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#1385 James Davolos on Turning Your Land Into Bitcoin

The Pomp Podcast

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Bitcoin Mining in West Texas Oil Fields

Exploring the transformation of old oil fields in West Texas into new high-tech centers for Bitcoin mining, driven by factors like cheap land, power, unregulated power grids, and cheap cooling. The chapter covers the history of oil extraction in West Texas, the development of fracking, challenges in monetizing gas, the process of extracting oil and gas, and the integration of Bitcoin mining into oil and gas operations for utilizing excess gas.

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