“Mining as a Service” (MaaS) might sound like the newest trend in Bitcoin.

But at Saz, it isn’t a recent pivot — it’s the foundation the company was built on.

Today, hosting companies are beginning to rebrand themselves under the MaaS label. It’s exciting to see the industry move in that direction. But while others are now adopting the term, Sazmining built its business around true Mining as a Service from the very beginning—not as a marketing angle, but as a core philosophy.

Kent Halliburton, CEO and Co-Founder, often explains the mindset simply: Sazmining never set out to host machines. The mission was to build sovereignty into mining itself and make it possible for everyday Bitcoiners to produce their own Bitcoin directly. The rest of the industry is only now catching up to that vision.

Before MaaS was a buzzword, Sazmining defined what it really stands for:
ownership, transparency, renewable energy, and aligned incentives.

The Early Days: Opening the Door to Mining

Mining used to be reserved for a small group of highly technical and well-funded participants. You needed hardware, specialized skills, energy contracts, and the ability to manage uptime in unpredictable environments.

Halliburton often compares this to another industry he worked in early on: rooftop solar. Before solar became accessible, only those with access to engineers and electricians could participate. Mining was in the same place — in need of an access revolution.

Sazmining was founded to drive that change, not react to it.

What Mining as a Service Truly Means

Many companies now using the MaaS label are simply rebranding hosting under a different name. But Mining as a Service is not just a hosting contract with a new acronym.

Under true MaaS:

• Customers own their mining machines outright
  
  
• Bitcoin is paid directly into the customer’s wallet
  
  
• Fees are transparent and aligned with performance
  
  
• The customer doesn’t need technical expertise
  
  
• Renewable power is a requirement, not a convenient story
  

This model is built around the idea that people shouldn’t be renting hashpower. They should be producing Bitcoin they directly own, backed by infrastructure built for them, not for middlemen.

Beyond Hosting: Mining as a Service and the SaaS Parallel

Just as Software as a Service changed how people access technology, MaaS changes how people acquire Bitcoin.

SaaS made tools easy to use without customers needing to maintain the infrastructure behind them. Mining as a Service takes that same philosophy—simple onboarding, scalability, automated monitoring, predictable costs—and applies it to something even more fundamental: the conversion of energy into money.

It’s mining without technical barriers, without custodial middlemen, and without sacrificing ownership.

Renewable Energy: Not an Afterthought

Sazmining didn’t adopt renewable energy later for marketing purposes. Renewable power has guided site selection from the start. Every facility is located near abundant clean energy:

• Wisconsin (USA) – Hydropower from the Upper Midwest grid
  
  
• Paraguay – The Itaipu Dam, one of the world’s largest renewable-energy facilities
  
  
• Norway – Arctic Circle hydropower with near-zero carbon impact
  
  
• Ethiopia – The Grand Renaissance Dam, tapping massive hydropower capacity
  
  

Customers mining through Sazmining aren’t just earning Bitcoin; they’re helping build a cleaner and more energy-sovereign future for the network.

Why True MaaS Matters for Bitcoin

Bitcoin relies on miners — they secure the network, maintain decentralization, and make Bitcoin possible without intermediaries. If mining becomes too centralized or inaccessible, Bitcoin’s foundations weaken.

Mining as a Service ensures that anyone can:

• produce Bitcoin at cost
  
  
• contribute to network security
  
  
• control their own Bitcoin from the start
  
  

If exchanges disappeared tomorrow, Bitcoin would still thrive — but only because miners exist. MaaS ensures that everyday users can be part of that heartbeat.

Sazmining Set the Standard

As more companies begin adopting the MaaS label, definitions matter. Without:

• true ownership,
  
  
• transparency,
  
  
• aligned incentives,
  
  
• and renewable infrastructure,
  
  

there is no Mining as a Service — only hosting with different branding.

Sazmining’s model wasn’t created to abstract people from Bitcoin, but to bring them closer to it.

The Future: A Movement Built on Sovereignty

What began as a vision has become the blueprint for how the world will mine Bitcoin: accessible, aligned, hands-off, and powered by renewable energy.

Mining as a Service isn’t a trend — it’s a movement that Sazmining pioneered, and it’s redefining how people acquire Bitcoin.

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