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

1 h 2 min · 2. Juni 2026
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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: https://bitcoinwell.com/referral/mftabFollow:https://x.com/thesatstackprimal.net/thesatstackerhttps://www.tiktok.com/@thesatstackhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4b58uoQo9Xl7RsbsbbAqAhhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-favorite-thing-about-bitcoin/id1788973938http://fountain.fm/show/YqXJoHuG6qYRBmDW1k3Chapters00:00 Bitcoin is for criminals00:57 Introducing Andrew Bailey & Resistance Money01:37 Andrew’s favorite thing about Bitcoin02:30 Ben McKenzie and the “Bitcoin is for criminals” critique03:24 Why Resistance Money begins with “Bitcoin is for criminals”04:46 Who gets to decide who is a criminal?05:10 The “veil of ignorance” case for Bitcoin06:05 Why Bitcoin critics may be “reputationally short” Bitcoin08:06 Stripping away bias when judging Bitcoin09:04 Bad monetary rule and global inflation10:21 Debanking, censorship, and political dissent11:42 Self-custody your Bitcoin 12:50 Do people actually use Bitcoin as resistance money?13:50 Why the data may miss Bitcoin’s most important use cases14:14 Real-world Bitcoin use in Turkey, Nigeria, and Egypt15:07 Open Dialogue Foundation and censorship-resistant payments18:00 Cash, crime, and Bitcoin21:53 Bitcoin privacy and the public blockchain22:25 Why cash and Bitcoin both have limits for criminals24:21 Open-source software, CoinJoin, and legal attacks26:43 Could authoritarians win the privacy battle?28:13 What Bitcoiners can do to defend privacy30:38 Chainalysis, stablecoins, and crypto crime stats31:35 Iran, sanctions, and Bitcoin payments31:56 Accepting the uncomfortable tradeoffs of resistance money34:15 Putting crypto crime numbers in perspective35:05 Why some Bitcoin critics may not actually care about crime36:05 Why it’s hard for critics to admit they were wrong36:38 Is Bitcoin the hardest and best money ever?37:14 Did hard money win after 1971?38:40 Is HODLing a use of money?40:09 Why there may be no such thing as “best money”41:29 Bitcoin’s strange tradeoffs42:04 Why Bitcoin’s complexity creates something precious43:26 Does any money fulfill all three functions perfectly?44:23 Should you use Bitcoin?45:14 Does Andrew care if Bitcoin’s price goes up?47:00 Bitcoin price as an information signal49:00 Are we moving toward more authoritarianism?51:13 Does Bitcoin need more medium-of-exchange adoption?53:00 Custodians, ETFs, and proof of reserves55:00 Monero, Zcash, and privacy coins57:25 Why Andrew respects Monero but still chooses Bitcoin59:00 Andrew’s future vision for Bitcoin01:00:16 Why authoritarianism could drive future Bitcoin demand01:01:09 “Show me your portfolio”

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