About

Everything at The Bitcoin Distillery aims to give you information that is trustworthy, useful for decisions, and grounded in real-world impact.

Bitcoin sits at the intersection of money, energy, technology, and politics. Too many people still treat it only as a trading vehicle. Everything at The Bitcoin Distillery aims to give you information that is trustworthy, useful for decisions, and grounded in real-world impact.

My name is Dr. Murray Rudd: I treat Bitcoin as a complex system. I am a PhD institutional economist and a former university professor who now works exclusively on Bitcoin, a pivot reflected in my publication record.

My approach differs from most Bitcoin commentary: instead of assuming fixed economic laws or relying on ideology, I draw on institutional economics, pragmatic reasoning, and decision-making under deep uncertainty. I look at how Bitcoin behaves in real-world systems - financial, political, technological, and social - and how those systems shape the outcomes people actually care about.

Given our goals and the evidence we actually have, what Bitcoin choices make sense for different people and institutions?

The Bitcoin Distillery - and the forthcoming companion podcast - are for people serious about learning what Bitcoin is and does: independent investors, analysts, researchers, and policy professionals. Whether simply Bitcoin-curious or already Bitcoin-aligned, you are not satisfied with short-term thinking, and you do not place blind trust in experts and influencers. You may be thinking about protecting your personal savings, developing a family portfolio, undertaking due diligence for a small corporate treasury, or making an informed policy recommendation; you want to understand what you are doing and why.

I help people build two things: (1) the capacity to think clearly about Bitcoin’s role in your world; and (2) access to credible information you can actually use.

I frame all my work around evidence. I consider its: (1) credibility (Can I trust how this claim was produced?); (2) decision value (Does this evidence actually matter for decisions?), and real-world impact (Does this issue affect people or systems that matter?).

The overlapping sweet spot is decision-ready insight.

This is the point where information is trustworthy, practically useful, and grounded in real-world impact - the level where evidence becomes clear enough to guide action.

My job is not to tell you what to do. My job is to:

Clarify the goals and constraints that different people might have.
Assess the credibility, decision value, and impact of evidence.
Make my own stance explicit, with “receipts” and caveats.
Help you see what you would need to believe for a particular Bitcoin choice to make sense for you.
Help you explain your Bitcoin-related decision—to yourself, to a partner, or to a committee—based on evidence and a sensible treatment of uncertainty..

I do have a few guardrails for my blog and podcast:

My focus is Bitcoin-only: I do not cover altcoins.
My focus is on fundamentals: I do not do technical trading analysis.
What you read and hear from me is based on evidence and personal opinion, not hidden financial incentives: I do not accept sponsorships for products or services.
For financial advice, consult a professional investment advisor who is familiar with Bitcoin: my focus is on education.

Interpret, don’t predict. Use public evidence. Make deliberate Bitcoin choices you can defend. Adjust your goals and beliefs as new, credible information becomes available. That is what The Bitcoin Distillery is here to support.

Check Out Some Guest Podcast Appearances

Murray Rudd on the Robin Seyr Podcast, Sep 6, 2025

Murray Rudd on The Transformation of Value, May 19, 2025

Murray Rudd on The Bitcoin Edge with Paula, May 10, 2025

Murray Rudd on Mr. M Podcast, Mar 8, 2025

Murray Rudd on the Robin Seyr Podcast, Jan 23, 2025