Princeton Bitcoin textbook is now freely available

Michael Nielsen has a nice intro the protocol, for those looking for another source:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.michaelnielsen.org&#x2F;ddi&#x2F;how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.michaelnielsen.org&#x2F;ddi&#x2F;how-the-bitcoin-protocol-a...</a><p>(he has other articles I would recommend taking a look at, too --- check them out if you&#x27;re interested! )

Here&#x27;s the link to the actual PDF: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;d28rh4a8wq0iu5.cloudfront.net&#x2F;bitcointech&#x2F;readings&#x2F;princeton_bitcoin_book.pdf?a=1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;d28rh4a8wq0iu5.cloudfront.net&#x2F;bitcointech&#x2F;readings&#x2F;p...</a>

I read this book when I took CS251 last fall. It is an accessible, mostly nontechnical overview of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. For those interested in reading the book and learning more about cryptocurrencies, I recommend going through the CS251 reading list which includes this book.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;crypto.stanford.edu&#x2F;cs251&#x2F;syllabus.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;crypto.stanford.edu&#x2F;cs251&#x2F;syllabus.html</a>

One of the author of this book already had a MOOC about Bitcoin on Coursera.<p>Link : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coursera.org&#x2F;course&#x2F;bitcointech" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coursera.org&#x2F;course&#x2F;bitcointech</a>

Despite being a little outdated and justifiably overly focused on the computer-science aspects, this is a huge improvement in bringing academia up to speed on cryptoeconomics.

I found the book(&amp; course notes) to be interesting but non-technical &amp; little verbose. For those wanting to read technical subject matter I&#x27;d recommend the bitcoin developer reference &amp; bitcoin developer guide at bitcoin.org

Since nobody has mentioned it yet, Andreas Antonopoulos&#x27; book, &quot;Mastering Bitcoin,&quot; is quite good.<p>You can build the ePub from source:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;bitcoinbook&#x2F;bitcoinbook" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;bitcoinbook&#x2F;bitcoinbook</a><p>Or get it from oreilly:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shop.oreilly.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;0636920032281.do" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shop.oreilly.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;0636920032281.do</a>

epub or any ebook ready format?

&gt;&gt; Princeton University Press is publishing the official, polished, and professionally done version of this book. It will be out in summer 2016.<p>Is this really freely available? I&#x27;d much rather see Princeton release this book to the public domain.