Daniel Batten @DSBatten

I like turning waste into power. From landfill gas ... to the human potential https://t.co/uDA0x9OnHL batcoinz.com Costa Rica Joined September 2009

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

2 hours ago

@thebillyboone correct

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Everyone in Bitcoin knows Bitcoin solves a money problem A subset know Bitcoin also solves an energy problem And yet ironically ... the energy problem is likely to be the one the world sees value in first, for a very simple reason: incentivizes

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 hours ago

Full interview with Nik Bhatia, The Bitcoin Layer: youtube.com/watch?v=MlzpFw…

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

a day ago

GPUs had an accidental secondary application that changed the world for AI, originally from the gaming industry Bitcoin's accidental secondary application could also change the world faster than its original application

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

2 days ago

@abcbitcoin860 Correct. It's the rabbit hole within the rabbit hole when a Bitcoiners finds out about how Bitcoin also fixes energy. The most frequent comment I get when people see it now is "mind blown!"

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

2 days ago

All Bitcoiners know Bitcoin solves a money problem A subset know Bitcoin also solves an energy problem And yet ironically ... the energy problem is likely to be the one the world sees value in first, for a very simple reason

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

2 days ago

Listen on Wired For Energy website: wiredforenergy.org/bitcoin-climat… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bit… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6GkN3w…

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

2 days ago

This year you'll see me do more of this: non-Bitcoin podcasts Contrary to what you might thing: most people are curious and highly receptive to Bitcoin. In fact, these podcasters told me it was one of the most mindblowing podcasts they'd had. Link to interview in comments

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

@NeilJacobs correct, To have a successful solar panel business, you should first have the sun.

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Team Soapbox @SoapboxTech

a week ago

"If you're African and have experienced an Internet shutdown by the government, raise your hand." - @femilonge at @btcplusplus Open Source Edition in Nairobi.

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

@Smidnico @SpaceX @NiceHashMining @DigMinSolutions good analysis

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

Multiple utilities globally have seen how Bitcoin mining solves their grid instability All agreed "this is the most flexible load we've ever seen" Most have taken no action not because Bitcoin isn't the solution, but because truth by itself seldom catalyzes change

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

@moneyordebt true!

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

@ihtesham2005 Knowing so little that you believe you know very much is a curse. Knowing so much that you know you know very little is a blessing

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

More evidence that sats are becoming the byproduct of the mining industry: solving problems such as heat reuse, stabilizing grids is the main use Mining executives say Bitcoin mining profitability now "based largely on power strategy, firmware, curtailment, heat reuse..."

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

@TerribleMaps So Cabo Verde have a chance !

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Tomer Strolight @TomerStrolight

7 days ago

Learning about Bitcoin doesn’t make you lose your grip on reality. It makes deception lose its grip on you, leaving you open for a real shot at getting a grip on reality.

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

Sources by country UAE: khaleejtimes.com/business/more-… Vietman: vietnamnews.vn/economy/172153… Philippines : tranglo.com/blog/the-state… Iran: elliptic.co/blog/how-iran-… Brazil: chainalysis.com/blog/2024-lati… Venezuela: ccn.com/education/cryp… El Salvador: gfmag.com/economics-poli… Ukraine: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla… Argentina: chainalysis.com/blog/2024-lati… South Africa Source: chainalysis.com/blog/subsahara… Chart Source: worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankin…

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

This chart says "Bitcoin is most owned where it solves very real problems" The data tells us it is solving a lot of problems, at scale, and often at an existential level For example for 10 of the top 14 countries adopting Bitcoin, here's the problems it solves UAE: Remittances The world's highest-migrant-share workforce sends money home through banks that skim 6%+ a transfer. Bitcoin moves it for a fraction Vietnam: Bank-account control The state deactivated 86M+ bank accounts in a single "AML sweep". I personally spoke to people this happened to who lost their savings. They had left Vietnam years before, and found the account that held their money simply closed. A bank that can freeze you for going quiet is the whole argument for holding your own keys. Philippines: Remittances Overseas workers wire billions home each year. Bitcoin rails undercut the high-fee operators they are otherwise forced to use. Iran: Sanctions Locked out of the dollar system, Iran mines its subsidised energy into Bitcoin and spends it on imports the banks can't touch. Brazil: Inflation hedge Brazilians hold Bitcoin as hard money against a currency that keeps losing ground, and as a serious investment asset Venezuela: Hyperinflation As the bolivar collapses, Venezuelans move savings into Bitcoin to hold value the state can't erase El Salvador: Day-to-day transactions The IMF stripped the legal-tender mandate in 2025, so nobody has to touch Bitcoin. But ~ 1 in 10 Salvadorians still do anyway, by choice. One story that moved me was of a rural Salvadorian who used Bitcoin to pay his utility bill so he didn't have to have a half-day round trip to the nearest bank each month. Ukraine: War When ATMs capped withdrawals and savings froze, Bitcoin crossed borders money couldn't, and funded the defence. Argentina: Inflation. After decades of a falling peso, Argentines save in Bitcoin to protect what their melting-icecube currency keeps eroding. South Africa: Hedging the rand. The rand has devalued 8x against the USD since 2000. A weak, volatile currency and a deep investor base push South Africans into Bitcoin as an alternative asset Notice the common theme? With the exception of US/Thailand/Saudi (Investment) and Singapore (Zero Capital Gains Tax) all the other countries are using Bitcoin to solve problems that affect basic livelihood in ways most of us struggle to imagine even being necessary in the West. There is a name for this: "Solipsistic". It means treating one's own experience as the only reality. (source references for each country and chart reference in comments)

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

@hermideramos Plenty of evidence, both documented and through firsthand conversations. I literally asked people in govt and senior ranks of business in UAE what was driving Bitcoin and crypto adoption and they said "remittances" khaleejtimes.com/business/more-…

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Daniel Batten @DSBatten

5 days ago

@just_whatever @TeamMessi 1.61 quadrillion is 1,610,000,000,000,000. Earth's population is 8.3 billion, or 8,300,000,000 So that means if you had 193,976 planets with the population of earth, you'd expect to see 1 player with Messi's stats each generation.