Posts by Crypto DL

The book "Hijacking Bitcoin" by Roger Ver provides a compelling and eye-opening account of how the original vision for Bitcoin has been co-opted and distorted over time. As one of the earliest Bitcoin supporters, the author's firsthand insights are invaluable. The book is divided into three main parts. The first part offers a detailed exploration of Bitcoin's original design…

The Blocksize War is a captivating deep dive into one of the most defining conflicts in Bitcoin's history. Author Jonathan Bier masterfully chronicles the intense technical and ideological battle that raged from 2015 to 2017 over the size of Bitcoin's blocks. At the heart of the war was a dispute over Bitcoin's protocol rules and who has the power…