Decentralizing Power: Bitcoin Mining and Africa’s Rural Energy Future
The June 23, 2023 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Erik Hersman and Marshall Long discussing the role of Bitcoin mining in accelerating rural electrification across Africa.
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States, Federal Ambitions, and the Coming Wave of Strategic Bitcoin Reserves
The December 10, 2024 episode of the McNallie Money podcast features Dennis Porter discussing a surge in policymaker interest in strategic Bitcoin reserves at both U.S. state and federal levels.
Recalibrating U.S. Monetary Foundations: Debt, Production, and the Search for Stability
The December 7, 2024 episode of the What is Money Show features Luke Gromen exploring the U.S. debt crisis, detailing how unchecked borrowing and foreign reliance weaken the nation’s industrial base, global credibility, and policy freedom.
Forecasting Bitcoin Price Trajectories Using Supply and Demand Dynamics
This post gives a non-technical summary of our new Satoshi Action working paper. We developed a Bitcoin supply-and-demand framework and model for forecasting Bitcoin price trajectories out to 2036.
Optimizing Heat, Costs, and Energy Resilience Through Bitcoin Mining Integration
The December 7, 2024 episode of the Robin Seyr podcast features Maximilian Obwexer explaining how Bitcoin mining can serve as a direct substitute for oil-based heating, enabling households to heat with excess electricity rather than burning fossil fuels.
MicroStrategy’s Convertible Debt Playbook and the Evolving Bitcoin Financialization Landscape
The December 10, 2024 episode of The Bitcoin Layer podcast features Jeff Park discussing MicroStrategy’s ongoing and aggressive accumulation of Bitcoin, achieved through convertible debt issuance and strategic capital structure management.
Evaluating the Evolving Dynamics of Bitcoin Mining and Its Future Economic Role
The December 11, 2024 episode of the Robin Seyr podcast features Kent Halliburton, from Sazmining, discussing how Bitcoin’s mining landscape is undergoing fundamental changes.
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Bitcoin mining using landfill gas - model code
Python code replicates results and reproduces Figures from Rudd et al. 2024. An integrated landfill gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework. Journal of Cleaner Production
Bitcoin Mining at the Energy Edge
The July 7, 2026 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Stephen Barbour describing Bitcoin mining as flexible load for upstream energy production.
Chapter 04. Bitcoin mining: when energy becomes commitment
Here is the June 2026 draft of chapter 04 in my forthcoming new book, When Policy Falls Behind: Bitcoin, AI, and the Governance of Fast Systems. Click here for a downloadable pdf version. Copyright © 2026 by Murray A Rudd.
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Envision a Bitcoin mining operation – a specialized, energy-intensive data
Off-Grid Bitcoin Mining and Data Sovereignty
The February 27, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Way features HODL Tarantula explaining how modular, off-grid Bitcoin mining infrastructure monetizes stranded energy while avoiding grid and regulatory chokepoints.
Gold, Silver and Bitcoin in a $350T Debt World
The February 24, 2026 episode of Kitco News features Frank Holmes assessing how a $350 trillion global debt overhang is reshaping demand for gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Awareness, Calendars, and Real Ownership
The February 20, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Way features TC explaining how his Timechain Calendar project visualizes Bitcoin’s blocks, difficulty adjustments, and supply dynamics.
Monetizing the Megawatt: Bitcoin Mining in the Age of AI
The February 17, 2026 episode of the Stephan Livera Podcast features Rob Warren discussing how AI data center demand is reshaping Bitcoin mining economics and grid relationships.
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Gold, Silver and Bitcoin in a $350T Debt World
The February 24, 2026 episode of Kitco News features Frank Holmes assessing how a $350 trillion global debt overhang is reshaping demand for gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
Safe Havens, Gold, and Custody Risk in Bitcoin
The February 23, 2026 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features Michael Tanguma assessing whether Bitcoin’s sharp drawdown reflects broken fundamentals or a temporary dislocation.
Bitcoin, Gold and the Global Liquidity Cycle
The February 24, 2026 episode of the Archie Podcast features Andre Dragosch analyzing why Bitcoin has halved from its October 2025 peak despite strong institutional demand and continued global liquidity.
AI Deflation and the Repricing of Growth
The February 22, 2026 episode of the Jordi Visser Podcast features Jordi arguing that artificial intelligence is structurally repricing growth assets across public and private markets.
Japan’s Bitcoin Treasury Bridge
The February 20, 2026 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features Phil Geiger outlining how Metaplanet channels Japan’s $15 trillion retirement and savings pool toward Bitcoin.
Bitcoin’s Disappointing Cycle and the Path to Renewed Demand
The February 17, 2026 episode of Coin Stories features Lyn Alden arguing that Bitcoin’s latest cycle underperformed because topline demand remained weak despite supportive liquidity signals.
Gold Repricing, Bond Fragility, and Scarce Asset Rotation
The January 28, 2026 episode of the Scarce Assets podcast features Jeroen Blokland explaining why gold’s move toward $5,000 reflects a structural repricing driven by debt rollover dynamics, central bank intervention, and geopolitical stress.