Bitcoin Policy Institute

the bitcoin policy institute is an interdisciplinary cohort of economists, coders, lawyers, climate scientists, philosophers, and policy analysts providing research, fact-checking, and commentary on bitcoin. ‍ bitcoin may well change society's relationship with money and payments as profoundly as the internet did with information and communication. just as the internet introduced novel benefits and risks to the u.s., bitcoin will likely do the same. as such, future policy debates on issues ranging from national security to central bank digital currencies will require a robust understanding of the bitcoin network. currently, few institutions are focused on the topic and mainstream writing is still playing catch up to the realities of the technology, with technical facts frequently misstated and new developments often ignored. bpi was formed to change that. what we do we are in a period of rapid growth for bitcoin, comparable to the mass adoption of the internet in the 90s. like any n