Bradley Rettler

Professor of Philosophy, Director of Bitcoin Research Institute @

Co-author

Senior Fellow @btcpolicyorg

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

We (@resistancemoney and @craigwarmke and I) believe *Resistance Money* is really, really good. We think that people who start reading it will want to keep reading it.

So we’re giving away the first chapter FREE. Give this link to anyone:

https://t.co/MLUt9Yi8w8

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@Z_Holman21 Love it. Reputation scores for sources would be great. Could let people vote on those as well.

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

Two weeks to the publication anniversary of Resistance Money!

It would be great if we could hit 100 ratings/reviews on Amazon by then. We’re so close! If you’ve read it, please head over to Amazon and give it 5 stars.

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@PeterMcCormack

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@jyn_urso @andon_thinking tbf that’s an awesome song

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@gladstein Electronic Coin Co’s marketing team has been working hard this year, and having great success!

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@WRLB2 @philvischer Read Exodus 32. Nobody prays to the golden calf. In fact, Aaron holds a festival to YHWH in front of the golden calf. YHWH is… not happy about that.

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@cmdoerfler You’re right. They also shared that code with others. That’s what they were prosecuted for.

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

But no pardon for software developers who simply wrote code.

[Viral Reel Addict @ViralReelAddict]

People convicted of fraud who received pardons from Trump this year:

• Jason Galanis — $200M+ fraud
• Joseph Schwartz — $38M scheme
• Lawrence Duran — $205M Medicare fraud billing
• Carlos Watson — $60M investor scam
• Trevor Milton — $20M+ investor losses
• Todd & Julie Chrisley — $30M bank fraud
• Devon Archer — $60M bond fraud scheme
• George Santos — multiple fraud cases ($44K–$1M+)
• Michele Fiore — charity fraud
• Brian Kelsey — campaign finance fraud
• Scott Jenkins — bribery and fraud scheme
• Paul Walczak — $10M+ tax fraud
• Adriana Camberos — counterfeit/fraud operation

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

Massive W for Margot. Huge accomplishment. I'm assuming she has a dozen job offers by now but your company might still have a chance.

[Dr. Margot Paez @jyn_urso]

Today is commencement. PhD student life is officially over.

[Jeremy @Jeremybtc]

A man with no working truck convinced Wall Street he had built the next Tesla. His company hit $30 BILLION. All he did was push it down a hill with no engine.

> Trevor Milton founded Nikola in 2014, named after the same inventor as Tesla.

> The goal was to build hydrogen powered trucks that would make diesel obsolete. He had no trucks.

> In 2018 he released a promotional video called Nikola One In Motion. It showed a sleek semi truck accelerating smoothly down an open highway.
Investors went wild.

> What nobody knew was that the truck had no engine, no fuel cell, and no propulsion system of any kind.

> Milton's team towed it to the top of a hill, tilted the camera to hide the slope, and let it roll.

> He spent the next four years doing the same thing with words. On podcasts, television and social media.

> Investors were told Nikola could produce its own hydrogen. It could not. They were told the trucks were ready for production. They were not. They were told orders were flooding in. They weren't.

> In June 2020 Nikola went public. Within days the company was worth $30 BILLION, more than Ford.

> Milton's personal stake hit $7.3 BILLION overnight.

> A $32.5 MILLION ranch in Utah followed. A record for the state at the time.

> In September 2020 Hindenburg Research published a report calling Nikola "an intricate fraud" built on "an ocean of lies." Milton resigned within ten days.

> A federal jury convicted him of securities fraud and wire fraud in 2022. Sentenced to four years in prison the following year.

> He never went. He was free on $100 MILLION bail pending appeal.

> He and his wife donated $3.2 MILLION to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

> In March 2025 Trump gave him a full pardon. The pardon erased $168 MILLION in restitution to defrauded shareholders.

> Nikola filed for bankruptcy the following month, leaving thousands of investors with nothing.

The company never had a product. The only thing that was real was the $30 BILLION valuation, the $7 BILLION that landed in his pocket and the pardon that made sure none of it had to be returned.

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@dash71_ @PeterMcCormack @GamingBlomp Hard to blame the ref given the force of the tackle but what an awful time to make the wrong decision.

[Unchained @unchained]

After 17 years, bitcoin is still widely misunderstood.

We partnered with @atlanticrethink to make a short film for the curious ft. @natbrunell, @NSmolenski, and our CEO @josephkelly. Not the crypto story. The bitcoin story.

The New Rules of Bitcoin, out today cc @TheAtlantic.

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

2024, promoted to the Southern League Division One Central.

2025, promoted to the Southern League Premier Division.

Today they’ve narrowly missed a fourth consecutive promotion by a stoppage-time equalizer and extra-time goals.

Next year, they go again!

2/2

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

My first @realbedford match was in 2023; they were in the Spartan South Midlands First Division. What @PeterMcCormack, @emma_firman, and @sinco1989 have accomplished since is incredible.

In 2023, they won promotion to the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division.

1/2

[Aaron Prettyjohns @Yidcradle2grave]

The following clubs could all get back to back promotions.
@thesilkmen
@FarnhamTownFC @realbedford @BrentwoodTownFC @Hednesford_Town @StanwayRovers @AFCWhyteleafe

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@realbedford fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@ClubberFootball @realbedford @SouthernLeague1 You showing the match Monday too?

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@realbedford Same streaming situation?

[Troy Cross @thetrocro]

Game theory of bitcoin mining from a math professor ⁦@AchimWar⁩ on the energy stage at the bitcoin conference in Las Vegas.

[Bradley Rettler @rettlerb]

@realbedford That chance in the 28th minute!

[Bitcoin Policy Institute @bitcoinpolicy]

This morning, BPI’s @DavidZell_ joins @janessalopez__ to break down the state of play for a Bitcoin de minimis tax exemption. Come learn where things stand and how you can get involved.

🕙 10:30am PT | Satoshi Social Room (2002–2004)
https://t.co/FxxMWANF7N