Luís Judice

Bitcoin, philosophy, and the physics of freedom.
Engineer. Designer. Author of Digital Energy.

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

Thank you for the sparks.
Not the easy kind, the kind that force you to kill your ego, rethink the origins of value, energy, culture, and what it means to live freely in a world that treats freedom like a myth.
Following your work over the years pulled me into the deep end of Bitcoin: the thermodynamics, the geopolitics, the philosophy, the history of money, the fragility of institutions, the beauty of proof-of-work.
It changed how I see the world, how I build, how I write, even how I raise my kids.

It pushed me to my limits and into the work I’m sharing today.
A book built from a unique blend of academic and journalistic rigor, historic fact-checking, data, graphics, philosophy, and a dash of sci-fi imagination.
There’s already a huge amount of Bitcoin literacy out there, but very few works that tackle Bitcoin and energy with this level of clarity, precision, and balance: from grid dynamics to mining incentives, from methane mitigation to AI scaling, from real-world miner operations to the emerging boomtowns shaped by digital energy.
It’s the synthesis of everything I’ve learned on this journey, shaped by voices like yours, but forged through my own experience, research, and years of obsession.
If it helps even one person see Bitcoin with the clarity you helped me find, that’s enough.
If it reaches more than one, even better. 😀

Thank you for lighting the path.
I’ll spend the next decade trying to light a few of my own.

In no special order (except for the first two who both go for n.1):

@DSBatten @thetrocro @TomerStrolight @whiteafrican @NealFlesher @LizardWizardBTC @Breedlove22 @AdamBLiv @adam3us @LudiMagistR @BitcoinPierre @brian_trollz @PierreNoizat @NickSzabo4 @JasonPLowery @nic_carter @kyle__cb @jyn_urso @SGBarbour @JoeNakamoto @mattkratter @Dennis_Porter_ @willywoo @resistancemoney @saifedean ...

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

Bitcoin has been falling vs the dollar, but something interesting is happening beneath the surface.

Long-term holders now control around 16.3 million BTC, close to an all-time high. That's over 2 million more BTC than when price peaked at $126k, including roughly 200,000 BTC added in the last month alone. This is more bullish than you guys think.

[B HODL ⚡ @bitcoinhodlco]

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[The Bitcoin Company @theBTCco]

🎲 Bitcoin Giveaway 🎲

We're giving away $5 in ⚡ Sats ⚡ to 3 random followers!

To enter: follow us, like, & share this post.

We'll contact winners in the next few days!

[BTC Sessions 😎 @BTCsessions]

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To enter like, retweet and follow our friends at
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Giveaway ends 5/14 - winner announced 5/15

Goodluck everyone🏁

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@GalaxyMind @soapminer1 @factory_house, they sell apparel, books and consumables, can pay on chain or Lightning, from France

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@TheSoloMiningCo Bedroom. Nothing sexier than 2.6 TH/s.

[TheSoloMiningCo (I Am GPIO) @TheSoloMiningCo]

🚨 GIVEAWAY 🚨

We’re giving away a BitForge Nano Ghost Edition — a home-worthy Bitcoin miner designed to be seen, not hidden in a shed.

To enter:

Follow @TheSoloMiningCo
Repost this post
Reply with where you’d put it and why.

Winner announced 1st June 2026

The Solo Mining Co: Your Rigs, Your Rewards. ⚡

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@BtcAndres @COLDCARDwallet ROJO

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Scam Altman and Greg Stockman stole a charity. Full stop.

Greg got tens of billions of stock for himself and Scam got dozens of OpenAI side deals with a piece of the action for himself, Y Combinator style. After this lawsuit, Scam will also be awarded tens of billions in stock directly.

The fundamental question is simply this:

Do you want to set legal precedent in the United States that it is ok to loot a charity? If so, you undermine all charitable giving in the United States forever.

I could have started OpenAI as a for-profit corporation. Instead, I started it, funded it, recruited critical talent and taught them everything I know about how to make a startup successful FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

Then they stole the charity.

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@RobinSeyr I've got quite a few bitcoin conferences.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇫🇷 A French tax official was arrested for selling crypto investors' home addresses and financial records to criminal networks.

41 kidnappings followed. One every 2.5 days since January 2026.

The criminals didn't need to hack anything. They bought a list from someone inside the government.

France is the most dangerous country in the world right now if you hold crypto and someone knows about it 💀

Source: Le Mond

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@coinfinity 297334, 😘🧡

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@btc_life_jp 🇵🇹 🇬🇧 🇫🇷

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

This and fine wine 🍷

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Be prepared, there is a small chance that our horrendous leadership could unknowingly lead us into World War III.

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@carlabitcoin

[Luís Judice @LM_Judice]

@MatthewPChu1 @DSBatten If my addiction encourages me to become a better person then I'm fine being a junkie.

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

Yet to find a single Bitcoiner who has not noticed this same effect.

One of the biggest environmental benefits of Bitcoin is how it reduces overconsumption.

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

An open letter to @ProfSteveKeen regarding your recent comments about Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining.

Respectfully, I have listened to your comments on Bitcoin mining and it is very clear that you have no understanding of how Bitcoin mining works.

This is not a hill you I believe you should be seeing your reputation die on.

Specifically it is very clear that you have no understanding that it is a flexible user of energy that does not rival other energy users for its power, no understanding of the well established ability Bitcoin mining uniquely has to monetize otherwise wasted renewable energy, no understanding of how Bitcoin mining obviates gas peaker plants, and no understanding of the unique role Bitcoin mining is playing in methane mitigation.

You also appear not to understand that these facts are not some pot pouri of greenwashing claims from "Bitcoin supporters" looking to defend their assetclass but datapoints that have been repeatedly established in 24 peer reviewed journals, and 8 independent reports (including Cambridge University)

Your characterization of Bitcoin supporters as not understanding the interrelationship between global warming and energy dynamics is as patronizing as it is a reconfirmation of your own lack of research, given there are a number of committed environmentalists, climatetech investors and climate scientists who are avid supporters of Bitcoin mining precisely because it already can and is incentivizing renewable energy transition and methane mitigation at scale.

You also appear ignorant of the fact that the first generation research on Bitcoin mining that suggested environmental harm was debunked in peer reviewed study in 2023 and that is why the media has not quoted this study since.

Finally your contention that Bitcoin is "going to zero" because mining will become unprofitable shows again an appalling lack of basic understanding of the economics of Bitcoin mining.

Bitcoin mining companies are able to earn ancillary revenue through any number of means, they may be vertically integrated, they may mine using last-gen machines on stranded solar/wind, they may mine offgrid on otherwise wasted power sources such as landfills of oil&gas fields, they may be nation states such as Bhutan using Bitcoin mining on their otherwise surplus hydro energy.

These unique abilities of Bitcoin miners mean that far from being at risk, Bitcoin mining is by far the most resilience industry in the face of rising energy prices. The mere fact that Bitcoin mining exists and is growing in EU despite already very high energy prices is proof of Bitcoin miners' resilience to rising energy costs that affect other industries far more.

Your opposition to Bitcoin, and Bitcoin mining, appears more motivated by regret aversion, a well documented psychological phenomenon where someone who "misses out" rationalizes that "there was nothing to miss out on" rather than engage in genuine intellectual curiosity and humility by revisiting their decision, and this is leading you to invest an inordinately large amount of time dismissing a technology you have made an inordinately small amount of time trying to understand.

When someone of your standing in the field of economics talks so dismissively about a domain they have spent so little time seeking to understand, it does not weaken that domain, rather it weakened
1. your reputation
2. people's general trust in economists
3. the extend to which we esteem people in society with the title "professor"

If you want to continue to erode the reputation of all three, you are welcome to do so. Bitcoin does not care. Bitcoin miners will continue to stabilize grids, monetize wasted renewable energy, mitigate methane, obviate the need for gas peaker plants with or without you.

But if you ever decide to re-allocate a small fraction of the hours you have spend dismissing Bitcoin mining into understanding how the technology works that you are dismissing, I would be more than happy to connect you to any number of utilities, renewable energy experts, methane mitigation specialists, climate scientists, climatetech investors or battery engineers who can explain to you why Bitcoin is an essential part of solving the exact issues you claim to care about.

Daniel Batten
Environmentalist, Climatetech investor, Bitcoin mining analyst