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Cleaning Up Coal Waste with Bitcoin Mining | Greg Beard | The Mining Pod
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Cleaning Up Coal Waste with Bitcoin Mining | Greg Beard | The Mining Pod

<p>Today we are joined by Greg Beard, CEO of Stronghold Digital Mining. Greg and I discuss Stronghold’s use of waste coal to clean up Pennsylvania and mine Bitcoin, how Bitcoin mining incentives land reclamation and the mining economics of vertical integration.</p> <p><a href="https://strongholddigitalmining.com/"><u>https://strongholddigitalmining.com/</u></a></p> <p>Greg Beard: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-beard-682047142"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-beard-682047142</u></a></p> <p>Will Foxley: <a href="https://twitter.com/wsfoxley"><u>https://twitter.com/wsfoxley</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>TIMESTAMPS:</strong></p> <p>00:00 Start</p> <p>00:28 Intro</p> <p>01:03 Stronghold business</p> <p>02:20 Power from coal waste</p> <p>06:58 Special power plant</p> <p>12:53 Scale or the problem / solution</p> <p>17:07 Why Bitcoin mining?</p> <p>21:21 Mining economics w/ vertical integration</p> <p>26:04 Subsidies & carbon credits</p> <p>26:59 Deciding when to switch revenue streams</p> <p>29:25 Predicting energy price volatility</p> <p>35:40 Local community reaction</p> <p>37:15 Environmentalist pushback?</p> <p>40:17 Bitcoin community reaction</p> <p>43:31 Hashrate prediction</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>MINE</strong></p> <p>Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. <a href="https://bit.ly/3CehBf1"><u>https://bit.ly/3CehBf1</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>WATCH</strong> <a href="https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1"><u>https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>LISTEN</strong></p> <p>Apple Podcasts <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkRxX0MwTUdPY290VEQzN0J2ME1KbDVSRG1rQXxBQ3Jtc0tsME5TQmZfSHJnMG0xWC1iYXFNZ3ZYRGpTTDNfSUtCVFhoSklibDFtMGU3RmV6Z2k5MVM5MlpUMWxzdVgtOHJ4d0ZpbXVrUnMxTXVkN0xSeHdXZWE2aGh5WEpLUkx4dndBaUZtclVhMXZZcHY1My0zbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.co%2F3fNfrdi"><u>https://apple.co/3fNfrdi</u></a></p> <p>Spotify <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE5renJPTkpwVC1IMzBoaWg4c3BWdzhnR0J6d3xBQ3Jtc0trTUJROW1aZDRMOEpiNFpOYmZyUEZxTWxFSHRWaXd3REtGWXZDMkhhbkY0cDk0UVNtZlptMkR1ajBlWDljQV9obWxub3NtdmhDcDNwV1dkcDFkVUloZHdRYVdiTm9Fel90bWdoSU4yUzZEczNLakFCQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fspoti.fi%2F3tSf9G1"><u>https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1</u></a></p> <p>Amazon <a href="https://amzn.to/3557cqg"><u>https://amzn.to/3557cqg</u></a></p> <p>Anchor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa25WckRfQzBqcTJpWWRHRTFiUF9IM0hVbW9Bd3xBQ3Jtc0trdEdoZmFQbXlXajB3c0ZLNGMtUjFSVWloWFBraHoyMFlpVHVFckljbFZRRmQzSTlIRm9VUkFVUTNzS2xhblhvS1E0YnNPLVIxeUl4a3F2aHRQNnV6M0lUZmJVakZGbTI4SUUyc0haUG0xY0JLcmFqRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3rmb7UF"><u>https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF</u></a></p> <p>Fountain <a href="https://bit.ly/3NeNTec"><u>https://bit.ly/3NeNTec</u></a></p> <p>RSS <a href="https://bit.ly/3chpULV"><u>https://bit.ly/3chpULV</u></a></p> <p><strong>LEARN</strong></p> <p>Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: <a href="https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD"><u>https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD</u></a></p> <p><strong>FOLLOW</strong></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/compass_mining"><u>https://twitter.com/compass_mining</u></a></p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining</u></a></p>

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media · Blockspace Media

January 31, 202345m 4s

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Show Notes

Today we are joined by Greg Beard, CEO of Stronghold Digital Mining. Greg and I discuss Stronghold’s use of waste coal to clean up Pennsylvania and mine Bitcoin, how Bitcoin mining incentives land reclamation and the mining economics of vertical integration.

https://strongholddigitalmining.com/

Greg Beard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-beard-682047142

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley


TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

00:28 Intro

01:03 Stronghold business

02:20 Power from coal waste

06:58 Special power plant

12:53 Scale or the problem / solution

17:07 Why Bitcoin mining?

21:21 Mining economics w/ vertical integration

26:04 Subsidies & carbon credits

26:59 Deciding when to switch revenue streams

29:25 Predicting energy price volatility

35:40 Local community reaction

37:15 Environmentalist pushback?

40:17 Bitcoin community reaction

43:31 Hashrate prediction


MINE

Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1


WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1


LISTEN

Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi

Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1

Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg

Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF

Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec

RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

LEARN

Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD

FOLLOW

Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining

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