Overview
Bitcoin isn't just for criminals, speculators, or wealthy Silicon Valley entrepreneurs--despite what the headlines say. In an imperfect world of rampant inflation, creeping authoritarianism, surveillance, censorship, and financial exclusion, bitcoin empowers individuals to elude the expanding reach and tightening grip of institutions both public and private. So although bitcoin is money, it isn't just money. Bitcoin is resistance money. Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin begins by explaining why bitcoin was invented, how it works, and where it fits among other kinds of money. The authors then offer a framework for evaluating bitcoin from a global perspective and use it to examine bitcoin's monetary policy, censorship-resistance, privacy, inclusion, and energy use. Resistance Money is intended for all, from the clueless to the specialist, from the proponent to the die-hard skeptic, and everyone in between. Key Features: ● Offers a clearly written, measured academic treatment of bitcoin ● Includes information on the financial, social, and environmental costs of bitcoin ● Addresses the strongest arguments against bitcoin and shows how most come up short.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew M Bailey ,
Bradley Rettler ,
Craig Warmke ,
Rob Greenbaum
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228667792
Publication Date: 14 October 2025
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""A well-researched and thoughtful literary achievement, reminding us that Bitcoin is the best money for everyone because it is brilliantly engineered to serve as money for anyone."" -- "" Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy"" ""An open-minded academic exploration of bitcoin's technology, incentive structure, externalities, and global impact. The book is accessible to all, including those with no previous knowledge of bitcoin. It will leave them packed with insights about the rise of Satoshi's new monetary technology and where it might take us tomorrow."" -- ""Alex Gladstein, chief strategy officer, Human Rights Foundation""
Author Information
Andrew M. Bailey is associate professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College, Singapore. Bradley Rettler is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Craig Warmke is associate professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. Rob Greenbaum is a professional narrator and voice-over talent in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Before training in narration and voice-over acting, Rob was a public interest lawyer for approximately twenty years. He's well accustomed to explaining complicated matters so that everyday people can understand them. That was essential in his work for a Native American tribe-dealing mostly with environmental law and cultural issues; as well as in his role as a staff attorney at New Mexico Legal Aid, where he handled consumer rights, landlord-tenant, and family law cases for low-income clients. Both experiences made him comfortable discussing anything from highly technical subjects to sensitive matters requiring understanding and compassion. Being a detail-oriented lawyer also taught Rob the importance of developing his knowledge about subjects with which he may not have been familiar previously. Such diligence equally serves him as an audiobook narrator, particularly for nonfiction. But, like any good attorney, Rob knows that information is only worthwhile insofar as it's used to tell an engaging story.
