If you know the austrian school everything will make sense.
If not, or even if you do, get a copy of Hayek's "The Denationalization of Money" Free copies are available
I will definitely see what it is all about. Currently, I find myself reading mostly professional journals, with not a lot of time on my hands for anything else. Suffice it to say, that the numbers of papers mentioning cryptocurrencies has been on a steady increase as of late.