Russell Willans

Russell Willans is Co-Founder and Director of Metamining, which he established with Andrew Sanchez. With more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, Russell’s interest in crypto grew from his knowledge of traditional financial markets and a curiosity of crypto as an alternative investment stream. As he learned more about Bitcoin, he saw it as far more than “magical internet money” and became interested in the wider possibilities of crypto. Russell and Andrew have been largely involved in altcoin mining since the early days of their crypto journey. Their projects have included Ethereum, Zcash, Litecoin and Dogecoin through Scrypt mining, and CKB from the Nervos Network. BTC has also provided a base mining operation. What began as a personal interest grew into a renewable-powered mining farm and, in 2021, Metamining’s Australian hosting operations. Built steadily from the ground up, Metamining has become one of Australia’s longest-standing crypto miner hosting businesses