Mining 2.0: What's Next? Technology and Business Innovations in 2023
2023-01-13 , Main Hall

The mining sector is anything but static. Innovation on Lightning, Stratum V2, and Custom Firmware are all being developed and improved every day. This panel will discuss these areas of innovation, what it means for miners, and how this can bring the entire bitcoin ecosystem forward.

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

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.

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

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.