THE MINING POD: Flare Gas Bitcoin Mining In 2024

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We brought on an energy lawyer and Bitcoin mining founder Justin Ballard to get to the bottom of the flare gas questions with Bitcoin mining.

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Ever wonder if this flare gas thing with Bitcoin mining is real? Can it scale to solve real-world climate issues? And how would someone go about making a project like that in the first place?

Justin Ballard, General Counsel at Adakon Energy & Founding Partner at Firm 21, shares insights on Bitcoin mining's legal landscape, energy deals, flare gas mining, and the industry's future. He discusses the challenges and opportunities in navigating this space, drawing parallels to the oil and gas industry.

Chapter Markers:

00:00 Start

04:37 Justin's background

08:37 Mining legal structures

15:41 Energy deal examples

18:55 Flare gas reality check

23:30 Legal gas mining deals

30:00 Learnings big/small operations

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