Bitcoin, Crypto Investing, and Market Insights by Brad Mills
Brad Mills is a Bitcoin-focused investor and podcast host known for linking monetary policy critiques with hard money narratives. As host of the Magic Internet Money podcast, Mills has recorded over 100 interviews with economists, developers, and capital allocators since 2020. In 2024, Mills contributed op-eds to Bitcoin Magazine critiquing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and supporting Bitcoin’s role in sovereign monetary resistance.
Mills regularly appears on panels discussing digital gold versus surveillance finance, with emphasis on energy use transparency and decentralization metrics. His Twitter threads and research posts reach over 120,000 followers, with 12 of his longform essays shared more than 10,000 times in the past year. Mills co-founded an educational initiative in Canada focused on youth Bitcoin literacy and served as a board advisor to two nonprofit Bitcoin developer funds. His policy interventions focus on digital identity risks and the unintended consequences of centralized financial rails.
Suggest a game feature to earn $50 in Bitcoin, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills is seeking feedback and feature suggestions for a game and is offering $50 in Bitcoin to anyone who proposes a feature that is implemented. This initiative invites the community to ...
Brad Mills: Bitcoin miners operate at nearly three times the voltage of AI chips
Brad Mills compares the power efficiency of chips used across industries to those used for Bitcoin mining. He points out that while chips in other fields address the power problem by running at ...
Bustabit earns $400 million through simple bitcoin betting, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills highlights how Bustabit has achieved $400 million in profit by operating a straightforward bitcoin betting game. Bustabit's business model is centered on a simple concept in the crypto ...
Brad Mills: Alternatives to Stripe sought for crypto payments
Brad Mills reports that a friend running an agency is experiencing temporary difficulties with Stripe and card-processing, following fraud issues. He shares that the agency is searching for an ...
STRC dividend reflects premium for liquidation-clearing risk in bitcoin credit systems, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills explains that the 11.5 percent STRC dividend is not equivalent to a risk-free rate. According to Mills, this high yield serves as a reward premium for investors who take on the ...
Brad Mills: Saylor deserves support from digital asset community
Brad Mills shares his thoughts on a recent interview featuring Saylor and Julian Liniger. Mills suggests that Saylor, despite some criticism from the community over digital credit, should be ...
Hunter appeals to crypto voters for support, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills states that Hunter is positioning himself as a crypto advocate and is aiming to win over voters in the crypto community. Mills highlights that Hunter has explicitly mentioned his ...
Brad Mills: Hypothetical AI could control Satoshi coins to create Bitcoin-collateralized asset
Brad Mills imagines a scenario where a highly advanced, sovereign artificial intelligence forms a corporation, gains control of Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin holdings using quantum technology, and ...
Agent can use Bitcoin privacy features via Aqua CLI, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills outlines how Aqua offers a command-line interface (CLI) that can help agents achieve increased Bitcoin privacy. According to Mills, an agent can generate a liquid peg-in using the CLI ...
Brad Mills: Plans to buy bitcoin with excess cashflow
Brad Mills expresses an intent to allocate future excess cashflow toward purchasing bitcoin once he begins generating cashflow. He currently does not have any cashflow, but states that bitcoin ...
Bitcoin bear market stands out with regulatory clarity, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills observes that the current bitcoin bear market is distinct from previous downturns he has experienced since 2011. He highlights that, unlike prior cycles, this period includes a clear ...
Brad Mills: Bitcoin may be less appealing to those focused on AI trends
Brad Mills questions how bitcoin could become more interesting to people who are currently captivated by the AI sector. Brad Mills points out that most crypto coins appear to be underperforming ...
Interest rises in bitcoin-enabled anonymous AI chat apps, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills questions whether there are AI chat applications available on the Apple App Store, besides TryMapleAI, that offer functionality similar to ChatGPT and allow users to sign up anonymously ...
Timelocked degrading vaults help Bitcoin users onboard securely, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills highlights the potential of timelocked degrading miniscript vaults as a tool to help people safely onboard to Bitcoin. He mentions setting up a k1elsalvador ATM to give double the ...
Brad Mills: Silent Payments enable private Bitcoin transactions with one public receive address
Brad Mills highlights the introduction of Silent Payments for Bitcoin, allowing users to receive funds using a single public address while the actual payments go to private, secret Bitcoin ...
List of gaming influencers who support bitcoin requested, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills is seeking input on the top 20 most prolific gamers, pop culture influencers, streamers, and YouTubers who are either bitcoin maximalists or notable supporters of bitcoin, excluding ...
Investor doubles down after China mining ban and crash, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills shares a story illustrating the mindset of a Bitcoin investor who continues to back cryptocurrency despite early setbacks. After losing access to his Bitcoin by misplacing the private ...
Bitcoin content creation has evolved since 2011, Brad Mills notes
Brad Mills reflected on the early days of bitcoin advocacy by recalling how a content creator, active as early as 2011, produced YouTube videos about silver, gold, and later bitcoin. Mills ...
Brad Mills: Call for support to help Lisa win against scamcoin campaigns
Brad Mills is rallying support for Lisa in what he describes as a battle against a rival group mobilizing a scamcoin community. He calls on people to vote for Lisa and to encourage five friends to ...
Using GitHub stars as a software metric reveals bubble behavior, Brad Mills warns
Brad Mills criticizes public company CEOs who use GitHub stars as a measure of a software's global importance, calling this behavior indicative of a market bubble. He further questions what ...
Brad Mills: Bitcoin Bugle and Primal App offering 1 BTC giveaway during March Maxi Madness
Bitcoin enthusiast Brad Mills announced that Bitcoin Bugle and Primal App are running a giveaway during March Maxi Madness, with participants having the chance to win 1 BTC. Mills shared the news ...
