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