PFP215 | Stephan Kinsella, Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019)

Property and Freedom Podcast, Episode 215.

This talk is from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. Stephan Kinsella (United States), Nobody Owns Bitcoin. PFS 2019 Playlist.

See also KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019).

Powerpoint slides embedded below.

For an article based on the transcript, see “Nobody Owns Bitcoin,” StephanKinsella.com (Sept. 20, 2019).

Some related Q&A is in this session which was held later on the same day: Hülsmann, Kinsella, Dürr, Hoppe, Q&A (PFS 2019).

Related links/relevant material:

• Konrad Graf, Are Bitcoins Ownable?: Property Rights, IP Wrongs, and Legal-Theory Implications [PDF]
• Preston Byrne, What do you legally “own” with Bitcoin? A short introduction to krypto-property
• On the Danger of Metaphors in Scientific Discourse
• LeFevre on Intellectual Property and the “Ownership of Intangibles”
• The “If you own something, that implies that you can sell it; if you sell something, that implies you must own it first” Fallacies,
• “The Non-Aggression Principle as a Limit on Action, Not on Property Rights,” StephanKinsella.com Blog (Jan. 22, 2010)
• “IP and Aggression as Limits on Property Rights: How They Differ,” StephanKinsella.com Blog (Jan. 22, 2010)
• KOL085 | The History, Meaning, and Future of Legal Tender
• The Limits of Libertarianism?: A Dissenting View
• KOL249 | WCN’s Max Hillebrand: Intellectual Property and Who Owns Bitcoin
• Cordato and Kirzner on Intellectual Property
• Mises on property
• KOL246 | CryptoVoices: Bitcoin as Property, Digital Goods, Personal Liberty, and Intellectual Property
• See other links at KOL191 | The Economy with Albert Lu: Can You Own Bitcoin? (1/3)
• My facebook post discussing ownership of Bitcoin
• Tom Bell: Copyright Erodes Property?
• Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity, According to U.S. Regulator
• Tax Plan May Hurt Bitcoin, WSJ
• Swiss Tax Authorities Confirm that Bitcoin is VAT-free in Switzerland
• Tokyo court says bitcoins are not ownable
• FinCEN Rules Commodity-Backed Token Services are Money Transmitters
• Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity, According to U.S. Regulator;
• Miami Judge Rules Bitcoin Is Not Money; Dismisses Money Laundering, Transmitting Charges
• How to handle bitcoin gains on your taxes
• SEC: US Securities Laws ‘May Apply’ to Token Sales
• Federal Judge Rules Bitcoin Is Real Money