Adoption

In this Letter From the Editor, Shinobi explores the hard truth that Bitcoin doesn’t scale on-chain - and why the Lightning Network is Bitcoin’s most promising solution for scaling trustlessly and globally.

I recently sat down with Preston Pysh to discuss bitcoin and all these companies with bitcoin treasuries popping up. I had no idea he would completely change my mind on what they do.

Bitcoin mining isn’t just about machines and megawatts — it’s about people. The physical labor behind mining could be the most undervalued part of the network — and why it’s time more Bitcoiners plug in.

The Tennessee Bitcoin Alliance, TNBTC, aims to coordinate public-education programs with a legislative agenda for improving Bitcoin conditions and commercial activity in the state.

The Congressional Fellowship Program is BPI’s project for putting knowledgeable Bitcoiners in Congressional offices. By equipping Congress with the knowledge to navigate this new frontier, it paves the way for a future where Bitcoin empowers all Americans.

Progressive Bitcoiners are willfully blind about the persecution our industry faced during Biden. Siding with Trump, however distasteful that felt to progressives, was the right call.

Purists always accuse the successful of ”selling out.” But success means mainstreaming, and we need Bitcoiners at every level of the orange-pilling funnel.

Africa: There are currently 150+ Bitcoin adoption and education initiatives across the continent, many of them look impressive online but only a few lead to actual Bitcoin adoption.

The result of Prime Trust’s bankruptcy case reveals flaws in America’s restructuring system — and serves as a reminder of why bitcoin matters.

BM Big Read: Adoption, valuation, and the lay of the financial land in bitcoin and institutional capital.