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Philosophy & Economics of Bitcoin

17 objections to bitcoin’s capacity to serve as money, to its aptness for use as resistance money, and to its ability to serve as a good money
Various ways such objections interact, and how to assess them
The cumulative force of those objections, and how to think about it

Warren, Bitcoin - A Game-Theoretic Analysis (selections)
Bailey, 'Digital Value'
Luther, ‘Is Bitcoin Intrinsically Worthless?’
Hinzen, et. al., ‘Bitcoin’s limited adoption problem’
Golumbia, The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (selections)
Griffin and Shams, ‘Is Bitcoin Really Untethered?’

150 words or less: prepare exactly three critical discussion questions about any of the focal readings. For each question, be sure to include a specific quotation or citation to indicate how the readings prompt it, and one sentence about why it matters.

Poke around online – Reddit (r/buttcoin, for example), Twitter, Tik-Tok, your favorite Discord server, whatever pleases you. Identify the most anti-bitcoin thinkers or resources you can find, and identify their very strongest argument. In one declarative sentence, state its conclusion. In no more than one page, work backwards to identify the relevant technical, political, or philosophical premises required to reach that conclusion. Then briefly identify key factual or normative questions that would need to be answered to correctly evaluate those premises.

Tuesday 2 April
Readings	Read Chapter 11 carefully and in its entirety.
Reflections	Complete the Reflections assignment and submit by midnight before class.
Friday 5 April
Readings	Read the Gerard selections carefully and in their entirety.
Practicum Assignment	Complete the practicum assignment; post your findings to our Practicum document by midnight before class.