Yo, what’s the hottest read you’ve picked up in 2025 so far? Drop your faves! Truly appreciate it 📚👇💬
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Brian Catling's Earwig
Much enjoyed reading The Genesis Book by nostr:nprofile1qqsw34nugddy5kfsfc2pg2qwj5h0u9a7gf20egnez6lk870h8e22hfqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcl5lyzm
same here!
This 👇🏻 
The Big Print by nostr:nprofile1qqsxc56ajk5xtxerf4dqspgrfa0s5elrcr80lnz9nasldq87j3zzf0cpzemhxw309a6k6cnjv4kzumr0vdskcw358q6rsqgvwaehxw309a38yc3wd9hsqye4eh.
Woording very clearly the current economic situation and synthisising #bitcoin as a saving grace.
Ty
Just bought this old classic in Swedish. Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged. 1000+ pages.
NAJS!!
Required reading! 🙌
Alt-right capitalist propaganda trash written by someone who died poor, surviving only on the same government social services she railed against her entire life. Ayn Rand was a hypocritical pseudo-intellectual.
Rand’s ideas in Atlas Shrugged actually vibe with a lot here on Nostr. She championed laissez-faire capitalism and individual sovereignty—core Austrian Economics principles—and her distrust of centralized systems mirrors Bitcoin’s ethos. The “hypocrisy” charge doesn’t fully stick; she saw taking Social Security as reclaiming what the government took from her, not endorsing it (she wrote about this in 1966). Kind of like us using fiat while pushing for BTC. “Alt-right propaganda” also feels off—she was a globalist, not a nationalist. Curious what really bugs you about her?
Also… really dislike the “dying poor” as a testament to them being a looser. Nikola Tesla was the greatest intellectual in our time, died alone in a room with no children of his own…
If you’re looking for a fiction read, Red Rising is excellent.
The Blocksize Wars was a banger.
The Reveal (2024) by David Icke.
Mandibles
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris.
PSI
"Currency Wars" by Song Hongbing
SCRUM for dummies
Really, this so well written book without that all emptyword blah blah.
As second place is for “Fiat standard”. 🫡
Needed a break from all the nonfiction, so picked up a SciFi. Working through first book in The Quantum Series by Douglas Phillips. ⚛️ The 4D science and math concepts are pretty cool.
Count of monte cristo
Myth and ritual in Christianity
The sailor who fell from grace with the sea
The Bushido of Bitcoin by Aleksandar Svetski. Not your typical bitcoin book. Here is a summary created by Grok:
"The Bushido of Bitcoin" by Aleksandar Svetski is not a technical guide to Bitcoin or a history of money, but rather a philosophical exploration of what happens when Bitcoin succeeds and its adopters become a new societal elite. Drawing inspiration from the samurai code of Bushido, the book proposes a new moral and virtuous framework for this emerging class. Svetski argues that simply achieving Bitcoin's dominance isn’t enough—those who rise to power must embody virtues like honor, discipline, and excellence to avoid replicating the corruption of past elites. The book outlines ten key virtues, tracing their historical and etymological roots, and connects them to a future shaped by a Bitcoin standard. It blends historical analysis with a vision for a civilization rebuilt on integrity and strength, offering a hopeful, action-oriented guide for individuals and society in a decentralized economic era.
