Bitcoin Mining with North America's Largest Miner | Pomp Podcast #578

This is an episode of The Pomp Podcast with host Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano and guest, Fred Thiel. He is the CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the largest bitcoin miners in North America. In this conversation, we discuss bitcoin mining, ESG bitcoin, OFAC compliant blocks, Taproot, and what Marathon plans to do moving forward. ------ https://Blockfi.com/POMP ------ Pomp writes a daily letter to over 140,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/ Book a one-on-one video call with Pomp: Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/pompglobal Superpeer: https://superpeer.com/pomp Follow Pomp on social media: Twitter:   / apompliano   Instagram:   / pompglobal   LinkedIn:   / anthonypompliano   Website: https://anthonypompliano.com/ Listen and subscribe on the platform of your choice: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2QwpFjz... Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?... TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 00:09 - Fred’s background before Marathon 02:22 - Overview of Marathon 04:46 - ESG Bitcoin 07:53 - Will the ESG conversation go away? 10:59 - Bitcoin mining drives sustainable energy 13:23 - Geographic distribution 15:36 - Taproot 17:46 - Making profit vs Listening to community 22:30 - Response from internet vs institutional investors 25:16 - The bitcoin mining council 28:15 - The future of the mining industry 29:36 - What Fred is looking forward to 30:47 - Message to the bitcoin community