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Is Bitcoin mining really worth 
it in 2025? 

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That's the million satoshi 
question right now on everyone's

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mind, even yours. 
Am I right, Jason? 

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Depending on who you ask, mining
is either destroying the planet.

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Bitcoin consumes more 
electricity than countries like 

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Sweden and Pakistan. 
That's country with more than 

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220 million people. 
We're the greatest technological

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innovation since the Internet. 
Winners not coming back, we're 

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past that. 
We're past that phase. 

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If bitcoins not going to 0, it's
going to $1,000,000 and you have

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all the evidence you need to 
determine that right The 

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president of the United States 
has determined he supports 

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Bitcoin, the cabinet supports 
Bitcoin, Scott peasant supports 

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Bitcoin Paul Atkins has shown 
himself to be an enthusiastic 

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believer of Bitcoin and today 
we're. 

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Going to break down three 
things, One, whether Bitcoin 

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mining might be right for you, 
2. 

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How mining impacts the true cost
per Bitcoin. 

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And three, the surprisingly 
creative way that people are 

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using all the heat from their 
Bitcoin miners. 

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We're talking greenhouses in 
Scandinavia, apartment complexes

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in Canada, even pools and bath 
houses powered by mining rigs. 

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So maybe the real question isn't
if Bitcoin mining is worth it. 

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It might be closer to whether 
this so-called wasted heat is 

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flipping the entire energy 
debate on its head. 

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I'm oceans. 
This is beyond Bitcoin. 

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Let's dive in. 
Let's start by getting a little 

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personal. 
Should you be mining? 

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Oh me? 
Here's the honest truth, for 

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most individuals, running a few 
mining rigs in your garage isn't

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the golden ticket it used to be.
Difficulty has climbed to new 

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record highs and industrial 
scale miners dominate. 

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Energy prices in many places 
have made home mining fairly 

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profitable unless you have 
access to stranded or cheap 

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energy. 
But that doesn't mean that 

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mining is not worth it. 
It just means that the question 

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has shifted. 
Mining today isn't just about 

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squeezing out sets from your 
basement rig. 

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It's also about participating in
an energy market. 

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If you're in Paraguay with hydro
or Texas with wind, or even 

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Iceland with geothermal, mining 
can be incredibly profitable. 

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But if you're in California 
paying basic utility rates, not 

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so much. 
So the better lens is, are you 

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aligned with cheap, abundant 
energy? 

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If yes, mining could be right 
for you. 

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Mining also changes the way that
we think about the cost of 

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Bitcoin itself. 
On paper, the block subsidy plus

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the transaction fees is what 
pays the miners. 

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But the hidden layer is 
electricity. 

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Every Bitcoin in circulation is 
not backed by government decree,

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but backed by the megawatts that
are burned to secure the network

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.21 megawatts. 
That electricity cost sets a 

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kind of floor price. 
Studies show that miners turn 

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off their machines when the 
Bitcoin price dips below the 

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cost per coin. 
And that's why energy cost 

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curves are such a big deal. 
And here's the kicker. 

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Oh yeah, the heat by product 
lowers the cost when it's 

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reused. 
If you're heating apartments, 

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pools or greenhouses with mining
rigs, this essentially gives you

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2 products for the price of 11 
Bitcoin. 2 the heat. 

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And that drops the cost of 
Bitcoin production in ways that 

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critics don't account for. 
And this is where it gets 

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interesting. 
Around the world, miners are 

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finding quirky and practical 
ways to turn waste into value. 

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In North Vancouver, Mint Greens 
digital boilers now heat 7000 

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apartments and 100 buildings, 
recovering 96% of electricity as

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usable heat. 
In Scandinavia, greenhouses in 

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-30 Celsius winters stay alive 
thanks to mining rigs. 

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I need the fresh tomatoes in the
Arctic. 

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That sounds more like it's from 
Transylvania. 

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I need the fresh tomatoes in the
Arctic. 

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I'll be cancelled for that one, 
I'm sure. 

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In Brooklyn there's a bath 
house. 

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Imagine soaking in a spa heated 
by ASICS while those same rigs 

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earn 1.5 Bitcoin a year. 
That's happening right now. 

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But while the bath house is 
designed to evoke ancient 

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tradition, what's going on 
behind the scenes is cutting 

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edge. 
Step behind the old school 

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facade, pass the dryers in the 
back of house staff and you'll 

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find the pump room where the 
water's piped into. 

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The baths are heated up to 104°.
But you'll also find something 

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extraordinary. 
Computers submerged in fluid, 

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serving dual purposes, heating 
the water and mining Bitcoin. 

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It kind of clicked in my mind. 
Bitcoin mining produces heat as 

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a byproduct. 
I buy energy to create heat. 

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He found YouTube videos of 
hobbyists using Bitcoin to heat 

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their pools and hot tubs. 
Instead of cooling the computers

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with fans, they're submerged in 
a specially engineered 

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biodegradable fluid that doesn't
conduct the electric current but

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does absorb the heat, which a 
heat exchanger transfers into 

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hot water that moves directly 
into the pools. 

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In Vancouver, there's a proposal
to heat a public pool using 

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mining rigs and also generate 
revenue for the city. 

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An idea to heat Kitsilano pool 
using Bitcoin mining was 

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discussed at a conference in 
Vancouver today, An event Mayor 

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Ken SIM also attended and spoke 
at this afternoon's panel was 

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part of the Learning Bitcoin 
conference this weekend at the 

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Vancouver Convention Centre. 
The participants discussed how 

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Bitcoin miners are essentially 
computers, and the heat 

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generated from them could be 
used to heat Kit's pool for use 

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all year round. 
Adding it could even make the 

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city money. 
Mining heat is no longer waste, 

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it's becoming infrastructure. 
You may wonder why this Bitcoin 

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mining contraption looks like 
it's built onto a trailer. 

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Well, let me familiarize you 
with the concept of the stranded

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well. 
The ground beneath us here is 

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filled with a pocket of black 
gold. 

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On top of that oil is a giant 
pressurized cap of stranded gas.

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It gets that name because it's 
pretty hard to transport, and 

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it's going to come out of the 
ground as a part of the process 

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of retrieving that oil. 
But a well like this one is 

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simply too remote to do anything
with the gas. 

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You can't get a pipeline to it. 
You can't truck it away. 

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It's either too expensive or 
technically not feasible to 

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build a pipeline to carry. 
So what the oil companies do 

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instead is this. 
They just set it on fire and 

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burn it off into the air. 
That is an enormous amount of 

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potential energy just literally 
up in flames. 

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So this is where the innovative 
Bitcoin miner is swooping in. 

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Instead of just venting this gas
off into the atmosphere like 

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you're literally seeing it do 
now, it can be diverted into 

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these fairly giant generators. 
And since we're on the topic of 

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resilience, let's talk about 
communications. 

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Because when the grid fails or 
you happen to be off the beaten 

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path, you still need to stay 
connected. 

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That's where SAT 123.com comes 
in. 

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Whether you're running miners 
off grid or you're just camping 

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with your family, SAT 123 has 
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And if you go to sat123.com 

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Stay connected anywhere and 

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Let's zoom out again. 
This isn't just about pools and 

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greenhouses in Norway. 
Crypto Vault uses mining heat to

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dry lumber and plans to dry 
seaweed. 

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In the US, Crusoe Energy deploys
miners to capture flared gas at 

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oil fields, turning pollution 
into profit, and marathon 

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digital mines with landfill 
methane literally turning trash 

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into Bitcoin. 
According to the EPA, municipal 

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solid waste landfills contribute
to approximately 14% of human 

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related methane emissions in the
United States. 

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Instead of flaring or venting 
greenhouse gas, Bitcoin miners 

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can beneficially use that energy
directly on site. 

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To explore this concept, 
Marathon has initiated A280 

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kilowatt pilot project with 
Nodal power to mine Bitcoin at 

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an off grid Utah landfill 
facility. 

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If successful, Marathon may be 
able to further diversify its 

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operations, lower its energy 
costs and reduce greenhouse gas 

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emissions. 
And this is the part that 

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critics miss the most. 
Mining is evolving into an 

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energy innovation lab. 
Instead of being an energy 

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drain, it's becoming an energy 
optimizer. 

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So is mining worth it in 2025? 
Well, if you're paying a retail 

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electricity, maybe not. 
Unless you have a bit ax or like

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1000 bit axes. 
If you're chasing it for quick 

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profit also maybe not. 
But if you measure the network 

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as an energy buyer of last 
resort, a floor setter for 

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global power markets, and a 
generator of useful heat, then 

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yes, it's absolutely worth it. 
Because for the first time we 

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have a system where the waste by
product heat of money itself is 

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solving real world problems. 
Heat is everything. 

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You wouldn't have anything 
without heat. 

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We wouldn't have our modern 
technology without heat. 

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From cave fires to digital 
boilers, the pattern hasn't 

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changed. 
Humanity moves forward when we 

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learn of new ways to stay warm. 
And if you're wondering how to 

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get into mining without filling 
your garage with noisy rigs, 

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well, sasmining.com probably has
a solution you're looking for. 

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They host and maintain your 
miners powered by renewable 

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energy like hydropower. 
You own the hardware, they 

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handle the uptime and 
operations, and you collect the 

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Bitcoin. 
Many of their sites are now 100%

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carbon free. 
So if you want to see first hand

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if mining is worth it in 2025, 
go to saasmining.com and book a 

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call with one of their expert 
team members. 

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Start mining today. 
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This is beyond Bitcoin. 

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Sayonara, suckers. 
Sayonara, suckers.