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Every book Nic Carter recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Nic Carter has recommended or discussed 10 books on podcasts, as of April 1, 2021.
- Nic Carter has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of April 1, 2021.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of April 1, 2021.
- The 3 books Nic Carter has mentioned in the most episodes, as of April 1, 2021: Bitcoin, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies and Bitcoin Clarity.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Nic Carter aired on April 1, 2021.
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Nic Carter’s most recommended books
- Bitcoin by Kalle Rosenbaum
- Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder
- Bitcoin Clarity by Kiara Bickers
- Grokking Bitcoin by Kalle Rosenbaum
- Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker
- Layered Money by Nik Bhatia
- Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
- The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, James Fouhey
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- The White Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto
Nic Carter appeared on the Lex Fridman Podcast to discuss Bitcoin core values, layered scaling, and blocksize debates, offering a curated list of foundational readings for understanding cryptocurrency. Carter recommended reading Satoshi Nakamoto's original Bitcoin white paper and accompanying writings to grasp the original intentions behind the system without third-party bias. To introduce listeners to Austrian economic perspectives related to cryptocurrency, he recommended Saifedean Ammous's book The Bitcoin Standard. For those interested in the technical and computer science aspects of the technology, Carter suggested Kalle Rosenbaum's Grokking Bitcoin as well as the textbook Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies, co-authored by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, and Steven Goldfeder, noting that the latter is particularly useful for building foundational intuition. Additionally, Carter recommended Andreas M. Antonopoulos's book Mastering Bitcoin for further technical insight. To explore the mechanics of scaling, he pointed listeners toward Nik Bhatia's book Layered Money, which delves deeper into the layered approach to monetary scaling. Through these recommendations, Carter provided a comprehensive reading list covering the economic theory, computer science principles, and architectural mechanics underpinning Bitcoin and digital currencies.
Books Nic Carter recommended or discussed
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Bitcoin
Recommended“Then technical books about bitcoin i like grocking bitcoin uh which is a very computer science-heavy one”
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
Recommended“There's a good textbook um called uh bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies um by arvind naranian I think he's um a princeton um computer science professor which is really good at building intuition”
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Grokking Bitcoin
Recommended“then technical books about bitcoin i like grocking bitcoin which is a very computer science-heavy one”
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Inventing Bitcoin
Recommended“then there's like simpler intuition building books that aren't hardcore on the economics or the protocol design so you have like inventing bitcoin by john pritzker which is good”
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Layered Money
Recommended“there's a more recent book called layered money which i liked um by nick battia which goes into more depth about what i was talking about earlier in the conversation the layout approach to scaling and that's a really critical thing to understand”
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The Bitcoin Standard
Recommended“would be the bitcoin standard a lot of people don't like it i just read it it's good”
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The Three-Body Problem
Recommended“i really liked the three body problem but that's a really hackneyed recommendation but it really made me think”
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The White Paper
Recommended“but my recommendations would be you know obviously the bitcoin white paper that's uh and satoshi's complimentary writings that's very important is to try to understand the intentions behind the system and also to understand the system without having your view colored by some third parties description of it”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2021-04-01 | 10 |