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Murray Rudd

Forecasting Bitcoin Price Trajectories Using Supply and Demand Dynamics

Forecasting Bitcoin Price Trajectories Using Supply and Demand Dynamics

This post gives a non-technical summary of our new Satoshi Action working paper. We developed a Bitcoin supply-and-demand framework and model for forecasting Bitcoin price trajectories out to 2036.

Challenging Bias in the ECB’s Bitcoin Analysis

Challenging Bias in the ECB’s Bitcoin Analysis

Our paper critiques the recent working paper by Bindseil and Schaff (2024), which presents a negative assessment of Bitcoin’s long-term viability, framing it as a speculative asset with limited intrinsic value and significant risks.

An integrated landfill-gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework

An integrated landfill-gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework

Our new study explores a novel integration of Bitcoin mining with landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) projects to enhance methane mitigation efforts.

Bridging the Gap: Bitcoin and Environmental Research

Bridging the Gap: Bitcoin and Environmental Research

In the August 25, 2024 Transformation of Value Podcast, Dr. Murray Rudd, Science Advisor at Satoshi Action Education, discusses the structural barriers within academia that delay Bitcoin research.

Bitcoin is full of surprises

Bitcoin is full of surprises

Full article summary: Rudd, M.A., 2023. Bitcoin is full of surprises. Challenges 14, 27. In this article - my own from 2023 - I explore how a Pragmatist approach can bridge left-leaning progressive values with Bitcoin's diverse potential benefits, particularly in areas important to progressives.

40 questions for shaping a policy-salient Bitcoin research agenda

40 questions for shaping a policy-salient Bitcoin research agenda

Full article summary: Rudd, M.A., 2024. 40 questions for shaping a policy-salient Bitcoin research agenda, SSRN preprint.

Bitcoin and its energy, environmental, and social impacts: an assessment of key research needs in the mining sector

Bitcoin and its energy, environmental, and social impacts: an assessment of key research needs in the mining sector