Visiting Terahash in Germany has been incredible. What’s happening here is remarkable: heat from bitcoin mining is being repurposed to de-ice car washes, power district heating and even support cosmetics production. German engineering meets #bitcoin mining. 🔥

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Meet the team: NICK BOWICK HEAD OF MINING & ENERGY Nick Bowick has worked on some of the UK’s most complex engineering projects. He understands the importance of applied technology in real-world systems and sees the potential to leverage Bitcoin to solve some of the UK’s energy challenges. You can read Nick’s latest paper here: https://uk.bitcoinpolicy.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Bitcoin-Mining-UK-Analysis-Aug-2024.pdf

Meet the team SUSIE VIOLET WARD CO-FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR Susie Violet Ward (@Susie Violet) is a Financial Analyst with a background in Accounting with a strong interest in Bitcoin and the environment. She has authored several research articles on the benefits of Bitcoin Mining and its advantages for the future of renewable energy.

Meet the team: JENNIFER EWING Adviser Jennifer has two decades of experience in emerging and frontier capital markets, where she worked with institutional and family office investors in San Francisco, New York and London at ING Bank, Dresdner, Wood & Company and Cap Connect. She is also Head of Strategy at The Centre for Digital Assets and Democracy. Jennifer is a regular TV/radio commentator on US politics and financial liberty for BBC, Talk TV, GB News, Times Radio and Al Jazeera.

Last week, at our Permissionless event, UK bitcoin founders, investors, and industry leaders gathered to discuss the future of bitcoin businesses in the UK. The message was clear: embrace bitcoin or risk falling behind. Read more below:

Permissionless - Bitcoin in the UK

The UK stands at a crossroads in the evolution of its financial services industry.

Let’s take a closer look at our team. Adviser: Dr CRISTINA LLAMAS Cristina is a Bitcoin advocate dedicated to supporting the use of Bitcoin as a new public infrastructure that promotes financial inclusion, freedom and fairness. With over 25 years of professional experience, she has been a founder, CEO and formerly a Google senior executive. She has worked as a management consultant in 5 continents and holds a Ph.D in aerospace law. Cristina is an avid rock climber and hiker, and loves spending time in nature. Originally from Spain, she is a mother of two children. Cristina is a co-founder of:

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Bitcoin Policy UK, with Axiom, hosted Permissionless: an event with startup founders & officers building bitcoin businesses in the UK. @npub1wl39...znlx, our Head of Policy, put it bluntly: "Among the developed economies, we are the most hostile." Let’s work to change that.

Last night, we were at London’s National Liberal Club where we hosted representatives from Parliament, the media, TradFi and the Bitcoin community. During his presentation, @fnew carefully explained to the room what money is. 📷 credit: @npub1musq...v5kr and @Peter McCormack

You can download our paper on nation state strategies here:

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Our Head of Policy, @npub1wl39...znlx, discusses the future of Bitcoin in the UK with Stephan Livera. An absolute must-listen!

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You can find our paper on the mining industry and its potential for the UK in providing demand side response here: https://uk.bitcoinpolicy.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Bitcoin-Mining-UK-Analysis-Aug-2024.pdf

Our co-founder and Head of Policy, @npub1wl39...znlx, is speaking at the Africa Bitcoin Conference in December! Join global leaders discussing the future of finance and financial inclusion.

@Susie Violet, our co-founder & director at Bitcoin Policy UK, will be attending NiceHashX in Slovenia to celebrate their 10th anniversary. She'll discuss KYC & mining & the industry's challenges and opportunities. Hope to see you there! For more information: nicehashx.com

Bitcoin Policy UK’s policy team is dedicated to providing research and educating our elected representatives and the public on policy matters. We are apoliticial and collaborate with all parties to advocate for sensible regulation that serves our aims as a country going forward. View our policy page to read our latest research: https://uk.bitcoinpolicy.net/policy/

Some of our team met with Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA last night. Please welcome him to nostr: npub13k8vp6ylmagffppknaepalcpl0g07rrkwxgdq8c732lnad4gmekq4huf2d

Kudos to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys and their inspiring teacher @Huxley for leading the UK’s first bitcoin program! The My First Bitcoin Diploma equips students with skills in digital finance and critical thinking. Read more here:

First UK school to offer lessons in Bitcoin

The teacher who introduced the first course in cryptocurrency explains its wide reaching benefits for pupils and why more schools should offer less...

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Head of Policy, @npub1wl39...znlx, recently contributed to the full academic rebuttal to the anti-Bitcoin ECB paper. Read the full rebuttal here: https://www.murrayrudd.pro/challenging-bias-in-the-ecbs-bitcoin-analysis/ You may also wish to read this piece in Forbes on the same subject by @Susie Violet: https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/22/experts-challenge-ecbs-claims-on-bitcoin-and-wealth-inequality/