Zooko Wilcox's Book Recommendations
Zooko Wilcox is the CEO of Electric Coin Company, the company behind Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency. He is a computer scientist and cypherpunk with a long history in decentralized systems and cryptography. Based on his recommendations, he enjoys science fiction and books about cryptography and hacking.
📚 Books Recommended by Zooko Wilcox 8
Hackers
"This book changed my life when it came out. [...] It made me want to be a hacker. But not a criminal — a hero of the computer revolution."
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Good Calories, Bad Calories
"When it came out ten years ago, it was the definitive study of the history and science of human nutrition in the 20th century."
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Dune (6 books)
"The extensive quotations are one of my favorite parts."
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Altered Carbon
"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)."
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Broken Angels
"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)."
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Between Silk and Cyanide
"Of the cypherpunk canon."
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Dune
"@rsnous I just finished that book today! The extensive quotations are one of my favorite parts."
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Woken Furies
"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)."
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