Bitcoin Distillery
Explore Bitcoin mining, economics, governance, and impacts in my blog posts. Use the Search function (magnifying glass, top-left of the page) to find topics, podcasts that have been summarized, or podcast interviewees.
Coldcard failure & trust in Bitcoin self-custody
What we know now: on July 31, 2026, an attacker swept roughly 594 BTC – about USD $38 million – from approximately 500 single-signature Bitcoin Coldcard wallets.
Murray Rudd
Bitcoin Mining and Edge Energy Systems
The July 7, 2026 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Stephen Barbour describing Bitcoin mining as flexible load for upstream energy production.
Murray Rudd
Bitcoin Governance and Client Diversity
The April 13, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast features Josh arguing that Bitcoin Core governance concentrates repository power despite decentralized technical consensus.
Murray Rudd