About
The Bitcoin Distillery
Welcome to The Bitcoin Distillery, Dr. Murray Rudd's Bitcoin-focused blog for individuals, investors, and researchers interested in building their understanding about Bitcoin. This blog is made possible by Satoshi Action Education, where Murray is Science Advisor. Please donate if you find this site valuable.
Goal
We want to accelerate your learning about Bitcoin adoption, mining, policy, and research.
Think of The Bitcoin Distillery as having your own private Bitcoin research team!
Education and Research
Part of the reason for creating this blog is educational, preparing summaries of the latest industry and academic insights on Bitcoin for anyone who is interested.
Our second motivation is research-related. One of Murray's research specialties in horizon scanning. Now, with AI, discussions in Bitcoin social media can serve as the source of emerging issues that we can sift through to help identify and prioritize gaps in the current evidence base. For example, see our peer-reviewed Bitcoin mining research priorities article, which I led and was coauthored by 14 people from the mining sector.
The YouTube briefing notes and research reviews that you see on this blog are part of a larger 2023-24 dataset I am assembling, one that will be used for future research that prioritizes the evidence needed to support credible Bitcoin policy decisions.
Dr. Murray Rudd
The blog is written by Dr. Murray Rudd, a former environmental economics and policy university professor. He has >25 years of international teaching experience, extensive editorial experience in academic publishing, and his academic writing has garnered almost 6,000 citations from his >85 journal articles and technical reports.
Murray Rudd on the Transformation of Value podcast, Aug 25, 2024
Satoshi Action Education
Satoshi Action Education, the organization that makes this blog possible, is a global non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to researching Bitcoin & the Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism.
Dennis Porter is the Founder and President of research-focused Satoshi Action Education, and Co-Founder and CEO at advocacy-oriented Satoshi Action Fund.
Murray Rudd
Disclaimer
Do not take content that we summarize as financial advice. Always do you own research: don't trust, verify.
Our content is strictly for education purposes.
For financial advice, consult a professional investment advisor who is familiar with Bitcoin.