Clear eyes Full hearts Can’t lose Bitcoin

My father provided a good financial education and investment experience to me and my sisters growing up. We all earned to take personal control of our own money and save it, invest it, and spend it wisely. I’m always surprised to learn that some men and women don’t feel they have sovereignty and say over their money in life. I’m grateful my parents empowered us all in this regard. Let’s help change this with others - with Bitcoin.

For now, I mostly have to buy my gas and food with fiat, so I better be getting 4% and 3% back in Bitcoin while I do it Signup yourself and you get a guaranteed $50 of bitcoin:

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Traveling across Egypt, Rwanda, Kenya, and Tanzania this month we have used @Bitrefill eSIMS for cell data and paid for them using @River Lightning ⚡️ River app uses ≈75 kilobytes of data to open the iPhone app and make a ⚡️ transaction Bravo, @Alexander Leishman

Next big, meaningful celebration is Block #1,050,000 at the Halving NOT block #1 million – which is an arbitrary milestone Do you agree? (repost 🔂 if yes)

How have you used Bitcoin Lightning ⚡️ lately? (I’ve used it in Cairo, Kigali, Maasai Mara, and Mt Kilimanjaro to buy eSIM cell data with Bitcoin) Share!

Inflation

“I should have just SHUT UP and bought bitcoin” Why do people watch this guy?

IS BITCOIN SUSTAINABLE? Enough of the FUD; what are the FACTS Bitcoin energy consumption rose 17% to 138 TWh annually, while hardware efficiency improved by 24% year-on-year, reaching 28.2 J/TH by June 2024. As global hashrate and energy usage has increased 📈over the years, miner efficiency and renewable energy source usage have both increased as well 👌 52.4% of energy usage is sustainable (42.6% renewables (hydro 🌊, solar ☀️, wind 💨 , geothermal 🌋), 9.8% nuclear ⚛️), up from 37.6% in 2022. Natural gas (38.2%) overtook coal (8.9%) as the largest single source. Oil and fossil fuel use is none to negligible. 86.9% of decommissioned ASIC hardware is resold, repurposed, or recycled 🔄 Trends indicate that mining companies are exploring HPC/AI 🤖, flared gas 🔥, waste-heat recovery 🔂, and demand-side response for new revenue and efficiency. (Click “Ask Grok” if you’re curious what some of these are 👆) Greenhouse gas emissions due to bitcoin have been reduced to 39.8 MtCO₂e in 2024 (which is 0.08% of global total GHG emissions), down from 69.6 MtCO₂e in prior estimates. Nearly cut in 1/2, so far. So what do you think? 💭 • Is the Bitcoin mining industry “a great evil”? • Is it acting in good faith and actively seeking sustainability? Share your thoughts please 🙏🏼💬👇