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Understanding Corporate VC + turning methane into bitcoin w/ Nodal's Daniel Sechrest | E1611

This Week in Startups

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Bitcoin Mining Could Power a School Instead

In developing countries, gas collection and control systems aren't necessarily the norm. Bitcoin mining can serve a similar function there where it gives you economic incentive to actually cap the landfill. This is like a pretty amazing origin story. I wish I could have been there for this because what you're saying is like, you had one Bitcoin maximalist and then two of you realizing the kind of potential for this as a literal and metaphorical conduit to a bigger business.

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