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We hope you enjoyed a fantastic Christmas break with your loved ones and had the opportunity to focus on the things that matter most for a few days. Some things will always be more important than your Bitcoin stack.
We also hope you managed to orange pill even the most stubborn Bitcoin critics in your family this year. Just don’t take it to heart if they all became gold bugs recently instead.
They will be forced to zoom out sooner or later...
Either way, we hope your own knowledge of Bitcoin has allowed you to feel more secure about your financial future this Christmas, and more optimistic than ever as we head into 2026.
Bitcoin will continue to reward those who are patient and take the time to study it diligently. Armed with a low time preference, and Bitcoin in self-custody, time will always be on your side.
So, as the year draws to a close, let’s maintain some perspective by spending some time reflecting on what was an eventful 2025, and start looking ahead at what’s to come in 2026.
The Bitcoin Way: Pure Signal in 2025
2025 was a crazy year for Bitcoin. Mind you, that’s to be expected, since Bitcoin hasn’t had an uneventful year since its inception.
The most notable change this year was increasing political and institutional adoption. President Trump freed Ross Ulbricht and announced a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (along with launching his own shitcoin), Larry Fink’s BlackRock, along with a plethora of other financial giants, launched Bitcoin ETFs, and Michael Saylor’s Strategy managed to amass over 3% of the total Bitcoin supply, with a whole host of other Bitcoin treasury companies swimming like Gamora fish in their wake.
The suitcoiners and politicians arrived in their droves this year.
In all the excitement, Bitcoin breached new ATHs of over $120,000, and this cycle’s game of “I love Bitcoin, buy my shitcoin” erupted as compromised influenzas lured newcomers into a short-lived “Paper Bitcoin Summer.”
The clue was in the name, and a new generation of Bitcoiners is learning that those “toxic” Bitcoin maximalists were just trying to protect them.
As Bitcoin grows and the space gets noisier, it gets increasingly difficult to sort the good information from the bad. That’s why, throughout the year, we worked hard to filter out the noise and provide you with the highest-quality signal to keep you on the right track and avoid making any costly mistakes.
Let’s take a look back at our best-performing content this year:
Bitcoin Banter Highlights
Bitcoin Banter is our twice-weekly show where Tony, Michael, and Greer get together to dissect the trending, important, and often ridiculous news of the week. Some high-signal, light-hearted relief from the constant chaos served up by clown world.
If you haven’t seen the show yet, click the thumbnails to check out our three best-performing episodes from 2025:
EU Banning Bitcoin Wallets!? (Europe Is Cooked!)
In June, we covered the EU’s ridiculous proposals to regulate and ban “unregistered Bitcoin wallets” in their continued attempts to subjugate their citizens and had already started bringing attention to the savage injustice being faced by the Samourai devs.
Avoid This Bitcoin Hardware Wallet (Or Face the Consequences!)
In July, we were quick to jump on the latest scam targeting the beleaguered Ledger hardware wallet users and remind the community once again that not all hardware wallets are made equal.
We also discussed why it makes no sense that Michael Saylor’s Strategy won’t provide proof of reserves and started issuing early warnings that it might be time to get out of Australia. It looks increasingly like we might have been right on that one...
Did the Trump Admin Throw in the Towel on Bitcoin?!
I’m sure we can all recall the start of the year when everyone believed that the U.S. government was on the brink of turning on the money printers and buying Bitcoin hand over fist. It turns out people might have gotten a little ahead of themselves.
In September, we covered the Trump administration’s slow progress on buying Bitcoin, Jack Dorsey’s plan to manufacture mining chips in the U.S., and Jeff Bezos accepting Bitcoin for space travel.
If you want to stay up to date with the latest news and enjoy no-nonsense takes delivered with a good sense of humor, then you can find all our Bitcoin Banter episodes here.
The Bitcoin Way Podcast Highlights
This year, Michael did an incredible job getting some great guests to join us on The Bitcoin Way podcast. We hosted some amazing conversations, so if you’re looking for deep dives with some of the best thinkers in Bitcoin, this is the podcast for you.
Click the thumbnails below to check out our best-performing episodes this year:
Episode #73 - Investing & Retiring on Bitcoin with Mark Moss
Episode #75 - Bitcoin Is Poised to Rip with James Lavish
Episode #77 - Fiat Money Will Be Dead in 10 Years with Parker Lewis
If you love high-signal podcasts to get you through the day, then The Bitcoin Way podcast is the right show for you. Subscribe to catch every episode here.
The Bitcoin Way Newsletter: Our Top Picks
As a subscriber to our newsletter, we also always try to keep you ahead of the game with weekly opinion pieces designed to accelerate your understanding of Bitcoin and help you make smarter choices as you look to secure your financial future.
Here are some of our top picks from this year:
Paper Bitcoin
We could see the risks of “Paper Bitcoin” a mile off and did our utmost to explain it to our subscribers and make sure they fully understood the risks involved.
Reading these hopefully helped prevent at least some people from making very expensive mistakes.
We first explained the risks in September.
And then looked back at the damage caused by Paper Bitcoin in October.
Read the first article here
Read the second article here
The Core vs Knots Debate:
We also recognized the fracture between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots early and made sure to prepare our subscribers by helping them understand the debate so they could get set to weather the storm:
Read the article here
Going Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole:
Throughout the year we also spent time producing articles designed to deepen your understanding of Bitcoin, what it means for society, and to conceptualize our battle to separate money and state.
Here are some of our favorites:
· Reading, Writing, and Bitcoin: The New Fundamentals
· If Time is Money, ₿ Careful How You Spend It
· Bitcoin – The Ultimate Bearer Asset?
· You’re Still Early to Bitcoin – But How Early?
· Bitcoin and Self Actualization
· Bitcoin is Deflationary? That’s a Good Thing!
What to Expect in 2026
As we look ahead to 2026, we are mindful to always expect the unexpected. The separation of money and state was never going to be a smooth transition, and on this journey, we will continue to see crazy antics from our governments, new scams designed to steal your Bitcoin, and no end of shenanigans from Wall Street as they try desperately to separate you from your private keys.
There is no way of knowing exactly what the future holds, but at The Bitcoin Way, we are committed to working hard to keep you up to speed.
We will make sure you can continue to count on us for high-signal content that helps you learn more about Bitcoin, how to stay safe and secure, how to improve your opsec, and how to escape clown world with practical Plan B opportunities.
But to make sure we can do that, we need to ask a quick favor...
Feedback Is a Gift
At The Bitcoin Way, we always strive for excellence. We want to make sure that every subscriber and client can rely on us for high-quality information, expert training, and no-nonsense Bitcoin education.
We take our role as your Bitcoin guides very seriously.
We also recognize that it’s not your hardware wallet or your node that’s the most important part of your Bitcoin setup. The most important component is YOU. If we want to achieve excellence, we can only do that by making sure we build a great relationship and dialogue with each of you.
That’s why we’re hoping you might be feeling generous enough to give one more gift this Christmas and provide us with some essential feedback to help us on our mission.
We want to know what it would take to exceed your expectations in 2026.
We’d love to hear what your favorite content was this year. Do you have a favorite podcast episode or newsletter article? We’d love to hear what you enjoyed most and what you’d like to see more of.
Equally, is there anything you didn’t enjoy? What could we be doing better? We always want to improve.
And the same goes for clients who have worked with us this year. How was your experience? We’d love to know. Tell us what we’re getting right, and where we could improve to help us take things to the next level in 2026.
Thank You from The Bitcoin Way
We want to end the year with a big thank you from everyone at The Bitcoin Way team. With your support, our business continues to grow from strength to strength, and the number of fully sovereign Bitcoiners is accelerating.
Every time you enjoy and share our content, the more people we can reach, and the larger our freedom-minded community grows. We couldn’t do it without you.
As we enter 2026, we’re excited to help even more of you become capable and confident Bitcoiners with the skills required to become truly ungovernable. When you’re ready to truly master Bitcoin, book a free 30-minute call with one of our experts and we will make 2026 the year you truly break free from the herd.