
Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With
Why Bitcoin Will Be the Next Global Reserve Currency
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Jessica Walker
About this listen
Bitcoin is hard money you can’t f--k with.
No one controls it. No governments, no companies, no central banks, no money printing. It’s a revolution as big as the internet. And it’s never been hacked.
Entrepreneur and investor Jason A. Williams is the first author to put bitcoin in context of the 2020 crisis - a year of financial disaster and unprecedented money creation (money printer go brrr!).
Not only was bitcoin the best-performing asset on the planet in 2020, it quietly established itself as the next global reserve currency as central banks around the world desperately printed their money into oblivion.
Hard Money You Can’t F*ck With explains bitcoin in simple, understandable terms and maps out how this "magic internet money" will grow into the best form of money we’ve ever had.
What’s inside?
Part 1: "Why Bitcoin Matters Now"
- What bitcoin is
- Who created it
- Why bitcoin is "money you can’t f--k with"
- How bitcoin emerged out of the 2008 banking crisis
- Why money printing slowly destroys your wealth
Part 2: "A Brief History of Money (and Money Printing)"
- Take a step back and learn "what exactly is money"
- Why "printing cash" has always led to the death of currency
- Why bitcoin is the best form of money ever created
Part 3: "How Bitcoin Becomes the Next Global Reserve Currency"
- A deep dive into the 2020 financial crisis and how bitcoin emerged strongest
- The emergence of national digital currencies to compete.
- Why some nation states are now holding and trading in bitcoin
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Allen Farrington and Sacha Meyers chart a crash course through the pitfalls of modern economic theory and the world's fiat money system with a hopeful destination in Bitcoin is Venice. What if a global, digital, sound, open-source, programmable currency was monetizing from absolute zero? How might our conception of capital change? What novel forms of capital formation and economic production will become possible? How might they affect the design of social institutions? Can Bitcoin bring about a new Renaissance? With Farrington and Meyers, the discussion is as revolutionary as the answers.
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Some really good analogies and great arguments for the positive case for bitcoin.
- By AdventureRiderSterling on 03-18-24
By: Allen Farrington, and others
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The Genesis Book
- The Story of the People and Projects That Inspired Bitcoin
- By: Aaron van Wirdum
- Narrated by: Christian Neale
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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Bitcoin did not appear out of nowhere. For decades prior to Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention, a diverse group of computer scientists, privacy activists, and heterodox economists tried to create a digital form of money that could operate independently of government control. The Genesis Book tells the story of the people and projects that inspired the invention of the world’s first successful peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
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Very informative!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-24-25
By: Aaron van Wirdum
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A Beginner's Guide to Bitcoin
- By: Matthew R. Kratter
- Narrated by: Mike Norgaard
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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Bitcoin is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. Are you ready to get your piece of it? Bitcoin is just getting started, and 2021 will be a year like no other. As central banks continue to print money, you need a place to store your wealth and protect it from inflation. This book will teach you everything you need to know to get started investing in Bitcoin today.
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Outdated and too basic
- By Anonymous User on 05-20-21
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Inventing Bitcoin
- The Technology Behind the First Truly Scarce and Decentralized Money Explained
- By: Yan Pritzker
- Narrated by: Guy Swann
- Length: 3 hrs
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Bitcoin may well be the greatest invention of our time, and most people have no idea what it is or how it works. Walking through its invention, step by step, this short audiobook is critical before you invest. Learn why Bitcoin was invented and how it works.
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A step closer to understanding Bitcoin
- By Brian on 08-06-20
By: Yan Pritzker
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The Only Bitcoin Investing Book You’ll Ever Need
- An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to the Cryptocurrency Which Is Changing the World and Your Finances in 2021 & Beyond
- By: Freeman Publications
- Narrated by: Mark Greenberg
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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If you feel like you’ve “missed the boat” on bitcoin, think again. Because while bitcoin continues to hit all-time highs, this book will show you it’s not too late to invest in “digital gold". You’ll find easy-to-follow advice in how to buy and store bitcoin yourself, without having to pay expensive fees to middlemen. So even if you’re never listened to a single finance or investing book in your life, you will immediately understand how to become a successful long-term investor.
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Perfect for beginners
- By Mayra on 05-17-21
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Bitcoin
- Everything Divided by 21 Million
- By: Knut Svanholm
- Narrated by: Guy Swann
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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We're all chained to the unforgiving arrow of time. We're born, we live, and we get old. At least, that's what we hope will happen. Then we die. None of us humans are millionaires in terms of hours, yet we sacrifice our most valuable and scarce asset just to stay alive in the hamster's wheel one more day. In pursuit of saving time, Satoshi stumbled upon a discovery of a new, weightless, absolutely scarce element. The showstopper for each and every time thief. Element zero. Bitcoin.
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Excellent
- By Marie Belinowski on 10-27-23
By: Knut Svanholm
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Bitcoin Billionaires
- By: Ben Mezrich
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Ben Mezrich's 2009 best seller, The Accidental Billionaires, is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic rowers, and foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of the brothers’ redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook.
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Misleading Title - Mostly "Winkelvi Memoirs"
- By kameir on 06-07-19
By: Ben Mezrich
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Thank God for Bitcoin
- The Creation, Corruption and Redemption of Money
- By: Bitcoin and Bible Group, Jimmy Song, Gabe Higgins, and others
- Narrated by: Tyler Torti
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Money is a fact of everyday life. We earn it, spend it and save it. We’re tempted to worship it and to trust it to provide for our needs. While much has been written about the power, danger, and stewardship of money, little has been written about what money actually is and whether or not money itself is moral. That information gap has been exploited to enrich a privileged few, enslave millions, and reap confusion and division throughout the world. How did this happen and what can we do about it?
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A book about a moral perspective
- By Eric Rodriguez on 04-06-21
By: Bitcoin and Bible Group, and others
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Hijacking Bitcoin
- The Hidden History of BTC
- By: Roger Ver, Jeffrey Tucker - foreword
- Narrated by: Steve Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Bitcoin was promised to be a liberating technology, a free market alternative to state-controlled money. But that promise was broken after a small group of insiders took over the project and fundamentally changed Bitcoin's design.
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digital cash is the hijacked goal
- By Awesome Pseudonym on 05-06-24
By: Roger Ver, and others
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The Little Book of Bitcoin
- What You Need to Know That Wall Street Has Already Figured Out
- By: Anthony Scaramucci, Michael Saylor - foreword
- Narrated by: Anthony Scaramucci, Dean Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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Founder and comanaging partner of SkyBridge Capital Anthony Scaramucci delivers a comprehensive guide to understand disruption in the financial industry as a result of the emergence and increasing prominence of digital asset technology. This book runs the gambit from basic concepts all the way to implications of decentralized finance on the financial industry and society as a whole.
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Good Summary of the Journey of Bitcoin so far
- By Ronald Bracho on 02-19-25
By: Anthony Scaramucci, and others
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Layered Money
- From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies
- By: Nik Bhatia
- Narrated by: Guy Swann
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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In this fascinating deep dive into the evolution of monetary systems around the globe, Nik Bhatia takes us into the origins of how money has evolved to function in a “layered” manner. Using gold as an example of this term, he traces the layers of this ancient currency from raw mined material, to gold coins, and finally to bank-issued gold certificates. In a groundbreaking manner, Bhatia offers a similar paradigm for the evolution of digital currencies.
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Stunningly biased. Reads like an ad for BTC
- By JD on 08-23-21
By: Nik Bhatia
What listeners say about Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With
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- Shannon Baker
- 01-31-21
Terrific Overview of Money
This is not about the fiddly tech bits about Bitcoin. This tells you what has happened with money and lays out a possible future of money. Told in a very easy to understand way.
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- Edward Smathers
- 08-14-22
bitcoin vs Bitcoin
I waited far too long to read this book. Been following Jason on Twitter for years and have wanted to read this book since it was published.
The book offers a lot of insight into bitcoin and its use cases. Some really valuable economics 101 along with historical references to hard money that everyone should come to know.
I coupled reading this with The Bitcoin Standard, which really rounded off the historical aspect and filled many of the gaps in my own understanding of the economy in general.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone that has not gained a little exposure to bitcoin or thinks bitcoin is only for shady deals. For anyone that has gained e posture, you already have read the book or plan to in the near future. Good on you!
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- Phil
- 11-18-21
Excellent book
It's amazing all the things that go on behind the scenes with money. This is a great book to help anyone comprehend Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
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- Craig J.
- 09-16-23
F*CJ no more
Perfect details of why we need and why Bitcoin is finally the money ass*ole oligarchs can’t f*ck with
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- Ben Hetes
- 04-06-24
Author’s perspective
I’ve become a Bitcoin maximalist over the last year. I love how this book shares about their epiphany of Bitcoin, and how it was similar to my own. Nice to see that the experience is shared by individuals around the world.
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- THE Kindle
- 08-22-21
Despite the title…
It’s an excellent read/listen; if you’re in the crypto space already, you’ll recognize the story and people, and get reassurance that you are in the right side of moving forward.
If you’re uncertain about what crypto currency really is, or still think it is ‘secret drug money in the Dark Webs’; then you DEFINITELY need this information! Very informative for newbies and HODLers alike.
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- Justin Cotton
- 05-06-21
A must read for everyone
Bitcoin, history, inflation, money printing - you need to hear about it. Don’t pass on this book
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- J M H
- 05-18-21
Bitcoin for dummies
I enjoyed this book. Thought it was easy to understand and informative. Appreciated the lack of useless fluff and anecdotal evidence. Makes a strong case for the future of Bitcoin as something to hold onto for the long haul.
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- Brian Sachetta
- 05-30-21
Great listen on BTC
Known on social media as the “Parabolic Guy,” Williams is not just a great follow — he’s also a solid author in his own right. In “Bitcoin: Hard Money You…” Williams explains just why he’s such a bull when it comes to the world’s most well-known cryptocurrency.
This book mostly comes at you from the angle of: “Here’s why the current monetary system is broken, and here’s what we can do to fix it.” Williams’ short solution, as you might be able to guess, is Bitcoin. His longer, more thought-out answer is what fills the rest of the pages of this interesting and engaging release.
It’s clear Williams knows what he’s talking about when it comes to BTC. After all, he’s started a mining operation and even been questioned by the government over it. He tells all about that story, as well as many of the more technical aspects of bitcoin here.
By the end, the listener has a solid understanding of the cryptocurrency and is able to form his or her own educated opinion on it. Though I think that opinion will likely go one specific way given Williams’ stance, I’m not so sure that’s a bad thing.
This is a great listen with many compelling arguments in it. I definitely recommend checking it out.
-Brian Sachetta
Author of “Get Out of Your Head”
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- Thomas Y. Taber
- 05-09-21
Great book by someone who really knows bitcoin
This is a great book that expands upon ideas presented in the bitcoin standard. It’s written by a guy who is a minor and definitely knows the cryptocurrency space. My only issue with the book was that the audio quality is not that great. The narrator is fine, it just sounded like she was in a closet.
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