Closing the Loop

#28 - Brent Whitehead: The Giga Energy Story and Bitcoin as the Ultimate Incentive for Revolutionizing the Energy Industry

Sep 22, 2022

02:30:38

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The Third Arbitrage Is Off Grid Versus Off Grid

02:45

Remote Management Software for Bitcoin Mining

01:55

Energy Companies Will Become Bitcoin Miners?

05:27

Introduction

4min

Bitcoin Mining - What Motivated the Urgency?

4min

The OG Day - Is This Really a Hash Hut?

3min

How Many ASICs Could Fit in the on That You Got From Steve?

2min

Bitcoin Production, a Bit Running?

2min

The A6 Is Powered by a Natural Gas Well, Right?

2min

How Quickly Did COVID Take Shape?

3min

We Didn't Find That Gas Contract Through My Network

2min

How Did CNBC Coverage Come About?

6min

10.

Did She Get That Information?

2min

11.

Bitcoin Mining - How Much Demand Did the CBC Article Generate?

3min

12.

Is There a Sliding Scale for Your Own Deployment?

3min

13.

Off Grid Data Centers

3min

14.

Is Foreman a Smart PD Use?

3min

15.

Remote Management Software for Bitcoin Mining

2min

16.

Off Grid Mining vs Grid Mining?

4min

17.

Bitcoin Mining

5min

18.

Is Your CLR Based on the Monthly Rate of Power?

3min

19.

Is Grid Mining a Double Edged Sword?

2min

20.

Off Grid Mining

4min

21.

The Biggest Benefits of Mining Off Grid

2min

22.

Is It Possible to Build Out a Pipeline?

4min

23.

Off-Grid Energy

2min

24.

Is There a Loophole in ERCOT?

5min

25.

The Third Arbitrage Is Off Grid Versus Off Grid

3min

26.

Is That What You're Doing?

2min

27.

Is Bitcoin Bringing Efficiency to Markets?

2min

28.

Are You Doing Any of Your Own Operations or Sites on Grid Right Now?

2min

29.

Are You Tied to Commodity Prices?

3min

30.

Bitcoin Mining

4min

31.

Giga Bitcoin Mining

5min

32.

The Circle Is Changing, Right?

2min

33.

Bitcoin Price Going Down, Is That a Good Idea?

2min

34.

Bitcoin

6min

35.

Bitcoin Miners Are Selling More Bitcoin Than They're Mining

2min

36.

Bitcoin Is a Very Competitive, Bitcoin Mining Is Extremely Competitive

3min

37.

Bitcoin Mining

4min

38.

The Future of Bitcoin Mining

4min

39.

Energy Companies Will Become Bitcoin Miners?

5min

40.

Grid Mining

3min

41.

Large Scale Grid Mining

2min

42.

Bitcoin Mining

5min

43.

Is Bitcoin a Flare Mitigation Technology?

2min

44.

Is Starlink Going to Change the World?

2min

45.

The Future of Giga in the Middle East?

4min

46.

Are Offshore Flares a Thing?

2min

47.

The Vision of Giga Is to Be a Global Power Provider

5min

48.

The Master Incentive of Bitcoin

2min

Today’s guest is Brent Whitehead, co-founder of Giga Energy, a company that builds, operates, and sells equipment for off-grid bitcoin mining operations.

The mobility, viability, and adaptability of bitcoin mining has in the last few years become recognized for the unique opportunities it represents, for capturing and monetizing stranded or 'waste' energy.

As a result, the industry is currently experiencing a boom, as market participants respond to the incentive which now exists to turn a liability, into an asset, which has a global market and operates 24/7/365.

This method of bitcoin mining is helping to increase resource efficiency, improve the economics of energy production and distribution, and helping to further decentralize and secure the bitcoin network.

It’s an incredibly exciting development in the bitcoin ecosystem and bound to have many other positive downstream effects, which is why I invited Brent on to share more about his experiences and perspective.

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