Daniel Batten
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Focusing 2026 on coaching Bitcoin builders and leaders
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Anti-Bitcoin"Change the Code" Campaign Ends
GreenpeaceUSA’s Change the Code campaign has been suspended.
Who would have thought. Spraying massive quantities of chemicals that ag-chemical multinationals have told us are safe onto food we eat might not be.


Earth.com
Common weed-killing herbicide linked to brain issues and cognitive decline
Glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, may harm brain health, linking to inflammation and neurodegenerative risks.
Bitcoin mining can (and does) lower the cost of energy.


Khaleej Times
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Supply shock news
Since mid-Nov MARA and RIOT have raised 2.2M between them to buy Bitcoin
Looking at the data across different mining companies and comparing their HODL/buy strategies, the Bitcoin mining network will likely flip from net distributors to net acquirers of bitcoin within the next 12 months. (Although on the current trajectory it could happen sooner).
Probably nothing.
Great to see more people taking the time to research bitcoin mining thoroughly


Microgrid Media
Green Energy's Growing Impact on Bitcoin Mining - Microgrid Media
The Bitcoin network is growing fast, and so is its need for power. In March 2024, the network used up to 20.45 gigawatts (GW) of power. This amount...
New era for bitcoin.
New era for bitcoin mining.
Yet another sustainability magazine covers bitcoin mining: this time MARA’s wind farm purchase.


Renewables Now
Bitcoin miner MARA buying 114-MW wind farm in Texas
US digital assets mining company MARA Holdings Inc (<a href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/mara" target="_blank">NASDAQ:MARA</a>) h...
Issue #22 of the Bitcoin ESG Forecast is out now Check your emails and spam filters
www.batcoinz.com/p/could-pension-funds-fuel-a-bull-run 

More devastating news for those who gaslight Bitcoin as supposedly being bad for the environment: bitcoin mining has now been shown to allow solar farms to achieve ROI twice as fast. They use these profits to extend their solar farms.


Blockzeit
Solar Farm Could Achieve 2x Faster ROI Using Bitcoin Mining
A new study highlights how Bitcoin mining could speed up the ROI of a solar power plant. The model could
Galaxy Digital, Hut8, Core Scientific, Hive, TeraWulf, BitDigital all now playing in the AI space. Riot providing hosting for AI.
20% of bitcoin mining capacity expected to be diverted to AI by the end of 2027
Crypto miners double down on AI hosting for more reliable cash flow
New blog post

Bitcoin, Maya and Self Sovereignty – Batcoinz

Nostr is rebellion against soft-core censorship
A social media algorithm works by stealth, nontransparent yet all-pervasive. It is an online social credit system, rewarding our adherence to the swimlane of our core social identity, penalizing exploration of our other dimensions not with fines or overt punishment but with the sound of crickets. Movement outside that swimlane, self-exploration or investigation of themes our inherently multidimensional self are rewarded with the soft-core censorship.
It’s not that certain messages are switched off, more that an invisible hand turns down the volume that the ear of others can nearly hear.
Soft-core censorship is as insidious as actual censorship because, through its subtlety, it often skips unnoticed.
Nostr represents rebellion against the very notion of a single core identity or personality beyond which we are invisibly encouraged not to stray, explore or honor.
There is no hidden agenda to keep you on the app. No punishment for linking to links outside the app, nor of speaking about things for which you are not “known”
It is imperfect, new, raw, intimate in ways good and bad, like the bulletin boards of the early 90s. But for all it’s teething pains, I believe it’s rebellion against soft-core censorship is as valuable as it’s rebellion against censorship and centralization itself.
One of my clients coaches the CEOs and leadership teams of brand name companies and also a state governor.
Last week he came to Costa Rica for three day to do some intensive one on one work with me.
He had a list of plans to work through, but my intuition was telling me “Nah. He doesn’t know it, but what he needs is some breathwork.” So we spent 80% of the time on the breathwork and then afterwards he found he knew most of the answers on his year planning anyway, so we just crystallised a few things.
We just got on a debrief call I asked how his week had been. He said this:
“My meditations are more intense, deeper, and can go into it faster.
I'm calmer. It's like everything has a new color in the world and
My perceptions with other people are heightened. I can notice energy when someone's energy is "off" but I also feel free from the need to try to change that..
When someone in my team didn't complete a job the way I'd intended I found I didn't feel let down or angry or disappointed any more, I could see my part better too - where I hadn't communicated clearly. I knew what to do so that we corrected things without him feeling he'd failed.
It's strange, it's like I'm trying to understand my new superpower.
People have been asking me "Aren't your tired?" I have been telling everyone "No I'm so energized! Even after after 4 back to back long flights."”
I’ve been teaching breathwork using SKY breathing (Art of Liviing) and I never get tired of hearing feedback like this.
Breathwork and meditation is a lot like bitcoin. Most people don’t use it, most people don’t think they need it, most people are looking for solutions around the edges without seeing the root cause, but it’s the best of its kind.
Secret time: the philosopher I based my approach to helping shift the Bitcoin&Energy narrative was Bruce Lee
For 10 years I coached entrepreneurs and CEOs to pitch. Bitcoin gave me the chance to step back in the ring.
*except is from my book "One Pitch"

Amazon
Amazon

People have been asking me to open source the ways I’ve used to orangepill the large swathe of people who have swallowed the FUD and have environmental / “it’s used by criminals” type reservations about bitcoin.
This is most of the early majority. AKA: the next wave of adopters.
This week I finally was able to clear some space and write it up, so here it is.
Enjoy!
OrangePilling The Early Majority – Batcoinz
Turns out if you are angry, venting doesn’t help reduce it and nor does exercise, in fact both may increase it.
(Ohio State University meta-study that analyzed 154 studies on anger)
What did the study find worked? slow yoga, breathing exercises and meditation.


ScienceAlert
Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does, Study Shows
Venting when angry seems sensible.
It’s a great project. And I know a few plebs have done something similar. Anyone else here on Nostr had experiences using miners to heat their home during the winter months in the way described below? View quoted note →
Different style of lost in my blog today. Posting on Nostr first
The Implementation AGE? – Batcoinz
LinkedIn is getting spicy !
James Baxter-Derrington, who wrote the Telegraph's bitcoin "it's worthless" article on Wednesday responded to my rebuttal calling me a “bitcoin evangelist”
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/james-baxter-derrington-8a78ba94_why-is-trust-in-mass-media-at-an-all-time-activity-7263200460323352576-Wuh6/xter-derrington-8a78ba94_why-is-trust-in-mass-media-at-an-all-time-activity-7263200460323352576-Wuh6?utm_source=share
