How To Keep Learning

Day 365 is close. But Bitcoin doesn’t stop on Day 365 — and the space continues to produce serious thinking worth following.

A few places where the most useful ongoing conversations happen.

For news and analysis: Bitcoin Magazine has been covering the space since 2012 and maintains a focus on Bitcoin specifically rather than the broader crypto space. The Bitcoin Optech newsletter covers technical development in accessible language — useful for anyone who wants to follow protocol development without deep technical expertise.

For long-form thinking: Lyn Alden’s research and writing is among the most rigorous macro-level Bitcoin analysis available. Parker Lewis’s “Gradually, Then Suddenly” series remains one of the best long-form introductions to Bitcoin’s monetary theory. Saifedean Ammous’s “The Bitcoin Standard” is the book most serious Bitcoin holders cite as foundational.

For technical depth: Bitcoin developer mailing lists and BIPs (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals) are where protocol development happens in public. Following these requires technical background but gives a direct view into how the network evolves.

For on-chain data: Glassnode and LookIntoBitcoin are the most accessible on-chain analytics platforms — the metrics covered in Part 4 and Part 9, visualised and updated in real time.

For community: Bitcoin Twitter (now X) has significant noise but also some of the best ongoing Bitcoin thinking. The trick is finding the accounts that add signal rather than price speculation.

The most important ongoing practice is simpler than any of these: keep asking questions. When you encounter an argument against Bitcoin, engage it seriously rather than dismissing it. When you encounter an argument for it, apply the same rigour.

The course ends. The education continues.

Tomorrow: the books worth reading beyond this series.

— The Daily Bit