Mining Since 2017
North Carolina, USA

TheCoinDad, also known as Tobias Barbir, is a German native under Romanian parents who migrated to America and joined the US Military. He spent the past two decades in the Logistics arena while having traveled the globe to 30 different countries and two warzones during that time. Then in 2013, he learned about Bitcoin and like many others he dismissed it as internet funny money until his cousin sent him a used mining rig in the mail in early 2017. Since then TheCoinDad learned to repair and refurbish miners out of his facility in NC, broker deals, consult for other mining companies, put deployment teams together for large sites, manage consolidation projects in various different states, train entry-level Techs on site, and physically confirm multi-million dollar hardware deals for clients. It was not until 2021 that he realized he might have the most extensive Bitcoin mining collection in the world and decided to focus on helping preserve the history of Bitcoin mining hardware as much as possible. That is how the Bitcoin Mining Museum was born. His collection now extends to over 80 different Bitcoin mining machines from across the globe. To this day, he is still actively adding to this collection.

Mining Since 2018
North Carolina, USA

April has been around the Bitcoin mining community since 2018. She has assisted in site deployments with her husband, work shop repairs on S9 machines, and helped deploy the BMM exhibit to several Bitcoin conferences. She is a Military Veteran with a background in IT working as a Sr PC Support Specialist at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill for well over a decade now. She has a Bachelor and Masters in Information Technology, and several certs in CompTia, and Cisco. April is known to be persistent, to the point, and self motivated. We are blessed to have her.

Mining Since 2015
Ontario, Canada

Tyler began mining bitcoin in 2015 and quickly became captivated with bitcoin mining and the evolution of SHA256. He began researching, collecting, selling USB based home miners with the goal of encouraging global adoption, awareness, and decentralization of bitcoin mining. He was fascinated and became passionate about the history of ASICs, and how the industry evolved into what it is today.

Tyler is a Multimedia Specialist by career with over a decade of focus on interactive web development. He holds certifications in both Advanced Multimedia Design and Website Creation and Design.

Mining Since 2019
North Carolina, USA

Lance Smith comes to our team from a distinguished background in the Data Center and mission critical space. Lance has over a decade of experience in designing, implementing, and commissioning complex critical systems. After receiving his Electrical Engineering degree from The Ohio State University (2013), Lance supported many high profile companies such as the U.S. Defense Dept, Amazon Web Service, Azure and Google Cloud.

Lance joined the space after reading the Sataoshi white paper in 2018 and began mining from his home PCs and GPUs in 2019. Shortly after, Lance began experimenting with various data center and large scale power equipment before meeting TheCoinDad for the first time in 2020. Lance still works with Google and as one of their Data Center System Architects, while running his own consulting company, Duck Digital. When he is not working his day job, Lance is consulting in mining infrastructure, code compliance, construction, and supports the Bitcoin Mining Museum. Lance resides in Durham, NC with his wife and (3) children.

Mining Since 2012
North Carolina, USA

Gerald, like many of us, started Bitcoin mining at home back in 2012. Since then, he's started four companies and grown HMTech into the premier service and repair provider in the Western hemisphere. His company holds certifications to repair ASIC hardware from Bitmain, MicroBT, Innosilicon, iPollo, and Alpha Miner. HMTech has consulted with almost all major Crypto miners in the US on various projects. Today HMTech is THE trusted source for service and repair.

Mining Since 2011
Israel

Guy was a hobbyist miner using GPUs during 2011-2012. In 2013 he co-founded Spondoolies-Tech, one of the first ASIC-producing companies. Spondooliee-Tech produced the Hammer 40nm ASIC and the SP10 machine based on it and the 28nm RockerBox ASIC and the SP30, 35, and SP20 machines based on it.

Mining Since 2011
London, England

Matt started GPU mining in college in the early days using free electricity in the dorm room. He then moved on to work for a large mining farm in Montana where he learned the skills to start his own consulting company. Since then he has spent years closing large deals, selling hardware, and helping sites scale. He is a global travel fanatic and has flown millions of miles to date. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the space and this team.

Mining Since 2010
Montreal, Canada

Ian started mining in early 2010, first using CPUs and then GPUs. In 2013, he started building his own ASIC farm that grew to 40MW in 2018, representing up to 1% of the bitcoin network computational power. In 2019, Ian went to manage a top 6 mining pool before founding Pow.re with his co-founders and going back to building mining farms.

Mining Since 2010
New Jersey, USA

Greg started mining in 2011, and was a part of helping Bitmain with the S1. He is a Legendary Member of BitcoinTalk.org, where he has been providing hardware sales and software support to the community since February 2014. He built and designed a 15MW mining facility in Atlanta, GA, where he was responsible for software development, facility design, and leading a team of 10 technicians and engineers. Now, he is primarily involved in hardware sales, repair, and consulting for large-scale miners in the community.

Mining Since 2011
Germany

Philip started off in software development and game engine design. He has been responsible for software infrastructure and mining operations in Genesis Mining since its founding in 2014 and is now CTO of Genesis Digital Assets. Having mined his first Bitcoin in 2011, he is a passionate advocate for cryptocurrencies and a true old-school miner.

Mining Since 2010
USA

Jon started mining in early 2010 as co-founder of Qi Hardware, makers of the video art computer, the Milkymist. This open hardware computer was repurposed into one of the earliest FPGA Bitcoin Miners. The Milkymist was then used to bootstrap the 1st AvalonMiner that included the 1st ASIC Bitcoin Mining Chip. The AvalonMiner project birthed Canaan Creative and the “Open Sourcing” of the AvalonMiner software and hardware sped up mining industry development. Phillips now is the CEO and Co-founder of LIMINAL, based in St. Louis.

Mining Since 2013
New York, USA

Mason is the CEO and Co-founder of Blockware Solutions, an industry leader in Bitcoin / Crypto-Currency mining. Blockware has brokered ~ 9of total network hashrate, operates one of the largest ISA Bitcoin mining pools in North America, writes industry leading research, Own/Operates 50 MW of hosting, and has placed 500+ MW of Bitcoin Mining hosting since being founded in 2017. Mason also previously serves on the advisory board of Riot Blockchain and has founded other Blockchain entities. Prior to founding Blockware Solutions, Mason had roles as a lead software engineer and a senior management consultant. He has a B.S. in Finance and a Master's Degree in Information Systems from Indiana University's Kelley school of Business.

Mining Since 2010
Michigan, USA

Bryce has a background in computer science and network engineering. In 2010 Bryce discovered bitcoin while browsing 4chan and quickly started mining using cpu, gpu and FPGA rigs when Butterfly Labs first released them. Bryce brings knowledge and insight into the early history of bitcoin mining.

Mining Since 2013
Oregon, USA

Ronald Bynoe, mining since 2013. As a hobbyist miner and system administrator, he learned the technical side of network engineering as well as Bitcoin Mining. He focused more of his energy on the Lightning network and node operation and advocacy. More recently he has re-entered mining professionally, working on a commercial Bitcoin Mining ASIC design, and deepening his connection with the Bitcoin Maximalist community, and improving Bitcoin high school Educational programs.

Mining Since 2013
Israel

Assaf is EVP of Hardware Engineering in Blockstream Inc responsible for miners’ development and was a co-founder of Spondoolies-Tech back in 2013. Assaf was involved as ASIC director in the development and making of Spondoolies ASICs. Assaf holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering cum laude from the Technion and MBA from Tel Aviv University.