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[Music] [Music] the Integrity of our money is the Integrity of society if the money can be corrupted then Society will be corrupted and what we mean by this is that humans have all interactions with each other we have a financial system and when you buy something money goes in the opposite direction so money has a part to play in every human interaction of trade and commerce and that’s how economic value moves around and so if you have a currency that’s easily inflatable printed out of thin air well then the people that save and spend in that currency they lose their purchasing power over time because the new currency units steal their energy because energy is neither created nor destroyed only transferred and so that’s what causes our society of inflation and that’s why our currency system now needs to change to something that’s deflationary something with a fixed Supply and that creates a new behavior of saving and spending in a way that you don’t want to escape inflation by buying up things that people may need such as property if you buy five properties you live in one the other four are an investment a way of escaping this Fiat inflation but if Bitcoin came around and it’s a better appreciating asset than those four houses why would you want the four houses if the Bitcoin appreciates in a better way what that does is open up those four properties for other people to fulfill their needs over their wants and that organizes Society in a better way a healthier money creates a healthier Society think about our financial system of loaning and lending that’s not going to change people want access to financial services if you have Bitcoin as collateral as a loaning system the collateral is going to appreciate in value for whatever you’re purchasing because Bitcoin has absolute scarcity the monetary units are in fixed Supply and as we’ve learned through all the first few modules the poll of energ underneath Bitcoin is appreciating and so bitcoin’s value per unit is appreciating and so that creates a new world where people serve their needs over their wants and that will create a healthier Society where people can access the things because the monetary premiums have collapsed things get cheaper to produce over time so why do their prices go up Fiat [Music] fation [Music]

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“The electricity grid is one of those things that people take for granted… until it stops working”.
– Ernest Moniz

What would you do without electricity?

The significance of basic electricity access cannot be overstated. It dictates the pace in which a society progresses. Children can study after sunset, businesses can operate efficiently, people can walk under street-lamps and daily life just becomes less taxing. A well-structured electricity grid isn’t merely a provider of power; it’s a catalyst for opportunities. As we move forward, the spotlight needs to shine brightly on these intricate networks, acknowledging their pivotal role in shaping our 21st century world.

Free Course Full Lesson https://hashpower.academy/lessons/2-grids-electricity/

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[Music] in module two we’re going to discuss grids and electricity module one discussed the producers of electricity the grids is how we transfer all that energy to us in our homes and hospitals and everyday life now I believe that the grid is the most underappreciated infrastructure that brings about everything we do in the 21st century think about your dependency on the electricity grid right now I’m connected to a grid and that is providing me power to be able to do this communication everything about the electricity grid requires constant maintenance and stability and its expansion is really expensive think about that renewable stranded producer that we discussed in the previous module they need to be connected to the grid and to get connected they require however many 10 or 20 30 40 or 100 miles of transmission lines to be to be connected and that serves a problem because what if the local farmer that owns that land doesn’t want these huge cables running across his land he might want concessions monetary amounts to actually agree to have it being built so there’s all these frictions to the progress being made to have all the connection between our producers and obviously us as the consumers so take that into mind because when the power goes out it’s a stark reminder that we truly depend on this infrastructure being there and being [Music] available

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“Dynamic Supply requires Dynamic Demand.”

The renewable transition brings about a new wave of volatility in electricity pricing. Many Bitcoin miners seek stability amidst this flux, by locking into Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Think of them like a fixed mobile phone contract but for electricity, a miner agrees to a fixed rate of example: $.05 per kWh, converting that energy into about $.10 worth of Bitcoin revenue.

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[Music] the grid is one of the biggest and most important topics of this entire module because it boils down to the basics of we have people that produce power at all different times of the day and they have no control over when they produce it Renewables but also you’ve got the demand of power of people that want want to use power when they want to use it how they want to use it in whatever quantity they want to use and so you’ve got this mismatch of production and consumption and the grid has to balance an exact amount of production and consumption keep the grid balanced because a power cut occurs when it becomes imbalanced now electricity prices typically aggregate the supply and the demand of electricity on the grid and so this is a problem that mining is a solution because miners use a huge but constant rate of power so when there’s loads of power and lots of wind and loads of solar but very little demand Bitcoin mining could soak up all that Excess power and monetize it alternatively what if we’ve got no wind it’s the middle of the night and there’s no rain what do you do when You’ still got demand for electricity and this is where miners can also step in instead of consuming the power to turn it in essentially a quantity of electricity into a quantity of money cuz that’s what Bitcoin mining is essentially is that that electricity that they were consuming instead they switch off and sell the power and that rate between the amount of electricity and the amount of Bitcoin that make we call this the SATs per kilowatt rate and if the price of electricity was higher than this rate why mine it as Bitcoin when you can earn even more Bitcoin by selling the power and rebuying it as Bitcoin so it’s a healthy Arbitrage which helps stabilize our energy grids and our Energy prices to the downside and to the [Music] upside [Music]

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“There’s No Such Thing as a Low-Energy Rich Nation.”
A nation’s prosperity is inextricably tied to its energy consumption. As the axiom goes, “There’s no such thing as a low-energy rich nation.” This strong correlation between energy and GDP underscores the principle that the efficient use of energy equates to economic growth and prosperity.

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[Music] I say the word work you probably think of your job or your business and that is something that you convert your time and your energy into money and those two properties I think are pretty much the most valuable two things in this world and so what the physics definition of work is is the transfer of mechanical energy essentially and that’s essentially what we do with our time and our energy is we convert it into money and so when money is our storage of energy because we turn that money into buying something else and so that’s its intrinsic value but does it have intrinsic value in its current form not really because that amount of energy that was created or destroyed we transferred it from somewhere through our work through our labor that energy we store in our money but what happens when the government print more of these units it’s well the energy from the storage that we have is siphoned off to part of those new units because as they purchased things their energy wasn’t created as the money was created it was transferred from the existing money in circulation our savings our salaries and so we need to preserve our energy and you preserve it by storing your energy in certain things Fiat money as we said loses energy over time gold had a historical value as energy storage because you spend a certain amount of of energy processing a certain amount of rock to then receive that quantity of gold so it’s its energy storage is locked within time so gold over time preserves energy and that’s why its value appreciates the Bitcoin comes in as this network of energy that’s entering the network as a live stream and so that has the opportunity of a fixed Supply asset that appreciates in over time and therefore its value appreciates over time [Music] additionally

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“The Price We Pay and Society’s Prosperity.”
Every time we flip a switch or plug in a device, there’s a cost associated. While it might appear as just a “number” on our monthly bills, the price of electricity ($/kWh) profoundly impacts our lives. High electricity prices strain household budgets and ripple throughout the economy.

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[Music] so we’ve discussed so far the production of electricity the transfer of electricity to the grid and obviously on the other end is the consumers of electricity and I believe that the pace of society was really set by the price of electricity when the price of electricity is really high it’s really hard for people to to manage their savings against these really high expenses they start adjusting the quantity of electricity that they use these societal impacts translate across goods and services when the cost of producing something is the cost of the energy to actually produce it it means that if the energy price goes up everything goes up alternatively if the energy prices come down it means goods and services are cheaper to manufacture it means electric cars are cheaper to run per mile and all other aspects of society that need energy and so if we have a world that is aiming to reduce the price of electricity over time I believe we can bring about human prosperity in multiple different ways for society as a [Music] whole [Music]

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“Planetary problems require planetary systems”. As we delve deeper into the intricacies of energy generation, we are confronted by the unavoidable implications of carbon emissions. Historically, our reliance on fossil fuels, while bringing about amazing human prosperity through an industrial revolution, introduced significant volumes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Free Course Full Lesson https://hashpower.academy/lessons/1-generation-carbon/

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[Music] [Music] so carbon it is a huge topic it is a planetary gas with a planetary problem Associated to it depending on which side of the argument you see but the one thing that we can agree upon whether you believe in climate change or you don’t is that we can at least agree to an accounting system to track the carbon it’s nice to breathe in clean air and so many people choose Renewables as the option going forward but they bring their [Music] problems

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“We don’t print energy: we generate it with work”.
Unlike fiat currency, electricity cannot simply be conjured with the press of a button. It is generated through diligent effort. Throughout history, our primary sources of energy have been fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Extracted from the Earth’s core, these fuels provide the necessary heat to convert water into steam.

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[Music] what is important to understand about our production of power is it really boils down to two distinct groups we have the renewable sources which is solar wind Hydro power which nature is in control of when we produce power and how we produce power but also the non-renewable side which is that we have control over the power that we produce but obviously that comes at the cost of releasing carbon into the atmosphere so they both have a history and a future involved in the development of our world of [Music] energy [Music]

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“Not All Electricity is the Same”. So the solution is to build more renewables? At first glance, the answer to this question deserves an unequivocal ‘yes’. But deeper examination reveals nuances. Envision expansive regions rich with persistent sun, strong winds, or abundant water flow. These places are ideal for harnessing renewable energy, but often they are remote and removed from populous areas.

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[Music] is stranded energy stranded energy is essentially a site that can produce power typically Renewables but because they’re in the middle of nowhere where it’s really wet really windy or really sunny they have no ability to sell power to people because nobody lives there and so we need grid infrastructure those huge transmission lines to transfer the power and obviously money goes in the opposite direction and so that economic cycle of being able to sell your power as a renewable energy producer is the exact Lifeline that you need to run your business and imagine that imagine starting a business and opening opening your doors is is how you make money but you couldn’t open your doors for 3 years you wouldn’t run your business and that’s the the issue the gridlock issue of of running a renewable energy site is that you need to have grid connection otherwise you’re stranded and so the problem arises there that we need a buyer of energy to come in that can fill that gap between when the site is producing power but doesn’t have a good connection you need someone that uses a lot of power power a flexible amount of power and wants to consume it directly on site those are the exact properties of a Bitcoin minor and so in a world where people have contested that Bitcoin is wasting power what if the power was already wasted and the mining comes in to monetize it which helps that renewable site Finance their operation of building more Renewables which is exactly what everyone wants [Music] oh

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“Power is measured in Watts”. Whether you turn the first pages of ancient religious scriptures or leaf through the introductory chapters of a science textbook, one theme resonates clearly: everything begins with energy. It’s the fundamental currency of our existence, seamlessly interwoven into the fabric of our universe.

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[Music] so if I had to explain Bitcoin in one word it would be electricity what is electricity it’s energy what is energy energy is essentially the transactional currency of our entire universe nothing breathes nothing moves nothing works without energy and that’s what’s so fundamentally important about everyday society that everything has a cost the cost of your plane ticket is mostly fuel liquid energy the cost of driving your car is mostly fuel liquid energy and as we transition into a society that uses electricity even more more on the roads in the transportation system in general and all other aspects of society it really becomes the most fundamentally important thing to understand and it’s especially important for this [Music] course

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