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Is Bitcoin Fiat Money?
Episode 536

Is Bitcoin Fiat Money?

Mises Media · Mises Institute

February 5, 2026

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Show Notes

Bob applies Mises’ taxonomy of money and the regression theorem to Bitcoin, asking whether it should be classified as commodity or fiat money and whether Austrian theory really rules out Bitcoin ever becoming money.

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Topics

BitcoinGold StandardMonetary Theory