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A detailed guide I believe that the most important action that Bitcoiners can take, which is not currently being taken with enough focus/skill, is to improve the way we communicate the value of Bitcoin to the next wave of Bitcoin adopters. These people are the “early majority”. They care about different things to the early […]

The English word “measure” comes from the Sanskrit word “maya”. Maya refers to illusion, but also the measurable world. Bitcoin is perhaps the most important freedom technology in Maya, but it is still therefore part of the matrix, the world of things, of the measurable. While we talk of “escaping the matrix” in Bitcoin, and

One of the paradoxes I noticed about us humans over the last 15 years coaching humans – and being coached myself – is that we live in this information age, yet “lack of information” is clearly not our challenge when it comes to changing the world, or changing our world for the better. Imagine you

I am an impact investor, more recently specializing in climatetech. Before that I was I ran a technology company. These experiences gave me some insights into the challenges that all new technologies face in achieving mainstream adoption. Bitcoin currently faces this same challenge. Let’s zoom in to where the chasm could be crossed, and what

On May 2018 Alex de Vries wrote a 5 page commentary called Bitcoin’s Growing Energy Problem The word commentary is important. According to Nature commentaries are shorter, have a lighter review process and “often reflect the author’s perspective, rather than reporting new data.” De Vries’s article was a commentary… and his perspective was “We can

Saul Griffith argues that achieving a renewable energy transition will require more energy in the short term. He emphasizes the need for a substantial increase in energy production to support the electrification of various sectors and the deployment of renewable technologies. In his book “Electrify,” Griffith discusses the concept that transitioning to renewable energy sources

There has been a lot of attention lately to the subject of Bitcoin mining and noise, with Granbury Texas grabbing the headlines of late. I decided to ask “Is the media reporting on the Granbury Town in Texas balanced?”  I did my own investigation, and found out some important context that Time Magazine and other

Ransomware is often cited as a reason that “Bitcoin is used by cybercriminals”. It is true that Bitcoin is the preferred method of payment for ransomware criminals. However, it is also important to understand that Key stats Estimated total losses due to cybercrime by 2025: 10.5 Trillion (source: Cybercrime Magazine) Estimated total losses due to

A primer for journalists and independent researchers It is not uncommon for nascent technologies to be accompanied by claims that are not based in fact. Bitcoin mining is no exception to this trend. As a result, when researchers are attempting to understand Bitcoin, it’s important to distinguish the claims which are fact-based from ones that

The media’s view of Bitcoin mining has changed markedly in just three years, as evidenced by the cover image, which uses empirical data to analyze every mainstream media article on Bitcoin and energy since 2021. Remarkably, the chart shows that mainstream media articles about Bitcoin and energy have been consistently more positive than negative since April