Episode

AI Is Breaking the Power Grid, and Bitcoin Is the Fix

Podcast: The Bitcoin Layer
Published: Jun 9, 2026
Duration seconds: 2249
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In this episode, Nik welcomes back Daniel Batten, bitcoin researcher and longtime voice on bitcoin's role in energy, for a conversation on the collision between AI, the power grid, and bitcoin mining. The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.