THE MINING POD: Mining Bitcoin in Mexico With Santiago Varela
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Santiago Varela is the co-founder of Kardashev BTC, a Mexican Bitcoin mining operation focused on harnessing waste and stranded energy sources for mining Bitcoin.
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| 0:49.7 | Hey, welcome back to the mining pod. On today's show, we're joined by Santiago Varela of |
| 0:54.0 | Kardashev. In this show, we're joined by Santiago Varela of Kartashev. |
| 0:55.0 | In this show, we're talking about mining Bitcoin in Mexico, including how energy grids and |
| 0:59.3 | government look at Bitcoin mining, and then what they're doing to work with Nat gas or biomass |
| 1:04.0 | to get Bitcoin mining on its feet. Lastly, we go through parts like importing containers |
| 1:09.3 | and A6 and other little nuances of mining Bitcoin. |
| 1:12.7 | Pretty interesting coming from an infrastructure standpoint. |
| 1:16.2 | We'd like to thank CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin Miner, for making this show possible |
| 1:19.6 | on the Coin Desk Podcast Network. |
| 1:21.8 | You'll hear from CleanSpark a little bit later in today's episode. |
| 1:25.2 | Okay, now on to the show. |
| 1:38.9 | Thank you. little bit later in today's episode. Okay, now on to the show. Welcome back to the Mining Pod. On today's show, we're joined by Santiago Varela. |
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