Bitcoin Gas Flare Mining, With Matt Lohstroh

 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken.

For this edition of “Grateful for Bitcoin,” NLW is joined by Matt Lohstroh, cofounder of Giga Energy. Matt and Giga are leaders in the bitcoin gas flare mining space. On this episode, he and NLW discuss the state of the bitcoin mining industry and how it’s changed over the years. 

Find our guest online: https://twitter.com/lohstroh

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Michele Musso and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is "Back To The End" by Strength To Last. Image credit: Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.