The Bitcoin environmental impact narrative has changed, and with that one of the big blockers to adoption is gone: with regulators, sovereign funds, nation states, and the general public. How did this happen? Sharing a candid story about this in my latest article 👇

“The Obstacle is the Path” – Batcoinz

Just finished a great breathworks course with 5 honeybadgers. There's now even more energy in the Bitcoin network! Let me know if you're keen for the next one.

Completely different opening 20 minutes of a podcast than I've ever experienced ... in a good way! Thanks Daniel Prince. This will help a lot with talking to the people who have a hardened position against Bitcoin Mining! 👇 https://fountain.fm/episode/OiWxyTIVNsIAVb7CcTOr

Bitcoin cannot give you freedom ... Broke my sub-90sec rule to make this one. But it's topical (and personal)

Most people I've coached over the years have had some funky ideas about what "being committed" means.

Watershed moment: de Vries bogus "swimming pool per transaction" metrics get replaced by MARA's (real world) water metrics: Bitcoin mining operations use 1/3 the water of an average US household (The original piece contained de Vries' numbers. But after I wrote to the editor pointing out the evidence these numbers from de Vries had been debunked, they updated their article)

Thank you HMRC* for the free Bitcoin marketing🙏 *UK's IRS

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#040 The Blueprint for Orange

Patient Capital (Pension Funds and Sovereign Funds) have $72.8 trillion in assets. In $1 bills, that's enough money to stack from here to the moon...

Are you putting in 15x more effort for the same result due to a blindspot? Patient Capital (the world's pension and sovereign funds) are 15x larger than all the world’s hedge funds yet more attention on hedge fund adoption of Bitcoin. Patient Capital is also a much better fit for Bitcoin, because they have a longer investment horizon - as their name suggests. So why does the world tend to focus more on Wall St hedge fund allocation to Bitcoin? I will answer that question with a question. We know that “Cutting methane is the strongest lever we have to slow climate change over the next 25 years” - so why does only 2% of climatetech finance go into methane mitigation, vs 98% CO2 reduction? We know that 65% of all tech company failure is human-centric - so why does almost no resource go into using proven recipes to overcome the causes of human-centric failure. Same answer to all three questions: humans have blindspots. Where we put our attention may be out of habit, convention, traditional, or collective “wisdom” - not necessarily what the data tells us is the area most deserving of our attention. That’s why to date, we have focused more on $5Tr of hedgefunds or $72Tr patient capital: we know more about it. By finding out more about Patient Capital, we can put more of our attention in an area that yields 15x as big a reward - possibly much more, as it is a more natural Bitcoin-fit, with stronger hands than most hedge funds.

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Instititional adoption is preceded by regulatory comfort. So who is educating the world’s financial regulators about Bitcoin? Answer: Cambridge University Every year more than 300 financial regulators from Security and Exchange Commissions, Central Banks and Govt Agencies from around the world take part. As a result they are starting to get more comfort about how they regulate bitcoin. 1/8 of the entire program is on ESG. They asked me to present the lecture and Q&A on this section of the program. Whether you like ESG or not, the reality is, it’s a critical checkbox for almost all regulators, especially outside USA. Therefore addressing it head-on with regulators is critical to Bitcoin’s adoption story. I went into the data and case studies which overwhelmingly support bitcoin having well-evidenced environmental, energy security and social benefits and equally well refute the earlier commentaries on bitcoin that suggested otherwise. Most of them had never heard any of this data and they were grateful to have it available to them as it allows them to make evidence-based regulations around allowing institutions to invest into bitcoin and into bitcoin mining companies. I just got the feedback that the presentation landed very well, in fact it was the most highly rated one of the program so far. In fact they’ve invited me back to give future talks, including their enterprise group which includes a number of the large asset management firms. Probably nothing.

The most important thing happening in Bitcoin this week is not the ATH...

Just gave a 35-min online talk + Q&A to 115 financial regulators from countries including US, UK, Australia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Uganda (over 20 nations in total) about Bitcoin In the audience was the director of the central bank of paraguay, deputy director of the central bank of pakistan. director of the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) for Brazil, deputy director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and many divisional heads. A big focus for the talk was how Bitcoin is financial inclusion technology for the world's 1.4Billion unbanked, and how it is financial freedom technology for human rights activists around the world. Strongly featured the work of Alex Gladstein and HRF, the work of Bitcoin mining companies who are helping bring people out of energy poverty, while stabilizing the grid and improving energy security and affordability, and the work of the Digital Assets Research Institute who've quantified how Bitcoin has been used as re-locatable re-settlement money for 329,000 refugees. Most had not seen any of the data I'd shared, and were eager to see the real world data that backed up these stories - which thanks to the people and entities mentioned above, we have a lot of. Probably nothing.

No breath, no life. That’s obvious. But … Know breath, know life - that is less obvious to people (yet equally true). Yes, just as whether you are breathing defines whether you are alive How you are breathing defines how you life You can be eating right, exercising right, even meditating regularly. But if you have not learnt how to optimize your own breathing, you have not yet learnt how to optimize life itself. I was fortunate enough to discover this by accident at age 30. A friend suggested I went along to a breathing course. Like a smart-alec I thought “I already know how to breathe, what’s the point?” but I went anyway out of curiosity. What followed showed me that I knew how to breathe to survive, but not to thrive. And as a result, I was needlessly living with a lot of more stresses and a lot less freedom than I could have been I was so amazed by the difference I felt, I decided then I wanted to teach it to others, so they didn’t have to wait as long as I did to find out how to optimize the conditions for life itself. If you’re curious (you're a Bitcoiner, of course you are!) to find out more firsthand, the next step is DYOR. No, not by reading a book: by experiencing it. Your breath is an asset that everyone can self-custody without permission. But it does initially take a little training to use it optimally. So DYOR step entails coming along to an intro session which I’m running (online) this Friday 7pm PDT. You’ll pick up a simple technique you can use to calm the mind during the day, more knowledge about the breath, and clear next steps if you want to deepen the extent to which you optimize your breath and therefore your life. Anyone can come. Just drop me a message or comment below. I will then send you the link, and you can get started in applying this to your life.

10 Reasons Bitcoin is like Meditation 1. "Experience precedes judgement": Both can look allusive from the outside; both reward those who decide to experience before they judge 2. They increase freedom: Bitcoin increases freedom on the material plane of existence. Meditation increases freedom in your own mind 3. They reward low time preference: Some new health-fad is to meditation as memecoin is to Bitcoin: in each, patience and sidestepping self-serving hype is rewarded 4. Deep is the rabbit hole: After 1000s of hours, dedicated practitioners still feel like beginners 5. Proof of Work: True mastery in meditation or Bitcoin economics demands genuine time and effort. Shortcuts are illusions 6. Portable: Your mind is like your keys: Essential, portable, and accessible globally 24/7. 7. Never Too Late: With Bitcoin and meditation, the perfect time to start getting exposure is now 8. They magnify self-sovereignty: Both inner sovereignty & outer sovereignty share deep roots: stack sats and stillness 9. Network Effect: Gains strength and value as more people join in 10. Volatility Resilience: The longer you do each, the more resilient and strong you become in the face of volatility (of price/ outside events) (price in Bitcoin's case, outside events in meditation's case) I run a meditation session almost every Friday 7pm Pacific Time, online (for Bitcoiners) * 20 mins for the meditation session, then you can drop off, or stick around to ask questions * Anonymous/ pseudonymous guests welcome * Drop a comment or message me if you'd like to join the party

Another reason why Bitcoin mining is incredible. It's is uniquely different to any other industry in that not just the asset, but the process of creating the asset has independent value to humanity (52 seconds)

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#039 Does Bitcoin Twitter suppress Bitcoin Price?

Dear subscriberLast month, we released some surprising new data about the accuracy of Mainstream media and Bitcoin Twitter’s takes on how Bitcoin...

Pro tip: make sure you get your information about Bitcoin (and all disruptive technology) from authoritative sources ... not the media! Image credit: meygavox

Thought for the day: Boredom is essential for sparking creativity and self-reflection! It is also essential for your brain. I kid you not. Here's why (based on RCT reviewed studies, not pop-psychology). 1. It Activates the "Default Mode Network" (DMN) Your DMN is a large neural network in your brain that becomes highly active when you are not focused on an external, goal-oriented task. The DMN is responsible for: Self-Reflection, creative Incubation and conso lidating of your memories That's 3 pretty important things that you miss out on when you rush to escape boredom! When you constantly fill every spare moment with scrolling, podcasts, or video, you suppress the DMN. 2. It Fosters "Divergent Thinking" Creativity isn't just about having ideas; it's about having novel and useful ideas, it's about generating many different solutions to a problem. Studies have shown that participants who were first made to perform a boring task (like reading a phone book) subsequently performed better on creative tasks than those who were not bored. This is because boredom creates an "aversive state. Your brain is unsatisfied with the current low level of stimulation. To escape this state, it starts explore internal thoughts, leading to more original, imaginative outcomes 3. It Builds Tolerance for Uncomfortable Feelings Our modern reflex to reach for a phone at the slightest trace of boredom is a form of avoidance. Constant distraction prevents us from learning to sit with mild discomfort. This can lower our overall threshold for frustration and make you more impulsive Allowing yourself to be bored is a gentle exercise in mindfulness and emotional regulation. You learn that the feeling "I need to be stimulated right now" will pass and that uou don't need an external device to manage your internal state. This builds mental resilience 4. It Leads to Authentic Motivation Boredom is your brain telling you, "What I'm doing is not that meaningful or engaging." This feeling motivates you to seek out a more challenging activities. It might push you to finally start that habit, call a friend, or just get off your butt and go outside. This is motivation born is your true inner motivation, not the external motivation of someone else's algorithm. I guess what it comes down to is "do you want to outsource your motivation to a tech company?" How to "Practice" productive boredom: Delete social media and games from your home screen ( makes accessing them an intentional act) Embrace "Micro-Boredom": Instead of pulling out your phone while in a line, just wait. Let your mind wander. Schedule Unstructured Time: Literally put "time with self" in your calendar Boredom is not an emptiness to be urgently filled. It is an invitation to increase your self-awareness, creativity, and intrinsic motivation. By rushing to fill the gap, you rob your mind of one of its most vital functions: the power to simply be with yourself.

I'd love your help with something Recently I’ve been researching new stories about bitcoin adoption: original interviews, content and messages about how bitcoin is being used that we can share with people who have not yet seen the value of bitcoin. These real human stories help show the faces of bitcoin to the 97% of bitcoin’s future adopters. Unlike the environmental merits of Bitcoin, with the humanitarian merits the "enemy" is not misinformation, but simply lack of awareness. The way to overcome this is simple: share inspiring stories Each month, I'll be sharing a (free) story in my newsletter. The first one is here👇 www.batcoinz.com/p/038-bitcoins-value-explained-by-a It's about how a Somalian refugee accidentally turned a skeptical US former Peace Corps worker into an avid supporter of Bitcoin, before she'd even had the chance to use it herself! Please share these stories widely. Especially to the 97% Thank you!