Heatpunks Are Building the Bitcoin Circular Economy

About this episode

The episode features Rev.HODL discussing his innovative use of Bitcoin mining in homesteading and building a circular economy in Southwest Michigan.

In this episode I sit down with Rev.HODL, a homesteader, Bitcoin miner, and builder of real circular economies in Southwest Michigan.He is not just stacking sats.He is heating his home with Bitcoin miners.Drying food with Bitcoin miners.Preheating maple syrup sap using immersion mining in canola oil.Growing cannabis and raising meat rabbits inside a permaculture loop.Selling maple syrup, eggs, beef, coffee, and more at local Bitcoin meetups.And he is also building real world Bitcoin hospitality.Rev built a tiny house and a yurt on his property and rents them out for people who want to unplug, explore Michigan, and experience local Bitcoin culture. He even offers Bitcoiners half price stays on meetup nights so people can come in, join the meetup, and get a tour of the homestead and all his Bitcoin mining setups.This is what happens when Bitcoin meets homesteading.When circular ecologies mirror circular economies.When sats move peer to peer in real life.We talk aboutHow Bitcoin mining heat increases maple syrup efficiencyUsing canola oil for immersion mining in a pinchTurning fiat into beef into BitcoinWhy meetups are where hyperbitcoinization actually beginsHow to earn KYC free…

People in this episode

Host: Staci Costopoulos

Guest: Rev.HODL

Topics covered

• Bitcoin mining
• circular economy
• homesteading
• permaculture
• local meetups
• Bitcoin culture

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• homesteading
• circular economy
• mining
• permaculture
• local meetups
• sats
• maple syrup
• cannabis
• hospitality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Local Bitcoiners

Places: Southwest Michigan

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