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2026-09-17 16:11:07 UTC

In 2006 I made a decision which meant I was working much more behind-the-scenes, but my impact went up about 10x
At the start of this year, I made a very similar decision, with the hope it would have a similar impact on the lives of people I care about working for Bitcoin https://blossom.primal.net/5abdf8e2879b91e2a078c2bdf880bafa4c80b251ef27ffad5cb91f2417ae892a.mov

2026-09-16 12:44:23 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/4f41276925fcdb9f39c64be9ba4b07206df86eb3d2a3740bd7e67561692f99e3.mp4 Luke and Brooke Cortese are Bitcoin legends
The rate at which they are orangepilling both businesses and everyday users is something we've not seen before.

2026-09-11 20:52:26 UTC

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Wish I could! But I'd be abusing the trust of 4 commercial entities and one nation state if I did! 🤣

2026-08-31 20:11:29 UTC

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"Don't understand the value of an idea" (Most people with Bitcoin) is materially different from "Do understand the lack of value of an idea" (NFTs)
#nevent1q…pm6k

2026-08-19 15:39:13 UTC

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The change in Bitcoin mining narrative started in 2023, on the back of a lot of work by a lot of people within the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining ecosystem and well before AI datacenters were receiving media attention. (We can see this on tools like BTCPerceptions).

2026-08-12 16:11:13 UTC

France's center, left and right just did something they never do: agree on something
And ... Bitcoin mining brought them together
Bitcoin mining is not just a grid stabilizing force, it's a political stabilizing force
kudos to INBi - Institut National de Bitcoin (France’s national Bitcoin institute), Bastien Desteuque and EBEA - who are producing great Bitcoin stories faster than I can document them!
Full story: https://www.batcoinz.com/p/the-150-terawatt-hour-ghost

2026-08-10 01:06:12 UTC

NDA = non-disturbing agreement
(and having one is likely to make where you work more productive).
One of the leaders in my mastermind was an academic in the process of transitioning into running his technology company fulltime.
Andrew had just negotiated half his working week back so he could build his company. However, within days, other people's requests were filling that time up again.
He said the problem was “I find it very hard to say no to people.”
Perhaps you can relate to this.
The answer to this came from one of the other founders on the group.
He shared how he was running a fifteen-minute standup at nine every morning with his own team. In it, he tells them which block of that day he needs to be left alone for. He has a name for it:
"I call it my NDA. We're gonna sign an NDA, which is a non-disturbing agreement."
The part that makes it work comes next. In the same standup he names the hours when he is completely available, and anyone who needs two minutes with him before the wall goes up can say so and get it there and then.
It was a genius idea because nobody is shut out and everybody knows the shape of his day before it begins.
Andrew lit up, and shared on the group chat later that he was committed to trying it out.
Two weeks later he shared that he’d put it in place.
He said it turned out that a lot of other people also liked the idea of not being interrupted, and he’d managed to successfully protect his time, while funnelling people to using his time when it was available.
It cost him nothing.
But it protected the time, without which he couldn’t fuel the growth of his company. This year, he and his co-founders just closed their first $5Million raise.
When you surround yourself with peers who want the best for you, and inspire you to be your best on a regular basis, you get access to not just great ideas, but the energy to enact them.
Who are your peers, and what energy and inspiration do you receive from them?

2026-08-07 14:59:05 UTC

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Thanks. Important to share inspiring stories - particularly during bear markets! It's an underrated currency of human connection I find.

2026-07-27 12:41:43 UTC

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there should be!

2026-07-24 14:58:36 UTC

I'm seriously geeking out on this image right now.
You can now use AI to help transform the 2nd-most recognizable part of you: your voice.
OK, some context. Years ago I wrote a book on pitching.
But it is really a book about any sort of situation where you seek to influence someone (like helping Bitcoin adoption through orangepilling).
I use the principles myself when changing people's minds about the Bitcoin and energy, and I also teach it to clients, who have a 91.1% success rate with their investment pitches (Industry average is apparently 10.4%, so seems like it works).
The book is a manual for improving all elements of influence: message, deliver, tactics and mindset. Unless all are strong, influence is unlikely to occur.
I was lucky enough to have spent a lot of my 20s doing acting for stage and TV, so I learnt how to improve delivery during those years and teach it to others. But I've never had a tool to objectively show people that their delivery has improved.
Now I do. This is just a snippet of a more extensive analysis that also gets quite technical with difference aspects of voice resonance. This client was someone I'd worked with previously to win his seed investment, but he came to me because when approaching seed-SeriesA he was getting feedback that his delivery was flat from his own team, and he agreed.
They were right! So we did a solid 2 months of voicework, and the harsh objective lens of AI is now saying his monotone is not only gone, but he's now speaking in the dynamic range.
Voicework has always tended to be something that felt subjective, but now thanks to AI it is appealing to analytical people who like the data too
We are only just beginning to tap the potential for AI for self-improvement.
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2026-06-30 19:35:47 UTC

France now has parties across the spectrum, from the far-right to the communist left to the center, adopting pro-Bitcoin-mining positions (with the Greens the notable exception).
Probably nothing.