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Ep. 92: Bob Burnett - The Wild Truth About Bitcoin Mining
By Efrat Fenigson
Aired Aug 19, 2025 · 1h 14m · Last boosted Aug 24, 2025
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My guest today is Bob Burnett, veteran technologist, former Gateway CTO, and now CEO of Barefoot Mining. From consumer tech pioneer with eight U.S. patents to leader in sovereign Bitcoin mining, Bob shares his vision for “wild mining,” where miners own their energy using innovative energy sources. He challenges the myth that mining is only for massive corporations, showing how small, strategically placed operations can be both profitable and decentralizing. We discuss adoption curves, block template decentralization, why nation-states should build mining infrastructure before buying Bitcoin reserves, lessons from the early PC revolution, and the coming energy race with...
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Your test worked. Great episode roo. I like how Bob says it's more than just hodling. Bitcoin is a movement of people mining, running nodes, writing code, doing math, educating, testing code, designing cybersecurity architecture, etc. without any government or corporations. Bitcoin is a global network of volinteers.