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24 alternatives to Cryptonomicon

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cryptonomicon launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Cryptonomicon▲65

   The best book about adventures and crypto-currency.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Princeton Bitcoin▲71

   Introduction to Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency technologies

   2016 · d28rh4a8wq0iu5.cloudfront.net · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Secret History▲3

   The Story of Cryptology

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Mastering Bitcoin▲88

   The Bible for Bitcoin

   2015 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Incognito▲70

   The secret lives of the brain

   2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Code▲76

   The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

   2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Deep Simplicity▲62

   Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Case for Bitcoin▲63

   Bitcoin and the Decentralized Future

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Freakonomics▲97

   A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Investing in Ethereum▲66

    The guide to learning & profiting from cryptocurrencies

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Anarchy, State, and Utopia▲63

    A foundational text in libertarian thought

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Deep▲64

    Freediving, renegade science, + the secrets of the ocean

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Obfuscation▲53

    A user's guide for privacy and protest

    2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Crypto 101▲126

    Free Intro course on cryptography available for programmers

    2014 · crypto101.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Phishing for Phools▲63

    The economics of manipulation and deception

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us▲63

    Our minds don’t work the way we think they do.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Superintelligence▲69

    Paths, Dangers, Strategies of Superintelligence

    2015 · amazon.fr · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Social Engineering▲62

    The Art of Human Hacking

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Public-Key Cryptography▲2

    IACR Conference on Practice and Theory (PKC 2016)

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

23. 23RW
    Real-World Cryptography, the book, is done and shipping▲11

    hey folks! My book Real-World Cryptography was just released and is now shipping. I've been working on this thing for the last two years and a half, and the goal was to give a good overview of everything that can be classified as "real-world" about crypto. You'll find all the basics in the first half of the book, and the second half contains chapters on TLS, noise, PAKEs, post-quantum cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, MPC, cryptocurrencies, FHE, etc. So it's a good pick if you're learning, but also if you've been in the field for a while and want an intro to some subfield you're…

    2021 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Mathematics of Secrets▲3

    Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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