Bob Burnett: Facing the Future: Energy, Bitcoin, and Financial Sovereignty | Tom Nelson Pod #262

Bob Burnett is the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, a company focused on the development of “horse-class” mining sites, and he is a vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources.  Bob has spent over 35 years as a technologist including 13 years at Gateway, Inc., a Fortune 200 personal computer company, where he led the company’s product development efforts as Chief Technical Officer.  He has founded several companies in the Bitcoin mining space and is an evangelist and educator for Bitcoin and its importance to the world’s future.  He has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. 00:00 Introduction to Energy and Bitcoin 00:14 Meet Bob Burnett: CEO of Barefoot Mining 01:39 Journey Through the PC Revolution 06:05 The Inflection Point of Bitcoin Adoption 06:49 Austrian Economics and Financial Disillusionment 13:19 The Broken Money System and Bitcoin's Promise 19:04 Bitcoin's Role in Global Commerce 41:14 The Case for Bitcoin and Addressing Criticisms 50:10 The Future of U.S. Currency 51:19 Bitcoin as a Reserve Currency 51:29 Adoption Curves and Technological Change 54:19 The Evolution of Bitcoin Conferences 01:01:10 The U.S. Deficit and Bitcoin's Role 01:07:08 Green Energy and Bitcoin Mining 01:14:37 The Future of Off-Grid Mining 01:19:38 Bitcoin's Energy Consumption Debate 01:23:53 The Fight for Bitcoin's Acceptance 01:28:45 Closing Thoughts and Final Remarks https://x.com/boomer_btc https://www.barefootmining.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@OldManYells-btc ========= AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR X: https://x.com/TomANelson Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomn.substack.com/about