The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative To Central Banking

Excellent book about understanding what money is and the BTC origin and application. A few weeks ago , We got the 50th anniversary of the Dollar pattern and FIAT money experiment which has failed and giving privilege only to a few people near the political circles. The BTC has the power to give a more equalitarian access to a wealth and preserving on time. The BTC has the power to change the World. It already started to do it.!

product: arrived in excellent conditions as expected content: id recommend this book to anyone in this day and age, it talks about money's concept/history in very engaging and simplified language. most of the book doen't even mention Bitcoin in details until the last chapters.

Nice read

Great book

The book content is great, but every time I flip the page, the page falls off. I don’t know why the printing quality is so poor, is it a one off or just cheap printing services.

The author has very extreme opinions. He claimed that abandoning the gold standard was the root cause of all problems including the number of death of the 1st and 2nd world war. He portraits Keynes as an ignorant wannabe economist with questionable moral values and sexual preferences. And he does not save Milton Friedman too. He calls Mark Rothko's work "trash" because it takes few hours to paint his works but they are valued millions on the market. So be ready to frown an eyebrow every couple of pages. Other than that the book is thought-provoking so it worth the reading. Even if it could have been at least 50% shorter since he repeats the same concept for 9 chapters out of 10.

Such an easy read. Makes money simple for commoners. Once you read this, you can’t go back to trusting fiat

Bitcoin to the moon!

Great read! Recommend to anyone starting their journey into understanding Money and thus Bitcoin’s value proposition. The technology era will only survive and thrive with a currency that is unique and positioned to travel over the internet at the speed of the internet with unique verifiable digital signatures. My perspective has changed about Bitcoin and Money after reading this. Recommended literature for your collection.

An absolute must read for people interested in free markets and monetary policy. Even for people with no prior interest, this book will open your eyes to how governments impoverish their citizens (while increasing the wealth of a few) by continuously printing money, and actually have little idea what they are doing. The difference between hard and soft money, time preference etc. and how these have affected the prosperity of civilizations in the past is amazing. Now we live in a world obsessed with consumption and continuous growth. People have stopped saving. But it is saving which creates capital and prosperity. This book explains beautifully how Bitcoin fixes this. 日本語版は、まだ出版されていませんが、来年に出るようです。日本の友達などにあげるのを楽しみにしています。