Why the Best Bitcoin Mining Opportunities Are in the Middle of Nowhere - Ep. 211 w/ Jesse Pielke
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Jesse Pielke discusses the overlooked opportunities in Bitcoin mining using stranded energy in Africa.
Africa burns off enough energy every day to power entire cities. Bitcoin miners figured out how to profit from it, and almost no one is paying attention yet.Jesse Pielke, founder of HashrateUp, joins Alex Perny on the Alternative Investing Advantage podcast to break down one of the most overlooked plays in alternative investing: using stranded energy in Africa to mine Bitcoin at near-zero cost.Jesse has spent years on the ground in Cape Town building pilot projects across Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa. He explains why electricity has nowhere to go. 🔑 Key learnings from this episode:• Why a single 20-foot shipping container holds a full megawatt of mining capacity• How Bitcoin mining absorbs "stranded" energy that grid infrastructure can't move• Ethiopia's hydro power mecca and why politics keep burning investors• Nigeria's flared gas opportunity and how it creates a win-win for oil producers• Why older-generation ASICs that lose money in Norway can profit in Africa• The surprising reason Bitcoin mining only needs a basic LTE signal, not fiber• Risk-adjusted pricing: what energy really has to cost to make these deals work• How US investors can write off Bitcoin…
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