“Final 12 months, it wasn’t that [mining] was an afterthought, however it did not have almost the pull or the promotion from the convention,” Whit Gibbs, the founder and CEO of bitcoin mining and companies firm, Compass Mining, advised CoinDesk from the exhibition flooring. “And this 12 months…they promoted [the mining stage], they have audio system which can be extra participating, drawing within the crowds. It has been nice,” he mentioned.