Bitcoin Mining: Get Poor Slow? With Steve Barbour

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Steve Barbour, owner of Bitcoin mining and oil and gas services company Upstream Data, joins the show to discuss who should get into Bitcoin mining, what problems Bitcoin mining solves and what he expects going into another Bitcoin bull market. Watch a video version of the show here. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:30 Introducing Steve Barbour 00:04:12 Bitcoin mining & energy 00:07:33 Upstream Data's origins 00:14:13 Upstream Data's naming 00:19:35 Canadian oil vs. Bitcoin 00:24:35 Upstream Data's services 00:32:54 Colorado oil & Bitcoin 00:36:11 Bitcoin vs oil cycles 00:41:45 Bitcoin & AI 00:45:00 Water vs. air cooling 00:49:05 Advice for new miners 00:53:59 Mining contract tips 00:57:19 When to start mining 01:01:31 Steve on Bitcoin ordinals Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!  👉 Check out our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today. 👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th!  👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices