The roots of TBSI are deeply personal. In 2003, founder Kriss Scioneaux joined the U.S. Air Force, where he was trained to maintain nuclear weapons—a role that brought global travel, diverse human connection, and an unshakable discipline. When he separated from the military in 2013, the skills he had mastered didn’t translate into civilian life. This unexpected crossroads became a gift: the freedom to seek work that wasn’t just a career, but a calling.

In 2017, that calling began to take shape in Costa Rica at Finca Terra, where Kriss studied permaculture and discovered a deeper relationship between people and land. He saw that the health of ecosystems and the prosperity of communities are inseparable. Returning to the U.S., he joined the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms network, traveling from farm to farm and learning hands-on techniques for growing food and regenerating soil.

In 2018, a book changed everything—Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard. The book introduced Kriss to keyline design: a method of shaping landscapes to slow, spread, and soak water back into the earth, turning drought-prone land into resilient, life-giving systems. This was not theory—it was a practical blueprint for restoring land at scale. Kriss sought out Shepard, who became his mentor, collaborator, and friend, and together they worked on large-scale restoration projects across the country.

By 2020, Kriss was managing nearly 300 acres in North Carolina, implementing agroforestry and water restoration systems. But by 2022, his focus shifted again—toward solving a bigger problem: not how to restore land, but how to fund it.

That’s when The Bitcoin Stewardship Initiative (TBSI) was born. TBSI bridges the worlds of sound money and sound ecology by creating Bitcoin-Backed Green Bonds (BBGBs) and Bitcoin & Biodiversity-backed Natural Capital Assets (BBNCs)—a new asset class where capital compounds in Bitcoin while funding verified ecological restoration. The model eliminates the “charity trap” of environmental work and instead treats restoration as a high-value, revenue-generating investment.

TBSI works with leading restoration experts to implement projects such as watershed rehabilitation, wetland mitigation, methane emission reduction, and large-scale agroforestry—all funded by investors whose capital grows alongside the ecosystems they restore. By anchoring this model in Bitcoin, TBSI ensures that ecological gains are paired with incorruptible, long-term capital that compounds over decades.

From nuclear weapons to natural capital, from depletion to regeneration—TBSI is rewriting the story of how humanity finances its future.