In this week’s Mining Pod, Will and Matt dig into Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including: difficulty dropping 5.5%, Arkansas putting restrictions around Bitcoin mining and large Bitcoin miners pivoting into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. 00:00:00 Start 00:02:07 Hashrate go down 00:06:35 Texas grid spikes 00:10:57 Canaan Avalon A15 00:17:26 Arkansas hates noise & communists 00:25:01 Miners pivot to AI infrastructure Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the...

Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:35 Open Timestamps does election fraud 00:07:19 Timestamp the internet? 00:08:19 Peter Todd Intro 00:10:45 Antpool block template use 00:16:33 Does Stratum V2 solve pool control? 00:17:18 Ocean Pool 00:18:19 Developers Incentivisation 00:20:19 Mining Testnet 00:21:30 Resetting Testnet 00:21:56 Ordinal Streisand Effect 00:24:16 OP_RETURN 00:24:58 1MB Runes incoming w/ Libra Relay? 00:28:23 MEV is dangerous 00:30:35 RBF transactions 00:31:20 MEV...

In this week’s Mining Pod, Charlie, Matt, Will and special guest Walt Smith of Cyber Fund discuss the talks from Bitcoin developer conference Bitcoin ++ in Austin, Texas, with special focus on new soft forks for Bitcoin that could bring more programmability on-chain. 00:00 Start 01:37 What is Bitcoin ++? 05:09 Specter of MEV on Bitcoin 11:49 Defining MEV 17:23 Slipstream & Data Blobs 21:08 Protocol Ossification 23:56 OP_CAT 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our...

In this week’s Mining Pod, we talk with the Galaxy Digital Bitcoin mining team about their Helios Bitcoin mine in Spur, Texas, population 900! We discuss the latest film, The Big Empty, how it was received by the community and what it means to have a Bitcoin miner join rural American towns like Spur. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:01 Guest Intros 00:02:36 Helios Mine Scale 00:03:21 Guest Bios 00:07:59 Helios Facility Size 00:11:26 Immersion Mining Process 00:13:21 Living in Dickens...

We go through this week’s news in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, including ViaBTC’s 33.3 BTC auction reward, Jack Dorsey’s Block announcing its 3 nm chip plans for a Bitcoin ASIC, and a behind the scenes look at TSMCs Arizona chip fab! 00:00:00 Start 00:07:27 Post-Halving Difficulty  00:12:16 Via BTC's Epic Sat Sale 00:16:14 Block's 3nm Mining Chip 00:20:01 Challenges for New ASICS 00:24:28 Jack Dorsey's Support 00:27:28 TSMC's Arizona Fab Issues 00:32:26 Wrap-up 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2...

Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a pseudonymous Bitcoiner known for his non-KYC Bitcoin guides, joins The Mining Pod to discuss why Bitcoin mining matters for individual liberty and how Bitcoiners can take mining to the next level. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:03:13 Diverter's Bitcoin Journey 00:06:12 Alex Gladstein's Bitcoin Story 00:10:22 Why Mining Matters 00:13:07 Value of Non-KYC Mining 00:20:27 Mining & Financial Sovereignty 00:24:27 Clean Spark...

Matt, Will and Charlie dig into this week’s biggest news stories ahead of the Bitcoin halving, where Bitcoin’s rewards are dropped by 50% by the network! We go through Bitcoin data, Riot energizing Corsicana and Foundry playing halving block games! Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:15 Bitcoin Having Discussion 00:04:28 Sponsor: Clean Spark 00:06:06 Miner Mag Data Review 00:09:17 Miner Sell Pressure 00:11:18 Riot's 1 GW Mine 00:14:23 Sponsor: Foreman 00:15:25 Foundry's Rare Sat...

Parker Merritt from Coin Metrics and Will Foxley discuss key metrics, trends, and insights in Bitcoin mining. Topics include mining pools, hash rate, transaction fees, hardware fingerprinting, energy consumption, miner efficiency, and the performance of publicly traded mining stocks. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:01:45 Foreman ad 00:02:28 Sponsor message 00:02:52 Introductions 00:03:50 Bitcoin Halving update 00:05:12 Bitcoin Cash price surge 00:09:08 Bitcoin Cash mining revenue 00:11:23...

Matt, Charlie and Will discuss Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, from Bitmain’s large US operations to Ordinals marketcap projections to mining pools playing games with new transaction types. Senator Elizabeth Warren might even drop by! Watch a video version of the show here. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:01:54 Intro & Bitcoin Halving 00:03:27 Difficulty Adjustment  00:05:01 Bitmain & BitFuFu 00:07:08 New US ASIC Maker 00:10:07 Promising or Flop? 00:11:15 Ordinals...

Steve Barbour, owner of Bitcoin mining and oil and gas services company Upstream Data, joins the show to discuss who should get into Bitcoin mining, what problems Bitcoin mining solves and what he expects going into another Bitcoin bull market. Watch a video version of the show here. Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:30 Introducing Steve Barbour 00:04:12 Bitcoin mining & energy 00:07:33 Upstream Data's origins 00:14:13 Upstream Data's naming 00:19:35 Canadian oil vs. Bitcoin 00:24:35...

Welcome to the news roundup! Today we chat about potential delays to TSMCs chip production from the earthquake in Taiwan, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin selling its 100 MW farm for a fair chunk of change. Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!  Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 Start 00:01:07...

Matt Williams of Luxor Tech joins the podcast to discuss hashrate futures, a new trading product that allows miners to forecast and act on the future price of hashrate. We discuss the product, similar Bitcoin futures products on the CME and how mining pool games with Ordinals could alter the equation. Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on...

Bitcoin miners generate Bitcoin using electricity. But how do they protect their business from drops in the price of Bitcoin or skyrocketing electrical costs? Enter hashrate derivatives. Matt Williams of Luxor Tech joins the podcast to discuss hashrate futures, a new trading product that allows miners to forecast and act on the future price of hashrate. We discuss the product, similar Bitcoin futures products on the CME and how mining pool games with Ordinals could alter the...

Alan Schroeder of Synota joins The Mining Pod to go through the ins-and-outs of the energy credit system and how the Lightning Network can make it more efficient through real time settlement for energy usage.  Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/ Join our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Thanks to Foreman Mining for sponsoring the show. Foreman Mining, Master Your...

Alan Schroeder of Synota joins The Mining Pod to go through the ins-and-outs of the energy credit system and how the Lightning Network can make it more efficient through real time settlement for energy usage.  Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/ Join our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Thanks to Foreman Mining for sponsoring the show. Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining. https://foreman.mn/

More transactions? More users? More fees? Zero Knowledge-based Rollups might be the holy grail of scaling solutions Bitcoiners are looking for. We sit down with Orkun Kılıç of Chainway Labs to discuss the latest in ZKRs. 00:00:00 Start 00:01:00 Introducing Organ Kilic from Citrea 00:02:18 Organ's Background in Crypto 00:04:48 Citrea's Focus on ZK Rollups 00:09:45 Funding and Team Expansion 00:10:23 Open Sourcing Code and Testnet Plans 00:14:18 Rollups vs. Sidechains 00:20:14 Citrea's...

More transactions? More users? More fees? Zero Knowledge-based Rollups might be the holy grail of scaling solutions Bitcoiners are looking for. We sit down with Orkun Kılıç of Chainway Labs to discuss the latest in ZKRs.

Charlie, Matt and Will join the news roundup to talk this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including public miners offering large ATMs, Bitcoin MEV from Ordinals and ViaBTC’s stale block problem. 00:00:00 Start 00:01:54 Welcome to the Mining Pod 00:04:24 Difficulty Adjustment 00:08:50 Public Mining Co. ATM Offerings 00:14:41 Ordinals & Runes Update 00:19:35 Consolidate Your UTXOs! 00:22:30 Creating Paper Bitcoin? 00:26:47 Bitcoin MEV & Quantum Cats 00:32:58 Via BTC's...

Charlie, Matt and Will join the news roundup to talk this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including public miners offering large ATMs, Bitcoin MEV from Ordinals and ViaBTC’s stale block problem.

Bitcoin hit another all time high last week, but Bitcoin mining stocks keep lagging. We’re joined by Brandon Bailey, a Bitcoin mining analyst previously with Galaxy Digital Holdings, to break down the price performance.  Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/ Join our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Thanks to Foreman Mining for sponsoring the show. Foreman Mining, Master Your...

Bitcoin hit another all time high last week, but Bitcoin mining stocks keep lagging. We’re joined by Brandon Bailey, a Bitcoin mining analyst previously with Galaxy Digital Holdings, to break down the price performance.  Questions or want to sponsor? ⁠[email protected]⁠ Thanks to Foreman Mining for sponsoring the show. Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining. https://foreman.mn/

Charlie, Matt and Will jump back into our news roundup to go through this week’s Bitcoin mining hits, including mining profitability, rapper French Montana minting a music Ordinal and the Biden admin taking a second shot at a 30% tax on Bitcoin miners. Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/ Join our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Thanks to Foreman Mining for sponsoring the show. Foreman...

Should Bitcoin miners think about AI? Is it too late to get in on the game? How should Bitcoin miner’s construct JV deals or other structures? We are joined by John Belizaire of Soluna Digital Holdings to dig into this and more. Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]

Should Bitcoin miners think about AI? Is it too late to get in on the game? How should Bitcoin miner’s construct JV deals or other structures? We are joined by John Belizaire of Soluna Digital Holdings to dig into this and more. Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]