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Why Buy Bitcoin • Episode 1060 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Women in Bitcoin • Episode 1059 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Bitcoin And . . . • Treasuries, Surveillance, and T-Bills • Listen on Fountain

The Fog of Stupid • Episode 1057 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

The Bitcoin Covenant • Episode 1056 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Kentucky Fried Bitcoin • Episode 1055 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Interpol Dance • Episode 1054 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Bitcoin And . . . • Rise, Lazarus • Listen on Fountain

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Oceans of Blood • Episode 1052 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Pump, Trump, Dump • Episode 1051 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Pump 'n Trump • Episode 1050 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Carbon is a "Long-Tail" asset: the residual earnings that come from an asset after it has had its initial market impact. 

The Carbon Cascade converts labile into recalcitrant carbon.

During transformation power is generated and lands restored.

Total production of biomass per annum is 100 billion tons of carbon and at $500 to $2,000 per ton of biochar that's $100 trillion of potential carbon trading on the open market. (fanciful to be sure)

Carbon's Long Tail

Tricky Dick Durbin • Episode 1049 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Trump n' Dump • Episode 1048 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Roller Coaster Vibes • Episode 1047 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Get OUT! • Episode 1046 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

GA, plebs. The latest episode of Bitcoin And is out, and, as always, the chicanery is running rampant. Let’s break down the biggest topics I covered, and if you want the full, unfiltered rant, make sure to listen to the episode linked below. 

House Democrats’ MEME Act: A Bad Joke?
House Democrats are proposing a bill to ban presidential meme coins, clearly aimed at Trump’s and Melania’s ill-advised token launches. While grifters launching meme coins is bad, this bill is just as ridiculous. If this legislation moves forward, expect a retaliatory strike exposing how politicians like Pelosi and Warren mysteriously amassed their fortunes. Will it pass? Doubtful. But it’s another sign of the government’s obsession with regulating everything except itself. 

Senate Banking’s First Digital Asset Hearing: The Real Target Is You
Cynthia Lummis chaired the first digital asset hearing, and—surprise!—it was all about control. The discussion centered on stablecoins, AML, and KYC regulations, with witnesses suggesting Orwellian measures like freezing stablecoin transactions unless pre-approved by authorities. What was barely mentioned? Bitcoin. They want full oversight of stablecoins, which is really about controlling financial freedom. Expect more nonsense targeting self-custody wallets under the guise of stopping “bad actors.” 

Bank of America and PayPal Want In on Stablecoins
Bank of America’s CEO openly stated they’ll launch a stablecoin as soon as regulation allows. Meanwhile, PayPal’s CEO paid for a hat using Bitcoin—not their own stablecoin, PyUSD. Why wouldn’t he use his own product? Maybe he knows stablecoins aren’t what they’re hyped up to be. Either way, the legacy financial system is gearing up to flood the market with stablecoins, not because they love crypto, but because it’s a tool to extend U.S. dollar dominance. 

MetaPlanet Buys the Dip
Japan’s MetaPlanet issued $13.4M in bonds to buy more Bitcoin, proving once again that institutions see the writing on the wall. Unlike U.S. regulators who obsess over stablecoins, some companies are actually stacking sats. 

UK Expands Crypto Seizure Powers
Across the pond, the UK government is pushing legislation to make it easier to seize and destroy crypto linked to criminal activity. While they frame it as going after the bad guys, it’s another move toward centralized control and financial surveillance. 

Bitcoin Tools & Tech: Arc, SatoChip, and Nunchuk
Some bullish Bitcoin developments: Arc v0.5 is making Bitcoin’s second layer more efficient, SatoChip now supports Taproot and Nostr, and Nunchuk launched a group wallet with chat, making multisig collaboration easier. 

The Bottom Line
The state is coming for financial privacy and control, and stablecoins are their weapon of choice. Bitcoiners need to stay focused, keep their coins in self-custody, and build out parallel systems. Expect more regulatory attacks, but don’t let them distract you—just keep stacking and transacting in ways they can’t control. 

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Bitcoin And Newsletter - February 27th, 2025

Hard of Hearing • Episode 1045 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Technical Bear • Episode 1043 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain

Biochar in the soil attracts microbes who take up permanent residence in the "coral reef" the biochar provides. Those microbes then attract mycorrhizal fungi to the reef. The mycorrhizal fungi are also attached to plant roots connecting diverse populations to each other, allowing transportation of molecular resources (water, cations, anions etc).

The char surface area attracts positively charged ions like
K+
Ca2+
Mg2+
NH4+
Na+
H+
Al3+
Fe2+
Fe3+
Mn2+
Cu2+
Zn2+

Many of these are transferred to plant roots by mycorrhizal fungi in exchange for photosynthetic products (sugars). Mycorrhizal fungi are connected to both plant roots and biochar. Char adsorbs these cations so, it stands to reason that under periods of minimal need by plants for these cations (stress, low or no sunlight etc.), mycorrhizal fungi could deposit the cations to the char surfaces. The char would be acting as a "bank" for the cations and the deposition would be of low energy cost. 

Once the plant starts exuding photosynthetic products again, signaling a need for these cations, the fungi can start "stripping" the cations off of the char surface for immediate exchange of the cations for the sugars. This would be a high energy transaction because the fungi would have to expend energy to strip the cations off of the char surface, in effect, an "interest rate".

The char might act as a reservoir of cations that were mined by the fungi while the sugar flow from the roots was active. It's a bank.

Biochar as a Bank

Pre-Hack Attack • Episode 1042 of Bitcoin And . . . is LIVE! on Fountain