A special bonus Bitcoin ESG Forecast just dropped : Lucky #13. www.batcoinz.com/p/issue-013-5-pretty-pictures-that Check your emails and spam filters.

We've arguably never had a chart that tells such an important story about Bitcoin mining and emissions. This new chart, the result of 12 months research from the Digital Assets Research Institute (DARI) says: “Over 4 years, Bitcoin price and hashrate quadrupled, but emissions didn't grow", effectively ending the speculation that Bitcoin emissions will rise unsustainably in the future as the network expands. www.batcoinz.com/p/issue-013-5-pretty-pictures-that

Mining was never banned in China

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Bitcoin Mining Thrives in China Despite Misinterpreted Ban

Daniel Batten, a Bitcoin environmental analyst stated that despite widely spread news, Bitcoin mining was temporarily suspended in China.

Bitcoin mining was never banned in China Source: www.batcoinz.com/p/issue-12-exclusive-china-never-banned

Paid or free? If you value serving others above all else, its always a nuanced question to answer. At my first software company, we had the same dilemma. In the end, we created a paid version of our software (a niche product for molecular biologists). It was the right move, and we could not have sold to a larger buyer years later without it. Because of that I gained more street-cred to help more tech founders as a coach, and make more of a difference. This year I had the same dilemma. I started a newsletter. It got great feedback. But then ... First, the guy I wrote it with turned on an option to voluntarily pay. I wasn't sure, but thought "OK let's try it and see. To my surprise, many people took that option. Because of that I was able to pay him, which has helped him get one step closer to his dream to get a job inside the Bitcoin ecosystem. Then something I didn't expect happened. 2 subscribers challenged me on why I was still even giving the option of free, saying it was "paid content quality" and making it free devalued it. Whenever I'm unsure of something, I like to run experiments. So ... I decided to run an experiment and announce I was ending the free subscription period in a couple of months. Immediately a group of people subscribed. Because of that, I had the resources to fire up another Bitcoin project: launch

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an institution grade site aimed at showing the world, particularly the world's sovereign wealth funds, why Bitcoin mining is the world's #1 ESG asset. Because of that, I was able to put that project up on https://geyser.fund, which is an incredible site if you haven't checked it out by the way. Because of that, yes it generated more sats that's given my some more time bandwidth to create a team working on the project. But more importantly the interest of a potential sponsor who loved the idea of orange-pilling the world's ESG investment committees at Sovereign Wealth Funds, because the ROI of doing so is so big for everyone who owns Bitcoin It's fair to say, the experiment seems to be working. Having a paid newsletter also allowed me to dedicate more time to deep research, like the current edition, which revealed that Bitcoin mining was never banned in China. The punchline is, sometimes free is the right model (like putting out high quality content on Nostr for free), and equally sometimes you can serve more people and more causes by charging. There is no one rule. But as long as you are maximizing for "what maximizes the success of people and the mission" you'll find the right model. It's a lesson that's taken me a while to learn!

The Digital Assets Research Institute (DARI) is live. www.da-ri.org This is a hub for high quality articles, mostly peer reviewed, on the social and environmental impacts of digital assets. Why the need?: every nascent technology goes through a rite of passage where it is treated with suspicious and doubt initially. This happened with the Internet, before that the computer, and before that the bicycle, the printing press, even books themselves. As technologies become better understood, the quality of scholarship and research into them improves, and old studies based on misapprehensions, or poor methodologies get debunked. DARI is dedicated to rigor in digital asset research, to properly inform policy-makers, regulators and ESG investment committees with data-based insights on digital assets and their impact on people and the environment. Enjoy!

Bitcoin is the world’s first money you cannot get more of through violence, theft and counterfeiting

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Issue 11 of The Bitcoin ESG Forecast: The Money Shot, is out now. Check your email and spam folders www.batcoinz.com/p/issue-010-the-money-shot

Just put up a 99-second short video about my new project. All constructive feedback welcome.

Elizabeth Warren and community notes: a natural match

New FUD. New community note proposed.

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In today's @ftmoralmoney newsletter, I unpack the debate around "sustainable bitcoin". Is this concept as silly as you might think? https://t.co/R...

A new FUD-busting video has just been released This is a good one to share with those new to bitcoin mining. Particularly those who may have been influenced by a report by GreenpeaceUSA that was full of errors. It objectively & unantagonistically outlines the mistakes GreenpeaceUSA make in their position on bitcoin mining The presenter is Roger Detente (@CapCrafterUS on X)

I’ve just launched a new geyser fund project. What do you think. Is this something valuable? Are there other things you’d like me to be working on that would be valuable to bitcoin as a whole? Whether it’s ideas, encouragement or contributions to a project - everything makes a difference.

Bitcoin Crowdfunding for New Ideas and Humanitarian Causes | Geyser

Geyser helps people launch new Bitcoin project ideas and fund humanitarian causes worldwide, accelerating adoption through transparent crowdfunding.

Bitcoin mining is to energy independence as Bitcoin is to monetary independence

The Bitcoin ESG Forecast #10 is now out Featuring: Nation state mining profits eclipsing El Salvador's profits from their Bitcoin investment strategy. www.batcoinz.com/p/issue-010-the-rise-of-nation-state https://

“If you wish to discover new lands you must be prepared to lose sight of the shore for a very long time”

Hey nostriches, I need your help with some advice. After 2 years doing my best to counter bitcoin FUD pretty much full time I’ve run out of financial gas to keep doing this. Wouldn’t be an issue except I have a family and I’m the sole income earner. CH4Capital will eventually pay me something, but at what point is uncertain. Infrastructure deployment on landfills takes a long time and we are still at the site identification stage. I’m fortunate that we do have investments in early stage tech companies that are going well - but no liquidity likely for 4-5 years. My options seem to be A. Sell some of our modest stack believing that’ll tide us over to when CH4Capital gets up and running B. Get a real job - within the bitcoin ecosystem. I’m very grateful that there are a couple of options here. C. Attempt to get my newsletter to a stage that it’s paying something decent (seems the least feasible option, as it currently turns over four figures p.a). D. Something that’s staring me in the face but I’m too blind to see it. Appreciate your thoughts on this.

8 years ago this was the work I was 100% focused on. Sharing here because Nostr seems to be the only platform that is unattached whether you 1. Link tonight social media platforms 2. Post about other things you care about that aren’t what you’re “known for” Would love to hear from some others here on nostr what else you care about that you’re not known for

Bitcoin adoption is happening as slowly as the Internet Chart: @Sam Baker from the book TheRevolutionofMoney.com