Jonathan Bier
The Blocksize War
The battle for control of Bitcoin's protocol rules
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About the book
This book covers Bitcoin's block size war, fought between August 2015 and November 2017. On the surface, the battle was about how much data was allowed in each block, but it exposed far deeper questions, such as who controls the rules of Bitcoin's protocol.
About the author
Jonathan is an auditor and investment professional, having worked as an equity analyst for Ruffer LLP from 2012 to 2016, before founding and managing the Elwood Blockchain Equity Index in 2018, which was eventually sold in 2021.
He is the author of two books: "The Blocksize War", published in March 2021, and "Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates", published in November 2022. Jonathan has also written a series of research pieces for the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform BitMEX.