An emerging and urgent need for transdisciplinary research on Bitcoin
A Bitcoin science roadmap could identify research priorities and capacity-building opportunities across environmental, social, financial, economic, and security dimensions
Murray Rudd
Leveraging Bitcoin Miners as Flexible Load Resources for Power System Stability and Efficiency
We focus on the emergence of Bitcoin mining as an important feature for industrial-scale demand response, making use of miners’ inherent characteristics of interruptibility and swift response to enhance grid flexibility.
AI-Assisted Identification of Policy-Salient Research Priorities and Emerging Issues
This paper explores possibilities for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into horizon scanning and key question exercises to navigate the challenges posed by emerging technologies.
100 Important Questions about Bitcoin’s Energy Use and ESG Impacts
The breadth of knowledge required to answer key questions highlights the need to build research capacity, encourage collaborative cross-sectoral and -disciplinary research, and develop a prioritized research agenda.
ETF Era Mechanics: How TradFi Shapes Bitcoin’s Price, Hedging, and Capital Flows
The October 14, 2025 episode of Simply Bitcoin IRL features British HODL arguing that exchange-traded funds have shifted Bitcoin’s price discovery toward traditional finance’s cadence.
Bitcoin Spam Mitigation and Consensus Trade-offs
The October 14, 2025 episode of Supply Shock features Pierre Rochard arguing that Bitcoin should raise the cost of non-monetary data at the consensus layer. He favors removing OP_RETURN and limiting Taproot input sizes to reduce node burdens and fee distortions.
From “0.1 BTC” to Sovereignty: Nodes, Sats, and Community Scale
The October 13, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Robin Seyr outlining a pathway from price curiosity to sovereignty through self-custody, validating nodes, and community building.