Michiel Brunet

#Bitcoin , Financial advisor, now mostly bitcoin maximalist. Full BTC/LN node runner. Freedom lover. Sailor. Rower. Outdoorsman.
Separate money and state.

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

I think AI is a lot smarter than a lot of folks realize.
Look at these 3 questions:

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@PsiloX @patricksavalle Denk dat we hoofdzakelijk op één lijn zitten hoor. Alleen de echte vraag is of als de eu bitcoin verbiedt of dat zin gaat hebben of dat te veel mensen dan al invested zijn en bereid zijn de wet (deels) te overtreden

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@PsiloX @patricksavalle Jij zegt dat de dag dat een utxo niet traceerbaar is er een block komt.

Ik zeg dat dat veel utxos momenteel al niet te traceren zijn.

Ik zie wel dat kyc problematisch is. Want als je lang genoeg doorgaat daarmee valt uiteindelijk het meeste of alles te zien

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@PsiloX @patricksavalle Dat je van een utxo kan zeggen uit welke coinbase die komt wil niet zeggen dat je weet wie de eigenaar is.

De meeste utxos zijn nog steeds onbekend en niet gelinked aan identiteiten

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@PsiloX @patricksavalle Ik kan zo tig utxo’s aandragen waar geen enkel chainalysis bedrijf enig idee van heeft van wie het is

[Tristan Tate @TateTheTalisman]

Being beheaded is peak 2026 British culture.

Disagree and you’re a Nazi.

[卄𝐎ù𝔰ε 𝐨𝔣 ℙｏє𝐌 _ @P0eMPieDinges]

The Netherlands also has its Henry Nowak cases.

In July 2020, 14-year-old Tamar from Marken was hit by a car on a dark dike road and left to die. Her body was later found in the berm.
What happened next is deeply disturbing.

The police initially told her mother that the driver was German. Days later the truth came out: it was four Iraqis in the car. The mother was told they withheld the real background because they didn’t want to create a "Wilders-effect" — they didn’t want to give Geert Wilders political ammunition.

Even worse: evidence strongly suggests Tamar’s body was moved after the accident. The driver didn’t just flee, they dragged her off the road and left her there like an animal.

The driver received only a €1,500 fine for looking at his phone while driving. He then disappeared completely. The fine was returned “undeliverable” and for years he was untraceable.

Only after years of fighting by the family (including going to court to force prosecution), a breakthrough came in March 2026: the now 33-year old Jamal is finally being prosecuted for causing the fatal accident and leaving the scene.

Just like Henry Nowak in Southampton — an innocent young person dies, authorities seem more focused on protecting a narrative and avoiding “political incorrectness” than on delivering swift justice.
A 14-year-old girl dies on a Dutch dike. The system lies about the identity of the driver, gives him a slap on the wrist, loses him for years, and only after massive pressure does real prosecution begin.

This is not just a traffic accident. This is a story about truth, accountability, and what happens when institutions put ideology before grieving families.

Her name was Tamar.
She was 14.
She deserved better.

♡

[The Bitcoin Edge @PaulaBTCEdge]

🇨🇿 A little sightseeing in Prague before BTCPrague begins tomorrow 🧡

[CryptoBenelux 🇳🇱 @CryptoBenelux1]

Bitcoin's moeilijkheidsgraad stevent af op grootste daling sinds februari https://t.co/5rDUZgQVin

[₿ Didi Taihuttu ₿ ALLIN💥 @Diditaihuttu]

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[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@OGBringFacts @21BitCoffee @JoeNakamoto better, you don't even need to tell them.
might be a cup of joe is spilled...
LN? QR code? BTC?
No idea what you are talking about :p

[₿itCoffee @21BitCoffee]

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[Bitcoin Saigon @BitcoinSaigon]

Congrats to our frens up in Da Nang!🧡

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@CBelhocine31350 @cryptorover or nothingburger

[Lisa Mila @milamiarose]

Not wanting to have your head decapitated makes you far-right.

[Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar]

The left’s favorite fallacy: They claim right-wingers ‘use’ attacks like this to further our own ends. No. It’s because of attacks like these, that we ARE right-wing. The idea that we are secretly glad it’s happening so we can “further our agenda” is the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard. We want this to stop. We want our people to be safe. And it’s because of leftist policies that they are not.

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

This is the sort of article that can lose a media publication's credibility. Fast.

In a truly embarassing effort from Switzerland's public broadcaster @swissinfo_en just claimed a long-debunked claim that "Bitcoin emits a lot of energy per transaction"

For the record, no it doesn't. Bitcoin resource use comes through mining, not transactions (getting this wrong is a rookie error). It was debunked 4 times in peer reviewed papers (Masanet et al,  2019, Dittmar et al. 2019, Sedlmeir et al, 2020, and Sai and Vraken, 2023.)

That's why no reputable mainstream media companies make this claim any more.

Oops.

Imagine having done so little research on your article that you
a. didn't know that
b. didn't know that all your peers in the media except you already know that

But the Swiss article gets worse. The author mentioned none of the actual contemporary research on Bitcoin, appearing to have no awareness that since 2021 there have been 30 peer reviewed articles (source: https://t.co/ZrqSYmr5C1) showing that Bitcoin is not only not a big emitter, but it is a genuine solution to ending the era of big emissions by:

- Accelerating renewable energy transition (16 papers)
- Monetizing wasted renewable energy (14 paper)
- Obviating flaring, landfill gas emissions, or gas peaker plants (3 papers)

Finally, the article references its own previous copy, an article from 31 May 2025 quoting the non-peer reviewed hobby blog Digiconomist (which Wikipedia expressly states is not a reputable source), authored by Dutch Central Banker Alex de Vries, whose work on Bitcoin Mining was debunked in 2023 (Sai and Vranken)
Source: https://t.co/0wQFRaT3ZQ

So in summary, what can we objectively say is true about this article on Bitcoin's environmental impact from @swissinfo_es. They have

1. Not acknowledged 30 peer reviewed papers which contradict their thesis
2. Referenced the hobby blog from an author whose work's academic merits are disputed (to say the least)
3. stated the flawed "per transaction" metric which has been debunked 4 times in academic work

Irrespective of your opinion on Bitcoin or Bitcoin mining, this is not a great look for Swissinfo.

Rather, it is misinformation against a technology that has been established in multiple academic journals, by energy experts, grid operators and renewable energy generators as being an important part of the UNSDGs and environmental action.

in short: the sort of article that establishes a news outlet as not a reliable source

Do better @swissinfo_jp @swissinfo_fr @swissinfo_de

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@morris_verdonk @patricksavalle grotendeels correct.
Overheden kunnen dingen bij Bitcoin verbieden of illegaal verklaren.
Wil niet zeggen dat die dingen daardoor niet meer kunnen.

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@PsiloX @patricksavalle Wat een overdrijving, er zijn genoeg utxo's niet "traceerbaar"
dat wij in "het westen" nou alles kyc proberen te doen, wil niet zeggen dat opeens alles inzichtelijk is.

er valt genoeg te mixen, LN, en non kyc-ed te gebruiken

[Michiel Brunet @MichielBdR]

@patricksavalle Lol "valt volledig onder overheidsregulering" wat een onzin.
De overheid kan alle regels maken die het wilt.
Bitcoin heeft daar niets mee te maken.
Of de overheid het nou goedkeurd, illegaal verklaard of "reguleer"
Bitcoin werkt gewoon ongeacht regels en wetten

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