Bitcoin miners aren't stealing energy — they're buying what nobody else would buy. 💡 Grant McCarty breaks down the economics: if a utility is selling energy to a Bitcoin miner for 2-3 cents per kilowatt hour, it's because they CAN'T get a better price from anyone else. That's not exploitation…
Grant McCarty didn't start the Bitcoin Policy Institute because he loves politics. He started it because he loves Bitcoin — and bad policy was hurting Bitcoiners. 🎯 The real problem? Government officials were only hearing the negative stories. Bitcoiners weren't talking to government. Government wasn't talking to Bitcoiners. Somebody had…
Most financial systems try to fight human selfishness. Bitcoin built a system that RUNS on it. 🤯 Grant McCarty explains why Bitcoin's genius lies in its alignment of incentives: governments, institutions, miners, and individuals all acting in their own self-interest — and the network thriving as a result. No trust…
Jeremy Almond shares how moving his personal income into Bitcoin — and then doing the same for his team and company — shifted behavior at every level. Longer time horizons. Better decisions. More focus on building real value. Now imagine that same shift happening at the government and geopolitical level.…
They tried to kill Bitcoin. They failed. And they're finally starting to understand why. 💀 Grant McCarty explains the hard truth that took Washington years to accept: there is no off switch for Bitcoin. You can't regulate it out of existence. You can't enforce your way to zero. The government's…
The data tells a completely different story. Grant McCarty walks through how independent academic research shows Bitcoin mining is largely NOT extractive — and can actually DRIVE consumer energy costs DOWN while accelerating the build-out of clean, renewable energy infrastructure. Bitcoin miners buy excess energy that would otherwise be wasted.…
Grant McCarty of the Bitcoin Policy Institute explains why every BPI policy fight comes down to one simple principle: equal treatment under the law. Not favorable treatment. Not special carve-outs. Just the same rules every other commodity or technology gets. When regulators treat Bitcoin fairly, the market speaks for itself.…
@Grant McCarty of the Bitcoin Policy Institute breaks down why the ONLY ask is a level playing field. No special treatment. No favoritism. Just let the market decide — and Bitcoin wins every time. If Bitcoin's real, the market will show it. And it already has — $http://1.5 trillion market…
Most people flip a switch and electricity shows up. Nobody thinks about where it comes from, how it's priced, or what happens to the energy that doesn't get used. Grant McCarty, Executive Director of @BitcoinPolicy, breaks down how the US energy grid actually works and why understanding that changes everything…
Grant McCarty has spent years inside the halls of Congress making the case for Bitcoin, the energy narrative, the stablecoin legislation, the strategic reserve, and the unglamorous work nobody talks about. In this clip from reDeFined, he pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to change Washington's mind,…
Grant McCarty co-founded the Bitcoin Policy Institute not because he loves politics — but because he's a Bitcoiner who realized bad policy was hurting real people. In this conversation, Jeremy and Grant trace how Bitcoin went from a regulatory headache to a serious policy conversation in Washington: what it took…
In this episode, Jeremy sits down with Napoleon Osorio, founder of BitDriver, to explore how Bitcoin is transforming transportation in El Salvador and creating new economic opportunities for drivers across the country. The conversation traces Napoleon's journey from losing his job during the 2020 pandemic to founding the world's first…
Coffee prices hit all-time highs. The farmer who grew it is still broke. ☕ Coffee has never been more expensive. But the farmers who grow it have never seen less of that money — and Jorge, as a farmer himself, knows exactly why. In this clip from reDeFined, he pulls…
In this episode, Jeremy sits down with Napoleon Osorio, founder of BitDriver, to explore how Bitcoin is transforming transportation in El Salvador and creating new economic opportunities for drivers across the country. The conversation traces Napoleon's journey from losing his job during the 2020 pandemic to founding the world's first…
Pay for your espresso in Bitcoin. Royalties reach the farmer who grew it. Instantly. ☕⚡ At Jorge's coffee shop in El Salvador, when you pay for an Americano in Bitcoin, that transaction doesn't just go to the business. The Lightning Network automatically routes royalties to every farmer in the supply…
The interest rates small farmers face in El Salvador would be illegal in most countries. 💸 El Salvador's legacy financial system wasn't built for small producers. Loans come with interest rates that would be banned in most developed countries, and fees eat away at whatever margin farmers manage to earn.…
Every bag of coffee sold. Every farmer in the chain. Paid instantly. In Bitcoin. ☕⚡ Jorge built a royalty system that does something no traditional payment processor can: the moment a coffee sale happens anywhere in the world, Lightning Network instantly routes a portion directly to every farmer in the…
Farmers in El Salvador waited 3 months to get paid. Bitcoin changed that overnight. 🇸🇻 In El Salvador, waiting three months to receive payment after delivering a harvest is completely normal. And during that wait, farmers borrow at punishing interest rates just to survive. In this clip from reDeFined, Jorge…
No dev team. No VC. Just open-source Bitcoin tools — and a working payment system. ⚡ Jorge built Espresso Pay with no developer team and no venture capital. Just LNbits, open-source Lightning Network tools, and a vision for how coffee commerce should work. In this clip from reDeFined, he walks…
"Farm to cup" is a nice label. On-chain traceability makes it actually true. 🌱 Everyone loves the idea of knowing where their coffee comes from. But can you actually trace your cup back to the specific farm, the specific farmer, and confirm they got paid for it? In this clip…
Your $7 latte. The farmer got cents. Bitcoin is changing that. ☕ Coffee prices just hit all-time highs — but the farmer who grew your beans still can't afford the cup they produce. Jorge has lived this injustice as both a farmer and a business owner in El Salvador. In…
What if financial security could change the way you dream? 🌟 Jorge runs a Bitcoin-powered coffee business in El Salvador — and when his farmers finally got paid fairly, something profound happened. They stopped worrying about food and started planning for violin lessons, university degrees, and the future. In this…
Fair trade has been broken for decades. Bitcoin is the technology that fixes it. ☕ Jorge spent years trying to build a genuine farm-to-cup, peer-to-peer coffee business. He tried every tool, every platform, every payment system. Nothing worked — until Bitcoin. In this clip from reDeFined, he explains why Bitcoin…
You pay $5 for coffee… but the farmer behind it earns just cents. So where does the rest go? After 15+ years in the industry, Jorge saw the system for what it is—broken. Then he found Bitcoin… and rebuilt it from the ground up. This isn’t just coffee. It’s a…
