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Daniel Batten
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Focusing 2026 on coaching Bitcoin builders and leaders newsletter: danielbatten.substack.com

New study tells us what you probably already knew: medication helps a whole bunch of things including both memory and emotional regulation (more happiness and calm, less anger)

Yep. That’s why I was able to fight the most insane and inane bitcoin FUD for two years and still stay calm.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-meditation-deep-brain-areas-memory.html

Here’s her msg from X

Do you see a fit anywhere?

People, we already have a dedicated team of 38 local and international experts working on my campaign and the NPS campaign, alongside party structures and over 5,000 volunteers. But to take this movement to the next level, we need skilled leaders to drive key efforts and support our grassroots teams.

If you're ready to help build a historic campaign, reach out:

hello@maya2025.com

Top Roles Needed:

1.Campaign Manager (Int'I)

2.Fundraising Director

3.Communications Director

4.Grassroots Organizer(s)

5.Press Coordinator

6.Content & Social Media Manager

7.Policy & Research Director

8.Finance Manager

9.Bitcoin Adoption Coordinator

10.Event Coordinator

Most important roles right. Is are s project manager and a bitcoin adoption lead for Suriname.

It’s interesting to me that while over 1M people have bought The Bitcoin standard, it’s the minority of Bitcoiners who seem to believe this is possible.

I get many comments like “Hopium” and “too much volatility” when I talk about how Suriname stands a chance of actually adopting a bitcoin standard.

Great. Let me know a bit more about the skills you have and the ways you’d like to contribute if there is a good match.

Happy to continue the conversation here by DM

Im not on bluesky. That person is a scammer. I want to post on Nostr more. I just haven’t worked out how to use primal on my laptop yet. Nostr I tend to write more personal stuff and not bitcoin only.

Imagine not just watching the first country on a Bitcoin standard emerge, but being able to say years later "I was there, I was part of the team that did it."

Over the years, a lot of plebs have reached out and offer to volunteer some incredible services to me. I wasn't always able to utilize them. But Maya can

Why this matters: We have a once in a generation shot of creating a country that runs on a Bitcoin standard. If we miss the Suriname opportunity, another one that fits the profile (small, developing world, Central Bank is just a fiat wallet with no monetary policy function) may not come along for another 10 years.

Why that matters: Without a working example of a small country which has moved to a Bitcoin standard, larger nations will be too scared to follow.

Why I know I'm right about this: I grew up in NZ (another small country) in the 1980s when was first in the world to deregulate energy, telco and financial markets, fully float the dollar and lower the inflation target to 2%. The rest of the world quickly followed. Sadly, NZ no longer has the same bold political leadership, that epicenter has moved to a small handful of nations in Africa and Latin America, such as El Salvador, and Suriname.

But El Salvador has not and is not in a position to progress their Bitcoin revolution to a full Bitcoin standard. They are not in a position to remove their central bank, or replace their dollarized currency with Bitcoin. Suriname is.

I regard the work Maya is doing in Suriname right now as one of the most important projects we can dedicate our time and energy to. If you have a skill in organising, campaigning or just are really good at execution, reach out to her.

It won't be easy. That which is worthwhile seldom is. And I can't promise that your efforts will bear fruit, but if a shot at tangibly changing the course of not just Bitcoin history, but history, appeals you won't think twice about it.

Well, the three of them do have something in common: cover page of fortune magazine.

From my newsletter of 1 Jan this year.

Hmm. That played out faster than I expected.

The Bitcoin Adoption Forecast is out. Check your email and spam filters

https://www.batcoinz.com/p/027-a-bear-market-for-ants

Bitcoin headlines like this are becoming the new norm in mainstream media now

UK wastes 1 billion pounds each year in curtailed wind energy by not mining bitcoin.

The Guardian, who has been one of the world’s biggest Bitcoin gaslighters over the years, just ran this headline.

Can’t make this stuff up.

When you have to double-check you are not reading satire.

Welcome to Finca Koki Costa Rica. (Nostr first story)

You’re looking at 60 Ha of bush clad land on the side of of the Poás volcano, a 1.1MW hydro facility and a bunch of sheds mining bitcoin. It’s about an hour up the road from where I live on a good traffic day.

It belongs to Eduardo Kopper and the land has been in the family for 5 generations, who I met last year.

Here’s the thing: Eduardo was about to lose this land because during covid in 2020 the State Owned Utility said “demand for electricity is down. We aren’t going to buy your power any more”

With a large mortgage debt on the hydro plant, a cash cow became a white elephant overnight.

He went to the bank to say “here are the keys to the property. I cannot finance the loan any more”

But at the same time his son-in-law asked if he’d considered bitcoin mining.

He was highly skeptical but tried it on a single miner. It worked (of course) so he scaled up. The bank loaned him the money to get the first 700 kW of bitcoin mining (provided he called it a “datacenter”) and now he earns more than enough to pay off the loan interest.

He’s made Finca Koki into an eco retreat. Parties of school kids come through. Executives do team building on the adventure and recreation facilities he’s built which include canoeing and zip lines.

He sponsors poor local kids to do camping and life skills building, which his teenage son facilitates.

All made possible because of bitcoin mining.

As we say in Costa Rica

“Bitcoin: El futuro del dinero!”

(Bitcoin: the future of money)

I've been doing group coaching with tech entrepreneurs for 10 years, and the pilot I ran for Bitcoin entrepreneurs and influencers last year went really well (see feedback). So delighted to offer this again

One place left on our next cohort, starting 24 Jan. Message if keen!

Good morning

We have a nice cohort forming of Bitcoin entrepreneurs and thoughtleaders for the next 10 week coaching group. (See feedback below from the last one)

2 places left

The combination of great coaching + peer group that inspires you skews the odds in your favor. Comment below or message to inquire

Thanks ! If you let me know what topics you’re interested in specifically I can also point you to those topics in the back catalog.