The Differences Between Bitcoin Mining and Data Centers

Jaime Leverton is the CEO of Hut 8 Mining Corp., one of North America's largest publicly-traded Bitcoin miners. Hut 8 holds more than 9,000 BTC in reserves.

In this episode we discuss:

- Data centers vs. Bitcoin and energy use

- How to explain Bitcoin mining simply

- Benefits of Bitcoin being the largest industrial flexible load

- Sovereigns competing for Bitcoin?

- How miners survive bear markets

- Hut 8 expanding into the U.S.

- Women in tech

Jaime joined Hut 8 in 2020. Her prior experience includes eStruxture Data Centers, Cogeco Peer 1, National Bank, BlackBerry, Bell Canada and IBM Canada. Jaime earned her Bachelor's in Psychology and Political Science from the University of Ottawa, and her MBA in Marketing Informatics from Dalhousie University.

Follow Jaime on Twitter https://twitter.com/JaimeLeverton

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