What if the energy we waste could secure the money we save? Nell sits down with Simon Collins, co-founder of Stacked, CEO of Stackr and general partner at Horizon Power, for the first episode of The Key to Sovereignty.

Simon's road into Bitcoin began with mining on a borrowed university computer during his PhD and led to building a Bitcoin only exchange from Queenstown. He talks about why Stacked has never sold anything but Bitcoin, why a healthy community is the real return on investment and the idea behind his book in progress, Every Last Joule. The renewable energy the grid throws away each day could power a large share of the Bitcoin network, turning waste into value.

Then the conversation moves from the grid to the land. As co-chair of Eat New Zealand, Simon speaks about food sovereignty, the quiet pressure on the family farm and how a nation that grows so much still imports most of its flour.

Broken money shapes what we grow, what we build and what we value. Sound money offers another way.

Disclosure: Stacked is the Founding Partner of Sovereignty Summit 2027.

Chapters
00:00 Welcome Simon Collins
01:22 Writing, research and the book
04:38 Mining or the exchange, which came first
06:29 Why Bitcoin only
10:34 Building an exchange in New Zealand
11:54 The business case for community
17:15 Why meeting in person matters
18:02 The state of Bitcoin in New Zealand
22:03 Policy and a maturing asset
26:59 Every Last Joule
29:35 The seven pillars and food sovereignty
35:30 The story behind Eat New Zealand
37:13 Closing

Links
Every Last Joule: https://everylastjoule.com
Stacked: https://stackedbitcoin.com
Eat New Zealand: https://www.eatnewzealand.nz
Sovereignty Summit 2027, Coronet Peak, Queenstown, 2 and 3 April: https://sovereigntysummit.nz
Tickets: https://www.satlantis.io/events/2352/sover...

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