New article: Bitcoin and the Death of Energy Misinformation --->

Bitcoin “Crossing the Chasm” and the DEATH OF ENERGY MISINFORMATION – Batcoinz

This is based on my recent keynotes from Amsterdam and Frankfurt

For years I had a poster on my wall of gattaca. Looks like NASA like it too. “There is no gene for the human spirit”

NASA considers this 1997 science fiction film the most realistic ever made

Over 2000 views in the 4 days since this went up If you know anyone who still believes Bitcoin is anything other than positive for the environment, and has a spare 27 mins to have their beliefs challenges, this is the video to send them.

Energy misinformation about Bitcoin has been by far the most effective way critics have been able to find to stop Bitcoin “crossing the chasm” from early adopters to early majority. Unfortunately for them, the flaws in the studies that underpinned the FUD have now been brutally exposed and I just put together a plain English dismantling of the misinformation that you don’t have to be a grid operator to understand.

"Volcanoes, Geese and Bitcoin" #20 of the Bitcoin ESG Forecast is out now. Check your email and spam filters www.batcoinz.com/p/020-volcanoes-geese-and-bitcoin

A number of people asked if I’d be doing an investigation into the recent articles on Bitcoin mining and noise. I've been gathering data for a couple of months. The results are now in, and it's quite a different story to that told by Time Magazine and others 👇

The Increasing Volume of Media Reporting on Bitcoin mining noise – a critical view – Batcoinz

The Bitcoin ESG Forecast is out Check your email and spam filters www.batcoinz.com/p/19-quantifying-bitcoins-benefit-to

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CryptoPotato

World's 4th Largest Power Company Looks into Bitcoin Mining Through Subsidiary

A subsidiary of the 4th largest power company in the world is looking into Bitcoin mining as means to handle electric oversupply.

While EU has been busy gaslighting bitcoin, Japan has been busy researching it. Kenji Tateiwa, president of Agile Energy X Inc., based in Tokyo “Green energy producers have to operate their businesses on the assumption that part of the power they generate is wasted,” he said. “If bitcoin were to provide a new source of income, that would prompt more green energy to be introduced.”

The Asahi Shimbun

TEPCO firm uses surplus green energy to mine bitcoins | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

A Tokyo Electric Power Co. subsidiary is tapping into bitcoin mining, banking that it can prevent renewable energy from being wasted and prompting ...

Great to see our research on landfill gas powered bitcoin mining getting some coverage https://www.powerengineeringint.com/renewables/how-bitcoin-mining-can-mitigate-methane-emissions/amp/

Susie brutally, honestly exposing the shortcomings of a once reputable media company View quoted note →

New Report: fiat is the preferred tool for 99.67% of cybercrime, measured in annual losses. What Gary Gensler and others say: "Bitcoin is the preferred tool for ransomware" What they don't tell you 1. Ransomware ($20 billion losses p.a) is 0.33% of cybercrime ($6 Trillion of losses p.a) 2. The US Treasuries own Money Laundering reports say fiat is by far the preferred vehicle for the online financial crime Report and data sources 👇

Do cybercriminals prefer Fiat or Bitcoin: the data is clear – Batcoinz

Sovereign wealth Fund adoption could drive the next bull run 21k views which is a nice number for the interview Nik and I did.

Life is full of surprises. I've just had a personal win I never imagined, my first time as an co-author of a piece of peer reviewed academic work. The article, in Journal of Cleaner Production (Impact rating: 9.7) shows Bitcoin mining can profitably reduce landfill methane, where other technologies cannot It’s also 10 out of the last 11 papers on Bitcoin mining showing environmental benefits. Great work Murray Rudd and Dennis Porter who did most of the work in this paper. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652624029652?via%3Dihub

Here’s my interview with Pomp on Sovereign Wealth Fund Adoption. The topic seems to be generating a lot of interest.

Who’s coming to Amsterdam?

This is not a bad 5min TL;DR if you don’t have the 39mins to go thru the full podcast.

NewsBTC

Sovereign Wealth Funds Could Take Bitcoin To $148,000: Researcher

Daniel Batten predicts the potential impact of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) on the Bitcoin price, suggesting a rise to over $148,000.

Just did this podcast on the Bitcoin Layer with Nik Bhatia. My work doesn’t normally get more than a few thousand views. But this one had 17k views - in the top 10 most viewed out of 275 on the Bitcoin Layer channel. Thanks for all those who took the time to watch it, and for the very encouraging comments.

Of the IMF's proposed 85% tax on crypto-mining, The Bitcoinist ( @bitcoinist on Twitter, not on Nostr) just wrote: “The suggestion by the IMF is in the right direction" Source:

Bitcoinist.com

IMF Proposes Drastic 85% Electricity Tax Increase For Crypto Mining

Two IMF officials pitched for steep electricity taxation on cryptocurrency miners and recommended increasing their average global electricity cost ...

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Issue #18 of the ESG Forecast is out. Check your inboxes and spam filters

#018: Should Bitcoin mining companies only mine Bitcoin?

As more Bitcoin mining companies move into the AI datacenter space, one company, MARA, took a different approach.