Agreed. Just finished Brown Money. Thanks Lyn, it's such a great read.

I learned so much about the history of money and commerce, the more recent phases that moved us from gold standard to full fiat standard in the 20th century, the inner workings of the fiat system that trends toward wealth concentration and entropy, and the hope that Bitcoin-based communities (such as the ones you mentioned) offer to decentralize control of the ledger.

I'm not a huge reader (I typically do audiobook) so the fact that I read a 500-page history of economics book in the last 3 weeks says a lot about how easy and intriguing of a read it is!