# ![@DSBatten Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::73066647.png) @DSBatten Daniel Batten

Daniel Batten posts on X about bitcoin, bitcoin mining, in the, crypto the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  #1015 [finance](/list/finance)  34.46% [countries](/list/countries)  12.16% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  4.73% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  2.7% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  2.7% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  2.7% [currencies](/list/currencies)  2.03% [stocks](/list/stocks)  2.03% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  2.03%

**Social topic influence**
[bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) #486, [bitcoin mining](/topic/bitcoin-mining) #14, [in the](/topic/in-the) 10.81%, [crypto](/topic/crypto) 4.05%, [the most](/topic/the-most) #3708, [gold](/topic/gold) 4.05%, [environment](/topic/environment) #118, [decentralized](/topic/decentralized) 3.38%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.7%, [bank](/topic/bank) 2.7%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@krev2323](/creator/undefined) [@rns7789](/creator/undefined) [@jimmyjoebob20](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@sciencegirl](/creator/undefined) [@thedemocrats](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@timniemeyer](/creator/undefined) [@ft](/creator/undefined) [@jemimajoanna](/creator/undefined) [@getwhatugive](/creator/undefined) [@mikegermano](/creator/undefined) [@ishabisinia](/creator/undefined) [@btcperception](/creator/undefined) [@limburg3rt04](/creator/undefined) [@ger313](/creator/undefined) [@gitem](/creator/undefined) [@physical_fox](/creator/undefined) [@eliee99](/creator/undefined) [@satpayjack21mil](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN)](/topic/coinbase)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@UnHypnotizedBTC @newscientist @rowhoop @abbybeall No one. Mainstream news is now largely reporting the environmental benefits of Bitcoin mining. @newscientist is about [--] years behind the curve"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2016172349838532735)  2026-01-27T15:32Z 51.3K followers, [---] engagements


"MEXC (@MEXC_Official) which has 1.6M Twitter followers recently published a good summary on Bitcoin mining's environmental benefits Great to see Exchanges putting out research-based takes Link to article in comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2016182755944444083)  2026-01-27T16:13Z 51.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Many things impact Bitcoin price and adoption but FUD (whether its environmental "used by crims" "going to zero") is definitely one of them This is one very simple strategy I have used which works which takes very little time and that anyone can use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2018320693314592796)  2026-02-02T13:48Z 51.3K followers, [----] engagements


". @cnet (1.6M followers on X) just covered how Bitcoin heat recycling and how this can solve a major issue for AI Link to article in comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2018330329312887272)  2026-02-02T14:27Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"State by state US is starting to realize they NEED Bitcoin mining Today Portland Press Herald . * circulation covers [---] municipalities * substantial digital audience of [---] million users-per-month covered how Bitcoin mining can stabilize Maine's stressed and aged grid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2018347892277199237)  2026-02-02T15:36Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"What happens in price today has been foreshadowed in adoption trends months earlier. Here's my latest piece on where we are facing solvable adoption challenges and what we can do about it together. https://t.co/EhOsMcICAQ https://t.co/EhOsMcICAQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2018703888711397779)  2026-02-03T15:11Z 51.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@Cango_Group Great (proof of) work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2018790103758602673)  2026-02-03T20:54Z 51.3K followers, [---] engagements


"The data shows @thedemocrats lost the presidential election due to alienating a huge block of crypto-voters Based on their post below it seems winning a chunk of them back ahead of the mid-terms is not important to them Truly amazing behavior Yikes https://t.co/dfvbKMSRou Yikes https://t.co/dfvbKMSRou"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019597705581048008)  2026-02-06T02:23Z 51.4K followers, 19.9K engagements


"@giddy_up_up @TheDemocrats Agreed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019629704563863741)  2026-02-06T04:30Z 51.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@davidfrum [--]. Bitcoin has been declared dead [---] times over [--] years yet is objectively the best performing asset of the last decade [--]. Bitcoin's environmental merits are established in [--] peer reviewed publications But well done for combining [--] uninformed statements in a single tweet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019636630194356734)  2026-02-06T04:57Z 51.4K followers, 15K engagements


"@pete_rizzo_ Context: meet Mike Novogratz and this is a crypto market structure bill not a bitcoin market structure bill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019793587899077004)  2026-02-06T15:21Z 51.3K followers, [---] engagements


"The US Treasury Secretary just said what Bitcoiners have been saying for years: the US dollar is not neutral currency it is a powerful geopolitical weapon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019794716095610900)  2026-02-06T15:26Z 51.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@dani3lsimon @grok please patiently explain to OP the logical flaw in this argument"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019797752587211102)  2026-02-06T15:38Z 51.3K followers, 10.5K engagements


"@quivisexpopulo @dani3lsimon @grok My view is that this argument overhypes the long-term hit to Bitcoin's core scarcity. Paper BTC doesn't touch Bitcoin's hardwired [--] million cap. Those synthetics are just contracts that have to settle with actual BTC at some point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019823401511317910)  2026-02-06T17:20Z 51.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@elonmusk We will know Grok has passed the Galileo test when it no longer uses studies that have been multiply-debunked in peer reviewed journals to support its incorrect conclusion that Bitcoin mining has a problem with energy-use eWaste and water use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019850889041711476)  2026-02-06T19:09Z 51.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Excellent work @tim_niemeyer_ and @ilbtccouncil Without hype or hubris Tim and the team are humbly doing the proof of work to paint Illinois orange one action at a time. JUST IN: Illinois proposes the Community #Bitcoin Reserve Act. 🟠 The bill creates a state program to hold Bitcoin in multisig cold storage starting with the Altgeld Bitcoin Reserve. $BTC cannot be traded or sold without new legislation. https://t.co/hNAzgRROtB JUST IN: Illinois proposes the Community #Bitcoin Reserve Act. 🟠 The bill creates a state program to hold Bitcoin in multisig cold storage starting with the Altgeld"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019893730627506491)  2026-02-06T21:59Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@Mandrik @francispouliot_ Didnt know that. His consistently irrational salty factually incorrect takes on bitcoin make a lot more sense now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020675448426860712)  2026-02-09T01:45Z 51.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@TFTC21 [--] "likes" Which is double what she gets for most of her posts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020876028743164080)  2026-02-09T15:02Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@PatrickMcGee_ Is it normal part of your professional code of conduct as a @FT journalist to publicly call people you don't know "moron" on social media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020878448604987758)  2026-02-09T15:12Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@blockchainchick I wish that were correct but it is not. Banks as a centralized entity and without legacy pseudonymous wallets with compromized public keys have an easier path to quantum resistence than a decentralized consensus-based open source network"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021300211880980709)  2026-02-10T19:08Z 51.3K followers, [--] engagements


"I wish that were true However banks as a centralized entity and without legacy pseudonymous wallets with compromized public keys have an easier path to quantum resistance than a decentralized consensus-based open source network which needs soft and/or hard forks Quantum computing is a bigger threat to banks than Bitcoin Quantum computing is a bigger threat to banks than Bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021301111630495893)  2026-02-10T19:11Z 51.3K followers, [--] engagements


"One of the most nonsensical inarticulate arguments against Bitcoin I've heard (and I've heard a few) Not a single point that couldn't be levelled against Gold Silver Amazon Stock or any commodity @jemimajoanna is not arguing against Bitcoin she's arguing against Capitalism Bitcoin is worth nothing - FT lady with spinning her arms like helicopterblades https://t.co/L7ecBorMvT Bitcoin is worth nothing - FT lady with spinning her arms like helicopterblades https://t.co/L7ecBorMvT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021347115230953964)  2026-02-10T22:14Z 51.4K followers, [--] engagements


"The saltiness is strong with this one If you created a crypto coin that actually complied with anti-money laundering laws represented some ownership of the network / or its cash flows (think interest like you get from the bank) wasn't hoarded by a handful of scumbags before anyone else even knew about it and If you created a crypto coin that actually complied with anti-money laundering laws represented some ownership of the network / or its cash flows (think interest like you get from the bank) wasn't hoarded by a handful of scumbags before anyone else even knew about it and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021350138111987847)  2026-02-10T22:26Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Nothing like a bear market to shatter the illusion that people are more educated about Bitcoin's positive environmental impact now 🤣 @DSBatten @sciencegirl Increased electricity costs methane output & contamination of water & the environment is all you get from data centers & bitcoin mining. Bitcoin destroys the environment. @DSBatten @sciencegirl Increased electricity costs methane output & contamination of water & the environment is all you get from data centers & bitcoin mining. Bitcoin destroys the environment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021412039319748996)  2026-02-11T02:32Z 51.4K followers, [---] engagements


"An article on Bitcoin mining from @tobiamure from @FXFinanceFeeds with errors that have been widely debunked several years ago this morning Here's the most glaring issues [--]. "proponents claim that the technology can incentivize renewable energy development and create energy arbitrage opportunities in regions with excess electricity." Misleading characterization. It's not simply a "claim" made by "proponents"There are [--] independent peer reviewed empirical studies showing Bitcoin mining does this. source: [--]. "undeniable environmental impact due to its high energy consumption carbon emissions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021589670702817431)  2026-02-11T14:18Z 51.4K followers, [---] engagements


"That is the right question You're right we can't stop Bitcoin's enemies telling their stories. So we need to focus on what we can do. What's that We can start telling a better clearer truer more inspiring and uplifting story of our own that appeals to the values of the listener better than anyone. This story needs to be told not on X but in the places where Bitcoin's opponents are currently telling our story because we have ceded that territory to them: Mainstream media. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021605006361718806 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021605006361718806"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021605006361718806)  2026-02-11T15:19Z 51.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@getwhatugive @LynAldenContact @GeorgeSelgin True"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021610956292259986)  2026-02-11T15:43Z 51.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@goldseek You are generalizing Bitcoin users are like Internet users: they are representative of society at large. We have everyone here from anticapitalists to hedgefund managers Some Bitcoin supporters embrace Wall Street Most Bitcoiners find this the least interesting new cohort"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021963006150947267)  2026-02-12T15:02Z 51.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@sciencegirl Great story. These datacenters are mining Bitcoin recycling their heat. One of the myriad of ways that bitcoin mining is helping the environment as documented in [--] peer reviewed articles and [--] independent reports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020138259087593943)  2026-02-07T14:11Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"After yet another article from an @ft writer who makes such elementary errors in assessing an asset as to suggest they have neither used it nor studied it a more plausible conclusion is that the readership of the Financial Times is still about [---] Million subscribers too high Bitcoin is still about $69000 too high https://t.co/CNrgxl2vEE opinion Bitcoin is still about $69000 too high https://t.co/CNrgxl2vEE opinion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020578042272514485)  2026-02-08T19:18Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@mikegermano Correct It's not a grassroots or marketing debate. We must to both. The right marketing tells the grassroots story. We're currently trying to combat well very sophisticated PR machines that have been disseminating FUD for years with our logic reasoning and data"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021027984703205692)  2026-02-10T01:06Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@saltburnSon @mikegermano Yes it can As an educator I can say unequivocally we have no shortage of great education. And Bitcoin is no more volatile than Amazon stock. Volatility is a very easy message to reset with the right story and framing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021029704279396599)  2026-02-10T01:13Z 51.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Correct (And I'm an educator) The right messages and the right messengers have been lacking. The real truth is that the problem with Bitcoin adoption is not lack of education it is lack of marketing. The real truth is that the problem with Bitcoin adoption is not lack of education it is lack of marketing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021031252963504289)  2026-02-10T01:19Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Oh dear Another organization just scored an own goal through some sub-standard Bitcoin research. Let's pan back to why this matters because this isn't even about Bitcoin - its about the survival of the Market research firm in the AI age. I mean unless they are very high quality objective and free from bias and do deep investigative research - AI can clearly do a better job. Pivotus Parnters had the opportunity to show it could do a better job than a basic AI search recently and failed. Their website claims to deliver "sharp insight strategic mastery". However neither of these qualities are on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021212048030306328)  2026-02-10T13:17Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@a_stille Pretty funny that you think Michael Saylor is the spokesperson for a peer-to-peer decentralized network that is not governed or controlled by anyone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021296463246991612)  2026-02-10T18:53Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@jemimajoanna If you had spent as much time learning about Bitcoin as you have writing about it you would that because Bitcoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer consensus network Michael Saylor does not speak for Bitcoin or Bitcoiners"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021297681360978158)  2026-02-10T18:58Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@GhostofWhitman @MaMoMVPY @MatthewTyrmand Be fair . considering how terminally ill fiat money is a "Money Doctor" could be quite useful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021298633711255747)  2026-02-10T19:02Z 51.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@coinbase Imagine if we Ads written by creatives that rivalled Chiat Day because they were doing it for Bitcoin not crypto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021321001519222890)  2026-02-10T20:30Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@BitcoinMicropig Correct. It requires a mix of FUD-busting too. As for the reason that no corporates have allocated to Bitcoin that's something we know the answer to already: we've universally failed to speak in their language values frameworks. They need patient ambassadors not evangelism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021341901669138847)  2026-02-10T21:53Z 51.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@sashahodler Correct this is bullish for Bitcoin all they can do is pressurize centralized exchanges and place restrictions on stablecoins and (centralized) altcoins This is Bitcoin's moment to rise up and show the world that governments cannot sanction decentralized permissionless money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021413144518853099)  2026-02-11T02:37Z 51.4K followers, [---] engagements


"I was one of the early users of the Internet back in [----] I've been part of [--] tech companies that exited and helped another [--] achieve exits. I've personally seen close to [----] different technology ideas pitched over a [--] year period. But nothing including the Internet comes remotely close to Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining which are by some distance the most innovative and promising technologies for humanity in the last [---] years. Nothing else comes remotely close. Bitcoin mining is incentivizing renewable energy mitigating methane stabilizing grids obviating gas peaker plants around the world at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2022022724265152789)  2026-02-12T18:59Z 51.6K followers, 24.7K engagements


"Respectfully it is clear you have not looked into the technology you write about very deeply or you'd be aware of the large body of study showing Bitcoin is essential to green energy transition preventing renewable energy waste mitigating methane and obviating gas peaker plants https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2013987189256810703 https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2013987189256810703"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2022173703207838141)  2026-02-13T04:59Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Our mining finance company CH4Capital was recently featured in this article Great to see word getting out about how Bitcoin mining can become the world's first carbon negative industry while making inroads towards the UNEP's methane reduction targets Link to article in comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2016186235585192045)  2026-01-27T16:27Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"source: https://news.bit2me.com/en/ch4capital-ingredient-for-making-bitcoin-sustainable https://news.bit2me.com/en/ch4capital-ingredient-for-making-bitcoin-sustainable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2016186525843599856)  2026-01-27T16:28Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Bitcoin price is a scoreboard. When an elite team is not where they want to be on the scoreboard they review their game footage to see where they can improve. One obvious area for improvement is that the next wave of Bitcoin adopters speaks a different language. Right now we're largely failed to engage them. We haven't overcome the power media defence mechanisms of anti-Bitcoin messages with our own more powerful offensive strategy to tell Bitcoin's story. And we've had players playing out of position: none more so than high profile Bitcoin influencers and evangelists attempting to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019455122888139111)  2026-02-05T16:56Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @sciencegirl: A large-scale solar farm built across mountain ranges in China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020902391973916862)  2026-02-09T16:47Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Correct @DSBatten @SonnysCrib The next wave of Bitcoin adoption will not come from people reading whitepapers and books. They are used to products being marketed to them. If Bitcoin does not show up where their attention already is someone else will. @DSBatten @SonnysCrib The next wave of Bitcoin adoption will not come from people reading whitepapers and books. They are used to products being marketed to them. If Bitcoin does not show up where their attention already is someone else will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021041176401625462)  2026-02-10T01:59Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Exhibit A: the "analysis" from the chief market strategist and partner at Pivotus Partners"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021212938002894896)  2026-02-10T13:21Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"More quality objective "research" from the chief marketing strategist and partner at Pivotus Partners"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021217093358625069)  2026-02-10T13:38Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Issue #44 of the Bitcoin Adoption Forecast is out Check your email and spam filters. http://www.batcoinz.com/p/bitcoins-crossing-the-chasm-moment http://www.batcoinz.com/p/bitcoins-crossing-the-chasm-moment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021266709231948048)  2026-02-10T16:55Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@sciencegirl "Bitcoin is a ponzi-scheme whose primary usecase is crime and which is bad for the environment" from: IMF ECB DNB BIS and other players disintermediated by Bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021594083169341597)  2026-02-11T14:36Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@knafo_sarah Excellente initiative. Bitcoin est essentiel la fois la justice climatique et la scurit nergtique et c'est un domaine o la France peut jouer un rle de premier plan l'chelle mondiale https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2013987189256810703 https://t.co/UOhHxroo9F https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2013987189256810703 https://t.co/UOhHxroo9F"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021601967588463052)  2026-02-11T15:07Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"What do [----] Bitcoin skeptics in [----] have in common with [----] Internet skeptics: They've never used it I still remember in [----] trying to persuade my Dept of English professors to let me do my thesis on this newfangled thing called "The Internet". None of them had used it. But they all had an opinion about it. And they were all happy to tell me why my research proposal was risky and reckless and why the Internet itself wouldn't amount to much. Fast forward to [----] same vibes. Plenty of Bitcoin skeptics plenty of people calling it reckless and risky. Once again not one of them has used it let"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2005294574118261075)  2025-12-28T15:07Z 51.5K followers, 23.1K engagements


"@jemimajoanna Not unexpected considering you are writing outside your domain knowledge as illustrated again just now by your use of the sexist language "bros" that negates the contribution of the many women in Bitcoin who work hard to counter the sort of ignorance you've just perpetuated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020581329382080639)  2026-02-08T19:31Z 51.5K followers, 28.8K engagements


"Price is driven by adoption (Glassnode) Adoption is driven by attitudes (Nakamoto project) Attitude is driven by stories (BTC Perception) Better price requires better stories Its time for Bitcoiners to gain sovereignty over the stories told about Bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021263494578913411)  2026-02-10T16:42Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Who do you consider to be the spokesperson for Bitcoin Jack Dorsey Michael Saylor BTC has no spokesperson Peter Schiff Jack Dorsey Michael Saylor BTC has no spokesperson Peter Schiff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021303960179536242)  2026-02-10T19:23Z 51.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@SimplyBitcoin Or like the Mona Lisa isn't scarce because you can buy postcards or posters of the Mona Lisa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021699411080786098)  2026-02-11T21:34Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@contrarymo @ishabisinia @JakeLangenkamp @Proxy18387764 @tim_niemeyer_ @mineracks @kiwiskivi That's the opportunity that this present us - a level of introspection and uplevelling that would have not likely happened were it not for the bear"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2022170840088125454)  2026-02-13T04:47Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"While a new wave of institutions from Abu Dhabi to Wall Street quietly builds historic Bitcoin positions adoption faces stubborn headwinds on multiple critical fronts: nation state momentum pension http://x.com/i/article/2018687603277512704 http://x.com/i/article/2018687603277512704"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2018696949927493994)  2026-02-03T14:43Z 51.6K followers, 99.9K engagements


"@FT Financial Times readership is still about [---] Million subscribers too high"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2020573879287050735)  2026-02-08T19:02Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"It's time for Bitcoiners to gain sovereignty over the stories told about Bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021579892672831970)  2026-02-11T13:39Z 51.6K followers, 11.1K engagements


"An article on Bitcoin mining from @tobiamure from @FXFinanceFeeds with errors that have been widely debunked several years ago this morning Here's the most glaring issues [--]. "proponents claim that the technology can incentivize renewable energy development and create energy arbitrage opportunities in regions with excess electricity." Misleading characterization. It's not simply a "claim" made by "proponents"There are [--] independent peer reviewed empirical studies showing Bitcoin mining does this. source: [--]. "undeniable environmental impact due to its high energy consumption carbon emissions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021593102499086779)  2026-02-11T14:32Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Yes FUD is rising overall and yes FUD slows adoption which suppresses price Let's look on the bright side [--]. There's less environmental FUD on Bitcoin [--]. We can reapply lessons from combatting environmental FUD to win the other frontiers of FUD too source: @BTCPerception"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021671869515026762)  2026-02-11T19:45Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"As someone who wasnt there at the time this is the most succinct fact-focused and ad hominem-free account Ive seen of what actually happened. @SamuelPatt I was there during the blocksize wars. What really happened is that Roger had a business using Bitcoin and depended on cheap on-chain transactions. He was super passionate and wanted businesses to flourish using bitcoin but when fees spiked his business suffered. In his view @SamuelPatt I was there during the blocksize wars. What really happened is that Roger had a business using Bitcoin and depended on cheap on-chain transactions. He was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021072327316754920)  2026-02-10T04:02Z 51.6K followers, 19.5K engagements


"Probably the most important Bitcoin long-form article I've ever written because of its timing. BTC is at a crossroads. H/t to those advancing adoption who you've never heard of @ishabisinia Sam Roberts @JakeLangenkamp @Proxy18387764 @tim_niemeyer_ @mineracks @kiwiskivi https://t.co/qqJ5c5jRgs https://t.co/qqJ5c5jRgs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021956054356308427)  2026-02-12T14:34Z 51.6K followers, 60K engagements


"@TheDemocrats 15% of your potential voters hold Bitcoin. Alienating them is not the way you get back into power. Nor is your lazy neuroassociation of Bitcoin with Trump. It was used by human rights activists years before Republicans and many in the Democrat congress support it Do better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2019571732819087419)  2026-02-06T00:39Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Game theory playing out [--]. China stockpiling Gold [--]. Chinese banks told by Xi Jinping to get USD off their books These behaviors are consistent with the thesis BRICS are shifting from the USD to a gold-backed alternative Geopolitically US has [--] option left: stock Bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021610574191136883)  2026-02-11T15:41Z 51.6K followers, 69.5K engagements


"1.0 Introduction We have successfully countered the narrative that Bitcoin harms the environment a significant victory. Yet this win has revealed a deeper more systemic challenge. Across multiple http://x.com/i/article/2021596927284977664 http://x.com/i/article/2021596927284977664"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2021948902157472141)  2026-02-12T14:05Z 51.6K followers, 68.6K engagements


"This year I've returned to my calling of coaching high-impact mastermind groups. I'm also excited because this stands to served Bitcoin much more than me simple doing FUD-fighting If your work brings new people to Bitcoin this message is for you *link in comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/2022387736280510948)  2026-02-13T19:09Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Brad Jones former CEO ERCOT just confirmed that Bitcoin mining Makes renewable operators more profitable Accelerates the renewable transition Does not compete with other users of electricity Drives electricity costs for all users DOWN As an expert on grids who's seen Bitcoin mining on grids firsthand he's the person most qualified to make an objective assessment Heres what he said: Bitcoin mining makes renewable operators more profitable In the last [--] years there was [----] hours of negative pricing. That means we are paying consumers to consume electricity. The reason that occurs is that we"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1651741291414429696)  2023-04-28T00:13Z 51.6K followers, 108.7K engagements


"This is big. Texas becomes 1st State to recognise that Bitcoin mining datacenters using formerly flared gas mitigate 63% of carbon emissions A win-win for the environment and Bitcoin which opens the way to mitigate (monetize) more methane emissions https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1656439000238895107s=20 BREAKING: The Texas House & Senate have passed House Bill [---] clarifying that flared gas can be used on site by #Bitcoin miners reducing carbon emissions by up to 63% 🙌 https://t.co/J2qc1hVpcj https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1656439000238895107s=20 BREAKING: The Texas House & Senate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1656593326076997632)  2023-05-11T09:33Z 51.5K followers, 65.1K engagements


"A tale of [--] countries [--] years ago * El Salvador chose Bitcoin * Argentina chose IMF loans TODAY *El Salvador: 7.2% inflation presidential approval 90% *Argentina: 109% inflation presidential DISapproval 75% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/argentina-introduces-2-000-peso-banknote-largest-denomination-is-worth-4utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/argentina-introduces-2-000-peso-banknote-largest-denomination-is-worth-4utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1660822355562872833)  2023-05-23T01:38Z 51.5K followers, 166.3K engagements


"New All Time Low For the first time ever the Bitcoin network has dropped below [---] g/KWh emissions * It's taken just over [--] years to half its emission intensity * No other industry is reducing its emission intensity at such a rate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1663005438303166475)  2023-05-29T02:12Z 51.6K followers, 326.6K engagements


"I've been waiting [--] months to make this post The Cambridge (CCAF) data on Bitcoin has these issues [--]. energy consumption (20.6% overstated) [--]. emission intensity (69.4% overstated) [--]. sustainable energy mix (39.9% understated) [--]. emissions (106% overstated) Key reasons: * miner-map [--] months out of date (puts Kazakhstan at 13% of hashrate whereas its currently 1%. Other issues) * mining dataset is non-representative and non-extensive (excludes the 52% of the network who use 64.7% sustainable energy sources) * offgrid mining not measured (28% of network who our analysis shows use 78%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1667086454525419520)  2023-06-09T08:29Z 51.5K followers, 235.4K engagements


"B: #Bitcoin mining has the lowest emission intensity of any sector of the economy Emission intensity (per KWh) - Iron & Steel: 856g - Gold: 679g - Agriculture: 646g - Industrial: 502g - Banking: 464g - Bitcoin: 296g https://batcoinz.com/comparing-bitcoin-mining-to-other-industries-energy-mix/ https://batcoinz.com/comparing-bitcoin-mining-to-other-industries-energy-mix/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1671336675497349121)  2023-06-21T01:58Z 51.5K followers, 123.7K engagements


"Just in. @Forbes just consolidated their right to be called "first large mainstream media company who got it" 👇👇 https://forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/07/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-and-the-environment/sh=77bf540f46fc https://forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/07/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-and-the-environment/sh=77bf540f46fc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1677444518579437568)  2023-07-07T22:28Z 51.5K followers, 141.1K engagements


"Just rebutted @greenpeaceusa's report on Bitcoin Mining CONCLUSION Owing to its many inaccuracies exclusions use of flawed source data absence of evidence to support many assertions lack of objective evaluation of complete environmental impact and evidence of strong presenter bias this report should be disregarded. We encourage GreenpeaceUSA other environmental organizations journalists and academics to start learning about the following subjects * Proof of Work: what is a consensus mechanism and why is it an important feature of a distributed ledger * What problems does bitcoin solve * What"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1680743486113611778)  2023-07-17T00:57Z 51.5K followers, 42.1K engagements


"BREAKING: Cambridge revise down Bitcoin energy estimates Key points: [--]. CCAF model overestimated by 16.8% in [----] and 10.2% in [----]. This is in alignment with my previous research where I suggested earlier this year that their model was overestimating by 20.6% [--]. Clear evidence that GreenpeaceUSA's claim that Bitcoin used "as much energy as Sweden" was incorrect and was based on CCAF historical overstatements [--]. CCAF say explicitly that based on new estimates: Bitcoin energy use is "comparable to . tumble dryers in the US" [--]. CCAF have not yet revised their emissions estimates beyond the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1697213161894748483)  2023-08-31T11:42Z 51.5K followers, 147K engagements


"OK I'm calling it The tide has turned in the narrative around Bitcoin & energy In last [--] days - Cambridge admit #Bitcoin energy calculations overstated - [--] academic papers (incl MIT) state environmental benefits to Bitcoin - KPMG report Bitcoin has positive ESG rating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1697369452919275953)  2023-08-31T22:03Z 51.5K followers, 124.3K engagements


"Just in "The surprising simple answer to Africas rural energy problems #Bitcoin mining" -- MSN https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-surprising-simple-answer-to-africa-s-rural-energy-problems-bitcoin-mining/ar-AA1hiJ6p https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/the-surprising-simple-answer-to-africa-s-rural-energy-problems-bitcoin-mining/ar-AA1hiJ6p"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1706786372500291623)  2023-09-26T21:42Z 51.5K followers, 72.7K engagements


"1/7 Within just [--] days this year the ESG narrative on Bitcoin flipped This tweet documents the [--] key events that led to the flip It happened so fast that many of the world's Investment Committees have not yet caught up Let's help them 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1726129757170130970)  2023-11-19T06:46Z 51.5K followers, 261.8K engagements


"Pride You have been asleep if you have not noticed it: this year the narrative about Bitcoin and the environmenthas changed. Utterly. Scientific papers industry reports news reports new data and inspiring stories pourin with ever increasing volume intensity and validity showing what the Bitcoin mining industry has been saying for some time: Bitcoin drives renewable innovation and makes it more profitable; scavenges the stranded energy and reduces emissions; and helps some of the poorest most disenfranchised in the world to gain sovereignty dignity and freedom. Here's why this matters: pride."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1727540878917714074)  2023-11-23T04:13Z 51.6K followers, 110.4K engagements


"The narrative is not shifting. The narrative has shifted. https://x.com/ContingencyBTC/status/1727540598599733627s=20 @DSBatten https://t.co/okQ3IGhIEy https://x.com/ContingencyBTC/status/1727540598599733627s=20 @DSBatten https://t.co/okQ3IGhIEy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1727541301783183647)  2023-11-23T04:15Z 51.6K followers, 229.4K engagements


"This is significant The Independent a liberal leaning UK major news source with a monthly reach of [--------] people just ran the Cornell University Study whose findings suggest "Bitcoin mining could supercharge transition to renewables" The paper's author Fengqi You is highly respected in his field. This represents a shift for The Independent who previously ran negative ESG press about Bitcoin - joining Bloomberg and the Financial Times as publications who have published pro-Bitcoin ESG articles for the first time in [----]. The article contains the acknowledgement "The plummeting costs of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1729583486846275625)  2023-11-28T19:30Z 51.5K followers, 69.5K engagements


"Why the @BBCNews article on Bitcoin and Water is a monument to journalistic laziness The day after the Independent publish the results of a high quality independent study on Bitcoin the BBC publish the junk-science of a known anti-Bitcoin lobbyist using already debunked methodology to claim Bitcoin uses too much water. The first problem is the source of the study the BBC quote is de Vries: the employee of DNB (the Dutch Central Bank). Central Banks have a vested interest in spreading FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) about Bitcoin for one very simple reason: Bitcoin disintermediates central"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1729967479148237100)  2023-11-29T20:56Z 51.5K followers, 177.1K engagements


"Plebs Bitcoin miners human rights defenders unite The European Commission (EC) is about to take a draconian and unscientific stance towards Bitcoin that can not only pave the way for an EU mining ban but could have far-reaching consequences for the entire global Bitcoin community. Context: The EC is developing a methodology to calculate and mitigate the environmental impact of Bitcoin. It includes a proposal to measure all crypto-assets resource consumption "per transaction" and only evaluates the negative impact of Bitcoin using a suite of suite of reports that have ben financially backed by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1731806907860758612)  2023-12-04T22:45Z 51.5K followers, 245.9K engagements


"I just about fell off my chair. In what is a significant shift The Financial Times just published its first cautiously pro-Bitcoin ESG article. https://www.ft.com/content/b26b5af8-0cf1-424b-bafc-d2ce4760a28c https://www.ft.com/content/b26b5af8-0cf1-424b-bafc-d2ce4760a28c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1735063975845658833)  2023-12-13T22:27Z 51.5K followers, 460.2K engagements


"🧵While we were sleeping the European Commission (via ESMA & ECB) has been creating a report which they plan to label bitcoin -environmentally harmful -a threat to EU energy security -a haven for financial criminals Paving the way for [----] de facto EU bans on BTC & BTC mining"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1752487657320726890)  2024-01-31T00:23Z 51.6K followers, 602.7K engagements


"🧵 How [--] EU Central Banks are working together to try to weaken Bitcoin What action each of them has taken What are their next moves What we must do 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1752523537594941720)  2024-01-31T02:45Z 51.6K followers, 219.5K engagements


"Considering recent history perhaps @nayibbukele could send some Salvadorian electoral officials to the US to help ensure free and fair elections https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1752796768205488429s=20 I think the United States should have free and fair elections. https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1752796768205488429s=20 I think the United States should have free and fair elections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1752837739467395451)  2024-01-31T23:34Z 51.5K followers, 155.7K engagements


""Bitcoin is used by criminals" Source: Criminals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1761312623486755098)  2024-02-24T08:50Z 51.5K followers, 64.7K engagements


""You never have to sell your Bitcoin because you can take out a loan using your stack as collateral" is a great theory and I believe one day this will be the norm. My question is what lenders accept Bitcoin as collateral today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1768412773455982626)  2024-03-14T23:03Z 51.5K followers, 281.5K engagements


"Sadly the only thing breaking is GreenpeaceUSAs credibility. One of the features of GreenpeaceUSA reports is that they are very easy to debunk. You rarely make it past the first paragraph without reading a large swathe of misinformation. This latest report is no exception. 1.The majority of the electricity for Bitcoin mining comes from oil coal and gas. [--] This source relies on a very old dataset which no longer accurately describes the bitcoin network. It is now widely acknowledged that bitcoin using mostly sustainable energy. (Source: Bloomberg Intelligence Sept [----] Bitcoin reaches 52.6%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1770212814407487542)  2024-03-19T22:16Z 51.5K followers, 78.9K engagements


"Youve probably seen GreenpeaceUSA's Bitcoin report by now and my response (if you haven't been blocked). Heres six things that every environmentalist Bitcoin advocate regulator policymaker and media representative should know about GreenpeaceUSA. I've had this information for over a year but have held back on going public with it until now because there were initially signs that GreenpeaceUSA would be open to engaging with environmentalists within the Bitcoin community. With them now blocking me from commenting on their posts all hope of that has now ended. So here's what I can tell you about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1770571463151775944)  2024-03-20T22:01Z 51.5K followers, 92.7K engagements


"Fixed it Bitcoin is a worldwide problem for autocratic politicians central bankers propagandists and a pantheon of other people whos position of influence is predicated upon absolute control NEW: #Bitcoin is a worldwide problem" says Iceland Prime Minister Katrn Jakobsdttir. https://t.co/rW1aCRmyTa NEW: #Bitcoin is a worldwide problem" says Iceland Prime Minister Katrn Jakobsdttir. https://t.co/rW1aCRmyTa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1772163960902443079)  2024-03-25T07:29Z 51.5K followers, 95.9K engagements


"@AtlasPulse Thats right. The Energy required for Gold extraction is mostly from fossil fuels so it has a much higher environmental impact and emission intensity than bitcoin mining which is fully electrified and does not leave mercury or arsenic in the local land and water supply"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1775690331826319722)  2024-04-04T01:02Z 51.5K followers, 23.1K engagements


"Just in: Bitcoin mining is winning Paraguay Senate approves resolution to sell energy surplus to bitcoin miners criticizes sale of energy to Brazil for 25% of what bitcoin mining generates directs this energy to [--] new bitcoin mining companies instead https://news.bitcoin.com/paraguayan-senate-supports-selling-power-to-crypto-mining-companies-criticizes-subpar-energy-agreements-with-brazil/ https://news.bitcoin.com/paraguayan-senate-supports-selling-power-to-crypto-mining-companies-criticizes-subpar-energy-agreements-with-brazil/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1779083292387774701)  2024-04-13T09:44Z 51.6K followers, 49.8K engagements


"1/5 Africa has validated the usecase for Bitcoin as a medium of exchange "%  #Bitcoin   $    " source: https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/africa-cryptocurrency-adoption/ https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/africa-cryptocurrency-adoption/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1782282542567289018)  2024-04-22T05:37Z 51.5K followers, 144.8K engagements


"Bitcoin adoption is happening as slowly as the Internet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1783052657890148712)  2024-04-24T08:37Z 51.6K followers, 206.6K engagements


"Evaluating Elizabeth Warren's claims about Iran and Bitcoin - a data-based approach: Elizabeth Warren has just made the incredible claim that Iran "relies on digital assets mining as a source of revenue that can lessen the pressure from U.S. sanctions." To do this Iran's revenue from Bitcoin mining would have to be a significant portion of GDP. So let's look at the data to see if this claim has any validity. The first point is that data she uses is from [----] when Iran had 4% of global hashrate. However since [----] Iran's hashrate had already shrunk to 1/40th the size a mere 0.1% of hashrate."  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1786413442103988332)  2024-05-03T15:12Z 51.6K followers, 126K engagements


"Bitcoin is used for criminals Source: criminals Total fraud penalties for banks since 2000: $387559149283"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1790040772953215174)  2024-05-13T15:25Z 51.5K followers, 83.7K engagements


"🫡To those who community noted Elizabeth Warren each time she spread misinformation about Bitcoin 🫡 To those who shared data tirelessly with regulators legislators and the general public showing that fiat was the preferred tool for financial crimes not Bitcoin 🫡To those who published research showing Bitcoin stabilized and decarbonized grids while reducing electricity prices for residential users 🫡To those who got stories published showcasing Bitcoin's social and environmental benefits 🫡To those who wrote to and spoke to their representatives and Senators 🫡 To those who tirelessly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1792685161500352865)  2024-05-20T22:33Z 51.5K followers, 116.2K engagements


"Just in: The first peer reviewed study on what sort of people are adopting Bitcoin The study is by Stefano Di Domenico PhD - a behavioral scientist from University of Toronto and is currently being finalized for publication Findings: "Our data drawn from a sample of Canadian retail investors suggests that Bitcoiners [--]. tend to be intellectually curious and emotionally stable [--]. value personal growth relationships community and health over material possessions and having a high-status image. [--]. Scored significantly higher in financial literacy than the general population" https://osf.io/yntdu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1795879481149649397)  2024-05-29T18:06Z 51.5K followers, 154.7K engagements


"Well done for doing more research than most. A few points here that are not factually correct or no longer factually correct. [--]. The Greenidge Factory was not resurrected to mine bitcoin (this was misreported)but to supply power back to the grid and did not commence bitcoin mining until some years later. The SEC filings confirm this. [--]. The Montana coal factory has not been mining bitcoin since late [----]. It was fully migrated to a wind farm in Texas. [--]. Kentuckys carbon footprint has nothing to do with bitcoin mining nor the tax incentives offered to bitcoin mining. [--]. Most bitcoin mining is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1799592379629859015)  2024-06-09T00:00Z 51.6K followers, 163.1K engagements


"10. This image from @BTCPerception show the radical shift in mainstream reporting on Bitcoin and energy in the last [--] years These image shows less being written about Bitcoin and energy with the remaining commentators now mainly emphasising Bitcoin's environmental benefits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1808242760396464506)  2024-07-02T20:54Z 51.6K followers, 236.5K engagements


"This didn't age well https://x.com/wef/status/941906002982637568 In [----] Bitcoin will consume more power than the world does today https://t.co/6GPCmgoOHg https://t.co/vrUMULa9YO https://x.com/wef/status/941906002982637568 In [----] Bitcoin will consume more power than the world does today https://t.co/6GPCmgoOHg https://t.co/vrUMULa9YO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1811978977981972788)  2024-07-13T04:20Z 51.6K followers, 43.6K engagements


"World's 4th largest power company says Bitcoin can solve its wasted renewable problem Probably nothing https://cryptopotato.com/worlds-4th-largest-power-company-looks-into-bitcoin-mining-through-subsidiary/ https://cryptopotato.com/worlds-4th-largest-power-company-looks-into-bitcoin-mining-through-subsidiary/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1833219837432103145)  2024-09-09T19:04Z 51.5K followers, 45.8K engagements


"Wow what a throwback. Did you wake up this morning and think it was [----] Bill in case you didn't notice the media has largely stopped reporting on this misinformation source: Why Largely because [--] of the last [--] peer review journals show Bitcoin has positive environmental externalities which is in agreement with what grid operators battery engineers solar and wind generators and methane mitigation specialists have also observed. source: In the meantime Bitcoin now uses 56.72% sustainable energy. source: You can find out all you need to here next time you feel the impulse to simultaneously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1838684709506646173)  2024-09-24T20:59Z 51.5K followers, 342.7K engagements


"Bill in case you didn't notice the media has largely stopped reporting on this misinformation source: Why Largely because [--] of the last [--] peer review journals show Bitcoin has positive environmental externalities which is in agreement with what grid operators battery engineers solar and wind generators and methane mitigation specialists have also observed. source: In the meantime Bitcoin now uses 56.72% sustainable energy. source: You can find out all you need to here next time you feel the impulse to simultaneously maximize your public display of ignorance while misinforming people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1838686282240725139)  2024-09-24T21:05Z 51.5K followers, 39.9K engagements


"For years Bitcoin's energy was much maligned. This was based on deeply flawed and now debunked research. Now the tide has turned in the scientific consensus and the media and I've summarized why both now say Bitcoin has environmental benefits in a plain English talk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1846205920381980725)  2024-10-15T15:06Z 51.5K followers, 166.5K engagements


"BREAKING: Cartwright a multi-billion dollar UK pension fund just announced a 3% Bitcoin allocation As a percentage this is 30x higher than the Wisconsin Pension fund's allocation and the largest allocation of any Sovereign Fund in the world so far https://corporate-adviser.com/cartwright-calls-on-uk-institutional-investors-to-back-bitcoin/ https://corporate-adviser.com/cartwright-calls-on-uk-institutional-investors-to-back-bitcoin/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1853455957835043222)  2024-11-04T15:15Z 51.5K followers, 265.8K engagements


"Today I received confirmation that another nation state is currently discussing - a Bitcoin strategic reserve - drafting Bitcoin mining regulations so they can improve their electrical grid and better monetize stranded energy It's happening"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1856024623126663491)  2024-11-11T17:22Z 51.6K followers, 92.8K engagements


"Happy ending Earlier today Environment America put up an article called "Bitcoins purposeless power problem" They are pulling down their article on Bitcoin after I wrote to them pointing out numerous factual errors with citations and data"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1856464874366280122)  2024-11-12T22:31Z 51.5K followers, 36.5K engagements


"Switzerland is currently the only nation in Europe who understand Bitcoin as money and Bitcoin mining as a renewable energy creation flywheel. BREAKING: Switzerland passes legislation to study how #Bitcoin mining can balance the grid and use wasted energy - @Dennis_Porter_ https://t.co/wlinhwbnuq BREAKING: Switzerland passes legislation to study how #Bitcoin mining can balance the grid and use wasted energy - @Dennis_Porter_ https://t.co/wlinhwbnuq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1862219896316154283)  2024-11-28T19:39Z 51.5K followers, 76.8K engagements


"The death of Bitcoin gaslighting in the mainstream media Using litmaps we can see that the origin of all junk science on Bitcoin's environmental impact was a single commentary (not even a full length paper) by Alex de Vries The method he used to claim that Bitcoin's environmental damage was a growing concern was his fundamentally flawed "energy use per transactions" method (Bitcoin energy use does not come from its transactions therefore it can scale transaction volume exponentially without increasing emissions). de Vries' metric has now been debunked in [--] academic journals *Masanet et al"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1867254130391363611)  2024-12-12T17:04Z 51.5K followers, 181.6K engagements


"Change the Code campaign suspended Full story: https://www.batcoinz.com/p/anti-bitcoinchange-the-code-campaign https://www.batcoinz.com/p/anti-bitcoinchange-the-code-campaign"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1867657653226459528)  2024-12-13T19:47Z 51.6K followers, 108.3K engagements


"Greenpeace spent years lobbying to save Virunga park and failed Leonardo DiCaprio spent millions on a documentary to try to save Virunga park and failed @SebGouspillou a Bitcoin miner said "we can monetize Virunga's stranded renewable energy to save the park" and succeeded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1868414813577351530)  2024-12-15T21:56Z 51.5K followers, 152.1K engagements


"Imaging a gold mining company holding all the gold they mine then purchasing more off retail. Never happens Imagine a property developer holding all the property they develop then buying more off other developers Never happens Imagine an altcoin founder never selling their coins then buying more off retail. The opposite happens The gold mining company the altcoin founder the property developer often understands the asset and its market dynamics better than anyone. They also know they can make more money by creating the asset than holding the asset. That's why they sell it. So when the creator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1869751124963492073)  2024-12-19T14:26Z 51.5K followers, 66.1K engagements


"MARA's announcement they recycling heat from Bitcoin mining rigs to heat the homes of almost [-----] residents (1.4% of Finland's population) is the largest application yet for heat recycling. Here's why it's significant. Finland's grid is mostly clean energy however 25% of home heating is still fossil fuel-based. By running mining rigs on clean energy and recycling the heat they produce for home heating Bitcoin mining if scaled up could obviate the need for fossil fuel based heating in homes across Finland Bitcoin has already been shown to have a decarbonizing impact on the world in peer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1870250495895302177)  2024-12-20T23:30Z 51.5K followers, 79K engagements


"Ethiopia made over $55 million in the last [--] months by mining Bitcoin. The electricity would otherwise have gone to waste. Why Although Ethiopia has the capacity to generate [--] Gigawatts from the new dam Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) hasn't yet built the transmission lines to supply all that electricity generated. So in the meantime the dam authorities sell electricity to Bitcoin mining companies. These electricity sales were 18% of EEPs total revenue last year vastly improving profitability. What do they do with that unexpected extra profit They fast-track the building of new transmission"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1873863799792386113)  2024-12-30T22:48Z 51.5K followers, 90.3K engagements


"Is this what you mean by "working together" Brad Some thoughts on maximalism let me say this as clearly as I can the crypto industry has a real shot here and now to achieve the many goals we have in common IF we work together instead of tearing each other down. This is not and never will be a zero-sum game. I own Some thoughts on maximalism let me say this as clearly as I can the crypto industry has a real shot here and now to achieve the many goals we have in common IF we work together instead of tearing each other down. This is not and never will be a zero-sum game. I own"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1884258352076898600)  2025-01-28T15:12Z 51.5K followers, 114.5K engagements


"An open letter to @BillGates Dear Bill It is a free world so I celebrate the fact you have the freedom to express your opinion "Bitcoin is useless". Equally as a person of influence you have the duty of care to make sure that your opinion is an informed one. Your comment "Bitcoin is useless" demonstrates that either a. You are uninformed or b. You do not care for vast swathes of human life. Considering your well documented philanthropic efforts I will assume it is the former not the latter. So as someone who has spent a little more time than you researching the uses of Bitcoin let me lay it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1886859296849477839)  2025-02-04T19:28Z 51.5K followers, 77.3K engagements


""Am I dreaming" moment: European Central Banker advocating for a Bitcoin strategic reserve and saying "Bitcoin not crypto" BREAKING: Czech National Bank governor says #Bitcoin should not be lumped together with other crypto assets. We central bankers should study it 🙌 https://t.co/l5m4J1kgJR BREAKING: Czech National Bank governor says #Bitcoin should not be lumped together with other crypto assets. We central bankers should study it 🙌 https://t.co/l5m4J1kgJR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1892211937372512583)  2025-02-19T13:57Z 51.5K followers, 35.6K engagements


"We are now [--] years in to Bhutan's Bitcoin experiment. That means we now hae some good data on how it has affected the economy. The IMF warned that nations embracing Bitcoin would destabilize their economy be less effective at attracting foreign direct investment and endanger their decarbonizing and environmental initiatives. What does the data say: [--]. The bitcoin reserves have directly addressed pressing fiscal needs. "In June [----] Bhutan allocated $72 million from its holdings to finance a 50% salary increase for civil servants" [--]. Bhutan was able to "use Bitcoin reserves to avert a crisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1900556448154673533)  2025-03-14T14:35Z 51.5K followers, 59.9K engagements


"@elonmusk This is how we flatten it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1930985737710612665)  2025-06-06T13:50Z 51.5K followers, 42.7K engagements


"I believe in the horse. The automobile is a transitory phenomenon" Kaiser Wilhelm II [----] "There's no reason anyone would want a computer in their home" Ken Olson co-founder DEC [----] "In [--] years Bitcoin will be closed down" Jamie Dimon Jeffrey Epstein's Banker 2025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1937959522171294026)  2025-06-25T19:42Z 51.5K followers, 37.4K engagements


"Texas spent [--] years embracing Bitcoin mining Now they have lower power prices than any other state New York spent years gaslighting vilifying and regulating against Bitcoin mining Now they need to ask people to conserve more power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938006089338921140)  2025-06-25T22:47Z 51.6K followers, 64.4K engagements


"We are watching a once in a 5000-year transformation of our entire monetary system one step at a time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1938007575699853733)  2025-06-25T22:53Z 51.5K followers, 36.4K engagements


"Two years ago @JeffBooth challenged me to say why the ultimate environmental benefit of Bitcoin is how it replaces the fiat economy's incentive to consume and waste with a Bitcoin incentive to think about tomorrow and save Took me two years Jeff but here it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938309718180827635)  2025-06-26T18:53Z 51.6K followers, 104.5K engagements


"For [--] months I've quietly been working on exposing what IMF has done behind the scenes to prevent Nation State Bitcoin adoption It's out in the open now👇 Thanks @jperkinsauthor @gladstein who inspired this. @HRF @BitcoinMagazine for your support https://bitcoinmagazine.com/featured/how-the-imf-prevents-global-bitcoin-adoption-and-why-they-do-it https://bitcoinmagazine.com/featured/how-the-imf-prevents-global-bitcoin-adoption-and-why-they-do-it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938660159338725380)  2025-06-27T18:06Z 51.6K followers, 105.6K engagements


"Ethiopia made over $55 million in just [--] months by mining Bitcoin. This electricity would otherwise have gone to waste because Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) hasn't yet built the transmission lines to supply all that electricity generated. So in the meantime the dam authorities sell electricity to Bitcoin mining companies contribuing 18% of EEPs total revenue last year. With the extra profit they fast-track the building of new transmission lines so they can get that extra electricity to people sooner. It's an incredible and inspiring story backed up by data. But rather than embark on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1939164204419739682)  2025-06-29T03:29Z 51.5K followers, 48.8K engagements


"Bhutan's government just launched a crypto-payment system that allows tourists to pay with Bitcoin for flights hotels and visas. Yes the government did this Smart 🚀🚀🚀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1939795240141168943)  2025-06-30T21:16Z 51.5K followers, 41.7K engagements


"@elonmusk This is how we flatten it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1940525074551132523)  2025-07-02T21:36Z 51.6K followers, 21K engagements


"There you have it from the mouth of the president of the European Central Bank To reassure people about the digital euro she cites China as a "success story" and says explicitly that EU is following China's lead on Centralized Digital Currency. Here's why this matters that they are explicitly copying China's model: China's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) the e-CNY gives the People's Bank of China for the first time the surveillance powers to track all citizens' financial transactions in real-time. Because their CBDC records every transaction this gives the government detailed visibility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1941519605807100256)  2025-07-05T15:28Z 51.5K followers, 110.7K engagements


"Thank you New York Times for one of the best pieces of marketing for bitcoin this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1942261736830050353)  2025-07-07T16:37Z 51.6K followers, 67.1K engagements


"Posted without comment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1943357163025338788)  2025-07-10T17:10Z 51.6K followers, 96.3K engagements


"Misleading statistic because much of Bitcoin's energy usage is often from stranded wasted sources that others cannot utilize. It has also been shown in [--] peer reviewed papers and [--] independent studies to stabilize and decarbonize grids mitigate methane and lower electricity prices and is 52.4% sustainably powered (unlike the much lower sustainable power mix of the banking industry and gold mining - which Bitcoin provides viable and technologically superior alternatives to) source: Contrary to the implications of this tweet Bitcoin has [--] well documented usecases that create value to society."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1950932802515423442)  2025-07-31T14:53Z 51.5K followers, 110.8K engagements


"Unlike El Salvador Pakistan Argentina CAR Kazakhstan does not have an IMF loan - so this order is likely to go through unimpeded. 🚨BREAKING: Kazakhstans President has ordered the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. This is huge. 🔥 https://t.co/hKb1kltkXa 🚨BREAKING: Kazakhstans President has ordered the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. This is huge. 🔥 https://t.co/hKb1kltkXa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1965405926430834792)  2025-09-09T13:24Z 51.5K followers, 57.9K engagements


"This is kinda big I said on @PrestonPysh's podcast earlier this year that AI companies would become BTC mining companies to solve their heat dissipation and power management issues Here's more evidence of convergence happening in real time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1971234034207629577)  2025-09-25T15:23Z 51.6K followers, 65.3K engagements


"Thank you Bank of Thailand for the free Bitcoin marketing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1971597715504328934)  2025-09-26T15:28Z 51.5K followers, 41.9K engagements


"If you've ever run a retail store you know what this means. Years ago my wife and I owned a juicebar. The one expense we resented was credit card fees but we had no alternative. That 1.5-3% fee could be 10% of profit. Thank you @square. Gamechanging for small business owners"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1988254761389347148)  2025-11-11T14:37Z 51.5K followers, 79.5K engagements


"Almost all attacks on Bitcoin energy usage stem from one simple failure of human reasoning: The assumption: More consumption of energy = bad Less consumption = good Like most things the truth is more nuanced than this. Here's how it really works. 👇 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1551336153483464704)  2022-07-24T22:38Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Here's [--] quick reasons why we should have zero-trust in the NYTimes article on Bitcoin. First have a look at the table they compiled on the top [--] miners (the full table is much longer) I have the actual data from these miners (and the others in their table) compiled over an [--] month period. The NYTimes article overstates actual fossil fuel use by the following levels - using special accounting rules reserved only for Bitcoin miners it would seem to justify the overstatement: Riot: overstated by 82.5% Atlas: overstated by 32.8% Cipher Mining: overstated by 74.9% US Bitcoin Corp: overstated by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1645291134367973376)  2023-04-10T05:02Z 51.6K followers, 631.2K engagements


"You are welcome to your opinion Equally when you say "Bitcoin is useless" you are saying that each and every one of the recorded usecases of Bitcoin is useless In other words you are saying: [--]. Helping bring energy abundance to these [----] African villagers have no value [--]. Getting aid to 1000s of war refugees is useless [--] Developing energy independence for Bhutan is useless [--]. Protecting National Parks in Africa is useless [--]. Helping [----] million Afghanastani women avoid State-level financial discrimination is useless [--]. Establishing the economic sovereignty of [--] African nations still"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1857845062991769918)  2024-11-16T17:55Z 51.6K followers, 121.5K engagements


"Been waiting [--] years for this data: Peer reviewed evidence that when a solar farm uses Bitcoin mining they achieve ROI more than twice as fast. ie: Failure to use Bitcoin mining has slowed the renewable transition source: Details in linked tweet 👇 https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)15796-9 https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)15796-9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1863582211535982803)  2024-12-02T13:53Z 51.6K followers, 88.5K engagements


"Thanks EU for the free Bitcoin marketing 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1920679106150019495)  2025-05-09T03:15Z 51.6K followers, 675.9K engagements


"Just in: Satellite readings from a landfill we're looking to finance a bitcoin mining project It is emitting [-----] tonnes of methane every hour Because methane is 84x more warming over a 20-year period than CO2 that means we can mitigate over [--] Million tonnes of CO2e emissions every year. In [---] climatetech technologies I've never seen a technology that can reduce as many emissions per dollar invested as Bitcoin mining. [--] similarly sized projects and Bitcoin becomes the world's first emission-negative network. The landfill owner approached us because there is no other potential user for that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1951278494886789405)  2025-08-01T13:47Z 51.6K followers, 67.3K engagements


"Massive levels of bank account freezing initiated in both Thailand and Vietnam in the last few weeks Thailand and Vietnam also have some of the highest rates of Bitcoin adoption in the world Must be a coincidence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1971706945116819910)  2025-09-26T22:42Z 51.6K followers, 41.3K engagements

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