Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 274.

[Update: For an article based on the transcript, see Nobody Owns Bitcoin, StephanKinsella.com (Sept. 20, 2019)]

This is my presentation to the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Powerpoint slides embedded below. Youtube embedded below.

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