Today I am pleased to welcome Jaran Mellerud. Jaran holds a Masters in Energy Management from Nord University in Norway and works at Luxor Energy. His focus is on the bitcoin mining industry. We will discuss why energy is even necessary in bitcoin, how much energy do gold mining and other industries consume, is there enough clean energy for bitcoin, the properties that make bitcoin optimal to develop renewable energy, how bitcoin can become carbon negative, recent hash rate increases and bitcoin price, and much more. ✓ Time stamps 01:33 Why does bitcoin need energy 06:41 Comparisons to other industries 11:08 Bitcoin and renewables 15:03 5 properties that make bitcoin perfect for developing clean energy 26:55 Methane and bitcoin helping become carbon negative 34:59 Switzerland and bitcoin 37:51 Hash rate and bitcoin miners 44:58 Rapid fire questions Links Twitter @JMellerud affiliate links Descript https://www.descript.com/?lmref=m0U0LA shift crypto affiliate link https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/?ref=W7XHHFMKYt braintrust https://app.usebraintrust.com/r/didier3/ If you enjoyed this episode, share this link on your favorite social networks Visit the website and support the podcast with BTC or fiat https://www.theswissroadtocrypto.com/ This podcast is produced by Didier Borel. Copyright © *2020* *The Swiss Road to Crypto*, All rights reserved. subscribe to news letter https://didierborel.substack.com/subscribe? visit website https://www.theswissroadtocrypto.com/