good source of Bitcoin books

[kernighan]

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-books
it is hard and not necessary to read them all. but hope you could find useful content and  like the post.

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[rudel777]

can i ask you sir that link you draft out  offers free? or not. and if is not how much if i buy some of that book

[ARTEXPLOSION]

I find Bitcoin information hard to read about. I've found watching videos to be much more instructive and YouTube has a ton of them.

However, you have to "mine" for gold to find good ones. I suggest getting an online course. I like the ones on Udemy which often go on sale for $10-$15 a course.

Khan Academy also has a bunch of intro courses for free.

[mRasika]

I find Bitcoin information hard to read about. I've found watching videos to be much more instructive and YouTube has a ton of them.

However, you have to "mine" for gold to find good ones. I suggest getting an online course. I like the ones on Udemy which often go on sale for $10-$15 a course.

Khan Academy also has a bunch of intro courses for free.

I Agree With You. Yes "you have to "mine" for gold to find good ones. "

[Hydrogen]

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-books
it is hard and not necessary to read them all. but hope you could find useful content and  like the post.

Here's an image of all the books available in the humblebundle crypto books offering.



Like someone said there are introductory video tutorials explaining bitcoin basics on khan academy, here:  https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it

https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency/home/welcome also has a free course entitled: "bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies, princeton university". I've done some of it, it goes into more detail than khan academy's video lecture series, but is difficult to understand in the way its formatted.

Udemy also has a course entitled: "Blockchain 101: The Basics".

https://www.udemy.com/blockchain101/

Their course is priced @ $10 and I've never tried it, so can't comment as to how good or bad it is.

[negancoin]

Reading books about bitcoin sound boring, I'd rather watch some Youtube videos or take a course on Udemy.

[BenjaminFranklingwould]

Sorry i dont get it. Why would somebody read books about cryptocurrencies or technology like blockchain. I'm not kidding. If you want to learn than it's way much better to learn courses in "coursera" or "udemi". If you want to search for history there are wikipedia articles and youtube films about that. Dont get me wrong i love reading about science but not about technology that accumulation SO MUCH information. And it becomes different every single day. Bitcoin, Ethereum smart contracts, XEM mosaics, Monero stealth adresses, DAG in IOTA etc. We just dont have time to read the books about it. Really.

[karmakeddon]

Well not everyone wants to take the more advanced approach. Some do prefer the old school style of learning like reading from books since they assimilate the information faster. Anyway, regarding the topic, I found some books on Amazon recently and they are priced well. If you want to get an eBook version, Google Play Store also carries the electronic version of the Bitcoin for Dummies book.

[kernighan]

Sorry i dont get it. Why would somebody read books about cryptocurrencies or technology like blockchain. I'm not kidding. If you want to learn than it's way much better to learn courses in "coursera" or "udemi". If you want to search for history there are wikipedia articles and youtube films about that. Dont get me wrong i love reading about science but not about technology that accumulation SO MUCH information. And it becomes different every single day. Bitcoin, Ethereum smart contracts, XEM mosaics, Monero stealth adresses, DAG in IOTA etc. We just dont have time to read the books about it. Really.

When you talked with people in cryptocurrency industry, you may find not everyone, even some famous one have a few wrong concept on what he is talking. People always like to find a quick way to learn from latest news and boast himself, while show on every international event and manage his great contacts in the industry.
I am blaming them, and the contacts/relationship could be very important. However I still prefer read through good material deeply, even start to program some code if you are a engineer.

[Wind_FURY]

OP, sometimes the books written about Bitcoin look more like promotional materials than a technical book on teaching us how it works. They also tend to be over simplified by using too much "Alice and Bob" examples.  

I believe the developer documentation at https://bitcoin.org/en is written well and simple enough for newbies. So go read that and save your money.

[Yuhee]

OP, sometimes the books written about Bitcoin look more like promotional materials than a technical book on teaching us how it works. They also tend to be over simplified by using too much "Alice and Bob" examples. 

I believe the developer documentation at https://bitcoin.org/en is written well and simple enough for newbies. So go read that and save your money.

I too think that alex and bob is too much cliche as a comparison on how cryptocurrency works. I am more of an interactive learner and i suppose those books would at least make sense in ways but i've learned bitcoin by watching videos and it was better for me to understand along with some reading materials. There are some technical words that is not easy to understand that it needs more defining and it is better to watch alice and bob demo that just reading it.

[stunvn]

the only book about bitcoin that worth reading is https://www.amazon.com/dp/006236250X/

[Ucy]

I will suggest you watch entertaining videos on the subject you are interested in then later read a book version of it. This method worked great for me to this day.
So you can go on YouTube and search for a good  video on Bitcoin . Note down the important/difficult points while watching. I do search for the noted points immediately on youtube or google [for example: if the noted points are segwit or Blockchains , I simply search: Segwit Explained or Blockchain explained ].  Next I pick up a good book  after watching the video and reading it becomes really simple and fun .

[tulio]

https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency/home/welcome also has a free course entitled: "bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies, princeton university". I've done some of it, it goes into more detail than khan academy's video lecture series, but is difficult to understand in the way its formatted.

Well, I took all the lectures under Coursera 2 year ago and it provided me a lot of important concepts and knowledge. Of course the format is much more academic than dynamic, as Udemy-like courses, however, for those who are familiar with learning from the academia, it is really a great source of knowledge. Also, the lecturers have written a book (http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/) covering all the course topics. The book is currently reviewed at Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Cryptocurrency-Technologies-Comprehensive-Introduction/dp/0691171696) as 4.5 stars.

Of course, there are also a bunch of resources for free on this forum and over the internet that can be as valuable (or even more valuable) as great courses such this one. Although, I would recommend people interested in going deep (but from the beginning) to start with such lectures.

[coinmachina]

Also, the lecturers have written a book (http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/) covering all the course topics.

If you want to learn about how Bitcoin works that book is really worth reading. I read the draft that is available for free at the linked website.

Also I have the feeling that videos, articles and posts in this forum are shallow in most of the cases with regards to the technology. So I think reading the right book on Bitcoin will help you more to understand it than just watching youtube videos.

[Hydrogen]

I got this today. I'm going to make an attempt to read all these books & review them.



Upon a cursory inspection one of the books "Bitcoin Essentials" is only 100 pages long. Most of them fall into the 220-240 page range. There are two in the 300 page range. And only one is 430 pages. Not a huge amount of material to cover.

I want to do the khan academy and coursera material over one more time also.

If anyone has book, tutorial or video recommendations I would like to look at those as well.

[Haynes]

Sorry i dont get it. Why would somebody read books about cryptocurrencies or technology like blockchain. I'm not kidding. If you want to learn than it's way much better to learn courses in "coursera" or "udemi". If you want to search for history there are wikipedia articles and youtube films about that. Dont get me wrong i love reading about science but not about technology that accumulation SO MUCH information. And it becomes different every single day. Bitcoin, Ethereum smart contracts, XEM mosaics, Monero stealth adresses, DAG in IOTA etc. We just dont have time to read the books about it. Really.

reading a book about bitcoin, cryptocurrencies or about blockchain technology I think is natural. because it can also deepen our science in bitcoin world. but I think you are also not wrong to give the idea to study the course in "coursera" or "udemi", it can also help us deepen the knowledge of bitcoin. thanks

[barabut]

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-books
it is hard and not necessary to read them all. but hope you could find useful content and  like the post.

My best source is this forum filtering by your interest will bring you detailed and deep spectrum of information, real expeeriences will be an another asset

[Aura]

Thanks for the heads up!
I'm probably going to buy this bundle as I really like to read about Bitcoin.
Is there anybody here that already has these books, are they good?

[coinableS]

I'm surprised this one didn't make it in there 
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Bitcoin-Websites-Beginners-Development/dp/153494544X