Big Money Is Coming To Bitcoin Mining

Jason Les is the CEO and Director of Riot Platforms, a bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company. This conversation was recorded at Bitcoin Investor Week in New York. In this conversation we talk about the bitcoin mining landscape, regulatory changes, the truth around bitcoin mining, buying vs mining bitcoin, how to deal with bear markets, and more.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Riot’s bitcoin mining landscape
6:29 - Bitcoin miners converting to energy companies
8:16 - Regulatory changes with the new admin
14:36 - The truth around operating bitcoin mining
22:00 - Buying vs mining bitcoin
24:23 - How to drive efficiency
25:51 - How to deal with bear markets
28:54 - Areas for innovation
31:00 - Do more miners hurt or help Riot?

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