Daniel Batten
@DSBatten
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Technology investment. Coaching. Bitcoin. Newsletter: https://t.co/3p04UaPQP2
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Joined September 2009
For years, Bitcoin's energy was much maligned. This was based on deeply flawed and now debunked research. Now, the tide has turned in the scientific consensus and the media and I've summarized why both now say Bitcoin has environmental benefits in a plain English talk.
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Anyone else noticed a difference in how @TechCrunch and other media cover Bitcoin vs AI datacenter builds?
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The old guard is fading. A new generation is growing in power, and is gaining ascendency in EVERY political party. The game is no longer to be pro or anti-Bitcoin, but to frame how bitcoin fits with your values.
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Bitcoin is up 1322x since this journalist's "advice". There has never been asset that so severely punishes those who use journalism as a proxy for thinking
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ECB: "The Digital Euro is innovative. It will provide a stable, private alternative to cryptocurrencies". Also ECB: We are witnessing Bitcoin's "artificially induced last gasp before the road to irrelevance". (Bitcoin is up 582.9% since)
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22 studies published using contemporary data that show bitcoin mining has significant environmental benefits. Zero studies published using contemporary data that shows bitcoin mining causes environmental harm.
This chart shows the issues with using outdated data to calculate energy mix, emissions intensity, or water use for #Bitcoin mining. The landscape changes significantly over time. Even data from just 3 years ago differs from today. Read more:
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You've probably heard about Bitcoin miners pivoting to AI. But AI starting Bitcoin mining? . Yes, it's a thing. @MARA has even partnered with TAE to solve the wasted-power problem of AI datacenters, and the grid stability issue of grid operators together. Link to article.👇
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War is peace.Freedom is slavery.The Digital Euro protects privacy.
A digital euro would complement cash by offering its equivalent for digital transactions, emphasised Piero Cipollone in his speech at Banka Slovenije. It would also enhance Europe’s sovereignty, resilience and innovation potential in payments, while protecting privacy.
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One by one, sustainable media outlets are starting to realize and report on the overwhelming evidence of bitcoin mining's environmental benefits. Well done @CarbonCredits
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Someone woke up today and thought it was 2021.
Wherever they go, crypto bros do not but leech off the societies that host them, and create problems for the people that live there.
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Yet another real story of where Bitcoin mining is reviving and energizing communities throughout America.
Communities throughout GA invested for decades to support the textile industry. As manufacturing has been moved offshore, these towns now have overbuilt infrastructure, and wasted power. We’ve created meaningful partnerships to benefit the utility, help drive down power costs
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Yesterday I jumped on the @zerohedge podcast with Robbie to talk about why BTC > IMF, why IMF is worried, and how what is happening in Pakistan with their Bitcoin strategic reserve strategy is one of the year's most important geopolitical events.
Latest episode of ZH podcast with @DSBatten talking the IMF Vs BTC
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JUST IN: IMF backtrack spotted!. What is happening in Pakistan is one of the most important geopolitical events of the year, and Western media is asleep at the wheel. The IMF has just been forced to soften its opposition to bitcoin in Pakistan, by making it seem like they will
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"The FT and WSJ—outlets that breathlessly report every basis point move in Italian bond yields—have decided the best-performing asset of the century warrants less coverage than ECB meeting minutes.". 🤣.
Elite media's ostrich strategy creates MASSIVE INFORMATION ASYMMETRY. Institutional investors relying on WSJ/FT for market intelligence are systematically underinformed about a transformative asset class. This isn't Bitcoin's blind spot. It's theirs.
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