My guest is Sébastien Gouspillou, he is the Co-Founder and CEO of BigBlock Datacenter a Bitcoin mining company based in France. BigBlock Datacenter is running several mining farms in Russia, Central Asia, and Africa. His mission is to qualify France in the world competition of proof-of-work. We are going deep into the business and the ecological effects of Bitcoin mining.

"Each country with big not carbonated electricity resources will mine and have an economical advantage over other countries." - Sébastien Gouspillou

Topics:
How Sébastien Gouspillou became a Bitcoin miner
Addressing climate change
Debunking myths around Bitcoin mining
Myth 1: One transaction produces X CO2
Myth 2: Bitcoin is an ecological disaster
Myth 3: Bitcoin is mined mainly with coal in China
Myth 4: Bitcoin is not useful
Mining in the Virunga National Park, Kongo
Mining in Kazakhstan
Bitcoin hash rate follows the price

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