When the block reward dropped to 3.125 BTC (at the April 2024 halving), the total supply remaining to be mined was exactly 3.125% of the total 21 million supply. This isn't just a random coincidence; it is a mathematical property of how Bitcoin’s issuance was designed. This is elegant, like the structure of Calotropis fruit.

It is probable that I grew up poor. I thought I just made up PB on rice cakes. But now the memories are flooding in. Sometimes drizzled in honey.

Preliminary monarch winter population in California estimate at 8,000 🦋 2nd or 3rd lowest ever. Experts say California’s monarch population is at risk of extinction. Global population - secure.

-26.3°F this morning at Peter Sinks Utah. Nice dip since yesterday’s low of -13.1°F #petersinks in a limestone basin below a slope that collects cold air.

Peter Sinks

Utah State university, Logan Utah

Somewhere in Brazil a bitcoiner has sprouted and a milkweed has been planted.