= The Bitcoin Standard =
=== The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking ===
=== Saifedean Ammous - HillsLib 332.404 AMMOUS 2018 ===

Loquacious and disorganized, embellished with Rothbardian pontification.  I skimmed a lot.  The economist author's message is that bitcoin substitutes for gold and for state-controlled central banks.  I'm OK with the message, but a concise 30-or-less page academic paper could be more effective.  

I had hoped to learn more details about the technology; I got that from the first chapters of [[ https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691171696  | Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction ]] 2016, though I would prefer a second edition of the book.

Perhaps these papers:

[[ https://capitalism.columbia.edu/files/ccs/workingpage/2017/ammous_cryptocurrencies_and_the_functions_of_money.pdf | Can cryptocurrencies fulfil the functions of money? ]] 2018 S Ammous

[[ https://scholar.archive.org/work/5mydeb73ivfvtcss7yxtjtojxq/access/wayback/http://wvuieeepes.org:80/ee335/papers/SSRN-id2832751.pdf | Blockchain technology: What is it good for? ]] 2016 S Ammous

[[ http://journal.apee.org/index.php/ajax/GDMgetFile/2015_Journal_of_Private_Enterprise_vol_30_no_3_parte2.pdf | Economics beyond financial intermediation: digital currencies' potential for growth, poverty alleviation and international development ]] 2015 S Ammous

[[https://capitalism.columbia.edu/files/ccs/workingpage/2015/center_working_paper_ammous_economics_beyond_financial_intermediation_1.pdf | Economics beyond Financial Intermediation ]] 2013 S Ammous

=== References ===

http://bitcoin.org

http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/

http://nakamotoinstitue.org

http://lopp.net/bitcoin.html