Wicked

Just added a chain panel to the top of the BIP-110 signaling dashboard which will show any chain splits that occur during the mandatory signaling period.

bip110.rip

Restarted the BIP-110 Signaling live stream now in high definition. https://www.youtube.com/live/EFgyPk-buSg

You can now watch legacy and BIP-110 chain states side by side on my dashboard, including how they diverge if BIP-110 nodes fork off once mandatory signaling begins.

bip110.rip

Cooking up a new Casascius Explorer page for my site. Coming soon™.

If it upsets you that Epstein showed interest in Bitcoin, I have bad news for you, anon. Permissionless, neutral internet money will always be used for bad things. That’s because it works for them when permissioned systems don’t.

Did you know the highest-value fiat currency by unit is the Kuwaiti dinar? At current prices, 1 KWD is worth 3,650 sats. https://blossom.primal.net/1df2d89ea5024ed2cdc26bd39a2df7ad88582f0b54095cf22eba34f291f511c4.png

“Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you.” — Nim Chimpsky on Bitcoin

₿est January 14th ever.

Jfc 💀

Apparently, Iran’s currency just collapsed. https://blossom.primal.net/096e06bf5205d9482a7279004345bf1151df30cc29bba0acac854316e1e278ce.png

Bitcoin might just reach 2,000 days spent between $10k - $100k. Either way, I hope you're enjoying stacking in this range while it lasts. https://blossom.primal.net/11f9f7a219772d638ae409be490ca5e36093bb1075c85e08a3c1dee00f2f848c.mp4

Added the price of 1 sat to each of the unit of account visualizations on my site. I'm grateful for every sat I get to stack below a tenth of a penny.

https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com/uoa_btc_usd https://blossom.primal.net/489bc4ea403b3db73cd58bdf8afaf1f73fb819873c5c78707583eff3676e22b4.png

The Venezuelan bolívar has endured the worst fiat debasement in modern history. Bitcoin was one of the few ways out. https://blossom.primal.net/b9da31b7753f7021230b9d562b0b3898e8a5d1d77b55493b9acc282e1b2a22a7.png

The number of verified bitcoin-accepting merchants in Latin America continues to accelerate: 6,117 and counting on

. https://blossom.primal.net/0b6d9c74bd9f8afc70a1066eed4cd2584efa82989eb7e7fb82d63fcaf80e080a.mov

Merry Christmas, Europe! More European bitcoin-accepting merchants were added to

this year than in any previous year. I hope the next time I visit, I won't have to fuck with euros at all. https://blossom.primal.net/5d19cfea123abea0012054bced9d61f5c63bdaaad84a8a8926b271261c605fb7.mp4

Merry Christmas Bitcoin. 🎄 Wasn't our best year...but far from the worst! https://blossom.primal.net/880147784a71a380a7804d6465c984fcecb4cf96cb5719e52de4184a61ed01ef.png

European

has been added to the site. 🍻

https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com/btcmap_europe

Bitcoin accelerates to infinity when fiat dies. #Stock2FOMO

With a long-term outlook, saving in bitcoin has historically outperformed saving in gold.

This chart shows a $50/week DCA into both starting in 2021. Even after bitcoin’s recent drawdown and gold’s strong rally, bitcoin still emerges as the superior long-term saving vehicle. https://blossom.primal.net/b393ed01e680f16906866225cd4851e6a8b782d3535f1fc56a098ce9562756a9.mp4

Stock2FOMO formula explained:

y(x) = y_i (2x_i/x - 1)^a

Time is anchored to Oct 4, 2009, where x = 0 and y = 0 With a < 0, the curve goes to infinity as x → 2x_i

x_i anchors the curve where y = y_i y_i sets the scale a controls the steepness https://blossom.primal.net/57c76da5960f2a216042630ab07a75af2a34daa6e6c47851acc13f3a1ef9fc01.png

Look who’s leading the way in using bitcoin as a medium of exchange. And the rest of the world isn’t far behind. Gradually, then suddenly. https://blossom.primal.net/a581603ff253030fc632385f74fa7044c94682905619c1e84be8aa28a6bea244.mov

Spending the weekend merging related visuals into single grid cards. Open any card and cycle through all variants of that visualization using the dropdowns.

https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com/ https://blossom.primal.net/00eab6423ff2a2b13336954fae51f924aaf887d3cea6175a74f5012d41122051.png

Number of U.S. bitcoin-accepting merchants per 100k population. https://blossom.primal.net/822bed5f30854d3a547a1c5cc762e2d33c89942de7680f5359a9ded1e2f87b1b.mov

With Square integrating bitcoin payments, the U.S. is now solidly leading the way in using bitcoin as money. https://blossom.primal.net/0f53ddee2744291bb4d845c6d5aee0f70c6c32f0ef8faa775035accc45bca8fe.mp4

What state's gonna get red hot with 10,000+ verified bitcoin-accepting merchants first? https://blossom.primal.net/5c8cfeb7b1f9f3f98dc4132ae8250857c58fe85db9139c4a1291bf3e1f60c145.png

Man...this

data's so much fun to visualize. Who wants to see this one animated? https://blossom.primal.net/5d3544667bb664cd19f1d75693888e26dca8c8e558c77833374178ae3b08c665.png

Spent last night and this morning cleaning up the BTC Map https://blossom.primal.net/1842dc2685cc576ceb6889461450d4e8ad707471f21b02574d9ce6e60b40b27a.mov dataset and this dashboard...higher-resolution map, better island attribution, no more lumping small countries into larger nearby ones. And yes…I added lakes (because Michigan without them was unacceptable)!

24,113 verified bitcoin-accepting merchants worldwide, with 2,046 added in the last 30 days alone.

Gradually, then suddenly. https://blossom.primal.net/933f50896706759508d1c7f9f3868937d6c56a578c11bc77573662739376dad0.mp4

Added a download button to easily save any visualization you want from my website.

https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com/ https://blossom.primal.net/9fefa647386fe65a5dcd69426bc7275c5d657c99cdc53bdd1bb3147880202f64.png

Pretty fun to watch the number of merchants on BTC Map explode over the past couple of years. I'll try to have an animated version of this dashboard ready to post by tomorrow. 🍻

Playing around with the BTC Map data. Might try to work on animating it over the weekend. https://blossom.primal.net/d95633f853338dd1c0b5c7ba846d4ab4e091bd7de0a4c2300d9952c2b4095e53.png

"Dollars! Get your melting dollars here! Only 1,111 sats per buck!" 📣

After drinking a few beers this evening, I decided to add support for Liquid and On-chain donations to my beer fund. 🍺🍎 https://blossom.primal.net/246643e63d5b0f033f31c1ca593147dc021a4ba3b881f68f9e04cbd92a2c3e7e.png

I'm gonna add a bunch of other state's minimum wages to this site: CA (already added), TX, FL, NY, OH, MA, PA. That should cover all of the major ones. https://blossom.primal.net/61138365b06d00ca19039127ad3a4fda874ce007fdd6da73cf05ffa8f61140d6.png

Thanks everyone for supporting my beer and coffee addiction! 🍺☕️ https://blossom.primal.net/3f4683ad54ceb08ead04ccdba225488908e947035d7727467bdc123533a29439.png https://blossom.primal.net/99d54cba0731402e5c5afcedbc029e419a8737327845b87e99b94d19b79a2126.png

"Sorry boss, you see the button? It's time to clock out."

Added a filter to the unit of account dashboard to show specific groups of currencies or those belonging to certain regions. Any other options I should add to this one? https://blossom.primal.net/804cbe047f7bcdbf0675ab589f1f0c6dd083fe3baf736bdfd5adc40605573de3.mp4

https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com/

🍺 Buy me a beer

Bitcoin's Epoch-Over-Epoch Growth is back above 100%. https://blossom.primal.net/99830ed0e7192c4f519e3f14d6f17a1409d4cbbf891a32fa22b9209ce5377714.png

My retirement account is restricted in such weird ways...

What I can't invest in: ❌ $FBTC ❌ $IBIT ❌ $XXI ❌ $RIOT ❌ $MARA

What I can invest in: ✅ $MSTR

For this reason, I'm irresponsibly long $MSTR in my retirement account. All personal savings are held in real bitcoin.

Added the sort dropdown and indexing to the "price of" images so you can sort them alphabetically or by price. https://blossom.primal.net/1ea1e6ecd9efae5fa8f1b3e47925a16bf7ad7c709b10af8b9d953ae880c9b6b4.mp4

Bitcoin continues to dominate as the shitcoins fight for 2nd and 3rd place participation trophies. It is a little cathartic seeing $XRP struggle to stay in the top 3 though. https://blossom.primal.net/32742d9d36ceedc961064139bebbe9e3f417e5db33d202ac618f1f3a55650aff.mp4

I've just finished adding 158 currencies to this visualization and added the ability to sort them alphabetically or by their bitcoin price. I think I've got most of them on there now. 🍻 https://blossom.primal.net/bc0916298dccb4a51e37f32b39475fe28134d1a5e32d2b16708bb5606f9cb60f.png

Don't let anyone convince you that bitcoin isn't the best long term store of value there's ever been. https://blossom.primal.net/e7db92bc7d848a3fe5a2163a008123fe8c2200552f122bd5b28ddd99bd2424e4.png

They're all trending to zero in terms of bitcoin. Every single one of them. https://blossom.primal.net/b25c4cff3d42ed1a9f770ff919317f94c8ade20aeec34907ed3373e28a99dc4f.mp4

A growing list of fiat currencies are now worth less than a single sat. Probably a good idea to save some sats before your fiat is next. https://blossom.primal.net/63f3abcddd5f8cd8080a3fe4899f455747be3d29b47788bb717c73de71a4ba0f.mov

Added gold and silver. Will work on adding some other currencies later this evening. 🍻 https://blossom.primal.net/4ee16d815073ad52561d5fd1372081552df3b6e92578625d7ae57fe4a337f30a.mov

I'm gonna update this page with a dropdown menu to select the Unit of Account: BTC/USD, BTC/XAU (gold), BTC/XAG (silver), BTC/EUR, BTC/JPY, BTC/GPB, BTC/CNY, BTC/CHF, BTC/AUD, BTC/CAD, etc. What other UoA should I add? https://blossom.primal.net/d2b5127536a3af8e5ea9760af787b0f6ce9fb714d9ede2433881c577ca94a7af.png

The “Never Look Back Price" keeps rising. Sooner or later, bitcoin will break $100,000 and never look back. Not a matter of if, but when.

Unspent X-coins (10 BTC outputs) are now under 10,000 for the first time in 12+ years. A rare milestone for this aging UTXO class.

The real reason I built this site was so I could check my updated Bitcoin charts on the road while keeping my Bitcoin node running safely at home. Glad some of you are enjoying it too. 🍻

https://wickedsmartbitcoin.com https://blossom.primal.net/26522ef816eb10860bc6572f31376a5ccb2be0638b2956c91045caa60d6b3134.png

Rising difficulty. Shrinking target. Same result: tick tock, next block. https://blossom.primal.net/7007685cf4a57a683ea48ee351d4e17382c4e8484a50fadd8870e65c9a441e24.mp4

New visualization added to my site:

Price On This Day https://blossom.primal.net/78dbc3b87c7956d86b9c09cea3f8c12f83ade4e59d69789a9909d1dec73d3c3b.mov

How quickly would bitcoin have to rebound and make new all-time highs for the bear market thesis to be invalidated? And on the flip side, at what percentage drawdown would the bear market thesis be confirmed? https://blossom.primal.net/14308444b81929232fcec88598a7832b551dbd5224aa95cd9842dfc91ef76687.png

'Tis but a scratch! https://blossom.primal.net/6bc2f3efdc9ddb98e65ecb192ec17c68fedac5330d457795f99bdc91a9054d99.png

Thank God I didn't quit my job right before getting a 50% pay raise in bitcoin terms. https://blossom.primal.net/67e6d99aca9f6ae872ccd8acade120a7cca06fa9af5aa2a09b8e4fab382be877.png

The deeper the drawdown, the sweeter the rebound.

The average sales price for new houses sold in the U.S. is back above 6 BTC. https://blossom.primal.net/97b4441124d85d0b26876939b6fc1f31c88e10aa0f8fce7e2472aabc2b9352f5.png

2025 is shaping up to be the flattest year ever for Bitcoin. https://blossom.primal.net/6d0bc8271bdd20c8a48a1bcdf8f8e301483bd17d131934f413634e8cc3c7793c.png

Bitcoin’s officially 40% of the way to the next halving. Tick tock, next block. https://blossom.primal.net/d8da435cc36ad98972287333877645fcffbe86d5047cea460843407b4044fb5a.mp4

JUST IN - 95% of the 21 million bitcoin has now been mined.

Only 5% left to be mined over the next 114 years! ⛏️ https://blossom.primal.net/273224ff3a25b5d0e3934e4762b923b34343e98cef2d63c3e18c01d5a3b3f931.mp4

How Bitcoin Incentives and URSFs Kill Minority Soft Forks

New Visualization: Bitcoin Cycle Low Multiple https://blossom.primal.net/fc17c3b14f4de76d708ceddcb83b8b7aac78c6dd8b3d9302861e9f0935cbdd84.png

Added two different alignments for this visualization: Block Height and Days After Halving. You can cycle through them on my site by using the up and down arrows. https://blossom.primal.net/b3a8794a68a09f7ac9b9d15c89dd973c3e86fcb562739b44a01d3541c76e4a26.mov

Another day of perfect bitcoin issuance. Miners mined 144 blocks, hitting the target of 450 newly issued bitcoin. 🎯 https://blossom.primal.net/0cecdbceb9b2fa529582f3cc0d2df30ae97292cf1541ac5356a0674a8f6a1b6d.png

This Time Is Different™ https://blossom.primal.net/54f5533ffacfb4b1b0664e953859a73485ec7e814f4be1fbdcf2717e2a1ceab4.mp4

New Visualization: Bitcoin Halving Cycles (Block Height Aligned) https://blossom.primal.net/6497d60d82c0722f81c0cca88f00395889f836a0ea0360ef505d89b2ea0896a4.png

We’re living through hyperbitcoinization. Gradually, then suddenly.

Witness the evolution of the future global monetary base layer. Bitcoin’s unstoppable. Tick tock, next block. https://blossom.primal.net/e9d7ca695cd6f5c57e9eab296e432d9b940c741d6712d57531dd9255951af03c.mov

Decided to add a bunch of events to this visualization. The animated version should be pretty sick...processing the rest of the frames now. ⏳ https://blossom.primal.net/b810ff94e8afdecbf73d144846077fb11334bed34725207cd5c587aea520bb35.png https://blossom.primal.net/4eeb78ff16ceb4e8cc4032dd9ccee24a6bb501a7b338f892b833365fbee0359a.png https://blossom.primal.net/4c4b4127878dd305a45ad4e7ef0a0b7ebd90d59dd65113e3ebd1c805ecdeb4ab.png https://blossom.primal.net/2412e726d00c39104a9edb97c10de0f647042b1b2ef38e07f02a4fa30ea4d02f.png

Added a couple of extra KPIs to this block size dashboard: number of blocks added year-over-year (underneath the block height), blockchain year-over-year growth, and the 1-year average block size underneath the color bar. https://blossom.primal.net/abb2c6059d2aa22d410fbd678030f5384c8b5a81111c65bd15e91adc617f3fe3.png

Block by block, sat by sat...save and HODL bitcoin for a better future. https://blossom.primal.net/25a9aefe636a125da5516004e140b71fa2131be65833c6054ab679cc79d5a73f.mp4

In dollars, prices of houses have more than doubled. In bitcoin, they continue to collapse, trending toward zero. Wake me up when the average new house costs less than 1 BTC. https://blossom.primal.net/df5a91f04cca510d711cd98752a0f69ad620beaaaa1b0c96a33e2daf25f4bc04.mp4

"The Bitcoin bull run's definitely over now." 😏 https://blossom.primal.net/cbc781c27948a8ad089baf3db061baafb7ceb98fbdfb1da397e6acb71f399ac4.png

Bitcoin's literally the magic internet money of your dreams for anyone who takes the time to learn how to use it.

Over the last month I’ve received sats from Nostr zaps, random tips, and sats-back rewards, all into my self-custodial Lightning wallet, then paid for my friend’s meal in El Salvador, 3,000 miles away…but I was told that Bitcoin’s “dinosaur tech that doesn’t work.” 🤔

Only twice in Bitcoin’s history have October and November both closed red: 2011 and 2018.

Every 7 years, it seems…time to break the pattern or keep it alive in 2025? https://blossom.primal.net/7893c6d68db3c151e1d30ff2cb7469759f320de3ef7c481a46111b3dfe74df1a.mp4

My friends were in El Salvador, sent me a Lightning invoice for their meal, and I paid it from thousands of miles away in seconds. Their minds were blown. ⚡🤯https://blossom.primal.net/e699beaca3316f1e7f2c47a7eae403050f8fcd298f51f5c6ddb6eac46dffaad0.png