🎧 HASHRATE UP #038 – Inside the Engine Room of Bitcoin Mining (w/ Shyke Lowers, Satokie Mining)

What does it take to operate 186 megawatts of Bitcoin mining infrastructure — and scale toward 1 gigawatt?

In this episode, Jesse speaks with Shyke Lowers, COO and Co-Founder of Satokie Mining, about the toughest part of industrial Bitcoin mining: operations. They dive into what makes or breaks a mining site — from infrastructure design and on-site team management to technician training, fault diagnostics, and culture-building.

📌 Topics include:
– $55 hashprice: relief or still painful?
– Bitcoin mining culture vs. Bitcoin Twitter
– Satokie’s “road dog” deployment strategy
– Infrastructure quality: cooling, layout, design
– How to scale ops without breaking things
– Career paths: tech 1 to site manager
– Pricing models for managed mining
– Marketing that actually works in mining
– The path to 1 GW and a global footprint

🎙 ABOUT HASHRATE UP

HashrateUp is a Podcast focused on the fields of Bitcoin Mining and Energy, as well as the intersection of the two. Every week new episodes are released featuring industry guests and deep operational insights from the host Jesse — an energy consultant and Bitcoin mining expert based in Cape Town. His mission: bring more hashrate to Africa.

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