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Every book Nic Carter recommended on podcasts
Nic Carter appeared on the Lex Fridman Podcast to discuss Bitcoin core values, layered scaling, and historical blocksize debates. During the episode, Carter provided a comprehensive list of foundational and technical book recommendations for anyone seeking to understand cryptocurrency from the ground up. He emphasized starting with Satoshi Nakamoto's 'The White Paper' along with Satoshi's complementary writings to grasp the original intentions behind the system without third-party bias. For readers interested in economic perspectives, Carter recommended Saifedean Ammous's 'The Bitcoin Standard' as a useful introduction to Austrian economics. To build a strong technical foundation and computer science intuition, he recommended Kalle Rosenbaum's 'Grocking Bitcoin,' Arvind Narayanan and co-authors' textbook 'Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies,' and Andreas M. Antonopoulos's 'Mastering Bitcoin.' Finally, for those looking into advanced architectural concepts, Carter suggested Nik Bhatia's 'Layered Money' for its detailed exploration of the layered scaling approach, which he considered a critical component for understanding the broader financial ecosystem of cryptocurrency networks.
Books recommended by Nic Carter
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, and Steven Goldfeder is an authoritative textbook designed to explain the foundational mechanics, cryptography, and economic principles behind digital currencies.
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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Bitcoin
Bitcoin by Kalle Rosenbaum is a technical guide designed to help readers understand the core concepts of cryptocurrency through a computer science-heavy approach.
Recommended“Then technical books about bitcoin i like grocking bitcoin uh which is a very computer science-heavy one”
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Bitcoin Clarity
Bitcoin Clarity by Kiara Bickers is an educational guide designed to help readers understand the foundational concepts and mechanics of the world's leading cryptocurrency.
Recommended“you have bitcoin clarity by qr bickers”
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Grokking Bitcoin
Grokking Bitcoin by Kalle Rosenbaum is a highly technical, computer science-focused book that provides readers with a deep dive into the inner workings and software architecture of cryptocurrency.
Recommended“then technical books about bitcoin i like grocking bitcoin which is a very computer science-heavy one”
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Inventing Bitcoin
Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker and Nicholas Evans is an introductory book that breaks down the core concepts and historical origins of cryptocurrency without overwhelming readers with dense economic theory.
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
Layered Money by Nik Bhatia is an insightful financial text that traces the history and evolution of monetary systems through the lens of layered architecture, comparing traditional banking structures with modern digital assets.
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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Mastering Bitcoin
Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M.
Recommended“um antonopoulos's books mastering bitcoin are good”
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The Bitcoin Standard
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous is a comprehensive examination of the history of money that analyzes how sound currency shapes human civilization and advocates for the Austrian economic perspective on cryptocurrency.
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
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is an acclaimed Chinese science fiction novel that explores humanity's first contact with an alien civilization against the backdrop of historical political upheaval.
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
The White Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto is the foundational text that originally introduced Bitcoin, establishing the mathematical, cryptographic, and architectural blueprint for a decentralized peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
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 |
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| #173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2021-04-01 | 12 |