How can a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin succeed in a society based on regulated fiat money? In this episode of POLICYbrief, Professor John O. McGinnis, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, explains how the success of cryptocurrencies may depend on “the rule of law and the constitutional respect for a new form of property.”

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

Learn more about John O. McGinnis:
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/JohnMcGinnis/

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Related Links:

What Bitcoin Needs to Succeed as a Currency
https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/03/26/what-bitcoin-needs-to-succeed-as-a-currency/

Bitcoin: Order without Law in the Digital Age
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2929133

Differing Views:

The Current And Future Implications Of Cryptocurrency For The Legal Industry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2019/04/08/the-current-and-future-implications-of-cryptocurrency-for-the-legal-industry/#93beae968f98

Bitcoin Is A Chaotic Bedlam Of Manipulation And Deceit And That's Just The Way We Like It
https://dealbreaker.com/2017/03/bitcoin-doesnt-need-your-stinkin-rules

Bitcoin a Refuge for Argentineans?
https://reason.com/2013/05/02/bitcoin-a-refuge-for-argentineans/

India Proposes Law To Ban Cryptocurrencies, 10-Year Prison Term For Users
https://www.ibtimes.com/india-proposes-law-ban-cryptocurrencies-10-year-prison-term-users-2799371