Cointelegraph would like to offer you a non-exhaustive but carefully collected list of readings from these opinion leaders, whom we admire, and some favorite editorials

Pierce Brock, David Orban, Wang Binsheng and others contributed to this list of the top 20, which includes work related to Crypto and Blockchain issues, but also those that could be useful as an inspiration tool for businessmen. and women, fans of fintech innovations and dreamers.

Reading is always a source of reflection and feeling, while thoughts and emotions are the basis of creation. So we want you to always find time in the new year 2018 to get creative energy from print, digital, fiction, essays, interviews, etc. Enjoy reading!

About BTC: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cashier System by Satoshi Nakamoto (2009)

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] "There is one thing, in space, in the Blockchain space, which I recommend to all to read. It's very easy to understand, it's written in very simple words, every word makes sense, it's a bitcoin paper from Satoshi Nakamoto, eight pages and everyone should read it! st pages. It's super easy! People think that it is not easy. People think that they start the network and that they are going to be "Oh my god, I do not understand anything" but it's incredibly easy to read. And that's what you need to do when you're in this space. And it's very inspiring too. "

– Salome Parulava, Moeco

About Blockchain: Blockchain for Dummies by Tiana Laurence (2017)

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" First of all, I n & # I have not read I have not really had time to read books because of all these Blockchain developments, but recently, I realized that there was a kind waiting for people for cryptocurrency, but for you as an investor – to make a good decision on cryptocurrency – you must first understand the fundamental principle of Blockchain, so please, read "Blockchain fo r models. "It must be a good starting book for people to really understand what is the bottom layer, the technology, what is Bitcoin made of.Then, perhaps, you have better judgment – do not just listen Someone who is good or bitcoin is good.You learn first about technology! "

– Cris Tran, QRC Group

About Software of Construction: The Month of the Mythical Man by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. (1975)

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"It's actually an old school book that happened, it's still irrelevant, I just reread it on a flight. Blockchain book, it is actually much older than that – it's called "The Mythical Man-Month" – it's an explanation and an exploration of what it takes to successfully build software. This is the best software we like to talk about, I think, we like to teach it in many ways like a hard science, but the best software is really the art. The code is just a way, so rather than painting, you use the code to express yourself artistically through the software. I think he's got a very good understanding of this nuance, but it's also a very clear approach to the fact that you're managing, you work with a lot of developers, each with his own understanding. It can be very difficult to deliver things on time, plan … and he talks about his lessons – he was one of the very first designers of operating systems. He had made a software called OS / 360 that preceded us by 13 years. He had managed huge teams and, in fact, he spoke very frankly about his failures and the lessons he learned. He knew the right way to approach construction projects, so if you have not read it, I highly recommend it. "

– Joshua Lavin, EOS

About Money: The Denationalization of Money by F. Hayek (1976) )

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" This is a recent book by a guy super smart. I call Dave Birch, I love the author: his lectures and his books, he helped me, he wrote several books and they are all unbelievable The previous book s & # 39; called "Identity the New Money" – full of ideas, very inspiring, so I recommend it! "

– Salome Parulava, Moeco

About the Revolution: Firing Fire by Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal (2017)

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] "A book call Ed Stealing Fire is the one I would recommend now. I hope we will not dwell too much on the past. We can learn from the past, but the past is here. History, there is no change to that and it is the future that is a mystery and where are the fun things. "

] – Brock Pierce

About Digital Coins: Nick Szabo's Blog

Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, lawyer and cryptographer known for his research on digital contracts and digital currency. He is a very prolific creator: among other things, for example, in 1998, he devised a mechanism for a decentralized digital currency called "Bit Gold", never implemented, but precursor of Bitcoin architecture. He also developed the phrase and the concept of "smart contracts".

In his blog, he addresses, in his own words, "an infinite variety of subjects" – economics, law, history and security.

About Money: Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inner History of Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper (2016 )

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Que happens when a journalist digs cryptography using his best stories and stories? kills? Answer: an unusual story of Bitcoin and the rise of its technology through the eyes of the colorful central characters of the movement, including an Argentine millionaire, a Chinese entrepreneur, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, and its elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Digital Gold by New York Times technology journalist Nathaniel Popper is one of the best introductions to Bitcoin for the wider public. The author offers an in-depth view of the industry from the outside. For those who are already there and do not want to refresh the story created by Satoshi Nakamoto, Gavin Andresen, Erik Vorhees, Roger Ver and the Winklevoss Twins, this book could be given to your mom – to save a lot of time from Explain what we are really doing here.

About Wealth: Videolections by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

"In fact, the one that impacted me the most was the guy named Andreas, he's actually Greek, you can search YouTube, he's passionate about Bitcoin and Blockchain technology, and what it can do to change the world and eliminate trust between people and government. Corrupt all this system by stealing your wealth, you know What it essentially suggests is stealing your wealth in a stealth mode so you have a thousand today, you have a thousand of them tomorrow – actually, your patrimony is always the same but, for a thousand today, you can not buy the thousand goods of tomorrow because of the inflation because they are printing money, they steal wealth in a stealth mode, you can not see it, you do not do not complain because you have a thousand now, you have a thousand tomorrow – do not change. Basically, people do not see him but this guy he saw the problem and explained very well. That's what inspired me. We should go explore more about Blockchain and bring the services and products to the market.

– Woanjen Tang, Orioncoin

About Decision Making: Non-Cooperative Games by John Forbes Nash (1950)

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The only person to receive both the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and the Abel Award, John Nash inspired a Hollywood movie, A Beautiful Mind, which is also worth watching.The theory developed by the mathematician J. Nash has become fundamental to the economy, politics and management. The balance of Nash, presented in his Princeton thesis about the interaction of two or more players in the leq Each game is supposed to know the balance strategies of others, and no player has anything to gain by only changing his own strategy. Nash's work provided insight into the factors that govern chance and decision-making within complex systems of everyday life.

About China: Henry Paulson (2015) and An Hour in China by Jeffrey Towson and Jonathan Woetzel (2017)

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"To be honest, it may not be so specific Blockchain and cryptocurrency, but it is not so specific. one of my favorite personal books … Well, actually, I have two of them. The first is "Dealing with China" by Henry Paulson. He was a former CEO of Goldman Sachs and then Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush. He talked about his experiences and how he did business with China – and that really inspired me a lot. The second would be the book "One Hour in China" by Jeffrey Towson and Jonathan Woetzel. Jeffrey Towson is a professor at Peking University and Jonathan Woetzel is a partner at McKinsey in Shanghai. They wrote a book that condenses everything you need to know about China in an hour. This has inspired me to write a lot about Chinese consumers. I do a lot of writing. I write for LinkedIn in China, I write for Cointelegraph. These two books have formed me in what I'm trying to do. "

– John Patrick Mullin

About the Humanity in the Twenty-first Century: Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari (2015)

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"I would not hesitate to recommend Homo Deus de Harari, which is a very well written and very precise vision of the future and our challenges as we redefine what it means to be human in the world. 21st century. "

– David Orban, Counselor of the Singularity University

About the Future of Our World: Republic by Plato (380 before JC)

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"Interestingly enough, I'm going back to Plato lately. Plato's "Republic" is an old dialogue about whether we would make a new country, what we would include, and what we would not include. Speaking of developing new communities, I think there are many applications for philosophy in Blockchain and AI. Because we are building the future of our world, what are we going to keep and what will not we keep? Recently, I saw an interview with Vitalik, the famous character of Ethereum. One of the things he likes about his job, as he said, is "I happen to apply philosophy and technology every day." There would be my recommendation . Back to classics.

– Daniel Finn, Smartmesh

Again on BTC:

Why is Bitcoin Important? by Marc Andreessen ( 19459021) Bitcoin and the Future of Payment Technology Dialogue by the Fire with Lawrence H. Summers (2015); Interview with Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs (2015

"So there are not many books that inspire me.But I like interviews and articles from well-established and respected people How do they look at cryptocurrency and bitcoin.So, for example, Marc Andreessen, who is the founder of Andreessen Horowitz, one of the best in the world, published an article in The New York Times. think it was around 2013. "Why is Bitcoin important?" For the state, I think it's one of the best articles. I think that e everyone should google. It's always relevant! Four years later! And a few others like Larry Summers who was at the Department of Finance and made a wonderful speech on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency and he is so knowledgeable and it's a video that people should try to find. And most recently Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. He talked about what he's not skeptical or skeptical of something new. But he believes that there is a big opportunity in Bitcoin. So when you look at this, you know that traditional finance will come into this space. Especially like Goldman Sachs. So it was an interview with Lloyd from Goldman Sachs. And these are things and they are all small extracts. I think people should watch this. "

– Mike Kayamori, QUOINE

About Not to Panic: Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide ( 1981)

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Most Fun and Smart Views on Futurism – The Hitchhiker's Guide has become classic for those who want to see beyond the present.The Android paranoid aphorically laconic, praised by the Radiohead song, galaxy travelers and their panoply – a towel, the motto of any possible situation this could happen – "Do not Panic", famous 42-answer to the ultimate question of life. History features will not leave you indifferent to the saga of space, even if your most comfortable area is still the land.

The novel, an adaptation of the first four parts of the radio series of the same name from Adams, then inspired a series of interpretation – from a video game to the famous film in 2005.

About Dreaming: Launch Address at Stanford University by Steve Jobs (2015)

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Steve Jobs was without a doubt one of the greatest visionaries of the century.The CEO and co-founder of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios was already suffering from cancer at the time when it was addressing Stanford University graduates at its 114th place. e beginning on June 12, 2005. In this quarter-hour speech, he spoke of setbacks – including death itself – as opportunities – and dreams as the most important motivation for development. .

If you have not seen the address, you must absolutely bridge this cultural gap. to go back because it is perhaps the best inspirational rhetoric ever made.