Ep. 52 Bitcoin Mining as Retirement with Jeff Hotz

Hey everyone, welcome to this week’s release of the Watts & Blocks Podcast, powered by Giga Energy.

This week on the show I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeff Hotz, the owner of a 1MW bitcoin mining facility here in the Midwest.

We get into Jeff’s background running businesses and how this facility is actually Jeff’s retirement plan and how he has right sized everything for that.

We also talk about the nuances of working with the coop that he is on and what they think of his endeavors.

This is one of those episodes that is great insight for the folks in the energy industry who want a rock-solid large load customer like Jeff to hear how he takes pride in his operation. It is also inspiring for small time bitcoin miners to hear about scaling up to a large-scale project like Jeff’s.

You can find more about Jeff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jchotz

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