Bitcoin isn't a Ponzi scheme, Bitcoin turns out to be the only thing that's not a Ponzi.

Exchanges, banks, companies, governments are collapsing and failing left, right and center. Opt out, get on zero, stay humble, stack sats!

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/silvergate-bank-announces-liquidation-and-winding-down

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-shares-drop-64-in-pre-market-as-vc-funds-tell-firms-to-withdraw-funds

Count of published peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, and other scholarly literature mentioning Bitcoin:

2009: 83

2010: 136

2011: 218

2012: 424

2013: 868

2014: 2,070

2015: 2,820

2016: 3,380

2017: 6,460

2018: 11,500

2019: 20,300

2020: 24,000

2021: 25,600

2022: 26,100

2023: 🤔

#NGU

Data from Google Scholar, curated by #[0]

Bitcoin today uses at least 52.6% sustainable energy, that's a lower-bound estimate.

New research by Daniel Batten has updated University of Cambridge data with more information and the latest developments in the high-tech and fast-changing Bitcoin mining industry, again debunking misinformation published by Alex de Vries (Dutch Central Bank) and propagated by figures like Bill Gates and Elon Musk.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-uses-mostly-sustainable-energy

Satoshi Nakamoto posted this 13 years ago today:

"Eventually at most only 21 million coins for 6.8 billion people in the world if it really gets huge. But don't worry, there are (...) 8 decimal places internally."

∞ / 2.1 quadrillion

And on Lightning there are even 3 more decimal places, with the unit called "Millisat" facilitating an exchange rate of 1 billion USD per 1 bitcoin for msat/cent parity.