Bitcoin Mining: Get Poor Slow? With Steve Barbour

April 9, 2024

Steve Barbour, owner of Bitcoin mining and oil and gas services company Upstream Data, joins the show to discuss who should get into Bitcoin mining, what problems Bitcoin mining solves and what he expects going into another Bitcoin bull market.

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The Mining Pod is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.

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