Pakistan Evaluates Bitcoin Mining Using Landfill Gas

• The president of Pakistan's crypto-assets regulatory authority is leading the negotiations.
• The plan aims to install electric processing centers at the country's landfills.

The Government of Pakistan is in negotiations with CH4 Capital to implement Bitcoin mining projects powered by landfill gas. The announcement was made by the company's founder, Daniel Batten, on September 29, 2026.

The proposal seeks to capture the methane released at landfills to power electric generators for mining the digital asset. Batten revealed this information during the BTCHEL conference in Helsinki on September 25, 2026, and later confirmed it on X.

Formal discussions began after an initial contact at the previous year's Bitcoin MENA event, the specialist commented. The government representative in the meetings is Bilal Bin Saqib, who serves as the president of Pakistan's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.

Batten highlighted the social urgency of the initiative. <Each of Pakistan's landfills is releasing methane into the air over the people living next to them, and this has been happening for decades. Many of those people are children>, the executive denounced.

The businessman emphasized the official's positive reception of the proposal's viability. <Bilal Bin Saqib saw what that meant before we finished explaining it>, Batten stated.

The specialist expressed the goal of installing infrastructure at all waste disposal sites in the Asian country. A single facility would prevent 1.2 million tons of emissions, an amount equivalent to the total footprint of Helsinki, the Finnish capital, he claims.

<The gas is free, so there are no tariffs to discuss. And it positions Pakistan as a global leader in methane reduction>, stated the founder of CH4 Capital regarding the projected business model.

For his part, Saqib has promoted Bitcoin-related initiatives at various international forums. The official has pushed for a strategic reserve with BTC under state custody due to seizures and the creation of a national wallet since the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas in 2025. The Pakistani representative reaffirmed this stance on September 21, 2026, during the UN General Assembly, where he reiterated the proposal to the economic media Forbes.

Bitcoin mining with residual gas involves processing methane emitted into the atmosphere to power electric generators. This procedure prevents greenhouse gas from escaping into the air and transforms it into low-cost energy power.

CH4 Capital's operational model prioritizes landfills without prior burning infrastructure. <We specialize only in landfills that are currently releasing (not burning) their emissions, because this maximizes the environmental benefit per dollar invested>, the investor indicated.

This practical strategy is backed by the academic work of Batten himself, who documented 30 peer-reviewed scientific studies. This research concludes that Bitcoin mining simultaneously solves the energy trilemma by providing environmental sustainability, network security, and equity in energy access, as reported by CriptoNoticias.

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