Jacob Langenkamp is a former active-duty service member and civil servant for the U.S. Department of Defense. Jake served approximately two decades with a great deal of international experience in Europe, Asia and Africa. In 2022, Jake founded Bridger, a bitcoin mining company. Bridger operates under the thesis that bitcoin mining can be an instrumental partner for the energy sectors of African countries and ultimately boost national productivity by expanding their grids. Jacob Langenkamp is a guest author of the Bitcoin Policy Institute. The views expressed in this publication are personal statements of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Bitcoin Policy Institute or its affiliated scholars.