rettlerb / Bradley Rettler is on Nostr

Author of https://resistance.money. Director of the Bitcoin Research Institute and Associate Professor of Philosophy @ Wyoming. he/him.

Last Notes

2024-08-15 15:42:39

ll be at @npub1key…lt3h with @npub1wlk…qwhy from @npub1zhq…h0dw tonight at 6! If you’re in NYC, show up. We will have signed copies of Resistance Money to trade for donations to HRF.
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2024-07-31 21:39:54

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No need for trust. www.uwyo.edu/bitcoin

2024-07-28 16:12:17

ANNOUNCEMENT: The University of Wyoming has established the UW Bitcoin Research Institute. uwyo.edu/bitcoin
The BRI aims to produce high-quality peer-reviewed publications about bitcoin from all academic disciplines.
First act: hiring @npub1yez…awc7!
Much academic bitcoin research is quite poor, because it's done by people who don't understand bitcoin.
Mora et al predicted "bitcoin alone could push emissions 2 degrees".
They failed to account for the difficulty adjustment *and* didn't know there was a block size cap!
Others like Taleb’s infamous "Bitcoin Black Paper" are unaware of Layer 2s like Lightning, and others are unaware of the supply cap -- perhaps bitcoin's most distinctive feature. Others make faulty assumptions about bitcoin user demographics.
These mistakes make their way into journalism, and policy. Bitcoin is multi-faceted in theory, and even more so in practice. Journalists can't be experts, so they rely on academics. Too many of those academics have let them down.
The good news is that there is good academic research on bitcoin. Work by Will Luther, @npub18wg…r2wn , @npub12lz…ntw2 , @npub10af…0xj0 , Matthew Ferranti, @npub1ws6…xzeg and others understands and explains bitcoin very well.
But for academics interested in bitcoin, the incentives often don't line up. Few advisors will let their advisees focus on bitcoin, so bitcoin projects must be side projects. And without advisor or community support, these projects are rarely taken on.
The Bitcoin Research Institute fixes the incentives. We provide a community who can support scholars and give critical feedback on their projects, and we provide funds for travel and lodging.
We're removing barriers for scholars who want to work on bitcoin.
More academic work on bitcoin should be done by people who understand bitcoin. The BRI aims to produce that work, which will filter up to journalists and policymakers.
The University of Wyoming is the perfect place for this, with Sen Lummis, @npub1uyz…8632 , State Sen Rothfuss, Law School Dean Julie Hill, Steve Lupien, bitcoin miners using all kinds of energy like @npub1k7t…8edl , a School of Energy Resources, School of Environment and Natural Resources...
The UW Bitcoin Research Institute is a 501c(3) nonprofit. Because of @npub1uyz…8632 , the University -- and by extension the BRI -- can accept bitcoin directly. And UW allocates 4% of our investments to bitcoin, so if you donate bitcoin to the BRI, we will NOT sell it.
If you're a scholar and you want to be involved, my DMs are open!
If you're a journalist and you want to learn more, my DMs are open!
If you want to support our work, you can do so here: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/49172/donations/new

2024-07-20 02:58:25

I’m stoked for this! If you’re in or near NYC, come join us! #note1dvr…cj9h

2023-03-01 03:26:07

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2023-02-27 22:09:16

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https://btcpolicysummit.org

2023-02-27 22:08:02

I’m speaking at the Bitcoin Policy Summit in DC about what sets Bitcoin apart from all other cryptocurrencies. I’ll be joined by a few dozen other bitcoiners talking about mining, authoritarianism, CBDCs, national security, and the like.
To request an invitation or support the summit, visit http://btcpolicysummit.org

2023-02-21 00:18:13

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Roald Dahl changed it himself.

2023-02-20 14:53:23

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In the original 1964 edition, the Oompa Loompas were “a tribe of 3,000 amiable black pygmies who have been imported by Mr. Willy Wonka from ‘the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before.’ Mr. Wonka keeps them in the factory, where they have replaced the sacked white workers. Wonka’s little slaves are delighted with their new circumstances, and particularly with their diet of chocolate. Before they lived on green caterpillars, beetles, eucalyptus leaves, ‘and the bark of the bong-bong tree.'”

2023-02-19 15:50:33

#Bitcoin provides a novel combination of old and new answers to questions about financial censorship, privacy, and inclusion. It also comes with brand-new tradeoffs in terms of security and energy use.
That’s what we discuss in resistance.money/book