I'm writing you from Turkey--you need to get out more!

Asked Hans: he said he dosn't think bitcoin is money. I asked him if he agreed if the regression theorem was a proof that only a commodity could become money; he dodged it by saying that in any case bitcoin does not violate the regression theorem -- since people spent money to purchase them b/c they valued them, for some reason--sort of like when people want a signature on a book or some collector's item.

Prominent libertarian philosopher and Austrian economist Hans Hermann Hoppe does not consider Bitcoin a money.Stephan Kinsella is in Turkey visiting Hoppe and Bitcoin apparently came up as a discussion point. Kineslla sent a short email to a number of prominent American-based libertarians, about Hoppe's thoughts on Bitcoin.A copy of the Kinsella email was provided to me. Given Kinsella's views on IP, I am sure he will have no problem in my reproducing the relevant part of the email here. From Kinsella's email: