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Bob Burnett: Facing the Future: Energy, Bitcoin, and Financial Sovereignty | Tom Nelson Pod #262
Bob Burnett is the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, a company focused on the development of “horse-class” mining sites, and he is a vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources. Bob has spent over 35 years as a technologist including 13 years at Gateway, Inc., a Fortune 200 personal computer company, where he led the company’s product development efforts as Chief Technical Officer. He has founded several companies in the Bitcoin mining space and is an evangelist and educator for Bitcoin and its importance to the world’s future. He has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
00:00 Introduction to Energy and Bitcoin
00:14 Meet Bob Burnett: CEO of Barefoot Mining
01:39 Journey Through the PC Revolution
06:05 The Inflection Point of Bitcoin Adoption
06:49 Austrian Economics and Financial Disillusionment
13:19 The Broken Money System and Bitcoin's Promise
19:04 Bitcoin's Role in Global Commerce
41:14 The Case for Bitcoin and Addressing Criticisms
50:10 The Future of U.S. Currency
51:19 Bitcoin as a Reserve Currency
51:29 Adoption Curves and Technological Change
54:19 The Evolution of Bitcoin Conferences
01:01:10 The U.S. Deficit and Bitcoin's Role
01:07:08 Green Energy and Bitcoin Mining
01:14:37 The Future of Off-Grid Mining
01:19:38 Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Debate
01:23:53 The Fight for Bitcoin's Acceptance
01:28:45 Closing Thoughts and Final Remarks
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