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Bitcoin lost 189 EH/s. But the blocks kept coming.”</p> <p>No empire can bomb mathematics. But they tried. Every Bitcoiner, June 2025</p> <p>⸻</p> </blockquote> <p>This investigation examines Bitcoin’s monetary properties and mining infrastructure through the lens of geopolitical events. The analysis maintains strict neutrality regarding domestic policies or human rights records of any government. Bitcoin serves all humanity regardless of political systems. Its mathematical neutrality is precisely what makes it valuable as censorship-resistant money. This report focuses solely on the technical, economic, and monetary implications of infrastructure attacks on decentralized networks.</p> <p>## ⚡ Executive Summary</p> <p>On June 22, 2025, U.S. and Israeli forces launched coordinated strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The world saw an act of kinetic warfare. The Bitcoin network saw something else: a direct strike on a major node in the global monetary energy matrix.</p> <p>In just 72 hours, the Bitcoin hashrate fell from 943 EH/s to a low of 753.81 EH/s, a staggering 189.19 EH/s collapse, equivalent to cutting power to 1.9 million of the world’s most advanced mining rigs. By June 25, partial recovery to 861 EH/s demonstrated both network resilience and Iranian adaptive capacity.</p> <p>What happened wasn’t just geopolitical. It was monetary history in motion. For the first time, kinetic warfare disrupted a decentralized, apolitical financial system. This exposed the global stakes of Bitcoin mining and the role of sovereign energy in securing economic freedom.</p> <p>This report documents how Iran, a civilization with unbroken sovereignty dating back to 3200 BC, became a critical contributor to Bitcoin’s network security. It shows how sound money theory, energy economics, and civilizational memory converged in a moment of profound consequence.</p> <h2 id="i-the-day-hashrate-dropped-precision-timeline-analysis-2">I. The Day Hashrate Dropped: Precision Timeline Analysis</h2> <p>On the surface, it was a military operation. In reality, it was an act of financial warfare.</p> <p>June 22, 2025: U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iran’s nuclear facilities using 14 GBU-57 “bunker buster” bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds. Three key targets — Fordow, Natanz, Isfahan — were hit with precision munitions, disrupting regional energy distribution and causing widespread power outages.</p> <p>The Network Response: • Pre-strike: 943 EH/s (network peak) • June 24: 753.81 EH/s (lowest point) • June 25: 861 EH/s (partial recovery) • Total decline: 189.19 EH/s (20.05% network disruption)</p> <p>Context: • 1 EH/s = 1 quintillion hashes per second • 189 EH/s = 1.9 million S19 XP miners unplugged overnight • Iran’s theoretical max contribution: ~29.2 EH/s (3.1% of network) • Unexplained amplification: ~160 EH/s suggests cascading regional effects</p> <p>Blocks mined. Transactions cleared. Consensus never blinked.</p> <p>Despite massive disruption, the network stayed operational. Bitcoin’s difficulty adjustment mechanism, embedded in its code since genesis, began compensating immediately.</p> <p>The system bent. It didn’t break.</p> <p><img src="https://image.nostr.build/b5806c0dea40f1f80a3443799ae7028d57827203b1c891913c6d00bd441afde8.jpg" alt="image"/></p> <h2 id="ii-persia-the-world-s-oldest-sovereign-state-2">II. Persia: The World’s Oldest Sovereign State</h2> <p>Iran isn’t just a country. It’s the oldest continuous state on Earth.</p> <p>Historical Foundation: • Organized governance since 3200 BC (verified archaeological evidence) • The Elamite civilization built urban centers and water systems when most of the world was tribal • G.W.F. Hegel called Persia “the first Historical People” for good reason: institutional memory, adaptive governance, strategic depth</p> <p>Modern Infrastructure: • 88.9 million citizens • 736 researchers per million people (approaching global averages) • 64,000+ research-active firms (doubled between 2006–2011) • 841 Iranian researchers ranked in world’s top 1% most-cited scientists (up 340% since 2018) • 54,800 full-time equivalent researchers</p> <p>This isn’t just legacy. It’s resilience. Iran’s civilizational depth and scientific capacity form the perfect substrate for securing a new form of apolitical money.</p> <h2 id="iii-mining-bitcoin-in-a-sanctioned-empire-2">III. Mining Bitcoin in a Sanctioned Empire</h2> <p>Why Iran Embraced Bitcoin Mining</p> <p>In 2019, Iranian officials formally legalized Bitcoin mining. This wasn’t a trend, it was strategy. The goal was to convert stranded energy into sovereign monetary reserves, beyond the reach of sanctions or SWIFT bans.</p> <p>Why the Strategy Worked: • Abundant natural gas reserves, constrained by sanctions • Subsidized electricity as low as $0.02/kWh (vs. global average &gt;$0.10) • Energy-intensive industries restricted by sanctions; capacity diverted to mining • Chinese miners (e.g., RHY) brought hardware, capital, and technical knowledge</p> <p>The Numbers: • Peak performance (2021): 4.5% of global hashrate, over $1 billion/year • Current capacity (2024): 3.1% of network, 450 MW total consumption • Chinese operations: 175 MW of Iran’s capacity • Annual revenue: $400–600 million, fully outside traditional finance • Energy equivalent: approximately 10 million barrels of oil/year converted to Bitcoin</p> <p>Every Bitcoin mined is energy transformed into unfreezable wealth.</p> <p><img src="https://image.nostr.build/9ae08cf6b5f1da450ded06b1dc5a5c99bc6089c9293e05d428efd03220bb4546.jpg" alt="image"/></p> <h2 id="iv-austrian-economics-at-60-hz-2">IV. Austrian Economics at 60 Hz</h2> <p>Ludwig von Mises (1912): “Money is not created by law. It emerges from markets.”</p> <p>Bitcoin is the digital embodiment of that truth. It has no issuer. It requires no permission. It runs on mathematics and electricity.</p> <p>The Regression Theorem in Action Bitcoin gains value from provable energy use. Iranian miners burn natural gas, not to power factories, but to mint incorruptible money.</p> <p>Carl Menger’s Organic Money, Live: • Iranian state: sanctions relief • Chinese miners: profit margins • Iranian citizens: escape from rial devaluation • Bitcoin network: added hash security</p> <p>No flags. No fiat. Just energy in, Bitcoin out.</p> <h2 id="v-the-revolutionary-guards-understand-sound-money-2">V. The Revolutionary Guards Understand Sound Money</h2> <p>When the IRGC joined Bitcoin mining, it wasn’t about ideology. It was about strategic independence.</p> <p>They understood the core truth: Fiat means control by foreign adversaries. Bitcoin means control by math and consensus.</p> <p>Strategic Reality: IRGC-linked mining consumes 2,000+ MW daily through both licensed and unlicensed operations. Much of it operates outside regulatory frameworks, showing that markets move faster than ministries.</p> <p>The same Bitcoin network that empowers dissidents is secured by the state’s own rigs.</p> <p>Bitcoin’s Neutrality: • One block every ten minutes • 21 million coins • No exemptions for kings, generals, or central banks</p> <h2 id="vi-sound-money-sanctions-and-global-arbitrage-2">VI. Sound Money, Sanctions, and Global Arbitrage</h2> <p>The $0.02 Advantage</p> <p>Iran’s $0.02/kWh electricity rate provides a 5x cost advantage over most of the West. It’s one of the most profitable mining hubs on Earth.</p> <p>The China–Iran Alliance: Chinese mining firms like RHY operate 175 MW inside Iran. The country’s total mining capacity is 450 MW. This alliance isn’t political. It’s thermodynamic. Iranian gas plus Chinese ASICs equals censorship-resistant global money.</p> <p>Revenue Flows: Iran uses Bitcoin mined domestically to pay for sanctioned imports. According to officials, it is “selling energy reserves to the world through Bitcoin.”</p> <h2 id="vii-the-fallout-real-time-economic-warfare-2">VII. The Fallout: Real-Time Economic Warfare</h2> <p>Immediate Network Impact: • Hashrate fell 189.19 EH/s (943 to 753.81 EH/s) • Iran’s theoretical share: ~29.2 EH/s • Unexplained loss: ~160 EH/s, indicating broader regional dependence</p> <p>This wasn’t a local outage. It was global monetary turbulence.</p> <p>Market Response: • $949 million liquidated in 24 hours • $849 million from long positions • Bitcoin: $101,200 → $98,500, followed by full recovery • Total crypto market fell 2.4% to $3.2 trillion</p> <p>Recovery: By June 25, hashrate returned to 861 EH/s.</p> <p>Attacks slow the network. Adjustments restore it. Incentives reallocate it.</p> <p><img src="https://image.nostr.build/dd7df0851dd6ab8e9c49652e11cd16480c94909f57c3386a7ed6956f696b58bf.jpg" alt="image"/></p> <h2 id="viii-mining-as-critical-monetary-infrastructure-2">VIII. Mining as Critical Monetary Infrastructure</h2> <p>Iran’s miners were not just producing blocks. They were: • Generating non-seizable national revenue • Providing civilians access to Bitcoin • Supporting global network neutrality • Converting energy into liquid, global assets</p> <p>Recovery Snapshot: The return of 108 EH/s within days highlights: Bitcoin’s code-level antifragilityIran’s long-term civilizational resilience</p> <h2 id="ix-what-austrian-economists-always-understood-2">IX. What Austrian Economists Always Understood</h2> <p>Governments fear what they cannot print or freeze. That is Bitcoin.</p> <p>Why Iran’s Role Matters Globally: • Proves that energy equals sovereignty • Demonstrates Bitcoin as neutral infrastructure • Validates Austrian theory under sanctions • Shows that post-halving (3.125 BTC), mining remains economically viable</p> <p>This isn’t about political sympathy. It’s about understanding money.</p> <h2 id="x-a-global-call-to-hash-2">X. A Global Call to Hash</h2> <p><strong>To Iranian Bitcoiners (supporters of the government):</strong> You’re helping defend monetary sovereignty without relying on the dollar.</p> <p><strong>To Iranian Bitcoiners (opponents of the government):</strong> You’re preserving wealth and evading currency debasement. The same code serves both sides.</p> <p><strong>To Global Bitcoiners:</strong> Iranian hash power is part of your network. Bitcoin neutrality means future-proofing for everyone.</p> <p><strong>To Policymakers:</strong> Bitcoin mining is not a fad. It is strategic infrastructure. Deny it and fall behind. Embrace it and gain sovereignty.</p> <h2 id="xi-conclusion-you-can-t-bomb-mathematics-2">XI. Conclusion: You Can’t Bomb Mathematics</h2> <p>Operation Midnight Hammer revealed a new front in the history of money. A military strike disrupted decentralized financial infrastructure for the first time.</p> <p>But Bitcoin survived.</p> <p>Energy was reallocated. Miners adapted. Consensus kept ticking.</p> <p>The future doesn’t run on policy memos. It runs on hashpower.</p> <p>Iran proved that even a sanctioned, embattled nation can help secure global sound money using energy, science, and time-tested resilience.</p> <p>The network is global. The incentives are apolitical. The protocol doesn’t care about your passport.</p> <p>Welcome to the age of mathematical sovereignty.</p> <h2 id="final-word-archive-before-it-s-memory-holed-2">Final Word: Archive Before It’s Memory-Holed</h2> <p>This isn’t a post. 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Hegel – Philosophy of History • Ludwig von Mises – Theory of Money and Credit (1912) • Carl Menger – Principles of Economics (1871) • Technical Sources: • #Bitcoin Whitepaper – Satoshi Nakamoto • Mining hardware specs – Antminer S19 XP • Bitcoin difficulty adjustment algorithm (BIP-34, BIP-101) </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>The code runs on every continent, in every political system, powered by every energy source humanity can harness. This is Bitcoin’s genius and promise: mathematically enforced neutrality serving human freedom everywhere.</p> <p>It was never about price. 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Price was a Canadian dentist and researcher who, during the 1930s, studied traditional diets worldwide, and correctly linked nutrient-rich whole foods to optimal dental and overall health.</p> <p>His book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, remains one of the most important books ever written on health and one of my favourites.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.primal.net/2edd1469a198ffb371de8323b3e1fa09cc38b4951000b1a7158dd2646b0d5e82.jpg" alt=""/><em>Pictured: Cover of Weston Prices book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration</em></p> <p>His research on indigenous populations around the world revealed a simple truth: human beings thrive on sunlight, nature and nutrient-dense, whole foods.</p> <p>When traditional lifestyles were replaced by artificial light environments (moving from the country to the city) and ultra-processed foods (refined flour, sugar, and industrial oils), physical degeneration followed.</p> <p>Crooked teeth, chronic disease, and weakened immunity became common. Sound familiar?</p> <h2 id="what-did-price-get-right-about-nutrition-2">What did Price get right about nutrition?</h2> <p>Price&#39;s work showed that thriving societies shared common dietary foundations:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Animal-Based Nutrition:</strong> Every healthy population consumed some form of meat, fish, and nose-to-tail organ meats. These foods provided essential fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K2), minerals, and bioavailable protein.</li> <li><strong>Seafood:</strong> Coastal and island communities thrived on fish and shellfish, packed with DHA, iodine, and other critical nutrients for brain development and metabolic health.</li> <li><strong>Nose-to-Tail Eating:</strong> Nothing was wasted. Bones, marrow, organs, and connective tissue were all consumed, providing collagen, glycine, and minerals vital for strong bones, joints, and teeth.</li> </ul> <p>It didn&#39;t really matter what the rest of their diets were made up of, as long as they were whole foods, processed in the correct way.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a868e13230b6aea47c199380974ffc8c77ee57f1154403c684f77236622aa21c.jpg" alt=""/><em>Pictured: Left: Thriving on ancestral diets. Centre: Decline with modern diets. Right: The visible impact on children&#39;s health.</em></p> <h2 id="how-price-s-work-breaks-modern-nutrition-myths-2">How Price&#39;s work breaks modern nutrition myths</h2> <p>Price’s findings dismantle many of today’s nutrition myths that we see on social media everyday.</p> <ul> <li><em>Oats are bad?</em> Scottish islanders prepared them properly, without glyphosate.</li> <li><em>Fatty meat causes heart disease and cancer?</em> The Inuit lived on it, free from disease.</li> <li><em>Fruit is harmful?</em> Pacific Islanders consumed local and seasonal fruit and thrived.</li> <li><em>Unpasteurised milk will poison you?</em> The Massai lived on it (and still do).</li> <li><em>Sourdough bread will cause diabetes?</em> Swiss Villagers ate it regularly.</li> <li><em>Plants trying to kill you?</em> The Kikuyu ate a 90% plant based diet but included meat.</li> </ul> <p>I could go on and on here...</p> <p>If this challenges your perspective, it might be worth reflecting on how closely personal identity can become tied to dietary choices.</p> <p>Food is meant to nourish and be enjoyed, not followed like a rigid belief system.</p> <p><em>*If a particular diet is working for you please continue with it.</em></p> <h2 id="the-missing-piece-of-the-puzzle-2">The missing piece of the puzzle</h2> <p>While Price deeply understood the importance of ancestral diets, he overlooked one critical factor: <strong>sunlight and time outdoors.</strong></p> <p>All of the healthy populations he studied lived naturally, outside, grounded, and in sync with the sun.</p> <p>This daily exposure to natural light regulated their circadian rhythms, increased vitamin D levels, and supported hormonal health.</p> <p>The absence of artificial light at night further protected their health.</p> <p>Today, some people eat well (most don&#39;t) but neglect this vital piece of the health puzzle.</p> <p>Sunlight, outdoors, and grounding complete the foundation Price started.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b9c33c18d02be2452bf65dcde36c334671bff9417c6e9cc1b7fd7deb91f3c891.jpg" alt=""/><em>Pictured: Incredible physiques and facial bone structure of Australian Aborigine eating their traditional diet and in sync with nature.</em></p> <h2 id="health-shouldn-t-be-complicated-2">Health shouldn&#39;t be complicated</h2> <p>Modern nutrition and science has overcomplicated what we humans already knew for thousands of years.</p> <p><strong>Eat real food. Move outside. Embrace the sun. Limit artificial light.</strong></p> <p>Simple. Proven. Forgotten by fiat health.</p> <p>- Chris</p> <p>Ready to reclaim health the way nature intended? Let’s talk.</p> <p>Book a free discovery call here: <a href="https://calendly.com/hello-chrispatrick">https://calendly.com/hello-chrispatrick</a></p> <p><em>Further reading:</em></p> <p>Cate Shanahan MD has an excellent book called &#39;Deep Nutrition&#39; which explains in detail many of these concepts. <a href="https://drcate.com/deep-nutrition-why-your-genes-need-traditional-food/">https://drcate.com/deep-nutrition-why-your-genes-need-traditional-food/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ericdavisdental.com/facial-orthotropics-for-your-child/why-raise-unhealthy-children/how-our-ancestors-formed-full-faces-and-straight-teeth/">https://www.ericdavisdental.com/facial-orthotropics-for-your-child/why-raise-unhealthy-children/how-our-ancestors-formed-full-faces-and-straight-teeth/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.drstevenlin.com/the-dental-diet/">https://www.drstevenlin.com/the-dental-diet/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.westonaprice.org/">https://www.westonaprice.org/</a></p> </blockquote> 2025-01-14T11:49:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0l53as4w8wdyhfq60uugz0v0wy8vrkyjxu775tzf6l2pgv9cf9nczyrat2wzerdewntrun89yusu8nluqx69gy28tgxk0rx05mnd96yzmu40a0pm Is it normal that am finishing #Bitcoin books and podcasts more than I ever finished my school or college material? 2024-11-06T18:42:01Z