Fragile miners have one revenue stream. Antifragile miners have many. Antifragile miners are how antifragile money gets secured.

Just in: Agribusiness giant Adecoagro set to launch 10 MW Bitcoin mining operation in Brazil powered by renewable energy generated from sugarcane processing The convergence of Bitcoin mining and the energy sector continues Source:

Tether-Backed Adecoagro Launches Bitcoin Mining in Brazil

New paper on Bitcoin mining finds that Bitcoin mining operations are extremely flexible loads that supports renewable-led decarbonization by absorbing excess renewable generation The authors found that operations can curtail demand almost immediately, participate in demand response programs, and provide ancillary services which directly enhances grid stability while enabling higher renewable energy integration Read that last para again, and compare it to what most people still believe about Bitcoin mining. The asymmetry between what we now know about Bitcoin mining, and the actions of policymakers and regulators is simply enormous. Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590174525005458 Energy, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Cryptocurrency Mining: A Review (Jafari et al. 2026) Journal: Energy Conversion and Management: X Impact Factor 7.6 (top 4% of all journals worldwide)

I've been meaning to do this for some time. It's a compilation of free resources for anyone who is looking to - start a business - improve their influence skills (honestly and authentically) - break through habits - pitch better than the templated way of doing it Some of the links in the ebooks may be a little old, as I wrote them over a decade ago, but the concepts are still fresh. The ebooks are products that I used to sell, so they are written to a good standard and have proven useful to people. The pitching video contains a lot of things that I learn raising capital I was for my own startiup, as well as seeing hundreds of pitches as an investor, and hundreds more as a coach. Enjoy ... and put the ideas to use!

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As a kiwi, we have this thing called "Tall Poppy Syndrome" that makes me (still) reluctant even to repost what others say about me ... however, if you're doing something of value, its important people find out about it. A good coach from my experience is one of the biggest unlocks of your potential, and a coach who gets Bitcoin is rare. Apparently I'm quite good at this, so if you have a project or mission that can advance Bitcoin - reach out. Some recent unsolicited feedback from other Bitcoiners on coaching with me Kent Halliburton (CEO Sazmining)

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If anyone in the Bitcoin community is looking for executive coaching, I can't recommend @DSBatten enough (his DMs are open). But why? As I watch...

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Last week I wrapped up a 10 week coaching course with @DSBatten Daniel Batten, and here is how it massively upgraded my leadership: Founders often...

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There are now 30 peer reviewed articles showing the energy and environmental benefits to Bitcoin mining Yet most regulators, politicians, investors and members of the public have no knowledge of this - instead quoting first gen "research" on Bitcoin, not realizing it has long-since been debunked. This is one of the biggest information asymmetries of any technology, and any area of research, in history

First a trickle, then a torrent. There have now been 30 papers since 2021 showing Bitcoin solving all three aspects of the energy trilemma: energy sustainability, energy security (including grid stability) and energy equity. No other technology can address all three concurrently. In fact, many energy experts believed this was impossible.

There are now 30 papers showing environmental and energy benefits to Bitcoin mining across multiple jurisdictions and multiple research categories. Probably nothing

New paper shows renewable operations using Bitcoin mining are both more profitable and lower-emission than renewable operations where Bitcoin mining is absent The authors found that not only did Bitcoin mining have the potential to be a driver for large-scale renewable deployment in regions with abundant solar and wind resources, but also in hybrid systems (eg: solar + wind + diesel generation), Bitcoin mining reduced fossil fuel dependence while enabling a significantly higher renewable energy share The paper is titled: Maximizing ROI in Cryptocurrency Mining Through Energy Optimization (Nasrinasrabadi et al. 2025) Published in Energies, which has an Impact Factor of 3.2 (top 20% of journals) Source: https://mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/22/5910

A window into the future of Bitcoin mining: Flexionics uses 14 MW of ASICS to help stabilize the grid of Sweden They were called on 11,245 times last year. Yes, you read that right. Already, 58% of their revenue comes from grid services (the rest through hashing)

Another inspiring Bitcoin story Buena Vista, Colorado is becoming a new Bitcoin hub * already 19 businesses onboarded already (more than Colorado Spings) * Chamber of Commerce actively promoting it * Feedback from businesses (who were not bitcoiners) includes: "Our instore sales have increased, and 20% of our sales are now in Bitcoin" "it feels cleaner" "it feels more natural" "1 in 8 of our sales are now in Bitcoin" How did this happen? One person who in his spare time doing something we can all do - talking to people with a mindset of service. Luke Cortese is the honeybadger who has been behind this incredible story. But it gets better Each month he runs a "treasure hunt" where new members of the community learn about Bitcoin. 25 new people started using Bitcoin on the last one. AND He's open sourcing the model so other small towns across the country can start onboarding new businesses. He's already gotten enquiries from neighboring towns, and states.

New Study shows Bitcoin mining supports local renewable projects with heat recapture as an additional benefit The study found Bitcoin mining supported UNFCCC Article 6 sustainable-development benefits, including improving *local livelihoods *food security *energy access The paper documented micro-hydropower + solar coupled with flexible Bitcoin mining and heat recovery for a greenhouse and was published in "Sustainability" which has an impact factor of 3.3 (top 20% of journals) Source: https://mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/21/9488

Large levels of flexible load is a non-negotiable requirement for tomorrow's grids Bitcoin mining is best in class across 3 of the 4 dimensions of flexible load that matter most Probably nothing

One year ago Paulo Gonçalves was not a Bitcoiner. He's was (and is) renewable energy project developer who has spent his career building small hydroelectric dams across the world. His problem was simple: many of these dams produce power that the grid can't absorb. The energy is wasted. The economics don't work. He'd seen the problem firsthand and had been searching for a solution for over a decade. A year ago, he attended a FREEMadeiraOrg event in Portugal, where he discovered Bitcoin mining. That day changed everything. Unlike others who fall into the mistake of evaluating Bitcoin mining without understanding energy, grids or renewable generation - he understood all three intimately, and as such was able to immediately see the value that others (including policymakers and regulators) sometimes miss. Paulo is now evaluating 100s of small hydropowered sites throughout Portugal that are ideal candidates for Bitcoin miners. There are sites that are "too small" or too remote to be of interest to anyone else. The miners consume what would otherwise be stranded energy. No subsidy required. The dam that didn't make financial sense now does. This is the pattern critics miss. They assume Bitcoin miners are Bitcoiners first, working backwards to justify energy use. In reality in the energy sector it happens the other way around. Kenji Tateiwa in Japan. Paulo Gonçalves in Portugal, Bipin Patel in Sweden are real people solving real energy problems. Different countries, different energy sources, same discovery pattern: When you know a lot about energy, and do deep research into how to solve energy problems, you arrive at Bitcoin mining.

Nostr-only post follows. One thing I've been reflecting on this last week is that many of the people who changed the world worked deep hours, and remarkably few of them. I did some research and found 7 examples that might change how you think about your day, and the belief that grinding long hours is the best way to success Charles Darwin worked two 90-minute blocks each morning, then a single hour later in the day. Between sessions: naps and long walks On this schedule he wrote 19 books (including On the Origin of Species) 4 hours a day, and he changed biology forever Roald Dahl wrote from 10am-noon, then 4pm-6pm. 7 days a week. No exceptions He spent six months on a single short story. His words: "Writing is not inspiration. It's keeping your bottom on the seat" On 4 hours/day, he became one of the most beloved authors who ever lived Henri Poincare worked 10am-noon, then 5pm-7pm He solved problems mentally in breaks, then committed them to paper A psychologist who studied his routine in 1910, found working longer achieved nothing extra 4 hrs/day, and he reshaped Topology, planetary physics and chaos theory Literature Hemingway started at first light and stopped before noon. 500 to 1,000 words, standing up, pencil on paper He famously stopped mid-sentence so he'd have momentum the next morning ~5 hours a day and a Nobel Prize in Literature Novelist Anthony Trollope paid a servant to wake him at 5:30am. He wrote from 5am to 8am with a watch in front of him - 250 words every 15 minutes. Then he went to his day job (at the Post Office) 3 hours a day, 47 novels over 35 years - all before breakfast ! Tchaikovsky composed at his desk for about 4.5 hours split across morning and evening But he also took a daily two-hour walk, timed to the minute, composing in his head as he walked In ~4.5 hours at the desk he captured what the walk created The rest was letting the mind work · "But what about Musk, he works 80-100 hr weeks?" Look closer He schedules his day in 5-minute blocks 90% of his time is meetings and design reviews. That's executive coordination (and he's brilliant at it) - a different kind of work from the deep creation these others did "But what about Picasso, Balzac and others who worked big hours?" Picasso painted for long stretches. But he alternated intense work with long social meals and downtime within the day Balzac wrote 16 hours a day fuelled by industrial quantities of coffee (he also died at 51) I've seen this firsthand. One founder I coached was working 80-hour weeks, on the point of burnout. I shared 4 productivity strategies, got him to cut back to 50-hr weeks and go home to his family NPS scores, Q12 ratings, RPU all improved. The company exited 2 years later The pattern across all of these: short duration, consistent deep focus, real rest between sessions They protected the hours, protected the recovery, and they didn't confuse hours with output The lesson: Perhaps working more isn't the secret? Perhaps working deeper is?