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Bradley Rettler

@bradleyrettler.com
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Author of RESISTANCE MONEY: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin — a.co/d/dtzU5PS Associate Professor of Philosophy @ U of Wyoming.

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
As usual, the brunt of the coming economic hardship will fall hardest on the poorest and most rural communities. This presents a major opportunity for a Democratic politician to genuinely engage with these communities, connect with voters, and help amplify their stories.
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Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Bitcoin in the bush - the crypto mine in remote Zambia. We visit a bitcoin project on the Zambezi river making use of 'stranded electricity'. The company behind it wants to start building its own renewable plants for mining and to spread electricity in Africa. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bitcoin in the bush - crypto mining brings power to rural areas
Bitcoin miners will go to remote locations to take advantage of cheap electricity.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 21/03/2025
UW just released this video with me about the philosophy of bitcoin. “Bitcoin is there for anyone who feels like at some point they might need resistance money… If you think some day you may end up on the margins, you should know how to acquire and use bitcoin.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBum...
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 19/02/2025
Sometimes people say, "I don't care; I've got nothing to hide." We should not so willingly cede our privacy. For in so doing, we give up an important freedom -- the freedom to decide what we disclose about ourselves. Here's how we put it in 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦:
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 22/01/2025
My (non-bitcoin) book with @resistance.money is available for free (pdf version) for the next week or so. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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The Problem of Divine Personality
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Religion - The Problem of Divine Personality
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 21/01/2025
Interesting to run into this on MLK Jr Day. In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, Dr King reminds us that not all laws are just laws, and that we needn’t obey unjust laws. Can you imagine unjust laws that the current administration might pass? Do you want a money that allows people to break them?
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Andrew M. Bailey @resistance.money · 16/01/2025
My new book with @bradleyrettler.com is out — 'The Problem of Divine Personality!'. For the next two weeks, you can download it for free from Cambridge University Press.
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The Problem of Divine Personality
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Problem of Divine Personality
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Kyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
My friends @resistance.money, @bradleyrettler.com, & Craig have written a wonderful book on the philosophical case for #bitcoin. I think it's exceptional. Buy it at Amazon (a.co/d/eEhyC3u) or DM me here--I have a few PDF copies to give out. tl;dr: turns out there are some positives AND negatives!
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Murch @murch.one · 30/12/2024
Applications for Chaincode Lab’s Bitcoin Open Source Software program close tomorrow! learning.chaincode.com#BOSS
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Learning @ Chaincode Labs
Chaincode Labs learning programs and resources
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2024
You certainly don’t lack confidence in your opinions!
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2024
If by “drank the kool-aid” you mean that I did years of study and reading and then wrote a peer-reviewed academic book with 600 references, then yes I did! But it seems like you’ve made up your mind.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2024
You can ignore the women in patriarchal societies and the democracy protesters against authoritarians and the Nigerian Feminist Collective and the North Korean defectors and the anti-Putin protesters and the Ukrainians and the human rights activists if you want, I guess!
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2024
www.coindesk.com/markets/2021... qz.com/africa/19224... time.com/nextadvisor/... www.forbes.com/sites/rogerh... www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... qz.com/africa/20507... www.nasdaq.com/articles/yeo... www.wsj.com/articles/tur...
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Money Reimagined: Afghan Activist Roya Mahboob on Crypto
Bitcoin surely doesn't "fix" Afghanistan, but it "could play a very important role” as an alternative financial system.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2024
I can’t reproduce all of chapter 6 — Privacy in Public — for you here but I’m happy to send it to you!
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2024
Well, you might be comfortable with the incoming administration knowing all the details of your financial transactions, but not everyone is in that position. Bitcoin is private, censorship-resistant inclusive digital cash. If you can’t see why that’s useful for marginalized communities you’re lucky.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2024
Imagine that, someone decides that the experts are those they agree with and the trolls are those they disagree with.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 24/12/2024
You’re still following the fake!
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 24/12/2024
@kmdoublev.bsky.social , @tsenor.bsky.social , @huwprice.bsky.social , @neilsinhababu.bsky.social , @wiglet1981.bsky.social : fyi, you’re following the impersonator.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 24/12/2024
Bluesky moderation needs work. I’ve been reporting rettlerbb@bluesky.social for over a week for impersonation and nothing has happened.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 23/12/2024
1st place: $500 2nd place: $250 3rd place: $150 4th place: $100 5th-8th place: $2,378,898.50
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 22/12/2024
I thought it was Weir’s best. I was really really impressed.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 19/12/2024
My bluesky handle is rettlerb@bradleyrettler.com Beware the impersonators who are not @bradleyrettler.com
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 15/12/2024
progressivebitcoiner.substack.com/p/bitcoin-a-...
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 05/12/2024
Every resistance needs money. resistance.money
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 30/11/2024
We’re coming for you @Aristotle
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 26/11/2024
I have mentioned this specific use case on several podcasts, but I can’t remember if we use it in the book. The chapter starts with an example of someone buying drugs for their chlamydia. We definitely consider governments combing through the blockchain. If you’re interested DM me an email address!
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Bitcoin @bitcoin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I’m not the right person to learn from. Go find a copy of Resistance Money and read that! amzn.to/4i6AJAn
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Resistance Money
Resistance Money [Bailey, Andrew M., Rettler, Bradley, Warmke, Craig] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Resistance Money
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Evan @evan.best · 23/11/2024
It took until we hit 20m users, but a sizable #bitcoin community is finally forming on Bluesky and it isn’t the toxic bros you were expecting. When you’re interacting with the progressive bitcoiners here, please don’t block on sight. You’d be surprised at the values you share.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 26/11/2024
Happy to send you the privacy chapter of Resistance Money!
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 24/11/2024
I wonder how much this would change if spending it weren’t a taxable event.
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Amy Woolard @a-woo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#HR9495 will be voted on again tmrw, 11/21—The bill would hand the incoming President a tool to crush free speech & expression & dismantle advocacy groups & other nonprofits. It *will* be used to target & punish political opponents. Tell yr Reps to vote NO on #HR9495 action.aclu.org/send-message...
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Congress: Protect The Right to Dissent
Congress is considering a bill that threatens free speech under the guise of national security - and we can’t let it pass. Take action against this harmful reaction to pro-Palestinian protests.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 20/11/2024
Fascinating result. Banning bitcoin mining in low-emission countries raises global carbon emissions. But it makes sense: it incentivizes more mining in high-emission countries.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 18/11/2024
A whole lot of people who didn't previously get it are starting to understand the importance of having access to a private, censorship-resistance, inclusive digital cash -- in short, to resistance.money. I'm here to help.
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Resistance Money
Bitcoin is resistance money, empowering its users to resist authoritarians, inflation, surveillance, censorship, and financial exclusion.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
#KOSA supporters have refused to listen to LGBTQ youth for years. Now they're renewing their push for this dangerous legislation, even though we know it will be used by the incoming Trump admin to attack the most vulnerable. Make sure ppl know the truth about this bill www.them.us/story/kids-o...
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This Bill Purports to Protect Kids from Big Tech. For LGBTQ+ Youth, It’s a Grave Danger
Those on the right have said they will use KOSA to target queer and trans content. So why do some Democrats support it?
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 27/12/2023
It’s getting real! www.routledge.com/Resistance-M...
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Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin
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, surv...
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 25/11/2023
I find that awaking with a start at 3.14am on Thursdays is much more productive than doing so on Tuesdays.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 25/11/2023
I think two answers for non-academics — one where you actually want to talk about it and one where you want to end the conversation because you planned to catch up on grading on the plane.
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 24/11/2023
If you haven't had a loved one in jail, you may have no idea what a hideously cruel racket prison telecom really is. The rates for calls or emails are extortionate--because the contractors literally have a captive audience. Good on Massachusetts for ending this vile practice.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 18/11/2023
Incarcerated people face tons of obstacles to any academic endeavor they undertake. The fact that these incarcerated students *finished a degree* at *Northwestern* is a monumental accomplishment. We must provide better educational opportunities for incarcerated Americans. They can do the work.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 18/11/2023
And of course major kudos to those incarcerated who showed they could do the work required at the highest level. I hope this paves the way for other universities. Jennifer has been a huge help to Wyoming Pathways from Prison; our 2nd 4-year degree-seeking cohort in the Women’s Center just started.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 18/11/2023
Jennifer Lackey is one of the very best people.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 18/11/2023
We’re hoping for April and I’ll be shocked if it’s not out by August. And if it’s isn’t, we’ll send you PDFs.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 14/11/2023
Revised version of resistance.money/book submitted to our editor! 250 pages, 12 chapters, 450 footnotes, 650 works cited. I am so proud of it. Can’t wait for y’all to get to read it.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 14/11/2023
Agreed. And indeed, I think morals *couldn’t* have supernatural grounding.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 12/11/2023
Payday lending is legal in 29 states. The average annual interest rate is ~400%. Most people who take out one loan take out 4 more. The most common reason to take out a payday loan is to pay the interest on a different payday loan.
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 10/11/2023
Dotting the "i"s and crossing the "t"s on resistance.money/book We are sooooo close.
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Resistance Money — A Philosophical Defense of Bitcoin
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Bradley Rettler @bradleyrettler.com · 10/11/2023
Good to be here!
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