1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Ben Gagnon, the Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms, joins the show. In this episode we cover: Bitfarms' journey to the public markets in the US Ben's early efforts in flared gas mining How immersion cooling could provide operational efficiencies&amp;nbsp; Bitfarms' site selection methodology&amp;nbsp; How Bitfarms secures power originally built for now-departed industries&amp;nbsp; How Quebec overbuilt electrical infrastructure&amp;nbsp; The benefit of miners locating themselves in Quebec and scooping up stranded power&amp;nbsp; How Bitfarms took over a shuttered hockey stick factory&amp;nbsp; Why Bitfarms is so keen on stranded hydro&amp;nbsp; How Bitfarms curtails their power usage – and why curtailment makes sense&amp;nbsp; Finding excess power in Argentina and Paraguay&amp;nbsp; Does Bitfarms have a low carbon intensity mandate?&amp;nbsp; Why being pro-renewable is a good business decision&amp;nbsp; Why Bitfarms isn't focusing on Texas right now&amp;nbsp; How Bitcoin is the most efficient way to monetize stranded energy assets Bitfarms' criteria for compelling energy resources&amp;nbsp; The progress of the Bitcoin Mining Council and the bettering of transparency in the mining space&amp;nbsp; Where Ben sees room for improvement in the mining sector&amp;nbsp; The lack of standardization in reporting and valuation around mining firms&amp;nbsp; The flaws in Digiconomist's estimates of Bitcoin's energy consumption&amp;nbsp; Issues with academic claims that Bitcoin miners produce significant quantities of e-waste Why Bitcoin ASICs are more recyclable and have long lifespans&amp;nbsp; The academia and press to policy pipeline&amp;nbsp; Content mentioned:&amp;nbsp; Ben in Bitcoin Magazine: We Need to Talk About the Not Science Behind Digiconomist Ben in Bitcoin Magazine: We Need to Talk About the Climate Problem in Bitcoin Mining Sponsor notes: Compass Mining&amp;nbsp;is the world's first and largest online marketplace for bitcoin mining hardware, hosting, and ASIC reselling. Start mining your own bitcoin by visiting&amp;nbsp;compassmining.io &amp;nbsp; On The Brink with Castle Island https://castleisland.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22303883/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/2f3976/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/22303883