Top 10 Books Recommended by Crypto Thought Leaders

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Learning about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology requires studying and reading various information to fully understand the concept of the two subjects. We often gather data through the internet but sometimes not every information we see on the internet is true and reliable. If you are a fan of reading books, this is definitely for you that you should try checking out.  So here are the top 10  books recommended by crypto thought leaders.

Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/top-10-books-recommended-by-crypto-thought-leaders

1. “The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution” by Gregory Zuckerman

The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm--and made $23 billion doing it.
(summary credits to amazon).

2. “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” by Charles Darwin
The book is simply telling that evolution takes place in the process called natural selection.  Species must adapt to the changes in order to survive and those who cannot adapt will not survive. In relation, businesses should follow the same principle to survive the changing market.

3. “Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption” by Ben Mezrich

It is a story about redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook. Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric character who tells them about a brand-new idea: cryptocurrency.

4. “The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary” by Eric S. Raymond

Eric Raymond's work on software development methods is based on an analysis of the Linux core development process and his personal experience managing the open-source Fetchmail project. This essay is often presented as a manifesto of the open-source movement.

5. “Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies” by Reid Hoffman

It's about industrial age giant companies that are being replaced by tech companies after two decades. I tackle the secret of this growth that can be summed up in the word 'blitzscaling'

6. “The Advantage” by Patrick Lencioni
The book mainly discussed everything about organizational health.

7. The Age of Cryptocurrency” by Paul Vigna and Michael Casey

They tell the story of Bitcoin and analyze the role of cryptocurrencies in the modern world: How they came from and where they came from, what functions they perform, and what you need to know to be ready for a new world based on cyber economics.

8. “Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities” by Vaclav Smil

It's a systematic investigation of growth in nature and society,  from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.
(summary credits to goodreads)

9. “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu

 The Art Of War has been considered the definitive text on military strategy and warfare ever since being written in ancient China around 500 BC, inspiring businesses, athletes, and of course generals to beat their opponents and competition the right way until today.
(summary credits to fourminutebooks)

10. “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber” by Mike Isaac

A business book that tells the story and the history of a giant company, Uber. The book describes business details and the struggle with regulators.

These books are also a recommendation for newbies who wants to learn more about cryptocurrencies and investments. The books are not just limited to crypto-related topics but also for businesses as a whole. Investing in crypto needs a perfect strategy and analysis just like how most billionaires do with their businesses. So for newbies who are really interested in learning the nature of crypto and investing this list might help you.

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[Last of the V8s]

People still read books huh? Or do they just show off when a soi-disant journalist from an altcoin-pumping website contacts them?
Blogs is where it's at duh. Forums. Chat rooms. Twitters. The greats are online right now chatting away to us plebs (except satoshi).
Maybe a few books you do need if you're starting out, but not those up there. Sovereign Individual, The Law, Saifedean's one.
er that's it. 7 essential business machines to get ahead in life and laid by passably fair pussy: the fax, the phone, the telegraph, the printing press, the Intel computer, the printer and the book. No sir.

[Coyster]

Some of the books in your list do not relate to cryptocurrency or it's investment strategy or formula. For example Charles Darwin's Origin of species based on natural selection doesn't have anything to do with cryptocurrency, as far as I know this books sought to challenge the belief that man was created by God, but by evolution(survival of the fittest). In clear terms it's a: Religion Vs Science book.

This aren't the best bitcoin or cryptocurrency books, you haven't mentioned books that teach much on that subject.

[GreatArkansas]

I also want to add up these great books by Andreas M. Antonopoulos. This author is one of the best Bitcoin or cryprocurrency speaker for me, he even have youtube channel and lot of superb videos about cryptocurrencies.
But the books written by him is great, especially the Mastering Bitcoin.
Check some of his books here:
https://aantonop.com/books/

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Some of the books in your list do not relate to cryptocurrency or it's investment strategy or formula. For example Charles Darwin's Origin of species based on natural selection doesn't have anything to do with cryptocurrency, as far as I know this books sought to challenge the belief that man was created by God, but by evolution(survival of the fittest). In clear terms it's a: Religion Vs Science book.

This aren't the best bitcoin or cryptocurrency books, you haven't mentioned books that teach much on that subject.

I know it's not directly related to crypto nor business but according to the blog post, the nature of business is like how Darwin stated the natural selection. They follow how the species grow or disappear. Relating it to business, if you won't develop your business based on what the market wants, your business won't survive. Businesses are like a world of competition, the survival of the fittest just like what Darwin tells in his book.

People are dynamic, they change so fast so the company must adapt that changes for them to remain on the game. The best example is Nokia, they were once a top company but they refuse to adopt the technological changes from keypad to touch screen that left them behind. Before almost everyone has a Nokia phone but due to changes look at now, the top leading phones are Samsung and iPhone and Nokia wasn't able to get back the fame they had before.

In crypto, crypto is the new environment that human species will eventually adapt in the future.

[hatshepsut93]

Strange how you put so many unrelated books, yet at the same time don't put any of the really important ones like Mastering Bitcoin or Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technology. I'm inclined to say that your list is just a big waste of time and money - it's not useless, but it returns very little for the time/money invested, and those resources could be spent more wisely. None of those books will make you a good trader, do you think Warren Buffet became a legend by reading “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”? I highly doubt it.

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I didn't personally create the list, I've just enumerated the list given by the Cointelegraph and names they enumerated (Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, Changpeng Zhao, John McAfee, Grigory Klumov) who suggested the books based on their personal opinion.  And it's great to know your different opinions about the books they have shared. Of course not everyone will agree on that. It's a subjective choice but sure some of the books in the list can still help grow our knowledge in learning more about this industry.

Thank you for all your opinion!