Jeff Hilsenbeck & I had the honor to go on The Bitcoin Libertarian podcast. We discussed: -ILLINOIS BITCOIN COUNCIL -CHALLENGES ON BITCOIN ADVOCACY -THE SLOW PATH TO ADOPTION Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g1aIiLpjxQ

In this episode, Nik Bhatia welcomes back Daniel Batten, bitcoin researcher and longtime voice on bitcoin's role in energy, for a conversation on the collision between AI, the power grid, and bitcoin mining. Daniel explains why AI data centers are the worst kind of load for a grid, how the rush of renewables made balancing supply and demand even harder, and why bitcoin mining has quietly become the flexible load that solves both problems at once. He walks through a Swedish operator running at a negative two cents per kilowatt hour, the 30 peer-reviewed papers behind the thesis, and the seven grid operators already using it. Nik and Daniel also discuss why bitcoin may solve an energy problem before the world realizes it solves a monetary one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlzpFwE7Wuk

Goodbye Gold Reserves, Hello ARMA... https://open.substack.com/pub/ilbtccouncil/p/goodbye-gold-reserves-hello-arma?r=806xk9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The Clarity Act matters. The BCRA (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act) needs to stay in it, or the bill isn't worth passing. Call your Both of your Senators and make it plain: • I'm a constituent • The BCRA must remain in the Clarity Act • This is my #1 legislative priority • I am watching how you vote Find your Senators here: 👉 https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm Voicemails count. Calls count. Staff tally these. Make it happen. https://coincenter.org/the-brca-survived-claritys-markup-do-not-give-it-up-now/

The Strike Zone Is a Conservation Law: What Baseball & Energy Reveal About #Bitcoin https://open.substack.com/pub/ilbtccouncil/p/the-strike-zone-is-a-conservation

"A Breakthrough": White House Says Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Announcement Is Imminent https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/breakthrough-white-house-says-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-announcement-imminent