Why Oil Companies Are Quietly Mining Bitcoin w/ Stephen Barbour
Published: April 2, 2026
Duration: 53:33
🔗 Steve Barbour:
X (Twitter): https://x.com/SGBarbourLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-barbour-3b6b3092/Upstream Data: https://upstreamdata.ca
Steve Barbour, founder of Upstream Data, has been building off-grid Bitcoin mining infrastructure for oil and gas companies since 2017. In this episode, Jesse sits down with Steve to explore why oil companies are now self-mining Bitcoin, how the secondary ASIC market is finding a home in the oilfield, and what portable infrastructure really means for the future of mining.
They dig into Steve's three-bear-market journey building Upstream Data, why he added VFDs and...