When I learned of bitcoin back 2014ish I was already working in finance for some time. Was discovering more and more how corrupt my industry was, and most of all how corrupt the big banks are (BOA, 90B in fraud violations since 2000, JP Morgan Chase, 40B since 2000 (most since 2006 when Jamie Dimon took over as CEO) fraud, against their own clients much of the time). The first book I read about Bitcoin before owning any was Mastering Bitcoin. Way out of my league and always will be, but I did learn a little bit, was lead here, turned on to Andreas etc etc. This all said, I know many here don't work in traditional finance and this is not to throw jabs, but most don't understand what so ever. Do yourself a big favor, and read this book! One needs to understand how traditional finance and banking works to truly understand bitcoin.
Great post and great advice. Definitely read Creature from Jekyll Island for an ugly and old-fashioned snapshot of how central banking evolved, however make no mistake it has been criticized for its biased and conspiratorial tone so dont take it as gospel.
Don't know much about Nick Sajor but Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas is also a great book, technical and practical. Instead of just complaining about how banks are corrupt or how fiat sucks, it actually teaches you how the Bitcoin mechanism works such as how transactions are created, what wallets do, how keys and seeds work, proof of work, blocks, mining, validation, peer-to-peer networks etc. If you read these, you'll go from curious to dangerous, lmao, badass roadmap
