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Educating people about Bitcoin is one of the most important tasks in modern finance. Despite its proven resilience over 17 years, Bitcoin remains widely misunderstood. Media headlines often focus on volatility and speculation, while overlooking its fundamental innovations: verifiable digital scarcity, decentralized governance, and resistance to monetary debasement. This knowledge gap creates the biggest barrier to adoption. Without clear understanding, individuals miss the opportunity to protect their wealth, businesses overlook strategic treasury tools, and policymakers risk making decisions based on incomplete information. At the Bitcoin Education Institute, we believe accurate, unbiased education is essential. It empowers people to make informed choices, fosters responsible innovation, and helps society transition toward sounder monetary systems. True progress begins with understanding. The more clearly Bitcoin is explained, the faster its benefits can reach those who need them most.#Bitcoin #FinancialLiteracy #SoundMoney

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There’s no single path into Bitcoin. Some people read. Some listen. Some build. Some ask questions. Some just start saving. How do you learn best?

A new paper: “A Comprehensive Research Framework for Bitcoin’s Energy Use: Fundamentals, Economic Rationale, and a Pinch of Thermodynamics” by Horst Treiblmaier (Modul University Vienna). It argues the debate needs far better structure. Instead of obsessing over total energy use, we must separate Bitcoin’s core design & security model, miner incentives, energy sources, and real environmental tradeoffs. The central question isn’t just how much energy Bitcoin consumes — but why it uses it, where that energy comes from, and what it actually secures. Link to the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

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A new paper, “Beyond Money, Hedge, and Energy: Evaluating Bitcoin as Power Projection Technology,” by Maurício Carvalho (Aeronautics Institute of Technology) argues that Bitcoin isn’t just money or a hedge — it’s a form of power projection technology. The idea is that Bitcoin’s mining network functions like a globally distributed energy-backed security layer, closer to a digital navy than a financial asset. Carvalho shows how mining converts energy into credible commitment, deterrence, and resilience. This reframes Bitcoin as an infrastructure asset whose value comes from its ability to project security across borders without relying on states. This matters because it identifies a function of Bitcoin beyond store of value, medium of exchange, and settlement. If Bitcoin is a power-projection system, its geopolitical relevance is only beginning to surface. Full paper here: techrxiv.org/doi/10.36227/t…

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Dr. Yosef Bonaparte (@Bonaparte20), professor of finance at the University of Colorado Denver, studies FinTech, cryptocurrency and blockchain, asset pricing, portfolio choice, behavioral finance, and AI in finance. His work has appeared in leading journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, and the Journal of Monetary Economics, and he has also written on cryptocurrency, decentralized finance, blockchain, and robust trading strategies. His Bitcoin work connects digital assets to major questions in finance, policy, inflation, sanctions, and household portfolio decisions. By studying Bitcoin adoption alongside macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures, Dr. Bonaparte helps explain why Bitcoin matters not only as an investment asset but also as part of a changing global financial system. Dr. Bonaparte has agreed to speak at the BEI Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on July 31st. Register for the conference here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Dr. Alfred Lehar (@AlfredLehar), professor of finance at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, studies fintech, bank regulation, financial stability, corporate finance, and blockchain technology. His research examines how blockchain systems reshape finance, including work on Bitcoin market fees, decentralized exchanges, liquid staking, decentralized lending, and miner extractable value. His work connects blockchain design to core finance questions about market structure, settlement, liquidity, and systemic risk. By studying private settlement in blockchain systems, Dr. Lehar helps explain how decentralized markets handle coordination, conflict, and value transfer without relying on traditional financial intermediaries. Dr. Lehar has agreed to speak at the BEI Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on July 31st. Register for the conference here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Dr. Sarah Kreps (@sekreps), John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, studies emerging technology, international politics, and national security. She also directs Cornell’s Tech Policy Institute, serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, and has written extensively on technology, war, public policy, and democratic accountability. Her work brings Bitcoin into broader questions about institutions, geopolitics, and public policy. Through projects like the Cornell Bitcoin Adoption Index, Dr. Kreps helps students and policymakers think systematically about how Bitcoin adoption develops across countries, markets, and political environments. Dr. Kreps has agreed to speak at the BEI Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on July 31st. Register for the conference here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…