Alejandro de la Torre has an extensive background in Bitcoin mining. He co-founded the mining pool BTC.com, which was later acquired by Bitmain, the maker of the Antminer. For the past 2+ years, he was VP at Poolin, a large Bitcoin mining pool.
Alejandro is Changing the Tide with Proofofwork.energy. He founded this new business just two weeks ago and is committed to decentralizing Bitcoin mining by making it happen in places where it has not yet proliferated. As the remaining supply of Bitcoin to be mined continues to decrease, this is going to help bring greater freedom and prosperity to those areas. It will also help better secure the network by combatting moves by governments that could significantly decrease hashrate, like the recent ban in the summer of 2021 by the People's Republic of China (PRC).
We talk about:
*the mission of Proofofwork.energy
*stories from his time in the PRC at BTC.com, Bitmain, and Poolin
*Alejandro's work coordinating communication with mining pools and Bitcoin Core developers in the lead up to Taproot activation, and how this stemmed from "PTSD" caused by the 2017 blocksize wars
*the benefits of Proof of Work (PoW) versus Proof of Stake (PoS)
*how the PRC came to dominate Bitcoin mining, and how he assisted the "great miner migration" after the mining ban there earlier this year
Links:
Alejandro's Twitter handle: @bitentrepreneur
Proofofwork.energy Twitter handle: @proofofwork_e
Proofofwork.energy website: https://proofofwork.energy/
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Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo Renthlei
Graphics: Kal Kassa
Host: Jon Crabtree
Producer: Jon Crabtree