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Every book Roger Ver recommended on podcasts
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Roger Keith Ver is an entrepreneur best known as the first investor in Bitcoin and the Bitcoin ecosystem. He was an early promoter of Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related startups and is sometimes known as 'Bitcoin Jesus' for his evangelism of cryptocurrency in its early days. During podcast interviews on programs like The Tucker Carlson Show and The Rubin Report, Ver recommended and discussed several books that shaped his political and economic views, as well as his perspective on cryptocurrency. He recommended his own book, 'Hijacking Bitcoin', co-authored with Steve Patterson, telling listeners they should read it to see citations detailing how Bitcoin was allegedly hijacked and turned into the opposite of peer-to-peer cash. Ver explained that publishing the book exposing intelligence agencies and the corruption of cryptocurrency preceded legal troubles. Looking back at his intellectual development, Ver discussed discovering libertarian economics through Ludwig von Mises's book 'Socialism', which he stumbled upon in junior high after his mother told him to stop playing Nintendo. He also credited Mises's broader work 'Human Action', alongside writings by Milton Friedman, David Friedman, and Murray Rothbard, with completely transforming his life and philosophy.
Books recommended by Roger Ver
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Hijacking Bitcoin
Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson explores how the cryptocurrency was allegedly subverted from its original purpose as peer-to-peer electronic cash for the world.
Discussed“and more than a decade after I had already renounced my US citizenship and just a couple of weeks after I published a book on the hijacking of Bitcoin how it no longer works as perer to-peer cash for the world”
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Socialism
Socialism by Ludwig Von Mises is a 1922 treatise that offers a rigorous economic critique of socialist systems and central planning.
Discussed“and just kind of by chance I came macrosse1 economics book in in junior high when my mother told me I couldn't play anymore Nintendo I had to go and do something else I'd pick up a book off the shelf and just by luck it was a book called socialism by Ludwig von Mises”
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Human Action
Human Action by Ludwig von Mises is a foundational and dense treatise on Austrian economics, methodological individualism, and human decision-making.
Discussed“I started somehow I found a book by lud V misis and then you know found some uh Milton Freedman and then later David Freedman and then Murray rothbart is the author that really changed my life”
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“and I literally wrote an entire book about it uh you can find more at hijacking bitcoin.com it's available on Amazon and everywhere else”