Happy HODLdays!
357 days into 2021, you’ve heard all the crypto buzz this year:
NFT’s
Web3
DAO’s
Solano
Doge
Shibu
It’s probably nauseating to try to keep up with all of this noise and figure out “when are we actually going to the moon?”
And that’s all it is - noise.
It took me 2 years of working in the crypto space, 100+ in-person meet-ups, and 1000’s of hours of YouTube consumption to conclude one thing.
Bitcoin is the only harmony in all of the noise.
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What I’ve learned is that Bitcoin is truly for everyone. It is the only equitable form of money, and everyone who joins now is considered an innovator.
Bitcoin is the main cryptocurrency we need to focus on, not the noise.
So for this holiday season, give yourself permission to splurge on learning.
Don’t be like most people during the holiday season:
Watching a ton of YouTube
Binging Netflix seasons
Crushing cooking videos
Reading self-help books
Scrolling Instagram
Watching TikTok
Things most people don't do during the holiday season:
Learn
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Bitcoin Whitepaper
The original 9-page PDF that changed everything - the Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto
Technical Concepts
A Beginner’s Guide to Crypto Assets by Linda Xie
How does Ethereum work, anyways? by Preethi Kasireddy
A primer on distributed consensus, by Tess Rinearson
Mining and Networks
Bitcoin Network Mining Dynamics by Chris Bendiksen (from CoinShares)
Bitcoin Miners Beware by StopAndDecrypt
Social and Ideological Concepts
The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto by Timothy May, circa 1992
The Cypherpunk Manifesto by Eric Hughes, circa 1993
A post on “social scalability” by Nick Szabo
How Bitcoin Narratives have Changed over Time by Nic Carter and Hasufly
Books on Technology and User Behavior
Crossing the Chasm - a book by Geoffrey A. Moore
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages - a book by Carlota Perez
Terminology
A Reference Guide to Crypto Terminology
Complexity Theater by Nathaniel Whittemore
Investing
Key Insights into Affluent Millennials by Edelman
Larry Fink’s Annual Letter to CEOs - A Sense of Purpose (January 2018) by Blackrock
Crypto: Traders’ Paradise, Investors’ Hell by Alex Krüger
Use Cases
Store of Value - The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati
Blockchain - Why Blockchain is Hard and Alternatives to Blockchain by Jimmy Song
Securities Issuance - Your Guide to the Security Token Ecosystem by Tatiana Koffman
Where to Continue
Bitcoin Analyst Brain by Chris Bendiksen (CoinShares Research)
Online Forums and Podcasts I like include TokenDaily, Messari, and CoinDesk for news, for podcasts What Bitcoin Did with Peter McCormack, Unchained with Laura Shin, and Pomp Podcast with Anthony Pompliano
Newsletters I like include the more technical Proof of Work newsletter and the Long Reads Sunday which is a weekly crypto breakdown of hot takes from Twitter
Here’s a list of open (anyone can join) cryptocurrency Telegram groups — engage at your own peril!
Going Deeper
The History of Money - An Honest Account of Fiat Money by Su Zhu and Hasu
Planting Bitcoin, a series on the birth of Bitcoin by Dan Held
Programming Bitcoin workshops with Jimmy Song
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