2024-05-25 –, Arnhem stage
From household miner to an industrial approach. Bitcoin mining comes in many forms. In this panel, we try to shed light on all aspects.
A panel to shed light on all sides of the industry, from home mining and using the heat for growing flower bulbs, to establishing a local energy network by setting up a hydro plant and using the leftover power to mine bitcoins, making it profitable in this way.
Janet Maingi is co-founder of GridlessCompute which deploys distributed, hydroelectric Bitcoin mining in rural African communities to support local energy development. Janet holds an MBA from Kingston University (London,UK), as well as a Bachelor in Commerce, Banking and Finance from Kenyatta University.
Bert de Groot keeps companies warm with bitcoin miners and helps businesses, families and plebs on their bitcoin journey. Green houses, workshops, warehouses and offices are being heated with bitcoin miners. In one of the greenhouses flowers are being grown. His company bitcoinbrabant.com is the official reseller of open source signing devices (hardware wallets). He has helped thousands of people with storage and payment solutions, Dutch bitcoin books, and much more.
In Q3 2023 Bert became chairman at VBNL.org. VBNL consists of 13 Dutch bitcoin companies that work together in this industry body to combat fraud and improve bitcoin adoption in the Netherlands.
His original passion is coastal and hydraulic engineering. In his previous jobs the main driver was innovation and technology. Bert has work experience across the globe in every continent except for Antarctica. He currently enjoys working on the bitcoin standard full-time.