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The economy
that's coming.
Decoded for the
ones who served.

Bitcoin. Tokenization. Energy & the grid. AI. The biggest economic shift of our lifetime is already underway. The Digital Field Manual is the briefing that explains what it is, and how the military and veteran community can move in it. No hype. No noise. Just the brief.

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The New Economy
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What the New Digital Economy Actually Is

Filmed at Bitcoin Prague with Cambridge researcher Alexander Neumueller. One plain brief on the shift underway, and why it matters to anyone who served.

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Fields of Operation

Four fronts,
one economy

The new economy isn't one thing. The manual covers the forces reshaping all of it, and how they connect.
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Digital Assets & Bitcoin

Hard money, custody, and financial sovereignty for the long deployment and the life after it.

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Tokenization

Real-world assets moving on-chain, and what that changes about ownership, access, and value.

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Energy & the Grid

The power and infrastructure underneath the entire digital economy. Nothing runs without it.

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Artificial Intelligence

The force multiplier reshaping work, security, and opportunity for everyone entering the field.

The Manual

Numbered
field entries

Each Field Entry is a single, self-contained brief built to be used in one sitting. Scan it. Use it. Move out.
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FM-01Interview

What the New Digital Economy Actually Is

The New Economy · Filmed at Bitcoin Prague
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Interviews

Voices from
the field

Conversations with the people who actually build and operate in this economy, translated into a brief the rest of us can use.
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Alexander Neumueller
Digital Assets Researcher · University of Cambridge
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What the New Digital Economy Actually Is

If you want to know how much energy Bitcoin actually uses, you read his numbers. Neumueller runs Cambridge's measurement of Bitcoin's electricity footprint and leads its digital-mining research. We sat down at Bitcoin Prague to turn the new economy into a brief the field can use.

Field Reference
Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report

Neumueller is lead author of Cambridge's firsthand survey of the firms that actually run Bitcoin mining: 49 companies across 23 countries, covering nearly half the global network. It maps how the industry operates, what it costs, and where its power comes from.

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Robert Luft, host of the Digital Field Manual
The Operator
Robert Luft
Host · Digital Field Manual
Chief Strategy Officer · Megawatt
  • 16-year U.S. Army veteran with multiple combat deployments
  • Testified before Congress on behalf of the National Small Business Association
  • Board member, World Blockchain Organization
  • Featured on Voice of America on Bitcoin and the digital economy
  • Operating across Bitcoin, mining, and energy infrastructure
Mission

The biggest economic shift of our lifetime is already underway. The people who served this country deserve a straight, no-hype brief on what it is and how to move in it, plus direct access to the people building it. That's the manual.

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One field entry at a time, straight to your inbox. No spam. No hype. Just the brief.

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Speaking & Briefings

Sessions on Bitcoin, energy, AI, and the new economy for veteran and military audiences.

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Operators and experts across the new digital economy, come on the record and brief the field.

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