Rod Roudi is a technology professional with ~20 years of experience in the industry, including management and senior management roles. He has spent the past ~7 years focusing his time, capital, and reputation on Bitcoin.
He is dedicated to helping educate and grow local Bitcoin communities. In 2022, he co-founded Bitcoin Park, a community-supported campus in Nashville, TN that is focused on grassroots Bitcoin adoption and serves as a hub for Bitcoin enthusiasts to work, learn, collaborate, and build. And now in early 2025 opened up the second location, Bitcoin Park Austin, in Austin, TX.
His focus is also centered on Bitcoin mining where he invests in a variety of different mining operations through his firm Galactic Freedom Company and their subsequent funds.
With Econoalchemist, he also co-founded a 501c3 non-profit, [The 256 Foundation](http://www.256foundation.org), based in Nashville, TN with the objective to support developers and educators with grants while they work to advance free and open-source Bitcoin mining software, firmware, and hardware solutions; develop secure and sustainable energy initiatives; and foster innovations that put more hashrate in the hands of the many.
He hosts and participates in a number of podcasts including a collaboration with Bitcoin Park x ARK Invest called Bitcoin Brainstorm: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4i4RQ_PMSj6Plocy0dn1jlP1qnQsrxut)
In addition to his professional pursuits, Rod is also an early-stage angel investor and has invested in companies such as Calm, Teachable, 15Five, and others.
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