex/|Ciphrex]] * [[https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem|Meltem Demirors]] something something [[https://twitter.com/CoinSharesCo|CoinShares]] === Cryptocurrency Thought Leaders === Take the title with a grain of salt. Being a "thought leader" is a matter of gaining attention, or the appearance of attention. This could be for positive or nefarious purposes. It may also be that some of these people speak "your language" better than others, so some may be good teachers for you, and some may not be. * [[https://twitter.com/Crypto_Cousins|Crypto Cousins Podcast]] is run by [[https://twitter.com/GaryLeland|Gary Leland]] (whom I'm friends with here in DFW) * [[https://twitter.com/NodedPodcast|Noded Bitcoin Podcast]] hosted by [[https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard|Pierre Rochard]] and [[https://twitter.com/bitstein|Michael Goldstein]] * [[https://twitter.com/PieceOfThePy|Piece of the Py]] Show * [[https://twitter.com/twobitidiot|Ryan Selkis]] * [[https://twitter.com/danheld|Dan Held]] * [[https://twitter.com/laurashin|Laura Shin]] (enjoyed what I heard of her podcast) * [[https://twitter.com/notsofast|NotSoFast]] * [[https://twitter.com/WhalePanda|WhalePanda]] is Bitcoin OG * [[https://twitter.com/ToneVays|Tone Vays]] * [[https://twitter.com/novogratz|Mike Novogratz]] * [[https://twitter.com/gorillamania|Nick Sullivan]] * [[https://twitter.com/S_Murphy_PhD|Stephanie Murphy]] (podcaster) * [[https://twitter.com/nlw|Nathaniel Whittemore]] (podcaster) * [[https://twitter.com/_Kevin_Pham|Kevin Pham]] was once a great Bitcoin evangelist who seems to have sold himself out to advertising products. Still says some smart things. Use your filter. * [[https://twitter.com/RichardHeartWin|Richard Heart]] is a weird guy with accusations of fraud, but does still say some things that make you think. Use a controlled filter with this one. === Cryptocurrency Finance, Trading, and Hedge Funds === * [[https://twitter.com/dan_pantera|Dan Morehead]] is the CEO of [[https://twitter.com/PanteraCapital|Pantera Capital]] * [[https://twitter.com/Sunayna|Sunayna Tuteja]] is the Chief Innovations Officer at the Federal Reserve and a digital asset specialist. * [[https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul|Ari Paul]] of BlockTower Capital. Note: Ari hits the notes right talking about Bitcoin, but his firm hasn't even surpassed Bitcoin's returns. I do not particularly trust him for a few reasons, including his promotion of bad crypto projects, and the fact that he's getting rich simply by holding other people's Bitcoin.