Professor’s Brilliant Rebuttal to Bitcoin’s Biggest Critics (w/ Resistance Money Author Andrew Bailey)

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Andrew Bailey discussing the criticisms of Bitcoin, particularly its association with crime and its implications for society.

Ben McKenzie says Bitcoin is for criminals.In this interview with philosophy professor and Resistance Money co-author Andrew Bailey, we explore whether that criticism is true and why it might not mean what Bitcoin critics think it means.We discuss crypto's use in crime, Iran using Bitcoin to avoid sanctions, and whether censorship-resistant money is ultimately a net positive or net negative for the world.📖 Check out Resistance Money by Andrew Bailey, Bradley Rettler, and Craig Warmke. https://x.com/resistancemoneyhttps://www.resistance.money/🔐 Secure your Bitcoin with BitBox — Bitcoin-only, open source, Swiss-made.👉 http://bitbox.swiss/satstacker | Code: SATSTACKERValue 4 Value: If you enjoyed this content feel free to zap me some sats via the lightning network: thesatstacker@coinos.io or https://coinos.io/thesatstackerNYKNYC. Buy Bitcoin and withdraw to self custody with Bitcoin Well. Use my referral link for a chance to win free sats…

People in this episode

Guest: Andrew Bailey

Topics covered

• Bitcoin criticism
• crypto and crime
• censorship-resistant money
• economic sanctions
• philosophy of money

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• Andrew Bailey
• Resistance Money
• crypto crime
• censorship-resistant money
• economic sanctions
• Ben McKenzie

Sponsors

BitBox, Bitcoin Well

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Resistance Money

Books & works: Resistance Money

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