Bitcoin, a technological breakthrough quietly introduced to the world in 2008, is transforming much more than finance. Bitcoin is disrupting antiquated industries to bring financial independence to billions worldwide. In this book, Andreas explains why bitcoin is a financial and technological evolution with potential far exceeding the label "digital currency."

When a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small Online mailing list in 2008, very few paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally-accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications.  

Ben Mezrich's 2009 best seller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding - and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic rowers, and legal foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of the brothers' redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook - and the first great book from the world of bitcoin.  

We live in an extraordinary time. Technological advances are happening at a rate faster than our ability to understand them, and in a world that moves faster than we can imagine, we cannot afford to stand still. These advances bring efficiency and abundance - and they are profoundly deflationary. Our economic systems were built for a pre-technology era when labor and capital were inextricably linked - an era that counted on growth and inflation and an era where we made money from inefficiency.

Bitcoin ist die vielleicht größte Erfindung unserer Zeit. Trotzdem haben die meisten Menschen keine Ahnung was es ist, oder wie es funktioniert. Diese kurze Lektüre hilft, Bitcoin und seine Komponenten Schritt für Schritt zu entdecken und zu verstehen. Sie ist mit Sicherheit eine unerlässliche Grundlage, bevor man sich mit einer Investition auseinandersetzt. Es ist kein technisches Fachwissen erforderlich! Lies es und teile es dann mit deinen Liebsten.

Like Bitcoin, these lessons aren’t a static thing. I plan to work on them periodically, releasing updated versions and additional material in the future. Bitcoin is an inexhaustible teacher, which is why I do not claim that these lessons are all-encompassing or complete. They are a reflection of my personal journey down the rabbit hole. There are many more lessons to be learned, and every person will learn something different from entering the world of Bitcoin.

The story of Ethereum begins with Vitalik Buterin, a supremely gifted 19-year-old autodidact who saw the promise of blockchain when the technology was in its earliest stages. He convinced a crack group of coders to join him in his quest to make a super-charged, global computer. The Infinite Machine introduces Vitalik’s ingenious idea and unfolds Ethereum’s chaotic beginnings. It then explores the brilliant innovation and reckless greed the platform has unleashed and the consequences that resulted as the frenzy surrounding it grew.

Das Hörbuch zum Spiegel-Bestseller Blockchain 2.0 ungekürzt und gelesen vom Autor Dr. Julian Hosp. Was wäre, wenn deine Daten absolut sicher und unhackbar gespeichert werden könnten? Mittlerweile sind "Bitcoin" und "Kryptowährungen" in aller Munde - doch hinter dem Begriff Blockchain steckt weitaus mehr. So sind Datenschutz, Tokenisierung, Smart Contracts und Besitz nur einige ihrer Anwendungsbereiche. Dieses Hörbuch beinhaltet alles zu den Möglichkeiten, Potenzialen und Gefahren von dezentralen Anwendungen.

In "Der Bitcoin-Standard" führt Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Saifedean Ammous den Leser durch die faszinierende Historie verschiedener Formen von Geld. Er erkundet, was diesen unterschiedlichen Technologien ihren monetären Status gab und wie sie ihn wieder verloren, was uns das über die wünschenswerten Eigenschaften von Geld lehrt und wie Bitcoin versucht diese zu erfüllen. Ammous erläutert die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Vorzüge eines soliden Geldes und stellt diese unserem aktuellen Geldsystem gegenüber.

In this fascinating deep dive into the evolution of monetary systems around the globe, Nik Bhatia takes us into the origins of how money has evolved to function in a “layered” manner. Using gold as an example of this term, he traces the layers of this ancient currency from raw mined material, to gold coins, and finally to bank-issued gold certificates. In a groundbreaking manner, Bhatia offers a similar paradigm for the evolution of digital currencies.

Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.  

When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nations currency depreciates beyond recovery. In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were routinely exchanged for staples such as bread; a cinema ticket could be bought for a lump of coal; and a bottle of paraffin for a silk shirt....

The current crisis is not like 2008 or even 1929. The New Depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in US history. Most fired employees will remain redundant. Bankruptcies will be common, and banks will buckle under the weight of bad debts. Deflation, debt, and demography will wreck any chance of recovery, and social disorder will follow closely on the heels of market chaos. The happy talk from Wall Street and the White House is an illusion. The worst is yet to come.

Entrepreneur and investor Jason A. Williams is the first author to put bitcoin in context of the 2020 crisis - a year of financial disaster and unprecedented money creation (money printer go brrr!).  Hard Money You Can’t F*ck With explains bitcoin in simple, understandable terms and maps out how this "magic internet money" will grow into the best form of money we’ve ever had.  

Christoph Bergmann erklärt, worum es bei Bitcoin wirklich geht. Er beschreibt die Kryptowährung aus technischer, wirtschaftlicher und politischer Perspektive. Seine "Geschichte vom Aufstieg eines neuen Geldes" ist ein ebenso erhellendes wie fesselndes Lesevergnügen, das zur Standardlektüre für jeden gehört, der sich mit Kryptowährungen beschäftigt.