Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC by Roger Ver is a great resource for understanding the - 15 years in the making - lore of Bitcoin.

This book tells the block size wars from the other side—not the small blockers, the RPi node runners (the economic nodes), and the Bitcoin purists promoting decentralization—but from the side that used BTC to start businesses.

It sheds light on the political intrigue tying together the miners, the online community, the core developers, and the entrepreneurs that engaged with the Bitcoin blockchain from its beginning.

I started my crypto journey on the Bitcoin.org landing page reading the white paper and the Lightning Network (LN) scaling solution. I learned firsthand the difficulty of scaling Bitcoin, yet felt confused. The Bitcoin community, (the online forums), was enthusiastic that the LN is the and the only scaling solution. I further investigated and came to the conclusion that LN is good money being thrown at bad and went in search of other scaling solutions for Bitcoin. That was 5 years ago...

This book shows that since the block size wars, the Bitcoin maxxi community does not care for Cypherpunk, innovation, or even the truth. It is an insightful read and I suggest this book for anyone who cares for more than just numbers that go up.