Stacking Skills - Understanding Energy, Vibe Coding, and Action
We Are in an Era of Full Scale Digital Transformation To a Bitcoin Standard [The ₿ridge Report - #21]
Welcome back to this week’s edition of The ₿ridge Report!
Today’s report is broken up into 3 parts:
The Bitcoin Meetup - a review of some broader happenings surrounding bitcoin and how it continues to influence culture and grow as a global community.
The Blockchain Audit - an insight in my personal journey as I continue to integrate a bitcoin standard into my life and the broader world around me.
The Volatility Index - a review of newsworthy articles, podcasts, and events of the week, an AI generated summary, and my Dose of analysis.
Bitcoin Meetup
We’re hosting our next Austin Bitcoin Club meetup this week, and I couldn’t be more excited for the topic — freedom energy.
It’s easy to take energy for granted, until you realize how much human flourishing depends on it. The more I’ve learned about Bitcoin mining, the more I see it not as an energy consumer but as an energy optimizer. This is a tool to flatten volatility, stabilize grids, and make renewable investments profitable.
Zach Dell’s recent podcast on this hit a nerve. The speed of energy innovation right now is staggering. As demand accelerates from the next billion people entering the digital economy Bitcoin finds itself in the perfect spot: a buyer of last resort for energy, helping producers stay afloat while the rest of the system catches up.
If this sounds abstract, come hear it firsthand. These are real stories from real people building in the field, not hype from press releases. It’s shaping up to be a high-signal meetup that could change how you view energy, Bitcoin, and the future of abundance.
RSVP and join us at Bitcoin Park Austin:
👉 https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-commons-austin/events/307355640/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events
→ If you want to get more involved and have these kinds of conversations in person, I recommend you find your local meetup.
Jack’s Blockchain Audit
I’ve been vibe coding like a madman lately.
If you told me eight months ago that I’d be deploying full-stack websites, I’d have laughed. Now? I’ve got actual code in actual Git logs and live HTML/CSS on the web. It’s a new mental model for how I build and ship.
The AI tools are getting better by the week, but the gap between “cool demo” and “usable product” still requires effort. You need a PRD. You need clarity on voice, text, full vibe. You need to learn when to code yourself and when to use the agent. And you definitely need to figure out GitHub without smashing your keyboard.
Some lessons:
Organization is everything.
Hallucination control is a skill.
Breathing helps.
And most importantly: making is momentum. I’m learning by doing, breaking, shipping, fixing, and repeating.
I have no clue what skills I’ll unlock next, but I’m in builder mode. Total vibe coder zone. And there’s no turning back.
Just take action.
“Do the thing,” as they say.
Volatility Index
What Mattered This Week in Bitcoin
AI Will Need 50GW of Power by 2028 — Anthropic
Anthropic says training frontier AI models will require at least 50 gigawatts of electric capacity in the U.S. by 2028 — more than the total energy used by many countries today. Permitting and infrastructure delays are already bottlenecks.
My Dose: This isn’t just a data center problem — it’s an energy allocation problem. Bitcoin miners are already helping utilities manage demand fluctuations, and this trend will only accelerate. Energy abundance is no longer optional. Bitcoin, again, fits the moment.
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Transparency Questioned — IMF Report
According to a new IMF report, El Salvador may not be “buying 1 BTC a day” as claimed. Instead, the government appears to be reshuffling existing holdings between wallets, while scaling back Bitcoin-friendly policies to secure a $1.4B loan.
My Dose: The signal here isn’t in the scandal — it’s in the tension. Bitcoiners want transparency, but sovereign actors still play by opaque rules. This reinforces the need for self-custody and skepticism, even in narratives we want to believe.
Three U.S. States Pass Bitcoin Reserve Laws — NH, TX, AZ
New Hampshire, Texas, and Arizona have passed legislation enabling state treasuries to hold Bitcoin. While some bills aim for direct purchases, others permit custody of seized or unclaimed BTC.
My Dose: This feels like a turning point. State-level Bitcoin reserves are a grassroots version of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve concept. Not perfect, but practical.
If you're looking to begin saving in Bitcoin, please reach out to me on LinkedIn or Twitter and I’d be happy to help get you started.
Happy stacking. Aho.
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