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Vijay Boyapati
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Vijay Boyapati
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The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, first published as a long-form article, represents an intellectual tour de force delivered with elegance and prescience by a polymath well-versed in mathematics, computer science, economics, philosophy, politics, and engineering. After March of 2020, it was evident to me that the world needed new money based on technology. However, in February 2018, when Boyapati first published his paper, this insight required much greater perspicacity, courage, and conviction.
In a clear and concise manner, Boyapati presents the theory of money, the anatomy of Bitcoin, the reasons it is superior to the gold and fiat standards that came before it, and the promise that it offers to human civilization. He describes path dependence and the trajectory of a newly monetizing asset in terms the layman can understand, and he addresses the concerns that most commonly arise as newcomers struggle to comprehend the essence and significance of this first digital monetary network.
I was immediately captivated by "The Bullish Case for Bitcoin" when I first read it, and made it part of the recommended reading for all the officers and directors of my firm as we educated ourselves on Bitcoin and considered the logical path forward. In this book, Boyapati updates and significantly expands on the ideas presented in his original article.
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- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
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A pessimistic vision with western liberal bias
- By Jeronimo L. Jimenez on 10-23-20
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The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains
- An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology That Powers Them
- By: Antony Lewis
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Author didn't do the whole job.
- By Alexander Andro on 05-21-21
By: Antony Lewis
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Dead Aid
- Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
- By: Dambisa Moyo, Niall Ferguson - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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A national best-seller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined - and millions continue to suffer. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing the development of the world's poorest countries.
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Dangerous / Right Wing US view
- By David O'Donovan on 03-05-19
By: Dambisa Moyo, and others
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Postcapitalism
- A Guide to Our Future
- By: Paul Mason
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone profound changes - economic cycles that veer from boom to bust - from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Surveying this turbulent history, Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system within which entire societies function, will mutate into something wholly new.
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some good ideas...
- By "ge-ko" on 06-19-16
By: Paul Mason
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- By: Felix Martin
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
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From ancient currency to Adam Smith, from the gold standard to shadow banking and the Great Recession: a sweeping historical epic that traces the development and evolution of one of humankind’s greatest inventions.
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Difficult to imagine how it could be worse
- By J. M. Batista on 09-19-17
By: Felix Martin
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Money Mischief
- Episodes in Monetary History
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- Narrated by: Nadia May
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What kind of mischief can result from misunderstanding the monetary system? The work of 2 obscure Scottish chemists destroyed the presidential prospects of William Jennings Bryan, as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt's decision to appease a few senators from the American West who helped communism triumph in China, are just 2 such mishaps cited in this important work by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. This accessible work also provides an in-depth discussion on the creation of value.
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This book is not unabridged.
- By James on 01-18-09
By: Milton Friedman
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Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks, which together control assets amounting to more than 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product, these financial institutions (now more emphatically "too big to fail") continue to hold the global economy hostage.
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Easy to Understand and Comprehend
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The History of Banking
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- By: K. Connors
- Narrated by: Michael J. Cover
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Have you ever wondered who started banking and for what reason? Or where money came from and how it's regulated? Ever wonder how banks are able to lend out billions of dollars at a time? This book gives a detailed outline of the history of banking from the 15 century to present day. Whether you are a fellow banker like myself, aspiring to work in the world of finance, or just plain curious, this book covers everything you need to know from top to bottom.
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Changing Lives..
- By jency on 12-12-17
By: K. Connors
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Wall Street
- A History, Updated Edition
- By: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
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Wall Street is an unending source of legend - and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself - from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant - and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world.
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Many books in one; best linking of stories, eras
- By Philo on 03-23-14
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Radical Markets
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- By: Eric A. Posner, E. Glen Weyl
- Narrated by: James Conlan
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Many blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking - and pretty much all conventional thinking about markets, both for and against - on its head. The book reveals bold new ways to organize markets for the good of everyone.
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Terrible Reader ruins this book
- By Brian W. Veit on 10-30-18
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A Capitalism for the People
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- By: Luigi Zingales
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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Born in Italy, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales witnessed firsthand the consequences of high inflation and unemployment - paired with rampant nepotism and cronyism - on a country’s economy. This experience profoundly shaped his professional interests, and in 1988 he arrived in the United States, armed with a political passion and the belief that economists should not merely interpret the world, but should change it for the better.
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Enjoyable but a tad predictable.
- By Kevin on 12-24-12
By: Luigi Zingales
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- Alex dhm
- 06-25-23
Short and concise explanation of BTC
I would recommend this book to anyone trying to understand what BTC is and how it can change the world to make place for a decentralized currency system where the banks and governments don’t control the supply and keep printing money without our consent. Thank you Vijay
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- Alex Peterson
- 01-24-23
If you don't know, now you know.
Great explanation of why bitcoin is a currency to consider investing ii. At the least, just to be aware of its role in the future monetary system.
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- Brian Goss
- 04-08-24
A quick classic must read
A good primer on money and the role of technology in monetization; we are watching this play out and this book was remarkably foresightful.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-15-22
A great short introduction to bitcoin
This book is a perfect giveaway to your friends and family to introduce them to bitcoin. It's well written, short and easy to understand. But it still valueble in the information that you getting throughout the book.
Vijay is a great thinker about bitcoin, his masterpiece "the bullish case for bitcoin" is a must read for anyone!
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- JHW
- 11-06-22
Go from 0 to maximalist with this book
Great book to orange pill friends and family. Really explains and steel mans counter arguments. 10/10 will listen again.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-22-23
Good book but the beggining of the audiobook…
Michael Saylor’s prologue quality is not good and has many cuts, I expected a little bit better quality for the audiobook of this great piece.
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- sumeet
- 01-13-24
Awesome audiobook
I love it :) Thanks Vijay for writing it. I will hard copy also. Hope to read more of your work.
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- John C Scarafiotti
- 01-22-22
Bullish Case is a great introduction to Bitcoin
Bitcoin information given in explainable terms to make it more accessible to the layperson. To me Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) was a tough to grasp asset class. Vijay described what Bitcoin is, why it has value, and at least for me helped justify why you should own some.
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- 円相
- 04-01-22
Qne of the best short intros to Bitcoin
Some historic details a little outdated (ex: Chinese hash power dominance) but overall a very clean, well explained and reasoned summary of the ongoing separation of money and state: Bitcoin.
Highly recommended.
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- Consumer_Sovereignty
- 05-05-22
Perfect
Answered all of my questions. Best Buy coin book out there. Vijay is good on Twitter too.
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