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Standardness, Miner Centralization, and Data Limits
Briefing Notes contain: (1) a summary of podcast content; (2) potential information gaps; and (3) some speculative views on wider implications for Bitcoin. Most summaries are for Bitcoin-centered YouTube episodes but I also do some on AI and technological advance that spill over to affect Bitcoin. Summary The October 17, 2025 episode of Tone Vays
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Policy vs Consensus: Lessons from the Core v30 and Knots Debate
Briefing Notes contain: (1) a summary of podcast content; (2) potential information gaps; and (3) some speculative views on wider implications for Bitcoin. Most summaries are for Bitcoin-centered YouTube episodes but I also do some on AI and technological advance that spill over to affect Bitcoin. Summary The October 16, 2025 episode of Tone Vays
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Quantum Risk, AI Math, and Bitcoin Governance
Briefing Notes contain: (1) a summary of podcast content; (2) potential information gaps; and (3) some speculative views on wider implications for Bitcoin. Most summaries are for Bitcoin-centered YouTube episodes but I also do some on AI and technological advance that spill over to affect Bitcoin. Summary The October 15, 2025 episode of the Isabel
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Bitcoin–CRE Convergence: Energy, Credit, and Operating Edge
My ‘briefing notes’ summarize the content of Bitcoin-oriented podcast episodes. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. I use these for me own horizon scanning research – I have thousands of pod summaries finished but post only some that I think
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ETF Flows, Treasury Finance, and Censorship Resistance
Briefing Notes summarize the content of Bitcoin-oriented podcast episodes. They contain (1) a summary of podcast content, (2) potential information gaps, and (3) some speculative views on wider Bitcoin implications. Summary The October 15, 2025 episode of the Tim Kotzman podcast features Adam Back analyzing how institutional flows and treasury strategies are reshaping Bitcoin’s market
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An emerging and urgent need for transdisciplinary research on Bitcoin
This short 2-page paper was submitted – without luck – as a ‘policy forum’ piece at Science. Eventually I hope to retool this one and get it published as an opinion/perspectives piece once academic journals become a little more interested in Bitcoin. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4510758 Abstract Bitcoin’s diverse impacts point to the urgent need for transdisciplinary research
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Leveraging Bitcoin Miners as Flexible Load Resources for Power System Stability and Efficiency
This working paper was developed from an unfinished paper that Nic Carter and Shuan Connell had originally drafted. We added Dennis Porter, Brad Jones (former Chair of ERCOT) to the mix and I prepped it up for an academic journal submission. Here is the download for the most recent version of the paper: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4634256 Abstract:
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AI-Assisted Identification of Policy-Salient Research Priorities and Emerging Issues
This was my first AI methods working paper for the Bitcoin horizon scanning project. To download, click on the link below: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4502450 Abstract: This paper explores possibilities for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into horizon scanning and key question exercises to navigate the challenges posed by emerging technologies. It demonstrates, using Bitcoin mining as a case
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100 Important Questions about Bitcoin’s Energy Use and ESG Impacts
This was my first Bitcoin horizon scanning paper, published in the interdisciplinary journal, Challenges. To download, click on the link below: https://doi.org/10.3390/challe14010001 Abstract: Bitcoin critics have argued that energy-intensive Bitcoin production and adoption will exacerbate global warming. Conversely, Bitcoin advocates have been dismayed by critics’ apparent lack of willingness to scrutinize Bitcoin’s potential role in
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