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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Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:02:30 Introducing Steve Barbour
00:04:12 Bitcoin mining & energy
00:07:33 Upstream Data's origins
00:14:13 Upstream Data's naming
00:19:35 Canadian oil vs. Bitcoin
00:24:35 Upstream Data's services
00:32:54 Colorado oil & Bitcoin
00:36:11 Bitcoin vs oil cycles
00:41:45 Bitcoin & AI
00:45:00 Water vs. air cooling
00:49:05 Advice for new miners
00:53:59 Mining contract tips
00:57:19 When to start mining
01:01:31 Steve on Bitcoin ordinals

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