[Getting started with Bitcoin, blockchains, and cryptoassets](https://hackernoon.com/getting-started-with-bitcoin-blockchains-and-cryptoassets-2e9c1c685576) by [Stephen McKeon](https://hackernoon.com/@sbmckeon)

[An Introduction to Bitcoin Valuation](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/1594/Sath%2B-%2Bvaluation%2Bmodel.pdf) by Sath Ganesarajah

[The economics of digital currencies](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/1429/the%2Beconomics%2Bof%2Bcryptocurrencies%2B-%2BBoE.pdf) by BoE (Robleh Ali)

[Buyer Beware](http://avc.com/2017/06/buyer-beware/) by Fred Wilson

[The Eureka Moment That Made Bitcoin Possible](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/1992/The%2BEureka%2BMoment%2BThat%2BMade%2BBitcoin%2BPossible%2B-%2BWSJ.pdf) behind any discovery there must be a physicist (humor)? moreover, for 20-30 years working at Bell Labs...

## Bitcoin may need to prove itself

One of the strongest finance-based and government-regulation arguments - Bitcoin is a bearer bond. The risks and history of such an instrument, letter of credit, didn't work for financial system 

[Bitcoin is a fashion statement. I don’t say that to be pejorative. I say that as high praise. It’s a brilliant marriage of art and commerce,
and that’s a lot. Unfortunately that’s not enough for some](http://www.epsilontheory.com/wp-content/uploads/epsilon-theory-the-effete-rebellion-of-bitcoin-february-17-2015.pdf) by Ben Hunt (one of my favourite market-psychology observers and a portfolio manager)

## 2018

[So just what are the benefits of “crypto” anyway? Part 1]() Simon Taylor
> Centralisation doesn’t work for financial markets because you can’t centralise balance sheets without centralising risk and jurisdiction
> The internet giant / platform company business model is running into problems
> The crypto world is weird and incredible small compared to financial markets, but there might be magic in there