Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Mining Is the Resurrection Of the Working-Class Hero
Most people think of bitcoin as just another asset: You buy some, throw it in cold storage and wait. Easy, right?
That’s the white-collar view of bitcoin: clean, polished and abstracted. Perfect for quarterly reports and portfolio charts.
But here’s the reality: Bitcoin mining is messy. It’s loud. It’s physical. Bitcoin mining is energy and infrastructure. It’s boots on the ground — not loafers on stage.
Miners don’t just hold bitcoin. Miners make bitcoin.
And that often overlooked reality matters more than most people realize.
I’ve Lived Both Sides
Before I started mining, I was deeply involved in the solar industry. I ran models, built forecasts and pitched clients. I knew the spreadsheets backward and f