Alex Thorn is Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital. At Galaxy, Alex leads a team of researchers dedicated to understanding and unpacking developments in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, producing insights for internal and external audiences. Prior to joining Galaxy Digital, Alex spent 12 years at Fidelity Investments, most recently co-managing Avon Ventures, the early-stage crypto venture fund affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments. Before that, Alex was Director of Blockchain Research at Fidelity Center for Applied Technology where he directed technology experimentation and published research on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem. Alex has a B.A. in Political Science from Vanderbilt University.

Andrew brings 10 years of private market investing & private fund operations / strategy experience to lead Hash Function company and investment operations, investment & strategy execution, and product development.

For the past five years, Andrew was a member of an investment team at BlackRock, investing and managing diversified multi-alternative private market portfolios. He helped grow the team from $5bn to $10bn focusing on investment & fund structuring ,execution, and operations. He later managed the PnL and focused on business strategy, process, and partnerships.

Prior to BlackRock, he was a member of the GP team at The Wolff Company, a fully integrated real estate private equity firm. In 2022, Andrew made the leap -- becoming a full-time Bitcoiner and co-founding Hash Function.

Bassload is a husband and a father to 3 children under 10. He has been in energy markets for 7 years with a unique specialty in energy procurement for commercial/industrial customers - while focusing on industrial consumers of electricity and natural gas. Bassload focuses on strategic ways to purchase those commodities in various markets across North America by combining his passion for electricity and bitcoin. Bassload values energy communication in ways that all individuals can understand. He provides knowledge in most technical areas of energy, including his current Certified Energy Procurement Manager Certification, and ‘on-grid’ and ‘off-grid’ bitcoin mining. He loves playing music and critical thinking.

Brandon focuses his time on mining research, strategic investments, and special projects. Previously, he was the Director of Multi-Family real estate acquisitions and investments at Kettler and an investment banking analyst at Wells Fargo Securities in the in Financial Institutions Group.

Brent Whitehead is the Co-Founder of Giga Energy. Giga reduces flaring by deploying onsite power generation and bitcoin data centers. Giga focuses on being a vertically integrated flare gas bitcoin mining company by building in-house generators and data centers for capturing flared and stranded gas. Brent comes from an oil background, which led him to a career in the energy space. Brent attended Texas A&M University, where he studied Industrial Distribution.

Colin has been a serial entrepreneur for over 20 years. He has a background in law and engineering, and in addition to devising the KYC-minimized aspects of Distributed Hash, he has built out the entire IT infrastructure for Distributed Hash, including building several custom tools to ease management and collect detailed mining data. He and his wife work together to collect and analyze ASIC data to generate actionable insights both for individual customers, and the community at large.

Colin Harper is the Head of Research and Content at Luxor Technologies, a Bitcoin mining software and services company, and a senior contributor to Forbes. Before that, he was a journalist at CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine.

Founder of Foreman Mining Management

David is the co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a think tank studying the future of money. Before BPI, he was the Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Bitcoin Magazine. David is a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity and studied political science at the University of Alabama.

Drew Armstrong is the President and COO of Cathedra Bitcoin, a company that believes sound money and abundant energy are the keys to human flourishing. Prior to joining Cathedra, he was a founding member of Galaxy Digital’s bitcoin mining team and helped build out Galaxy's mining equipment finance product. Drew also worked in the firm's investment banking and principal investments divisions. Prior to joining Galaxy, Drew began his career at Barclays' investment bank, where he focused on the origination of esoteric securitized products, such as data center securitizations and collateralized fund obligations. Drew holds BAs in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Chicago.

econoalchemist is a privacy advocate focused on Bitcoin censorship resistance & self-custody. He has contributed several articles to Bitcoin Magazine, the Braiins Mining Blog, & the Upstream Data News letter. Conference presentations range from Home Mining to Self-Custody to the coal industry to cattle ranching and how it all relates back to Bitcoin.

I have been working in the ASIC design/verification industry for over 25 years on projects ranging from military to AI to implantable devices. I'm honored and excited to have joined Intel Blockscale ASIC team as System Architect in Jul 2022. I was introduced to Bitcoin in 2018 and started getting involved in off-grid mining projects in 2019 and have been mining personally at various scales every since.

Ghazaleh serves as Riot’s VP of Financial Planning & Analysis and is works closely with operations and leadership on strategy and analytics.

In 2021 Ghazaleh left her career with a global leader in Life Sciences and Fortune 100 company to pursue her passion for Bitcoin. In her previous role she managed $1billion logistics and distribution annually, working with operations across 10 countries.

In her previous experience, Ghazaleh worked for two low-cost airlines, and led the cost transformation at Frontier Airlines which allowed for acquisition by private equity. Subsequently she joined Brightline, a multi-billion-dollar startup in Miami, FL developing passenger trains and mixed-use train stations throughout South Florida.

Grant is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Ten31, the leading venture platform investing exclusively in companies building infrastructure and technology in the bitcoin ecosystem. With a footprint in New York, Austin, and Nashville, Ten31 seeks to support the ecosystem's most promising founders and companies, leveraging its deep understanding of bitcoin, extensive experience, and broad reach to create value for its partners. Since its inception, Ten31 has directed more than $100 million in equity to companies building on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.

Prior to Ten31, Grant spent 15 years at CVC Capital Partners, one of the largest and most successful private equity firms globally, most recently leading the US efforts of CVC's Strategic Opportunities platform.

Grant graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with degrees in electrical engineering and math.

Aspiring Industrialist. Chief Strategy Officer, @GRIID

First employee at GRIID Infrastructure, Harry has led the strategy function at the company since inception. This has taken the company to four industrial scale mining facilities across two states and they are now in the midst of a public market transaction to further support growth. At GRIID he leads power acquisition, ASIC acquisition, corporate development, and special situations.

Jay is the VP of Research at Foundry where he focuses on increasing infrastructure decentralization, combating energy misinformation, and general bitcoin mayhem.

Founder and Chief Engineer at FutureBit

Justin Ballard is an experienced energy attorney representing corporations, landowners, and individuals in complex transactional matters. Justin’s practice focuses on complex bitcoin mining issues as well as representing oil and gas clients in all phases of the industry.

As a CEO, General Counsel, and Board Member, Justin has completed over $160 million in M&A transactions and scaled businesses to successful exits.

Justin has a deep experience in the bitcoin mining industry having served as the co-founder and CEO of JAI Energy prior to joining Martin Legal Group. While at JAI Energy, Justin combined his experience in the oil and gas industry and his passion for bitcoin mining to form one of the largest bitcoin mining operations in the state of Wyoming and closed on one of the largest single-site transactions in terms of megawatts in the space in 2022. Justin has made facilitating the integration of oil and gas companies with the bitcoin mining industry a personal mission and works closely with oil and gas operators on identifying and executing on mining opportunities.

Prior to his work at JAI Energy, Justin spent more than a decade as general counsel and landman for multiple oil and gas operators. He served as Chief Legal Officer and Vice President of Land at Century Oil and Gas, LLC, a private equity-backed, Powder River Basin-focused operator out of Houston, Texas. While at Century, Justin successfully negotiated and closed on multiple acquisitions valued at over $16 million and was also responsible for handling all legal and land-related matters. Justin also previously served as General Counsel and Vice President of Acquisitions and Divestitures at Sponte Resources. He also spent time at Indigo Minerals and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation where he gained valuable experience in everything from midstream and gathering contracts to complex acquisitions and divestitures.

Justin Orkney is a Director for Tierra Resource Consultants after a decade working with some of the largest US electric utilities.  Mr. Orkney is now focused on incorporating Bitcoin mining into grid planning and operations in ways that take advantage of the unique qualities Proof of Work offers. He routinely performs in-depth review, analysis and formulation of rate designs, power purchase agreements and interconnections. In addition, he provides leadership and insight to the implementation of multiple customer-facing programs involving new technologies and market structures.  He frequently collaborates with experts at national research institutions, industry associations given his functional expertise in system operations, bitcoin mining, rate design, distributed generation, energy storage, electric vehicles and the grid. Justin is also an inaugural member of the Satoshi Action Fund Advisory Council focused on favorable bitcoin mining policy.

Karen Knox created the Digital Currency and Infrastructure Group at NFP to provide risk management solutions for clients in the blockchain, digital asset, cryptocurrency, and adjacent industries. Karen’s interest in digital assets began with insuring Bitcoin mining, from power generation to miners and construction, which remains a focus for NFP. She earned a certification in Cryptocurrency from MIT MediaLab in 2021. NFP is a global insurance broker and consulting firm providing specialized property and casualty insurance, benefits, wealth management, and retirement planning.

CMO at Braiins

Founder of http://TFTC.io, a media company focused on #Bitcoin, Beauty, and Freedom in the Digital Age (@TFTC21). Partner @ten31vc. Director @CathedraBitcoin

Partner at Ten31, Cofounder of Bitcoin Park, Open Sats, and BitcoinTV

Neil is a home mining enthusiast that has turned it into a career, specializing in immersion applications, midscale deployment operations, equipment procurement and energy sourcing.

Parker Lewis is the former Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, a bitcoin native financial services firm based in Austin, TX. Parker is also the author of the Gradually, then Suddenly series on the fundamentals of bitcoin, which MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor credited among a number of resources in the company’s decision to shift its public company treasury to a bitcoin standard. Prior to working on bitcoin, Parker was a member of the investment team at Hayman Capital, a global-macro hedge fund based in Dallas, Texas and prior to that, Parker spent the first seven years of his career working in investment banking and restructuring at Deutsche Bank and FTI Consulting, respectively.

Robert is an entrepreneur with deep expertise in building teams, product, finding market, and strategizing around growth. Currently he works to help grow Upstream Data on the Sales and Marketing side of the company, and also contributes as a founding partner of distributed hash, a research oriented hosting company.

Rob Hamilton is CEO and Cofounder of AnchorWatch, bringing insurance solutions to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Previously he was Data Scientist and Consultant IBM, where he designed and deployed enterprise Machine Learning solutions focused on automation and optimization of marketing spend. Rob got into Bitcoin in 2013 when he went to his first Bitdevs NYC which was his inspiration for teaching himself how to program and research Bitcoin security best practices.

Rod [@bitkite] is a seasoned technology professional with ~20 years of experience in the industry, including management and senior management roles. He has spent the past ~5 years focusing on Bitcoin.

His focus is centered on Bitcoin mining where he invests in a variety of different mining operations through his firm Galactic Freedom Company and their subsequent funds.

In addition to his experience in Bitcoin mining, Rod hosts two Bitcoin-focused podcasts – Builders In Bitcoin, a podcast focused on the people who bring Bitcoin to life and POD256, a weekly Bitcoin podcast focused on mining, energy, and proof-of-work.

He is also dedicated to helping educate and grow local Bitcoin communities. In 2022, he co-founded Bitcoin Park, a community-supported campus in Nashville that is focused on grassroots Bitcoin adoption and serves as a hub for Bitcoin enthusiasts to work, learn, collaborate, and build.

In addition to his professional pursuits, Rod is also an early stage angel investor and has invested in companies such as Calm, Teachable, 15Five, and others.

Long Bitcoin. Long Tennessee.

Rory is the Market Intelligence Lead for GRIID where he focuses on research, strategy, and special projects. He started his career on the trading desk of Discovery Capital, a global macro fund, where he was a member of the investment team responsible for managing risk across US, European, Middle Eastern, and African markets. He has contributed writing to Forbes Crypto, and attained the CFA charter despite no longer paying his dues because it’s a grift.

Sam is a Bitcoin Research Analyst at River, a Bitcoin-focused US-based company that helps people build their bitcoin wealth. He is responsible for research and content creation, to help make Bitcoin more accessible to people.

Shaun Connell has 15+ years of experience in North American Energy Markets and has held multiple senior management level positions within a large publicly traded Power Company. He has built and led teams in Trading, Asset Optimization, Origination and graduated from the University of Calgary’s Global Energy Executive MBA program. In his current role as EVP, Power for Lancium, he is responsible for leveraging the company's load control technology to deliver low cost power to Lancium's portfolio of highly flexible loads. His responsibilities include locating optimal grid siting locations that offer at scale access to low-cost clean energy, transmission interconnection, energy procurement, commodity exposure management and optimization.

Spencer Marr is the President and Founder of Sangha Systems where he spearheaded the company's development, operations, and sale of an 82 MW grid-tied Bitcoin mining site in Illinois. Sangha bootstrapped the Illinois project over the course of 4 years, having never raised outside capital, and therefore became expert at site selection and due diligence, real estate negotiations, negotiations with utilities and retail electric supplier, iteratively designing and building the physical plant, negotiating and drafting all the relevant (in many cases, novel) legal documents, building financial models to price hosting agreements correctly, operating the facility day-to-day, and thinking deeply about how the world of energy and Bitcoin mining needed to merge.

Spencer had the idea for getting into Bitcoin mining while working at Sustainable CUNY (City University of New York) on a Dept of Energy grant funded project to bring insurance market price signals to bear on the value of “energy resilience” through installing solar and energy storage. Prior to his time at CUNY, Spencer worked at several law firms in New York City with a focus on commercial litigation specializing in insurance coverage. He has a JD from Brooklyn Law School and a B.S. in Psychology from Tulane University, in New Orleans.

Working with its partners in energy brokerage and advisory, software, and immersion cooling infrastructure Sangha is now focused on acting as an end-to-end white glove consultant, construction manager, and operator for utility scale solar and wind developers and industrial real estate owners with surplus energy and/or power infrastructure. Spencer believes Bitcoin mining incentivizes actors to pursue the lowest marginal cost of energy, which is only possible through the large-scale development of renewables, energy storage, immersion cooling infrastructure, creative project finance, and energy control systems.

Owner Upstream Data, design, build and sell bitcoin mining facilities for oil and gas applications

Thomas brings 10+ years of full-time Bitcoin expertise, including BOD Member at Stronghold Digital Mining and Advisor to Luxor Tech and will lead company strategy & vision, investment sourcing, strategy execution, and product development.

In 2022, Thomas founded and opened PubKey, a NYC based Bitcoin bar and media house with the mission to create a network of bitcoin centric cultural centers. Prior to founding Hash Function, Thomas founded HODL Capital in 2017, a private fund focused on the bitcoin and the hashrate markets. Prior to HODL, Thomas was a founding team member of Fidelity Digital Asset Services and Director in Fidelity’s Bitcoin Incubator and an early employee at Digital Asset Holdings.

Thomas started his career as a swap and derivative lawyer at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. He holds a JD, LLM, and MSc.

Co-Founder and Former COO, of Great American Mining. Tom helped lead GAM’s execution of its high-growth strategy, amassing over 300 ph in the core of the Bakken mining Bitcoin off flare gas.

Tom’s people first-driven approach to building out lean over performing operations teams lead to consistently operating the best performing mining boxes in the Bakken basin.

Tom also helped developed GAM’s branding along with the industry defining podcast GAMCast to tackle the ESG framing that attacks O&G and Bitcoin. This work paved the way for Great American Mining’s position as Bitcoin Mining’s leader in dealing with stranded and non rival energy use cases.

Tom was also Head of Business Development for Cathedra Bitcoin. A publicly traded Bitcoin Mining Company that has a focus on off grid mining using natural gas.

Tom currently is the co founder of Standard Bitcoin. A vertically integrated Bitcoin Mining Company that has a focus on off grid mining using natural gas and developing on grid mining sites that help with grid stabilization in rural parts of Appalachia.

Trey Kelly is the Founder and CEO of GRIID Infrastructure, a vertically-integrated, US-based Bitcoin mining company. He has spent his career in building and scaling technology businesses. Trey began his career as an entrepreneur — in 2010 he founded Stampt, a mobile loyalty application, and saw it through to an acquisition by Mobivity in 2013.

Prior to GRIID, Trey worked in cybersecurity — most recently as an executive at Ziften. Trey joined as an early employee at OpenDNS and saw the business through its acquisition by Cisco Systems. He holds bachelor’s degrees in Systems Analysis as well as Mathematics and Statistics from Miami University.

Troy Cross is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College his teaching and research centers on foundational questions in metaphysics and epistemology. Prior to coming to Reed, he held positions at Yale and Oxford. Cross has been involved in bitcoin independently since 2011, cultivating interest in a number of bitcoin-related issues in that time, most of all, the question of bitcoin mining’s environmental impact and its role in our evolving energy landscape.

Miner and US based business development for Braiins

Will Cole is a bitcoiner, former Chief Product Officer of Unchained Capital, and current advisor to Unchained and Trammel Venture Partners.

independent bitcoin mining researcher