Bhutan’s Blockchain Bonanza: Hydro, Bitcoin, and a Side of Mindfulness
Since 2019, Bhutan’s been quietly mining Bitcoin with the grace of a monk meditating atop a hydroelectric dam-11,000 coins harvested from surplus energy, because why waste nature’s bounty on mere lightbulbs? Tourists, meanwhile, can now pay for their souvenir prayer flags in crypto, because fiat is so last millennium.





![Refractive index measurements, when analyzed with piecewise linear fits, validate the relationship described in Eq.(13) regarding the ratios [latex]\frac{\langle I^{q}\rangle}{\langle I\rangle^{q}}\big|\_{\boldsymbol{x}\_{0}}[/latex] for [latex]q=4,5,6[/latex] as a function of [latex]\frac{\langle I^{2}\rangle}{\langle I\rangle^{2}}\big|\_{\boldsymbol{x}\_{0}}[/latex], demonstrating how even seemingly precise data can be framed by the limitations of constructed models.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.11213v1/Q_SUM_4_5_6.jpg)
