Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, the CEO of Hashlabs Mining, Jaran Mellerud, joins Colin to discuss Bitcoin mining in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Bitcoin mining on the European market is almost exclusively confined to these Nordic countries – this episode explores why. Jaran and Colin discuss power markets in these countries, why mining has gotten more expensive in Sweden and Norway, the toothless attempt to ban mining in Norway, how bitcoin miners are helping with district heating in Finland, and more.
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:53 Jarran intro
02:31 Why is hashrate concentrated in Nordic countries?
05:42 How has mining there changed recently?
16:33 Cooling Hashlabs
20:37 Finland nuclear surplus
23:06 Finland district heating
24:53 Is Norway banning mining?
29:02 Iceland vs Norway AI data centers
31:25 Public vs private mining
33:16 Bitdeer expanding Norway
36:59 Iceland & Finland hydro & geothermal
38:57 Mining elsewhere in the EU?
41:20 Green manufacturing failing & excess power
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