Troy Cross
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@reed_college_ @btcpolicyorg @nakamotoprojct @vibecapitalmgmt
Portland, OR
Joined February 2015
1/n In March 2025, @NakamotoProjct surveyed 3,538 adults in the US. We found:.-48m American adults own bitcoin.-11m hold their own keys.-Bitcoiners are more likely to be male, young, and non-white.-They're politically diverse but right-shifted.-They're "moral maximalists." .🧵
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Core of the mission right here.
Educational efforts to help Gen Z realize the hope bitcoin can provide their generation need to increase. Saving in dollars is certainly pointless. Saving in bitcoin is critical.
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RT @CornellBitcoin: Our final report will be out in Spring 2026. In the meantime, explore powerful work already shaping the conversation:….
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RT @craigwarmke: Backstory. It’s April 2023, and the White House had kept BPI busy. I sat next to @thetrocro at Princeton while a forme….
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RT @1A1zBTC: Core? Knots? btc? Libbitcoin?. Drama around OP_Return has brought bitcoin client implementations and their governance back int….
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RT @DSBatten: Using mainstream media as your information source can be costly. 8 years since @TheAtlantic gave you this advice on Bitcoin….
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RT @DSBatten: Even prouder of my mom after seeing this chart from @thetrocro. She's 82. Today, she just decided to triple her bitcoin holdi….
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You love to see it.
Whoa!. 🇪🇹 Ethiopian Electric Power says it has raised over $200 million from Bitcoin mining. The revenue was generated by diverting electricity to Bitcoin mining, which was otherwise wasted due to a lack of transmission infrastructure. "The lowest monthly income in the current.
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The people who have bitcoin exposure will just be people with investments / retirement. Boring!.
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Exposure to bitcoin is only going to become harder to track. Anyone in the Wisconsin retirement system has exposure. If MSTR is included in the S&P, that will count. Same for treasury companies. Bitcoin ETFs will be components of other funds. “Exposure” will soon be.
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RT @cryptoquick: Once again, this is your reminder that quantum computers suck. And yet, take a look at @PsiQuantum's work. They're driving….
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Happy Independence Day! . We appreciate the feedback--both positive and negative--on our survey. Some questions came up often enough to deserve another post. We also hope you'll read the actual report, linked below. Q: "18.6% ownership must be too high. There's no way 48m.
1/n In March 2025, @NakamotoProjct surveyed 3,538 adults in the US. We found:.-48m American adults own bitcoin.-11m hold their own keys.-Bitcoiners are more likely to be male, young, and non-white.-They're politically diverse but right-shifted.-They're "moral maximalists." .🧵
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RT @BikesandBitcoin: I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more coverage. This OP_Daily byte from @BitcoinPark_ 👇.
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RT @alichehrehsaz: There is so much value to be created still with solar — we have yet to start. The real chapter for solar is just begin….
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(This should say, ". than non-owners". Do not mean to imply that most US bitcoiners are non-white. Thanks @danoprey.
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17/n Stepping back. 1. 48 million Americans from all demographics and all political persuasions own bitcoin. 2. But they do tend to be younger, male, and non-white. 3. Over this past year, bitcoin also showed signs of polarizing along political and gendered lines. (We will.
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