@dsbatten
i write about bitcoiners and energy, run a bitcoin mining infrastrucrure fund and coach other bitcoiners.
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What you're looking at is not an earthquake, its a methane quake from a landfill site in Latin America we visited last week.
That's right. On open dumps that don't have pipes to release their methane into the air, powerful pockets of methane build up pressure over time. They either explode, or travel sideways (often into basements of surrounding buildings and home), or burst upwards to the surface with immense pressure, rupturing the surface of the landfill.
Once in the air, that methane contributes to global warming at 80x the potency of CO2, and to respiratory illnesses for the 15 million people+ who life right next to landfills around the world.
This happens because there has been no incentive and no profitable way to destroy that methane.
Bitcoin mining for the first time in history changes the equation, making it profitable to drill the landfill, capture the methane so it doesn't ever reach the air, and use it to generate electricity onsite for a Bitcoin mining operation.
Our vision is that images like this will become things of the past, and that no landfill vents methane because it that pollution has been turning into power for the world's most secure financial network.
That's right. On open dumps that don't have pipes to release their methane into the air, powerful pockets of methane build up pressure over time. They either explode, or travel sideways (often into basements of surrounding buildings and home), or burst upwards to the surface with immense pressure, rupturing the surface of the landfill.
Once in the air, that methane contributes to global warming at 80x the potency of CO2, and to respiratory illnesses for the 15 million people+ who life right next to landfills around the world.
This happens because there has been no incentive and no profitable way to destroy that methane.
Bitcoin mining for the first time in history changes the equation, making it profitable to drill the landfill, capture the methane so it doesn't ever reach the air, and use it to generate electricity onsite for a Bitcoin mining operation.
Our vision is that images like this will become things of the past, and that no landfill vents methane because it that pollution has been turning into power for the world's most secure financial network.
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UPDATE: we're now over 4.3% of the way to get this Bitcoin ad into the NY Times. (151% of our first objective to get enough to put this in a highly reputable Royal Society magazine)
Some key stats
1. Nost donations are outpacing Twitter donations 3:1
2. 75.3% of donations have been in Bitcoin.
So it's working! (esp. on Nostr)
If you'd like the chance to help make history and change not just minds but hearts, this campaign is a great way to do that.
And ... if you are thinking "what is this all about?" - read the backstory below.
If you'd like to give, you can do so here.
Bitcoin
👇
https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinesg
Fiat
👇
https://donorbox.org/lets-get-this-bitcoin-ad-in-the-ny-times
Keep giving, keep sharing.
The backstory:
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A while ago, I was unexpectedly contacted by one of the world’s top advertising creatives (who is also a bitcoiner).
He shared his #1 adoption concern:
Retail’s lack of interest in Bitcoin.
"They think they know what Bitcoin is, and based on that, they're not interested"
What he said next floored me.
“I’m in a unique position of both caring deeply about bitcoin and working with advertising at the highest international level.
And I don’t see a better story to open people’s minds about Bitcoin than the methane story. Nothing is even close”
“If we want retail to give Bitcoin a second look, we need to hook them with something unexpected.
The methane story is it. It's surprising, hope-inspiring and no other single sentence about Bitcoin has the same punch”
He proposed that we shine a light of truth in the darkness: A full page ad in the New York Times.
The ad could create enough of a stir to get this message on some big podcasts and other broad media outside Bitcoin-land
(with a little help from his PR colleagues).
So he orange-pilled a colleague, and they made this ad for us, free of charge.
Imagine opening the NYT and seeing this truthbomb!
The NYT print edition has over 500,000 subscribers, many of which are very influential.
So the ad can make a real difference for how Bitcoin is perceived. And it can accelerate our goal to make Bitcoin mining carbon-negative.
One more thing:
Most people still think Bitcoin = crypto
(no surprise they're not interested in BTC!)
Repeating "Bitcoin not crypto" doesn't change that.
But of the world's top cryptos, only Bitcoin mitigates methane.
This ad shows a huge audience that Bitcoin ≠ crypto.
A version of this ad has already run on Instagram, where it outperformed every other post on that account, including the lighter and funnier ones
How do we funds this ad?
Same way we defeated GreenpeaceUSA: we work together as one
Let's crowd-funding this thing into history.
If we raise $70,000, we can put the ad in the NY Times.
If we raise $2K, we can put it in a small but influential magazine like the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine.
And there are lots of interesting spots in between.
Let's do this!
Some key stats
1. Nost donations are outpacing Twitter donations 3:1
2. 75.3% of donations have been in Bitcoin.
So it's working! (esp. on Nostr)
If you'd like the chance to help make history and change not just minds but hearts, this campaign is a great way to do that.
And ... if you are thinking "what is this all about?" - read the backstory below.
If you'd like to give, you can do so here.
Bitcoin
👇
https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinesg
Fiat
👇
https://donorbox.org/lets-get-this-bitcoin-ad-in-the-ny-times
Keep giving, keep sharing.
The backstory:
--------------------
A while ago, I was unexpectedly contacted by one of the world’s top advertising creatives (who is also a bitcoiner).
He shared his #1 adoption concern:
Retail’s lack of interest in Bitcoin.
"They think they know what Bitcoin is, and based on that, they're not interested"
What he said next floored me.
“I’m in a unique position of both caring deeply about bitcoin and working with advertising at the highest international level.
And I don’t see a better story to open people’s minds about Bitcoin than the methane story. Nothing is even close”
“If we want retail to give Bitcoin a second look, we need to hook them with something unexpected.
The methane story is it. It's surprising, hope-inspiring and no other single sentence about Bitcoin has the same punch”
He proposed that we shine a light of truth in the darkness: A full page ad in the New York Times.
The ad could create enough of a stir to get this message on some big podcasts and other broad media outside Bitcoin-land
(with a little help from his PR colleagues).
So he orange-pilled a colleague, and they made this ad for us, free of charge.
Imagine opening the NYT and seeing this truthbomb!
The NYT print edition has over 500,000 subscribers, many of which are very influential.
So the ad can make a real difference for how Bitcoin is perceived. And it can accelerate our goal to make Bitcoin mining carbon-negative.
One more thing:
Most people still think Bitcoin = crypto
(no surprise they're not interested in BTC!)
Repeating "Bitcoin not crypto" doesn't change that.
But of the world's top cryptos, only Bitcoin mitigates methane.
This ad shows a huge audience that Bitcoin ≠ crypto.
A version of this ad has already run on Instagram, where it outperformed every other post on that account, including the lighter and funnier ones
How do we funds this ad?
Same way we defeated GreenpeaceUSA: we work together as one
Let's crowd-funding this thing into history.
If we raise $70,000, we can put the ad in the NY Times.
If we raise $2K, we can put it in a small but influential magazine like the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine.
And there are lots of interesting spots in between.
Let's do this!
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Daniel or bust.
Haha. I really wanted this not to include my image, and/or to have another figurehead for the movement. But unfortunately the advertising creative had logic I couldn't argue with as to why it had to be me.
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Fiat encourages waste through overconsumption that end up in landfills. Bitcoin reduces this.
Landfills waste their waste by venting potential power. Bitcoin mining reduces this.
Landfills waste their waste by venting potential power. Bitcoin mining reduces this.
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An ad in the NYT buys reach; conversion is a separate question. The figure that will settle it afterwards is scans per euro spent, and campaigns rarely publish that. Worth doing anyway, but publish it...
Agreed - the donorbox fiat component has fees that Bitcoin doesn't. Card fees, platform fees and currency conversion fees.
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UPDATE: we're now over 4% of the way to get this Bitcoin ad into the NY Times. (143% of our first objective to get enough to put this in a highly reputable Royal Society magazine)
Some key stats
1. Nost conations outpace Twitter donations 3:1
2. 74% of donations have been in Bitcoin.
So it's working!
If you'd like the chance to help make history and change not just minds but hearts, this campaign is a great way to do that.
And ... if you are thinking "what is this all about?" - read the backstory below.
If you'd like to give, you can do so here.
Bitcoin
👇
https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinesg
Fiat
👇
https://donorbox.org/lets-get-this-bitcoin-ad-in-the-ny-times
Keep giving, keep sharing.
Backstory: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2115856436941205570
Some key stats
1. Nost conations outpace Twitter donations 3:1
2. 74% of donations have been in Bitcoin.
So it's working!
If you'd like the chance to help make history and change not just minds but hearts, this campaign is a great way to do that.
And ... if you are thinking "what is this all about?" - read the backstory below.
If you'd like to give, you can do so here.
Bitcoin
👇
https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinesg
Fiat
👇
https://donorbox.org/lets-get-this-bitcoin-ad-in-the-ny-times
Keep giving, keep sharing.
Backstory: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2115856436941205570
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Contentment is not the same question as freedom, and here the two get fused. Someone can be perfectly unattached and still be coerced, because a fence does not care how calm the prisoner is. Detachmen...
Absolutely. Contentment and freedom are not the same. And ... unless you are content and unattached to the fruit of your action, you cannot be free.
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Interested to learn more 🙏🏼
Hi John.
Sure thing.
I redid my website a couple of months ago so it's actually useful in terms of telling people more about the coaching I do.
https://danielbatten.co/
It that resonates, then the next step would be to tell me a little about yourself, which you can do here:
https://form.jotform.com/261876814103862
Sure thing.
I redid my website a couple of months ago so it's actually useful in terms of telling people more about the coaching I do.
https://danielbatten.co/
It that resonates, then the next step would be to tell me a little about yourself, which you can do here:
https://form.jotform.com/261876814103862
"So what do you do?" asked the new acquaintance who'd sat down at my table, while I spoke some of my first words after my 10-days silent retreat.
I mentioned that I teach breathwork, coach people, and run an infrastructure investment fund.
He wanted to know more about the third, so I explained how we funded bitcoin mining operations that used landfills gas as their power source.
"You must have significant capital reserves in order to do that" he replied.
I smiled "Actually, no. You don't need that. I have access to a wealth that is more important. I understand how to help people see the legitimate value of an idea without spin, so they can see how it serves them to be involved."
I explained how I didn't always possess this wealth, it was something that I acquired through a combination of life circumstances and mentors, and that this was part of what I now coached others in, who were doing things in the world I believed in.
Sometimes I have to pinch myself, as the kid from a small isolated rural community, who throughout most of school was too shy to talk to other kids, let alone influence at high level
There was one year when I
- helped a Polish innovator win a $700Million pitch to India's transport minister to have Personal Rapid Transit be adopted by India
- Helped an architecture firm who'd lost 4 pitches in a row understand why and win a $10Million pitch to rebuild a hospital after an Earthquake
- Help a Research Organization win a pitch for an unprecedented 4th $40Million government contract (the rules said you only get 3).
More recently, this work has involved helping Bitcoin win high stakes meetings including securing capital from Tim Draper and EgoDeath.
I'm working currently with 7 Bitcoiner who are influencing monetary policy and energy policy through conversations with Prime ministers, energy ministers, central bankers, policymakers and energy ministers.
But you know what?
That is not where the real impact happens. These "results" are nice-to-haves, and reasonably straightforward to engineer once you understand the science of it, as I do. But they are not that important.
What is important is the question "Am I free?"
If you need some external project in the world to "succeed" because you think you need that to be happy, you will be unhappy, whether your project succeeds of fails.
True impact happens only when you content, unattached to the fruits of your actions, and focused on what you can give (from a full cup), not what you can get.
Once you have that, you have true wealth. From there, it doesn't matter whether you want to change a nation's direction or be a present parent: both are equally important
Next year I'm spending more time growing CH4Capital, so I have space to coach just one more person
If you value truly impact, if you're ready to drop attachments and beliefs that no longer serve you, and you're ready to serve others from a full cup, reach out
I mentioned that I teach breathwork, coach people, and run an infrastructure investment fund.
He wanted to know more about the third, so I explained how we funded bitcoin mining operations that used landfills gas as their power source.
"You must have significant capital reserves in order to do that" he replied.
I smiled "Actually, no. You don't need that. I have access to a wealth that is more important. I understand how to help people see the legitimate value of an idea without spin, so they can see how it serves them to be involved."
I explained how I didn't always possess this wealth, it was something that I acquired through a combination of life circumstances and mentors, and that this was part of what I now coached others in, who were doing things in the world I believed in.
Sometimes I have to pinch myself, as the kid from a small isolated rural community, who throughout most of school was too shy to talk to other kids, let alone influence at high level
There was one year when I
- helped a Polish innovator win a $700Million pitch to India's transport minister to have Personal Rapid Transit be adopted by India
- Helped an architecture firm who'd lost 4 pitches in a row understand why and win a $10Million pitch to rebuild a hospital after an Earthquake
- Help a Research Organization win a pitch for an unprecedented 4th $40Million government contract (the rules said you only get 3).
More recently, this work has involved helping Bitcoin win high stakes meetings including securing capital from Tim Draper and EgoDeath.
I'm working currently with 7 Bitcoiner who are influencing monetary policy and energy policy through conversations with Prime ministers, energy ministers, central bankers, policymakers and energy ministers.
But you know what?
That is not where the real impact happens. These "results" are nice-to-haves, and reasonably straightforward to engineer once you understand the science of it, as I do. But they are not that important.
What is important is the question "Am I free?"
If you need some external project in the world to "succeed" because you think you need that to be happy, you will be unhappy, whether your project succeeds of fails.
True impact happens only when you content, unattached to the fruits of your actions, and focused on what you can give (from a full cup), not what you can get.
Once you have that, you have true wealth. From there, it doesn't matter whether you want to change a nation's direction or be a present parent: both are equally important
Next year I'm spending more time growing CH4Capital, so I have space to coach just one more person
If you value truly impact, if you're ready to drop attachments and beliefs that no longer serve you, and you're ready to serve others from a full cup, reach out
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It's wild that Nostr outpaced Twitter on donations despite the smaller following—that says a lot about the community here.
🍉 If you have a moment, our story and campaign details are on my page. ...
Agreed! Counterintuitive, but makes sense when you see how Nostriches have been doing this for some time.
Hey Daniel. It’s Chris. Can’t wait to meet you in person next April in NZ. Your work have had a tremendously positive impact on my journey over the past few years.
Thank you 🧡
PS
Can you se...
Thanks so much Chris. I'm humbled that I've been able to make an impact in some way to you personally. Looking forward to meeting you next year too.
Here's the wallet address you can use.
In gratitude. 🙏
Here's the wallet address you can use.
In gratitude. 🙏
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UPDATE: In the last few days, we've received some significant pledges to crowdfund this truthbomb, I mean Bitcoin ad, right into the NY Times.
That means we are now definitely going to be able to go ahead with funding this to get very good exposure
And ... more donations came through Nostr than Twitter!! (Even though I have a fraction of the following here).
So this campaign is not even about asking for contributions, its about providing an opportunity for people to feel "there is something I can contribute to, that tangibly can change attitudes on Bitcoin"
So thank you.
It's working!
If you'd like the chance to help make history and change not just minds but hearts, this campaign is a great way to do that.
And ... if you are thinking "what is this all about?" - read the surprising backstory below.
If you'd like to give, you can do so here.
Bitcoin
👇
https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinesg
Fiat
👇
https://donorbox.org/lets-get-this-bitcoin-ad-in-the-ny-times
Keep giving, keep sharing.
The Backstory:
A while ago, I was unexpectedly contacted by one of the world’s top advertising creatives (who is also a bitcoiner).
He shared his #1 adoption concern:
Retail’s lack of interest in Bitcoin.
"They think they know what Bitcoin is, and based on that, they're not interested"
What he said next floored me.
“I’m in a unique position of both caring deeply about bitcoin and working with advertising at the highest international level.
And I don’t see a better story to open people’s minds about Bitcoin than the methane story. Nothing is even close”
“If we want retail to give Bitcoin a second look, we need to hook them with something unexpected.
The methane story is it. It's surprising, hope-inspiring and no other single sentence about Bitcoin has the same punch”
He proposed that we shine a light of truth in the darkness: A full page ad in the New York Times.
The ad could create enough of a stir to get this message on some big podcasts and other broad media outside Bitcoin-land
(with a little help from his PR colleagues).
So he orange-pilled a colleague, and they made this ad for us, free of charge.
Imagine opening the NYT and seeing this truthbomb!
The NYT print edition has over 500,000 subscribers, many of which are very influential.
So the ad can make a real difference for how Bitcoin is perceived. And it can accelerate our goal to make Bitcoin mining carbon-negative.
One more thing:
Most people still think Bitcoin = crypto
(no surprise they're not interested in BTC!)
Repeating "Bitcoin not crypto" doesn't change that.
But of the world's top cryptos, only Bitcoin mitigates methane.
This ad shows a huge audience that Bitcoin ≠ crypto.
A version of this ad has already run on Instagram, where it outperformed every other post on that account, including the lighter and funnier ones
How do we funds this ad?
Same way we defeated GreenpeaceUSA: we work together as one
Let's crowd-funding this thing into history.
If we raise $70,000, we can put the ad in the NYT.
If we raise $2K, we can put it in a small but influential magazine like the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine.
And there are lots of interesting spots in between.
Let's do this!
That means we are now definitely going to be able to go ahead with funding this to get very good exposure
And ... more donations came through Nostr than Twitter!! (Even though I have a fraction of the following here).
So this campaign is not even about asking for contributions, its about providing an opportunity for people to feel "there is something I can contribute to, that tangibly can change attitudes on Bitcoin"
So thank you.
It's working!
If you'd like the chance to help make history and change not just minds but hearts, this campaign is a great way to do that.
And ... if you are thinking "what is this all about?" - read the surprising backstory below.
If you'd like to give, you can do so here.
Bitcoin
👇
https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinesg
Fiat
👇
https://donorbox.org/lets-get-this-bitcoin-ad-in-the-ny-times
Keep giving, keep sharing.
The Backstory:
A while ago, I was unexpectedly contacted by one of the world’s top advertising creatives (who is also a bitcoiner).
He shared his #1 adoption concern:
Retail’s lack of interest in Bitcoin.
"They think they know what Bitcoin is, and based on that, they're not interested"
What he said next floored me.
“I’m in a unique position of both caring deeply about bitcoin and working with advertising at the highest international level.
And I don’t see a better story to open people’s minds about Bitcoin than the methane story. Nothing is even close”
“If we want retail to give Bitcoin a second look, we need to hook them with something unexpected.
The methane story is it. It's surprising, hope-inspiring and no other single sentence about Bitcoin has the same punch”
He proposed that we shine a light of truth in the darkness: A full page ad in the New York Times.
The ad could create enough of a stir to get this message on some big podcasts and other broad media outside Bitcoin-land
(with a little help from his PR colleagues).
So he orange-pilled a colleague, and they made this ad for us, free of charge.
Imagine opening the NYT and seeing this truthbomb!
The NYT print edition has over 500,000 subscribers, many of which are very influential.
So the ad can make a real difference for how Bitcoin is perceived. And it can accelerate our goal to make Bitcoin mining carbon-negative.
One more thing:
Most people still think Bitcoin = crypto
(no surprise they're not interested in BTC!)
Repeating "Bitcoin not crypto" doesn't change that.
But of the world's top cryptos, only Bitcoin mitigates methane.
This ad shows a huge audience that Bitcoin ≠ crypto.
A version of this ad has already run on Instagram, where it outperformed every other post on that account, including the lighter and funnier ones
How do we funds this ad?
Same way we defeated GreenpeaceUSA: we work together as one
Let's crowd-funding this thing into history.
If we raise $70,000, we can put the ad in the NYT.
If we raise $2K, we can put it in a small but influential magazine like the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine.
And there are lots of interesting spots in between.
Let's do this!
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