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A review by clay1st
The Blocksize War: The battle for control over Bitcoin's protocol rules by Jonathan Bier
5.0
If you have anything more than a passing interest in bitcoin you must read this book. This is the book I'll recommend first to anyone interested in reading a book on crypto.
It's an account of the dispute "war" within the bitcoin community that ultimately resulted in bitcoin splitting two in in 2017 with the creation of bitcoin cash.
This book does require some background understanding of cryptocurrency - as an enthusiast it's hard for me to guage what it'd be like to read this book without any knowledge of bitcoin. However, it's Safe to say that this book doesn't require any knowledge of coding or other technical or IT-specific skills (since I totally lack these anyway!)
The thing I loved most is that reading this book felt like reading a thriller - yet does not feel over dramatized. It does seem a little biased against the "big-blockers" but only in the sense of supporting the underdog "small-blockers" for the virtue of them being more populist, not because they are nobler or technically superior.
It's an account of the dispute "war" within the bitcoin community that ultimately resulted in bitcoin splitting two in in 2017 with the creation of bitcoin cash.
This book does require some background understanding of cryptocurrency - as an enthusiast it's hard for me to guage what it'd be like to read this book without any knowledge of bitcoin. However, it's Safe to say that this book doesn't require any knowledge of coding or other technical or IT-specific skills (since I totally lack these anyway!)
The thing I loved most is that reading this book felt like reading a thriller - yet does not feel over dramatized. It does seem a little biased against the "big-blockers" but only in the sense of supporting the underdog "small-blockers" for the virtue of them being more populist, not because they are nobler or technically superior.