Jaime Leverton: Without Bitcoin Miners There is No Bitcoin

Natalie Brunell's Coin Stories · Jul 7, 2023 · 50m

Jaime Leverton is the CEO of Hut 8 Mining Corp., one of North America's largest publicly-traded Bitcoin miners. Hut 8 holds more than 9,000 BTC in reserves.

In this episode we discuss:

- Data centers vs. Bitcoin and energy use

- How to explain Bitcoin mining simply

- Benefits of Bitcoin being the largest industrial flexible load

- Sovereigns competing for Bitcoin?

- How miners survive bear markets

- Hut 8 expanding into the U.S.

- Women in tech

Jaime joined Hut 8 in 2020. Her prior experience includes eStruxture Data Centers, Cogeco Peer 1, National Bank, BlackBerry, Bell Canada and IBM…