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Starting with the premise of #hyperbitcoinization, we feature this evolutionary path of #bitcoin, showing its innovation and social application. #h17n

[h17n @BTCh17n]

https://t.co/7eARYVLefG is #hyperbitcoinization – the process by which #bitcoin becomes the main means of exchange for transactions. We spread awareness about this transition towards h17n, highlighting the evolutionary process of bitcoin, its innovation and social application.

[Walker⚡️ @WalkerAmerica]

Over a million people in Uganda just downloaded Bitchat, a peer-to-peer private message app utilizing bluetooth and Nostr. No internet, phone number, or personal information required.

Why? Because elections are coming up, and citizens are worried the government will censor communications by shutting off the internet.

Unfortunately for the Uganda government, they can’t shut down Bitchat.

Here’s what opposition leader @HEBobiwine said:
“As we all know, the regime is plotting an internet shutdown in the coming days, like they have done in all previous elections. They switch off the internet in order to block communication and ensure that citizens do not organise, verify their election results and demand for accountability over the massive election theft.

Bitchat will enable you to communicate to thousands of people in record time. No internet connection is required. You will be able to send pictures of DR Forms and share any other critical information to specific or other users. No internet required. No sharing of phone numbers or email address. All you need to do is switch on blue tooth and use the app.”

Bitchat was built by @jack on iOS and converted to Android by @callebtc

Here’s a clip from my show on @RoxomTV where I covered Bitchat usage in Uganda.

[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

Streisand Effect, in full effect, in Uganda where the regime told people not to use the nostr-based bitchat, which is now going mega-viral

[Bitchat Community @BitchatMe_]

DETAILED THREAD: How to use Bitchat

Like & repost. Bookmark for later and share with friends.

[Bitcoin Ekasi @BitcoinEkasi]

At the Bitcoin Ekasi, everything is paid for in sats — not fiat. ⚡ We live in a community where you can buy almost everything using Bitcoin.

Paycode: [email protected]
Location: https://t.co/YMZvZigZwv

#SPEDN

[Bitcoin Ekasi @BitcoinEkasi]

How many Mayors in South Africa openly support the adoption of Bitcoin as everyday money?

I know of at least one.

Mossel Bay Executive Mayor Dirk Kotzé

That's him, with @ThinusXpressed and a copy of 'Bitcoin Circular Economies'

The book is available for 21k sats, including shipping ONLY within South Africa!

Tag @LuthandoSABTC in the comments if you want a copy.

International orders available on Amazon.
https://t.co/muMyEzJybi

Thanks to @GabrielKurman & @ivan_kaleja for producing this!

[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

A leaderless decentralized cypherpunk open source software project that secures property rights and free speech for anyone and destroys central banking and financial censorship has just eclipsed the corporate behemoth Amazon in market cap

4 left to go… ✌️

[h17n @BTCh17n]

We just added @bitika_KE to our list of platforms for buying Bitcoin with M-Pesa https://t.co/3aKjtG9JCR @tando_me

[ARNOLNYMOUS⚡️ @arnolnymous]

Bitcoin for Everyone!

Education in Tonga/Zambezi language, in Zambia.

@BitcoinVicFalls is always a huge inspiration. Make sure you follow them!

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

The list keeps growing!

There are now 20 peer reviewed articles showing Bitcoin has significant environmental benefits.

1. How Bitcoin Can Support Renewable Energy Development & Climate Action (Lal & You 2023)
Journal: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
https://t.co/TCskbMVMAl
Findings: Bitcoin mining helps renewable developers generate more profits, accelerating the renewable transition

2. Renewable Energy Transition Facilitated by Bitcoin (Velický 2023)
Journal: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering https://t.co/W3gytMgcpC
Findings: "The opportunities offered by bitcoin mining in reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy transition are greater than generally assumed"

3. Can Bitcoin mining empower energy transition and fuel sustainable development goals in the US? (Lal et al. 2024)
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production
https://t.co/FtXyKPWDd1
Findings: Bitcoin mining with renewable energy is profitable in 96% of cases, is more consistently profitable than chemical-based utilization (hydrogen, ammonia, methanol), and "profits from bitcoin mining can empower energy transition"

4. Rethinking bitcoin's energy use through sustainable digital business models and resources monetization (Dasaklis et al. 2025)
Journal: Digital Business
https://t.co/pm4LLzApqn
Findings:
* BTC mining can "promote cleaner energy use and reduce the carbon footprint of energy production"
* By using renewable or stranded sources, Bitcoin mining aligns “economic incentives with sustainability goals"

5. Hedging Renewable Energy Investments with Bitcoin Mining (Bastian‐Pinto et al. 2021)
Journal: Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
https://t.co/ijxAesmgnS
Findings: Bitcoin mining acts as a financial hedge against low electricity prices, significantly improving the economic viability and profitability of wind energy projects.

6. Robust Optimization for Energy-Aware Cryptocurrency Farm Location with Renewable Energy (Lotfi et al. 2023)
Journal: Computers & Industrial Engineering
https://t.co/slLSJOz9de
Findings: Presents an optimization model for strategically locating cryptocurrency mining facilities near renewable energy sources, minimizing costs and carbon footprints, thereby integrating mining operations sustainably into energy grids.

7. Renewable energy and cryptocurrency: A dual approach to economic viability and environmental sustainability (Hakimi et al. 2024)
Journal: Heliyon
https://t.co/3zb48txXT8
Findings:
* Bitcoin mining reduces the ROI from 8.1yrs to 3.5yrs while reducing CO2 emissions by 50,000 tonnes/year on a typical 50MW solar farm
* Profits from Bitcoin mining using renewable generation help accelerate the energy transition
* PoS blockchains (such as Ethereum) can not offer these features

8. Study on the Economics of Wind Energy Through Cryptocurrency (Vega-Marcos et al. 2022)
Journal: Energy Reports
https://t.co/dYftMwhekN
Findings: Co-locating Bitcoin mining operations with wind farms significantly improves economic viability by generating additional revenue during periods when the wind farm is not supplying power to the grid.

9. Techno-economic and Environmental Evaluations of a Novel Cogeneration System Based on Solar Energy and Cryptocurrency Mining (Nikzad & Mehregan. 2022)
Journal: Solar Energy
https://t.co/4pHwTxd7jv
Findings: Combining crypto-mining with a typical "PV rooftop system can supply 83% of the consumed electricity of the mining system per year and prevent the annual emissions of 5.5 tCO2 to the atmosphere simultaneously."

10. Cryptocurrency mining as a novel virtual energy storage system in islanded and grid-connected microgrids (Hajiaghapour-Moghimi et al. 2024)
Journal: International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
https://t.co/GwKPMAQd9X
Findings:
Microgrids (MGs) not using Bitcoin Mining waste significant renewable energy. However using Bitcoin mining
stops almost all renewable waste reduces MG costs by 46%
* accelerates MG development
* decarbonizes power production

11. Climate sustainability through a dynamic duo: Green hydrogen and crypto driving energy transition and decarbonization (Lal & You. 2024)
Journal: PNAS
https://t.co/F3u9JnLAKY…
Findings: Combining green hydrogen and Bitcoin can enable capacity expansions of up to 25.5% for solar power and 73.2% for wind powered operations.

12. Mining Bitcoins with Carbon Capture and Renewable Energy for Carbon Neutrality Across States in the USA (Niaz et al. 2022)
Journal: Energy & Environmental Science
https://t.co/Az0CFlPoHh
Findings:
Integrating Bitcoin mining with direct air carbon capture and renewable energy has the potential to make Bitcoin mining carbon-neutral, depending on state-specific electricity grids.

13. The Feasibility Study of the Production of Bitcoin with Geothermal Energy: Case Study (Aliehyaei et al. 2023)
Journal: Energy Science & Engineering
https://t.co/EtGmGydarG
Findings:
Demonstrates the economic feasibility of powering Bitcoin mining operations with geothermal energy, providing a renewable, profitable alternative to traditional energy sources.

14. The Relationship between Biomass & Bitcoin (Semaan et al. 2024)
Journal: Sustainability
https://t.co/MmgSu8Ms4d
Findings
* "Bitcoin [can] accelerate the UN's Sustainable Development Goals”
* Bitcoin mining provides a way to make often economically unviable bio-refineries profitable

15. An integrated landfill gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework (Rudd et al. 2024)
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production
https://t.co/f5d7PpiomI
Findings: Bitcoin mining can profitably reduce landfill methane

16. Improving Grid Stability and Reliability
(enables grid to support additional variable renewable energy)
1. High resolution modelling and analysis of cryptocurrency mining’s impact on power grids: Carbon footprint, reliability, and electricity price (Menati et al. 2023)
Journal: Advances in Applied Energy (Impact factor: 13)
https://t.co/P8uVt9HD5T
Findings: Bitcoin mining's flexibility increases both grid reliability & stability

17. Grid Decarbonization through Demand Response
1. Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint Revisited: Proof of Work Mining for Renewable Energy Expansion (Ibañez et al. 2022)
Journal: Challenges
https://t.co/RDGFNPcnVO
Findings: [our research finding support] "a possible role for Bitcoin mining in promoting grid decarbonization" through effective demand response”

18. Bitcoin and Its Energy, Environmental & Social Impacts (Rudd et al. 2023)
Journal: Challenges
https://t.co/A9xhDeWk3A
Findings: There is "transformative potential in the Bitcoin mining sector, especially regarding demand response, grid flexibility, and methane mitigation"

19. Can Bitcoin mining increase renewable capacity? (Bruno et al. 2023)
Journal: Resource & Energy Economics https://t.co/yZ5PfpmJ4U
Findings
* Bitcoin mining can increase renewable energy penetration and obviates need for gas peaker plants
* "When Bitcoin miners provide ... demand response, their emissions impact is largely mitigated."

20. Flaws in first gen Bitcoin mining & energy research
Promoting rigor in blockchain energy and environmental footprint research
(Sai & Vranken 2024)
Journal: Blockchain-Research and Applications
https://t.co/3RCxig0DJC
Findings: Reveals significant data-gathering and methodological flaws in the works of Alex de Vries/Digiconomist and other early commentators on Bitcoin mining

[Bitcoin Archive @BitcoinArchive]

- Scientists turn lead into gold.
- They can also mine huge amounts from asteroids.
.
..and China just made a the world's biggest gold discovery worth $61 BILLION.

There will only ever be 21m Bitcoin

[BitcoinLoxion @BitcoinLoxion]

🌱✨ Exciting news! Garden of Hope | @bitcoinloxion is uniting farmers and locals in Khayelitsha to cultivate not just crops, but a thriving community! On June 1st, we're planting the seeds for a brighter future. Join us on this incredible journey! 🌍💚 #Bitcoin #Community #Sustainability #FutureFarming

[Bitcoin Victoria Falls @BitcoinVicFalls]

Bitcoin is a medium of exchange

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

Bitcoin's environmental benefits have now been validated in 20 peer reviewed studies, a recent Cambridge University report. It's also now being covered by 13 mainstream news outlets.

How times change!

1. Bloomberg
TL;DR Bitcoin Miners Use Iceland’s Surplus of Renewable Energy
https://t.co/f6FNBV7CDX

2. Reuters
TL;DR: Bitcoin mining company MARA's new operation "captures gas that was slated to be burned or vented into the atmosphere as methane, a powerful global warming gas"
https://t.co/EG9N4KdYfE

3. BBC
Bitcoin mining delivers renewable energy to rural Africa
https://t.co/fPjggY0GIj

4. Financial Times
Bitcoin can push beneficial environmental and social outcomes
https://t.co/CZpBmCfLpM

5. Forbes
TL;DR Bitcoin emerges as a promising player in the green revolution
https://t.co/6VC7uNInJ6

6. The Independent
TL;DR Bitcoin mining could supercharge transition to renewables
https://t.co/B75vDUxeA3

7. The Street
TL;DR: Bitcoin is key to the future of renewable energy
https://t.co/dkOjfq9ddP

8. MSN
Bitcoin is helping solve African rural energy challenges https://t.co/i6258WQxL2

9. Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin shown to combat air pollution https://t.co/xZfbmgjmCY

10. Unherd
TL;DR Bitcoin delivered electricity to 1800 African villagers https://t.co/bgOaasQMKe

11. The Hill
Bitcoin mining is energizing sustainability through green innovation https://t.co/KnlU03xfEy

12. Euronews
TL;DR: Sustainable Bitcoin mining is developing Bhutan's energy independence https://t.co/RiTAdmO0nS

13. Technology Review
"Bitcoin mining saved an iconic African National Park" https://t.co/455ChX6MZn

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

In 2021-2, when Cambridge University reporting was showing Bitcoin was using 62.4% fossil fuel, The Altantic, Wired, Reuters, BBC, NBC, NYT, NewScientist, The Guardian all ran articles attacking Bitcoin mining, citing Cambridge.

In 2025, when Cambridge University reporting shows Bitcoin mining is using 52.4% sustainable energy while helping stabilize grids, and mitigate methane - guess who in the mainstream media is reporting it?

Not one

I guess it doesn't make such a good headline.

This does however reveal one thing clearly: if you rely on news sources for information on Bitcoin mining, your perspectives will have been manipulated by selective reporting.

[Erik Hersman @whiteafrican]

Building offgrid energy in Africa isn't charity.

Paired with bitcoin mining it's one of the best risk-adjusted opportunities in frontier markets today.

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

There are now 10 sustainable media magazines and news sites covering the environmental benefits of Bitcoin mining

Probably nothing

1. Renewables Now
TL;DR: Bitcoin helps green energy adoption and grid stabilization https://t.co/YFPde7sTso

2. Renewable Energy Magazine
TL;DR Bitcoin Mining is enabling Landfill Gas methane mitigated https://t.co/5IysyKbWrg

3. Anthropocene Magazine
TL;DR: Bitcoin mining could help wind and solar development https://t.co/JUWQnklNsi

4. One Green Planet
TL;DR Bitcoin mining is more sustainable than previously thought https://t.co/pLgAdl4lX4

5. Microgrid Media
TL;DR Bitcoin mining increases grid stability and helps make the grid "more efficient and less wasteful" https://t.co/s3JM3jupF7

6. The Africa Report
TL;DR: Bitcoin mining in Ethiopia has helped grow green energy expand Ethiopia's grid https://t.co/p4PRVro4iK

7. Recharge Magazine (3 articles)
TL;DR Bitcoin is aiding the renewable transition https://t.co/Q40lpwiYnx

Bitcoin mining provides a blueprint for monetizing previously wasted renewable energy and stabilizing the grid https://t.co/odicxuGUXS

Telco giant using otherwise wasted renewable energy to mine Bitcoin https://t.co/MVEmgUnNle

8. The Cooldown
TL;DR: Bitcoin mining is helping to
- ease geopolitical tensions
- stabilize grids
- reduce electricity prices
- monetize wasted renewable energy
https://t.co/TgxfKQ7TOh

9. https://t.co/GPutQD82dx

TL;DR: Bitcoin mining has emerged as a promising solution for enabling EU to meet its green energy transition and energy security goals
https://t.co/fAehjlGRYB

10. Northern Forum
TL;DR Bitcoin mining is "transforming the energy production game" by absorbing excess renewables
https://t.co/4PQnjoR8sO

[h17n @BTCh17n]

We just added @BitcoinZambia to our list of Bitcoin Education Projects in Africa: https://t.co/2IM9CYvYI9 @BitcoinEkasi @BitcoinUbuntu @BitcoinMtaani @Btchubafrica @btc_dada @afribitcoiners @AfroBitcoinOrg @btrust_builders

[Bitcoin Ekasi @BitcoinEkasi]

Thank you @AquaBitcoin for sponsoring three new skateboards! The kids are stoked!

New wheels rolling in the Bitcoin Bowl!
😎🤙🤙🤙🛹❤️‍🔥🌍

[BTC Shule @btcshule]

The process of orange-pilling the village continues. In the project, we are working with 44 people in total,22 kids and 22 parents all concentrated in one village. They are trained two days a week (Sat. and Sun.), receiving sats as proof of work since next week. #BitcoinIsHope

[Bitcoin Zambia @BitcoinZambia]

"There’s no true liberation without the liberation of women." – Thomas Sankara. These powerful words, painted on the mural behind us, set the tone for our all-women Bitcoin meetup in Lusaka on March 29 supported by @BFFbtc. @AnitaPosch @BtcBanamayo @btc_dada @BtcBabies