HashrateUp - A Bitcoin Mining Podcast

In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down how to properly compare ASIC prices – and why looking at the sticker price alone can be misleading. Jesse walks through two key metrics every miner should know: dollars per terahash ($/TH) and efficiency-adjusted pricing ($/TH/eff). Using a live spreadsheet, he shows how dividing total price by hashrate gives you a standardized way to compare mac...

🔗 Wilson Pool: https://wilsonmining.io In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down Wilson Pool – a bare-bones FPPS mining pool with some of the lowest fees in the industry at just 0.38%. Jesse explores how Wilson Pool works, why it routes hash rate through SBI Crypto as a primary pool, and what the primary vs. secondary pool model means for smaller operations. He walks through the trade-o...

🔗 Spencer Marr: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencermarr/ 🔗 Sangha Renewables: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sangha-systems/Website : https://sangarenewables.com In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Spencer Marr, President at Sangha Renewables, to break down how their 20MW solar mining project with Total Energies stays profitable even at hash price $30. Spenc...

🔗 Tom Merkle (Hashbranch): Website: https://hashbranch.comLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmerkle/ In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Tom Merkle from Hashbranch to discuss survival strategies as Bitcoin mining enters unprecedented territory with hash price dropping below $30. What's covered in this episode: Jesse and Tom break down the current market conditions: Bitco...

Calculator: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HkLAbjzJyn69gE0m7MXtWTA3eUQG-eOK6K8wlYh_SHY/edit?usp=sharing In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down hydro mining as a low-risk Bitcoin mining strategy with extended profitability through profit-split hosting arrangements. Jesse explores the fundamental question every miner faces: should you buy Bitcoin directly or invest in mining hardw...

🔗 Stefan Kern: Website: https://www.bitkern.com/ X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bitkern LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-kern-bitkern/ In dieser Episode von HashrateUp spricht Jesse mit Stefan Kern, CEO der Bitkern Group aus Österreich, über das Überleben und den Aufbau eines profitablen Bitcoin-Mining-Geschäfts in einem zunehmend wettbewerbsintensiven Markt. Stefan teilt seine Erfa...

📊 This Waste Problem Could Make Bitcoin Mining Carbon Negative In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Daniel Batten, Managing Partner at CH4 Capital, to break down one of the most misunderstood topics in Bitcoin mining: vented gas and landfill methane mining. We explore how Bitcoin mining can turn unburned methane from landfills into ultra-low-cost energy. Daniel explains the differe...

🔗 Bitcoin Mining Stocks https://bitcoinminingstock.io/ 📊 Pure-Play Bitcoin Miners in the Age of AI In this episode of HashrateUp , Jesse speaks with Cindy Feng , founder of Bitcoin Mining Stocks and former Bitdeer IR & marketing team member, about the state of public Bitcoin mining companies in 2026. With hashprice around 38 , a -3.58% difficulty adjustment , and an ASIC market in free fall (S21...

📩 Free 5 Day Bitcoin Mining Course https://hashrateup.com/newsletter-sign-up/ 5 day Bitcoin Mining Course In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down the recent Bitcoin mining difficulty drops and explains why the network is going through one of the most unusual periods in its history. The episode puts the current multi-week difficulty decline into historical context, compares it to event...

📩 Free 5 Day Bitcoin Mining Course https://hashrateup.com/newsletter-sign-up/ In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse explains what mining shares are, why pools use them, and how stale and rejected shares directly impact miner payouts. The episode breaks down how pools verify work without checking every hash, what causes stale shares, and why share efficiency is a key metric for running a clean a...

🔗 https://stratumprotocol.org 🚀 Why Stratum V2 Matters for Bitcoin Mining In this episode of HashrateUp , Jesse speaks with Pavel Moravec, co-creator of Stratum and long-time Stratum V2 contributor, and Gabriele, lead maintainer of the Stratum V2 Reference Implementation (SRI), about why Stratum V2 is one of the most important infrastructure upgrades in Bitcoin mining. Stratum V2 is the upgrade...

📄 NiceHash Annual Bitcoin Mining Report 👉 https://www.nicehash.com/annual-bitcoin-mining-report In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Nico Smid , founder of Digital Mining Solutions , to break down the NiceHash Annual Bitcoin Mining Report and what it reveals about the current state of Bitcoin mining. They unpack key insights from the report, including hashrate growth, compressed h...

In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Kris Konicki from Altair Tech to break down what it really means to scale past home mining and turn Bitcoin mining into a serious investment. They walk through Altair’s typical customer journey — from first exposure via small home miners like the Nano or Avalon Q, to deploying real capital into hosted or larger-scale operations. Kris explains why...

In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Alen Makhmetov , Co-Founder of Hashlabs , to unpack what Bitcoin mining in Russia actually looks like beyond headlines and speculation. Alen shares firsthand experience operating mining infrastructure across Kazakhstan, Russia, and Northern Europe. He explains how mining regulation evolves in practice: rising power prices, changing tax regimes, i...

In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down how Bitcoin miners are actually built — using a real Antminer S9 and modern ASIC designs to explain what’s inside a mining machine. The episode walks through the core components of an ASIC miner, including the chassis, airflow, fans, control board, firmware, power delivery, hashboards, and the individual ASIC chips themselves. Jesse explains how...

In this HashrateUp FOCUS episode, Jesse explains demand response from the ground up — and why it has become one of the most critical concepts for modern electricity grids. The episode begins with the fundamentals: why electricity must be consumed the moment it’s generated, how grid frequency reflects the balance between supply and demand, and what actually causes blackouts and cascading grid failu...

Recorded live at the Africa Bitcoin Conference in Mauritius, Jesse sits down with Skot, the instigator of the Bitaxe project, to discuss why open source could become the most important frontier in Bitcoin mining. The conversation explores both the philosophy and the practical realities of open-source mining hardware and firmware. Skot explains how Bitaxe began as a personal side project, why he ch...

In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down one of the most fundamental concepts in Bitcoin mining: what a hash actually is. Building on the previous Focus episode about the dice-roll analogy and difficulty adjustment, this episode explains how SHA256 hashing works and why Bitcoin mining is essentially large-scale brute-force guessing. You’ll learn:What a hash is and why it’s one-wayHow SH...

In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Jaran Mellerud from Hashlabs, to break down what actually determines mining profitability in 2025: hashprice pressure, realistic ROI modeling, heat reuse constraints, demand response tradeoffs, ASIC pricing (USD vs BTC), and why “tax tricks” don’t replace a real edge. Jaran also explains why Finland is one of the best risk-adjusted places to mine...

Understanding Bitcoin Mining doesn’t have to be complicated. In this episode, I break down the entire process using the famous “dice analogy” from Braiins. It’s the simplest way to grasp what miners actually do, why the difficulty adjusts every 2016 blocks, and how Proof-of-Work keeps Bitcoin secure and permissionless. We walk through:• How Bitcoin Mining is basically massive-scale number guessing...

In this episode, recorded at the Africa Bitcoin Conference in Mauritius, Erik Hersman (CEO of Gridless) breaks down the newly announced open-source Jua Kali miner — a DC Bitcoin miner designed to run directly on 12V solar and turn excess energy into a scalable Solar “Money Battery.” We discuss how Jua Kali repurposes old hashboards, solves the global stranded-solar problem for 5–100 kW sites, and...

Firmware has become one of the most important levers for miners operating in today’s low-hashprice environment — and in this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down exactly why. He explains how firmware fundamentally changes the way an ASIC performs its calculations, why underclocking can keep older-gen machines profitable, and how overclocking unlocks additional revenue when market conditions...

Finland is emerging as one of the most attractive Bitcoin mining destinations in the world — and in this episode, Jesse sits down with Daniel Jonsson (MGMT) to unpack why. They discuss how Finland’s unique energy mix of 41% nuclear baseload, fast-growing wind capacity, and strong hydro creates some of the most miner-friendly power dynamics in Europe. Daniel explains how flexible operations and gri...

Hashprice is down, Bitcoin is under $100k, and many miners are stressed. In this episode, Jesse talks with Tom Merkle from Hashbranch about how good operators survive these conditions — and why low hashprice can actually create better entry points. (At release, hashprice even sits at $36/PH/day — Nov 20, 2025.) Tom explains what Hashbranch really does for hosting sites: filling rack space, handlin...

In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse wraps up the Proof of Prudence framework with the final three rules every miner needs to master: precision billing, affordable repairs, and choosing the right pool. You’ll learn how to avoid power overbilling, reduce downtime losses, and select a pool that actually fits your payout, data and monitoring needs. From overclocking flexibility to repair logistics...