Crypto History
Overview
Before diving into crypto, one must understand the how and why behind its invention. The list is categorized by four topics: "History of Money", "History of Digital Money", "Philosophical and Political Motivations", and "History of Bitcoin". Crypto was not an overnight innovation. People have worked on digitizing money for the past thirty years. Thus, knowing the evolution of money, the history of digital payments, and the philosophical and political motivations of cryptocurrencies can contextualize our understanding of the implications of cryptocurrencies.
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Table of Contents
- History of Money
- History of Digital Money
- Philosophical and Political Motivations
- History of Bitcoin
History of Money
Money is Memory
– Narayana R. Kocherlakota
The Big Problem of Large Bills: The Bank of Amsterdam and the Origins of Central Banking
– Stephen Quinn, William Roberds
Brief History of the Gold Standard in the United States
– Craig K. Elwell
Money in the Modern Economy: an Introduction
– Michael McLeay, Amar Radia, Ryland Thomas
Shelling Out: The Origins of Money
– Nick Szabo
DEBT: The First 5000 Years (Video)
– David Graeber
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (Book)
– Niall Ferguson
History of Money
– Wikipedia
A Brief History of Money
– James Surowiecki
The History of Money
– Jurg Conzett
Introduction to an Alternative History of Money
– L. Randall Wray
The Ethics of Money Production (Book)
– Jörg Guido Hülsmann
The Origins of Money
– Philip Grierson
History of Digital Money
Bit Gold Proposal
– Nick Szabo
b-money
– Wei Dai
Hashcash - A Denial of Service Counter-Measure
– Adam Back
Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree
– Arvind Narayanan, Jeremy Clark
The Byzantine Generals Problem
– Leslie Lamport, Robert Shostak, Marshall Pease
The Agoric Papers
– Mark S. Miller, K. Eric Drexler
Digital Cash and Monetary Freedom
– Jon W. Matonis
A Brief History of Digital Currencies
– Ebrary
The God Protocols
– Nick Szabo
Untraceable Electronic Mail, Return Addresses, and Digital Pseudonyms
– David L. Chaum
Triple Entry Accounting
– Ian Grigg
Denationalisation of Money: The Argument Refined (Book)
– Friedrich A. Hayek
Detecting Double-Spending
– Hal Finney
Online Cash Checks
– David Chaum
Digital Cash and Privacy
– Hal Finney
On Digital Cash-Like Payment Systems
– Daniel A. Nagy
The Idea of Smart Contracts
– Nick Szabo
DEVCON1: History of the Blockchain (Video)
– Nick Szabo
Philosophical and Political Motivations
Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks
– Jameson Lopp
cryptoanarchy.wiki (website)
– cryptoanarchy.wiki
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
– James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
– Timothy C. May
A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
– Eric Hughes
Libertaria in Cyberspace
– Timothy C. May
The Cyphernomicon
– Timothy C. May
Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities
– Timothy C. May
Crypto Glossary
– Timothy C. May
The Case for Privacy
– David D. Friedman
Cate's Cryptorebel/Cypherpunk Page (Website)
– Vince Cate
The Untold History of Bitcoin: Enter the Cypherpunks
– PetriB
History of Bitcoin
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (Whitepaper)
– Satoshi Nakamoto
The Complete Satoshi (Website)
– Satoshi Nakamoto Institute
Bitcoin P2P E-Cash Paper
– Satoshi Nakamoto
Transcripts (Website)
– diyhpluswiki
The Book of Satoshi: The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto (Book)
– Phil Champagne
Bitcoin History: Timeline, Origins, and Founder
– Steve Fiorillo
Bitcoin History
– P2PF Wiki