BTC miner for 14 years, coder, skiier, UL pilot. Building new BTC ventures now. previously cofounder/CEO of SBI Crypto
North Carolina and Dubai
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Carson Smith retweeted
Energy capacity = economic capacity, in one chart
There are no low electricity, rich countries
"Energy Capacity = Economic Capacity"
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on why America's power grid is the ceiling on growth:
"We went through 10 to 15 years where essentially I was taking coal offline at the rate I was adding renewables, and essentially the nation was flatlined in terms of overall energy capacity."
"So essentially our economic capacity as a nation, flat for fifteen years."
"Even with that, we've gone to maybe increasing our national energy capacity 4% per year. Going from essentially zero to one."
"Nuclear as base load is a fabulous thing that we want to go build more of. Unfortunately all of our renewables have deep dependencies in China."
"Energy capacity somewhat dampens how euphoric we can get on AI. Why build a new data center and buy the million GPUs if I can't power them?"
@PGelsinger @RaghuRaghuram @appenz
Carson Smith retweeted
JUST IN: The first post-quantum resistant Bitcoin transaction was mined today.
"It required no soft forks. It required no hard forks. It required no core protocol upgrades. And it's live today."
Carson Smith retweeted
You are not watching the bond market closely enough.
President Trump is now threatening that the US Military could be utilized for further intervention to lower US Treasury yields.
"The ultimate intervention is our military, and if we have to use that we will."
Watch bonds.
Carson Smith retweeted
We successfully submitted the ICANN .bitcoin TLD application for Community Priority Evaluation with over 50+ letters of endorsement from within the community, together with several high-level letters of recognition. ICANN will reveal our full application sometime in November 2026
Carson Smith retweeted
I know everyone is busy right now, but I need you to take a few minutes and write me a letter of support for .bitcoin
Carson Smith retweeted
Twenty years later. Forever Champions.
ALT Photo of the 2006 Hurricanes and 2026 Hurricanes as Stanley Cup Champions
Carson Smith retweeted
Cinema
ALT Photo of Jordan Staal hoisting the Cup with champagne being sprayed everywhere
ALT Photo of Pyotr Kochetkov, Alexander Nikishin, and Andrei Svechnikov spraying champagne on each other
ALT Photo of the Canes spraying champagne in celebration
Carson Smith retweeted
This time last year Brandon Bussi had yet to appear in an NHL game...
He's now just one win away from leading the @Canes to a #StanleyCup.
What a ride it's been for the undrafted 27-year-old.
ALT Brandon Bussi saluting the crowd on ice in a Hurricanes uniform.
Carson Smith retweeted
Leaving for work this morning, I looked over and saw what was left behind in the cul-de-sac - a hockey net, scattered sticks, and the remnants of what had to be a 15-20 kid street hockey game last night.
And it hit me… I live at Topsail. A beach community in North Carolina. Yet these kids are choosing to play hockey in the street instead of the “traditional” Southern sports you’d expect around here.
That’s what the Carolina Hurricanes @Canes have done for this state. They didn’t just build a fanbase, they grew the game. It’s honestly amazing seeing hockey take root in places as random as a beach town cul-de-sac. 🏒🌴 Happy Gameday!!!
#SoundTheSiren
Carson Smith retweeted
THIS IS ACTUALLY INSANE!🤯
The FBI launched its own crypto token last year just to trap the scammers.
They were sick of pump and dumps. So they built a real token with a real site and real branding, called it NexFundAI, and waited to see who would show up.
Within weeks, scammers were lining up to fake the volume for undercover agents.
Then one of them got on a recorded call and said it out loud. Their entire business model was making regular people lose money so they could profit.
The FBI had all of it on tape.
18 charged. $25M seized. Arrests across 3 countries.
The wildest part? The FBI ran a cleaner crypto project than half the founders out there. And the whole thing was a trap from day one.
