Resources

Learning about Bitcoin is a fun and exciting journey. That being said, it is not without its challenges and can sometimes even be frustrating. It can be difficult to sift through the monumental amount of information that is available to one nowadays. Moreover, it’s even more difficult to discern the good from the bad, the credible from the unreliable - and most importantly - the legitimate from the scammer.

Below is a curated list of all of my favorite resources I have come to know and love throughout my Bitcoin learning journey. If it is on this list I consider it legit, trustworthy and reliable. Much like what I aim to do here at Bitcoin Bits & Bytes - these resources helped me get to where I am today. I hope they provide you with as much value and insight they have provided me over the years.

Note: I regularly make updates to this list. That includes adding new resources as I discover them as well as removing resources I no longer consider reliable and/or trustworthy.

Resources that I recommend & use

Learning, Education and Interacting

Books

Entry Level

• Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker

• Bitcoin Evangelism by Brian De Mint

• Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can’t F*ck With by Jason Williams

Intermediate

• Layered Money by Nik Bhatia

• Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper

• Thank God For Bitcoin by Jimmy Song

• Broken Money by Lyn Alden

• The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous

• The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous

Advanced

• Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos

Not Bitcoin Specific - but Bitcoin relevant

• Zero to One by Peter Thiel

• The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

• The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson, Michael David Axtell, et al.

• Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

• The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Kevin Kenerly, et al.

• Principles by Ray Dalio

• The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth

Podcasts

• We Study Billionaires

• The Bitcoin Layer

• What Bitcoin Did

• Unchained

• All-In

• Bankless

• State of Bitcoin

• The Bitcoin Podcast

• Coin Stories

• Swan Signal

• The Pomo Podcast

• The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

• Stephan Livera Podcast

• Lex Friedman Podcast

• Galaxy Brains

• Bitcoin Reserve

• and last but not least - The Bitcoin Bits & Bytes Podcast!

People

Intro to Bitcoin

• Yan Pritzker

• Brandon Keys

• Neil Jacobs

• Andreas Antonopoulos (advanced topics as well)

Bitcoin & Macro

• Preston Pysh

• Lyn Alden

• Nik Bhatia

• Stephan Livera

Bitcoin Maximalism

• Jack Mallers

• Jack Dorsey

• BTC Sessions

• Michael Saylor

• Jason Williams

• Balaji

• Jimmy Song

• Saifedean Ammous

• Anthony Pompliano

Bitcoin News & Noteworthy

• Natalie Brunell

• Whitney Webb

• James Lavish

• Brian Brooks

• Erik Voorhees

• Jeff Booth

Websites

• Mempool.space

• TimechainStats

• Lyn Alden’s Website

• Bitcoin Magazine

• CBBI

• Swan Bitcoin

• ViaBTC Tx Accelerator

• Protos

• fiatleak

• Decrypt

• Satoshi Nakamoto Institute

• Bankless

• Bitcoin.org

• Khan Academy

• The Block

• Bitcoin Twitter

• The Mises Institute

• Coingecko

• Medium

• Substack

• Reddit

Whitepapers

A whitepaper is a document that presents a comprehensive report or guide about a specific topic, often to inform readers or propose a new idea. While their is no official rule on what topics they cover or how long they should be, in the context of Bitcoin, a whitepaper typically introduces a concept and technical workings of the subject or topic it addresses. They serve as both an educational resource and a foundational blueprint for its implementation.

No Bitcoin publication would be worth its salt without a reference to where it all started: The Bitcoin Whitepaper, By Satoshi Nakamoto.

• The Original Bitcoin Whitepaper

• The Bitcoin Lightning Network Whitepaper

• The BitVM Whitepaper

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Buying, Storing and Securing your Bitcoin

Exchanges

• Kraken

• Coinbase

Bitcoin Buying Apps/Sites

• Strike

• CashApp

• River

• Swan

Mobile Wallets

• Breez

• BlueWallet

• Phoenix

Software/Computer Wallets

• Sparrow

• Electrum

Hardware Wallets

• Trezor

• Ledger

• KeepKey

Bitcoin Specific Apps

• Fold

• Bitrefill

• Bitcoin Co.

• Lolli

• Coinmiles

Where applicable, some links include my referral code to the product or service. By no means is it required that you use it - but if you choose to I greatly appreciate it. Feel free to share these codes with others that you think might find the product or service useful. Thank you!

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If there are resources that have helped you navigate the exciting and complex world of Bitcoin, let me know! Post a comment below and share some details. The best way to gain knowledge is to share it - exactly what we do here at Bitcoin Bits & Bytes.