Mining Centralization Risks Bitcoin’s Decentralization
The April 16, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Bob Burnett explaining how pool and chip supplier concentration threaten Bitcoin’s decentralized ethos.
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Hash‑Rate Derivatives Transform Miner Risk Management
On April 16, 2025, the McNallie Money episode featuring Luxor's Matt Williams explores how forward hash‑rate derivatives allow Bitcoin miners to hedge revenue volatility and secure financing.
Bitcoin’s Policy Surge & Research Needs
The April 16, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Fundamentals features Perianne Boring and Brian Estes outlining how nearly 300 U.S. legislators now identify as pro‑crypto and previewing imminent stablecoin and market‑structure bills.
Bitcoin’s Disruptive Cultural & Geopolitical Impact
The April 16, 2025 episode of the Robin Seyr Podcast features Nolan Bauerle explaining how Bitcoin’s peer‑to‑peer information network is reshaping cultural dialogues, economic infrastructures, and geopolitical alignments.
Bitcoin as Catalyst for Global Free Markets
The April 15, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Infinity Show featuring Joe Bryan examines how Bitcoin’s separation of money and state can correct fiat system distortions. The discussion highlights first principles thinking and decentralized alignment as drivers for a global free market.
Bitcoin Dynamics and Security: Market Evolution
The April 15, 2025 episode of Bitcoin Nova Podcast with Caleb Baggins explores market manipulation, self-custody imperatives, and Bitcoin’s robust security.
Bitcoin: Gateway to Transformative Consciousness
The April 15, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula featuring Matt Manning explores Bitcoin as a catalyst for personal transformation and systemic economic change.
Bitcoin mining
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.
Introduction
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.
Macro trends
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.