The Internet of Money

A great introduction to Bitcoin. If you have the time, check out the lectures because they add twice the value when reading the book. Andreas is an entertaining lecturer and writer. He is largely unbiased and offers great advice. Join the revolution!

I've been studying Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for a few months now. I think it's never enough to go back to the beginning every now and then. There is always something more to learn.Speaking from my experience, I live in a third world country. Fortunately, I can say I live better than 90% of the population here - I have access to banking, I can afford to spend money on investments, have access to clean water and electricity 24/7. However, this book is very important in the sense that it is life-changing, and can give power back to the people. Banks will have a make a choice: adapt to the blockchain or die. And since people realized they can have more for less, banks will have a hard time to stand on their own feet. People in countries like mine will jump from being unbaked to being their own banks, and I can't wait to see that happening. There are so many implications to this: they will finally be able to develop themselves as human beings born with rights, the line between classes will blur and they will have the chance to dream and fight for more. Blockchain technology is here to stay, and this is only the beginning.There was, however, one question I had left for Andreas, and which I will seek an answer to via e-mail or social media, maybe Twitter: he mentions a couple times in the book, how someone who lives in the middle of nowhere can have access to bitcoin using only a solar panel and a Nokia 1000. Considering that this person - probably - has no access to banking, how will he or she get their fiat money across exchanges to buy bitcoin? Or is there a way to fix this issue in the future? For what we see now, we need to have a bank account to wire the money to an exchange and then buy bitcoin. How can we fix this problem for those who are unbanked? That still seems like a very big obstacle - the biggest that when it's tackled will take bitcoin into the path of worldwide adoption.

Andreas Antonopoulos is a legend in the bitcoin community, especially with his talents as a public speaker. His speeches uploaded to youtube are the best speeches and lectures about bitcoin out there. Which kind of hurts this book, let me explain.This book is a collection of his speeches. It is upfront about it, and admits it is talking to a crowd, not a reader. As a result, some ideas and themes are repeated. And reading a speech leaves out the cues of humor, pauses, etc. I can forgive that.The reason I can't rate it 5 stars is because as a book full of speeches, it assumes something about the audience: his speeches are at bitcoin meetups, corporate blockchain events, and fintech developer gatherings. It assumes that the recipient has a basic understanding of what bitcoin is, and WHY it is so revolutionary.If I gave this book to my grandmother, she would never read chapter 2, because she doesn't know why this technology is so revolutionary, or why she should trust it, or why she should be interested in it. I think this book would benefit greatly with a proper introduction to bitcoin. I also think a topic on bitcoin game theory would be appropriate. When people are introduced to this new idea, they look for holes in the logic. What keeps the miners honest? What prevents bitcoin from being copied? How can it be hacked? To someone that understands the basics of cryptocurrency, its a great read. But to find a book that I can give to the people unfamiliar to the topic, I will have to keep looking.

The book is an easy and fast read, well written. It is written from the lectures of Andreas Antonopoulos.

Definitely read you guys!

Andreas Antonopoulos is well-known in the blockchain community for Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies, released in January 2014, the first serious textbook describing the inner workings of Bitcoin. As a self-proclaimed (and confirmed) computer geek, who came of age during the early days of the Internet, Andreas is intimately familiar with the technical underpinnings of Bitcoin as well as the ongoing developments in this burgeoning field. His first book is an excellent reference for the technically-minded who desire to fully comprehend the transformative computer science breakthrough the Bitcoin protocol so ingeniously instantiates.But even more than a ground-breaking author, Andreas is truly a Bitcoin ambassador of the highest-order. He is a brilliant educator, always communicating with clear vision and passion, traveling across the globe these past three years, inspiring and enlightening growing numbers of people who are eager to learn about the revolutionary innovation of cryptocurrencies. Andreas’s profound technical expertise is complemented by his uncanny gift for making complex topics readily accessible to lay audiences. He is utterly convincing in his arguments for why Bitcoin REALLY matters—how this radically new “technology of money” in the age of the Internet will, slowly but surely, turn our old paradigms inside out. His recently released second book, The Internet of Money, an edited compilation of some of his best presentations, is an absolute must read for anyone and everyone who wants a sneak-peak at the future of finance and banking. Read this book (and watch the source videos) to gain deep insights into HOW and WHY Bitcoin will change the world for the better in the coming decades!

It`s the first book everyone should read to get more info about Bitcoin and blockchain issues. Perfect content!

… and the right one.It’s a good starting point in the issue of Blockchains, Bitcoins, cryptocurrencies.The Issues are mind blowing, really chance my world vision.

Ich habe bereits die technischen Bücher von Andreas (Mastering Bitcoin, Mastering Ethereum, Mastering the Lightning Network) gelesen und finde die Serie "The Internet of Money" eine wunderbare Ergänzung dazu, insbesondere wenn man weniger Interesse an den technischen Details hat. Andreas hat einfach wirklich Ahnung von dem Thema und kann es wunderbar erklären. Absolute Empfehlung von mir für alle, die etwas mehr über Bitcoin lernen möchten.

Una muy buena introducción a los misterios del bitcoin.

Se sei veramente interessato alla TECNOLOGIA che sta dietro a BITCOIN e vuoi capire cosa protrebbe fare bitcoin oltre che come uso di moneta leggi questo libro.