Mark Stephany

Husband, father, physician, cyclist, btc - If you risk nothing, then you risk everything. President @BTCPhysicians 501c6 🟠 Advisor @SOUND_HSA

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

I have written a few pieces on #Bitcoin over the years, but I am most proud of this one, The Ethics of Immutability because it captures what I believe is largely missing from the current movement–upholding the lesson Satoshi left for us...🧵
https://t.co/wH0bMuMBz0

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@jyn_urso I meant to ask you about your thoughts on Daniel’s post

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

“So in light of this my question is this: why is 95% of the Bitcoin adoption conversation about Bitcoin-as-money when Bitcoin-as-energy is already deployed on grids across 3 continents?

Is it possible that energy is the Bitcoin usecase that paves the road for mainstream acceptance of Bitcoin in the West?”

I was thinking about this very question this morning and trying to craft a post. When Bitcoin is viewed solely as money or an asset it is reduced to just a trade, but we all know it is a lot more than that

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

I just got back from the Bitcoin Energy Summit in Lisbon and I have a question that won't leave me alone.

First some context: Bitcoin mining is now stabilizing the grids of 7 nations, 4 agencies (including the Spanish Govt and the World's largest energy policy association) just called for more flexible demand being critical to the resilience of the grids of the future - and Bitcoin mining is the world's most flexible load resource by an order of magnitude.

So in light of this my question is this: why is 95% of the Bitcoin adoption conversation about Bitcoin-as-money when Bitcoin-as-energy is already deployed on grids across 3 continents?

Is it possible that energy is the Bitcoin usecase that paves the road for mainstream acceptance of Bitcoin in the West?

I've been in this space for four years now. When I started, the conversation was "bitcoin mining wastes energy." A group of Bitcoiners including @thetrocro, @jyn_urso and others changed that. Then it became "ok maybe it doesn't waste energy, but it's not useful." @gladstein, @jack and others changed that too.

But here's what I noticed in Lisbon. Three separate European organisations - the European Bitcoin Energy Association, Free Madeira, and the Institut National de Bitcoin in France - are all independently converging on the same conclusion.

@geyer_rachel, Chair of EBEA said energy is what will move the needle for Bitcoin in Europe. @andreloja at @FREEMadeiraOrg said energy is the most topical issue in Europe right now. Bastien Desteuque (@Proxy18387764), directeur général at @BitcoinPolicyFr said they're focusing on mining because France has spare nuclear capacity and that's where the biggest opportunity is.

Three organisations. Same conclusion.

And that's before you get to what's actually being built. In Sweden, a man I coach runs ASIC hardware that earns almost two-thirds of its revenue from frequency regulation - keeping the lights on, responding in seconds to the need of the grid operator, and helping to stabilize the grid an incredible 11,247 times last year alone. (Yes, you read that sentence right).

In Lisbon, I watched Kenji Tateiwa present a circular economy where bitcoin mining heat grows tropical fish and the CO2 gets converted to charcoal and micro diamonds. Bastian outlined how France's surplus nuclear energy could be absorbed by bitcoin mining by 2027.

And outside the West, from stabilizing the economy of Bhutan post-covid to helping save Virunga National Park in Africa - Bitcoin mining was behind both events and many more. This phenomenon is a global one.

The conversation has quietly moved from "does bitcoin mining help grids?" to "how many services can one machine provide?"

We've been thinking about this like monoculture - one machine, one function.

What I saw in Lisbon is permaculture. The same hardware doing frequency regulation, heat capture, Sats-minting ... and potentially in the near future - voltage regulation (something that would have prevented the 28 April 2025 Iberian Peninsular Blackout).

I talked to Bitcoin founders after the keynote who told me the energy thesis had opened their eyes. These are people who worked to advance Bitcoin payment infrastructure, and they hadn't fully grasped this.

Bitcoin solves a monetary problem the world is only beginning to understand. I'm more convinced of that than ever.

And ... as we wait for that revolution to be fully grasped, the energy revolution is already here - deployed, generating revenue, stabilizing grids. It might just be the thing that opens the door for everything else. What other Bitcoin use case is this far along ... at least in the West?

[Craig Warmke @craigwarmke]

Bitcoin is like starlink for money.

It transcends geography, boundaries, and local infrastructure.

But unlike starlink, it requires no accounts or permission.

And, with starlink, it's even more true that anyone anywhere can send value.

[SOUND HSA @getsoundHSA]

Most HSA dollars still sit as cash.

But health savings can be treated as long-term capital, not a short-term parking lot.

What changes when your HSA is for future health, not just this year’s bills?

[SOUND HSA @getsoundHSA]

Great time with the Philly Bitcoiners at the Jawn last nite talking all things #bitcoin and health 👊⚡️🔥

Thanks for the hospitality! @mattkita @TheBitcoinPivot

@thebitcoinyogi @StuartLackey1

[SOUND HSA @getsoundHSA]

Join us for our next webinar this Wednesday 6/3 at 1pm central time with @ArnielSia from OpenPath Finance to discuss #bitcoin tax strategy and how to build a path towards financial freedom!

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@Upwork you need to do a way better job of gating scammers on your platform.

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@theproof @KenDBerryMD Lied to? By whom? The hundred of thousands of scientists and physicians who can independently review the research ?

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@EleanorTerrett @SenLummis Senator Lummis telling it like it is

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@CoffeeBlackMD It’s a different business model serving thousands of people who otherwise would not have coverage. Try avoiding making it a normative judgement

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

Watching the Back to the Future trilogy again, now with my daughter. @TomWilsonUSA stole the show

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@jasonpizzino Is a ~ 2trillion dollar asset/network not being used?

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@theproof @hubermanlab Phase 3? It would be nice to see any data at all in humans for the reasons they are being prescribed outside of specific pathologies

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

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[Bitcoin Jawn @bitcoinjawn]

BREAKING NEWS: JUNE BITCOIN JAWN FT. @getsoundHSA. We've got one last Jawn before summer break. Come learn what @StuartLackey1 and @thebitcoinyogi are building and why its important for building a tax efficient stack.

RSVP Below. See you Monday.

Philly x Bitcoin.

[Bitcoin Education Institute @BTCedu]

Dr. Craig Warmke (@craigwarmke), associate professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University and senior fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, studies Bitcoin at the intersection of philosophy, politics, and economics. His work includes Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin, as well as research on sanctions-resistant money, monetary design, and the freedom to transact.

Dr. Warmke’s work helps frame Bitcoin as more than a technical or financial system. By examining money, state power, censorship resistance, and individual freedom, he shows why Bitcoin raises some of the most important philosophical and political questions in modern economics.

Dr. Warmke has agreed to speak at the BEI Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on July 31st. Register for the conference here: https://t.co/mNaHR1KNnd

[Jon Gordon @thebitcoinyogi]

Healthcare is going to look a LOT different when we build on #bitcoin…

Great time sharing today @BITCOINisforALL @getsoundHSA

Stack triple tax advanced sats in your #hsa and save for your health

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

Important distinction

[Pierre Rochard @BitcoinPierre]

@TheDesertLynx “pre” is before the network launch.

Satoshi postmined

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@CobraCrypto @itsD4O @gladstein I’d be more convinced if you were Cobra Kai

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

@itsD4O @gladstein @CobraCrypto Why would I hold it compared to other cryptocurrencies? Why is it best to hold zec and not transact with it?

[Mark Stephany @Mark_MNLocal]

Use or speculate on whatever coin floats your boat, but I have to laugh at MSM suddenly caring about privacy.

zcash + privacy 👍
bitcoin + privacy 👎

[Patrick Diniz 🛡️ @capitao_cripto]

zcash is literally the highest expression of crypto technology and ppl are asking “why the hype”

are you fucking retarded or something?