>It destroys your body, kills your spirit, and pays less than nothing when you consider the lack of health benefits and high possibility of injury.
I worked out in the woods of the northwest as a logger and would like to disagree. There are certainly jobs that are worse in all the metrics you've listed. Personally, I couldn't wait to get a fast food job after I quit.
Concrete Mathematics by Knuth was designed with your needs in mind, and has essentially become the canonical "math for cs" text. I haven't read more than the preface plus a few pages though, so I can't comment further on whether or not it delivers in my opinion, but the opinions of others seem very positive.
Have you looked into any other DAG tech, besides IOTA? ByteBall and Raiblocks are excellent, functional and mature examples in my opinion that lack IOTA's downsides (likely because they are intended primarily for p2p payments, not IOTA's intended use case as m2m first, p2p second).
In full disclosure, I own a little bit of both. I first stumbled upon them after being disappointed with IOTA, and they deliver on a lot of what my initial expectations of IOTA were. I just want to be able to buy coffee with my crypto and not wait an hour for confirmation times!
What was once friendly enthusiasm has become hard lines and jagged edges with organized shilling campaigns from all sides. It's quite off putting as someone who spends a lot of time in these communities. It's hard to even ask technical questions or address concerns without being named a "FUD'er", and I don't think it's changing anytime soon.
I love ByteBall, but also likely the required crypto intelligence. But AFAIK they are a relatively mature DAG tech, with oracles and smart contracts already working (P2P UFC betting being a relatively popular example). XRB is another promising DAG tech (which I currently own), as mentioned. I suggest you look into both if you're interested.
I'm big on DAG tech as I see it being the only form of crypto currency that I can buy my coffee with, without waiting so long for confirmation that it isn't worth it. Whether it can be a suitable replacement to blockchain though I don't know, it may be an apples to oysters type of comparison and one may have strengths where the other has weaknesses.
Do you feel all crypto projects are included in the bubble you described?
Personally, I think many are extremely overbought (BTC, LTC, ETH, etc) but can't help but feel that those with real utility and industry value are (relatively) undervalued.
I worked out in the woods of the northwest as a logger and would like to disagree. There are certainly jobs that are worse in all the metrics you've listed. Personally, I couldn't wait to get a fast food job after I quit.