Joakim Book

Joakim Book
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Joakim Book is the managing editor for Bitcoin Magazine and he writes the regular book review column "Book's Books." His interests include money, monetary history and financial history. He was a visiting scholar at the American Institute for Economic Research in 2018-2022 and writes regularly for their educational economics project The Daily Economy. He holds degrees in economics and economic history from the University of Glasgow and the University of Oxford.

Are You Even a Bitcoiner If You’re Not on Nostr?

Bitcoiners who aren't on Nostr are missing the point. The purple pill of Nostr is inseparable from Bitcoin's orange pill. In this sit-down interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Derek Ross throws down the gauntlet to Bitcoiners who aren't on Nostr.

How to Think About Bitcoin Treasury Companies: A Bitcoiner’s Dilemma in the Age of Rampant Speculation

With bitcoin treasury companies bringing Wall Street into hype mode and new Saylor contenders launching weekly, what's a Bitcoiner supposed to do? At this, our fiat end times, mNAVs games and regulatory arbitrage are either a recipe for disaster or the blueprint for unbelievable wealth.

Bitcoin Heating Up: Home Bitcoin Mining is Going To Heat Europe

As energy costs soar and grids destabilize, European innovators are turning to Bitcoin mining at home as a decentralized solution — blending heat, profit, and power independence in one sleek radiator.

Nobody Orange-Pilled You — Or Me, Or Anybody

Everybody’s Bitcoin journey is different, and yet for most of us it’s difficult to find a specific moment that changed us — there was no orange-pill moment.

Which Way, Bitcoiner? On Purism vs Impact and Size vs Irrelevance

Purists always accuse the successful of ”selling out.” But success means mainstreaming, and we need Bitcoiners at every level of the orange-pilling funnel.

Finland Joins the Bitcoin Conference Map with BTCHel

BTCHel is the newest stop on the global Bitcoin conference circuit, bringing Bitcoiners to Helsinki, Finland, for the first large-scale Bitcoin event in the Nordics.

Are Bitcoin Treasury Companies Ponzi Schemes?

Financial machines of perpetual motion don’t work but bitcoin treasury companies are certainly trying. Why would this fad be any different?

Vegas Comedown, or Was Bitcoin 2025 Too Noisy?

Clear eyes and open minds about Bitcoin 2025: Was there too much noise, politicians, and shitcoinery?

Book’s Books: Knut Svanholm, Luke de Wolf, and “Bitcoin: The Inverse of Clown World”

Knut Svanholm's new book "Bitcoin: The Inverse of Clown World," is the perfect combination of light, relaxed reading and hard-hitting punch — sprinkled with a whole jar of humor.

In Defense of Bitcoin Culture

A response to the recent piece "Reflections on Bitcoin Culture" by Margot Paez, by Joakim Book.

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