Mining Bitcoin In The Congo And Beyond: The Journey Of BigBlock Datacenter’s Sébastien Gouspillou

Listening to Sébastien Gouspillou share stories from the past eight years of his international life as a Bitcoin miner, it’s difficult to believe he’s telling the truth.

Each of his tales come across as works of fiction in which he, often compelled by little more than blind faith and a desire to utilize cheap energy for Bitcoin mining, comes out on top after struggling through soul-shaking trials and tribulations.

And what’s perhaps most mystifying is that he tells many of these stories while smiling from ear to ear, beaming with a certain radiance that comes from having an indefatigable spirit (except for when he tells parts of the stories where others are hurt, wronged or killed; at…

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