Episode notes
Bob Burnett is the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, focusing on the development of "horse-class" mining sites. He's founded several companies in the Bitcoin mining space, and is a vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources.
In this episode we discuss:
- Working on early computers at Gateway and turning the HQ into a Bitcoin mining facility
- Protecting the integrity of the Bitcoin base layer
- Bitcoin blockchain as the 'most precious real estate in the world'
- Full blocks and 300,000+ transactions awaiting confirmation
- Bitcoin scaling through layer 2s like Lightning and Fedi
- Block fees poised to increase
- Will there be a Blocksize Wars Part II -- Block *Time* Wars?
- Will people be able to afford to hold their own keys?
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