HashrateUp - A Bitcoin Mining Podcast

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🛠 Sponsored by: Luxor, Mining software, firmware & hashrate tools https://luxor.tech/ Altair Technology, ASIC hardware, replacement parts & mining infrastructure Code: HASHRATEUP https://altairtech.io SoloMining, Home & solo mining made easy Code: HASHRATEUP https://solomining.de 🔗 Links from this episode: BTC Backed Loans: https://firefish.io?ref=satoshi2984 Wilson Mining: https://wi...

🛠 Sponsored by:Luxor, Mining software, firmware & hashrate toolshttps://luxor.tech/SoloMining, Home & solo mining made easyCode: HASHRATEUPhttps://solomining.deAltair Technology, Buy Bitcoin Mining SolutionsCode: HASHRATEUPhttps://altairtech.ioBTC Backed Loans: https://firefish.io?ref=satoshi2984In this news episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down what may be the first-ever Bitcoin hashra...

🔗 Bush Mining: Website: https://bushmining.com In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse introduces Bush Mining, his new venture with partner Conrad, and walks through the live pilot project: a hydro-powered farm in South Africa's Eastern Cape that turns stranded, wasted power into Bitcoin mining revenue. Jesse breaks down the flexible-compute model that makes it work: a site survey identifies sur...

🔗 Brad Cuddy: Website: https://chollainc.com/energy X (Twitter): https://x.com/_BradCuddy_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleycuddy/ In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Brad Cuddy, Director of Energy Operations at Cholla Inc., to unpack the "ASIC retirement home" strategy: buying S19 J Pros for $30 a unit and making them profitable on ultra-cheap Texas power. B...

🔗 Ryan Nuckolls:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-nuckolls-36a9975bX (Twitter): https://x.com/RyanNuckolls_🔗 Texas Energy Group:Website: https://texasenergygroup.comEnergy Management: https://texasenergygroup.com/energy-management/In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Ryan Nuckolls from Texas Energy Group to unpack what is really happening on the ground in Texas power, AI...

🔗 Matthew Carson:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-carson-354b4715a/🔗 Hash House:Website: https://hashhouse.tech/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hashhouse/In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Matthew Carson, Chief Business Officer at Hash House, to break down the real-world tradeoffs behind Bitcoin mining infrastructure, hydro cooling, immersion cooling, ASI...

In this NEWS episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the latest earnings reports, structural shifts, and AI pivots reshaping the Bitcoin mining industry. From Bitdeer's collapsing miner sales and Canaan's $23M quarterly loss to Mara dumping 38% of its Bitcoin treasury and laying off 15% of staff, the signals all point one direction: nobody is buying miners, and the companies that own powe...

🔗 Dr. Margot Paez: X (Twitter): https://x.com/jyn_urso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margotpaez/ BPI Profile: https://www.btcpolicy.org/authors/margot-paez 📄 PhD Thesis: https://github.com/dmrobotix/phd/blob/main/dissertation.pdf In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Dr. Margot Paez, PhD researcher and fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to dig into the first empirical...

🔗 Max Obwexer (21energy): Website: https://21energy.com X: https://x.com/21energy_com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilianobwexer In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Max Obwexer, Co-Founder & CEO of 21energy, to explore how Bitcoin mining hardware is being turned into residential heating infrastructure — and why it still makes economic sense even at historic low ha...

🔗 Chris Alfano: Website: https://360energyco.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-alfano-a195a058/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/chrisallfano In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Chris Alfano, CEO of 360 Energy, to break down one of the most overlooked power cost advantages in Bitcoin mining: negative-priced natural gas in West Texas. Chris explains why the Waha Hub h...

In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the latest Bitcoin mining news -- from hash price and difficulty trends to public miner financials, Bhutan's Bitcoin sell-off, AI competition for power, and new developments from Luxor, Tether, and the solo mining community. What are public miners actually paying to produce one Bitcoin once you factor in salaries, financing, and overhead beyond...

🔗 Carl Agren: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-agren-6921068/ 🔗 NIP Group: Website: https://miningninjas.com Investor Relations: https://nipg.com In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Carl Agren, CEO of Mining and Digital Assets at NIP Group, to explore how one of the world's most iconic esports brands quietly built 11.3 EH/s of Bitcoin mining across multiple global j...

🔗 Ryan Miller (Braiins):X (Twitter): https://x.com/ryanmllr107Telegram: https://t.me/ryanmiller_braiinsBraiins Hashpower: https://hashpower.braiins.com/In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Ryan Miller, Director of Business Development at Braiins, to explore the newly launched Hashpower platform — a marketplace where anyone can buy and sell Bitcoin hashrate directly. They cover how...

🔗 Paul Palmer (SustainHash):X (Twitter): https://x.com/sustainhashWebsite: https://www.sustainhash.comEmail: paul@sustainhash.comIn this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Paul Palmer, Chief Revenue Officer at SustainHash, to break down how a small Canadian repair company scaled to over 100 MW under site management in just a few years. Paul covers what it actually takes to win and run la...

SEALMINER A4 Ultra Hydro: https://www.bitdeer.com/shop/product/P260328000003 In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the newly released Sealminer A4 Ultra Hydro by Bitdeer — the first hydro-cooled ASIC to break below the 10 J/TH efficiency threshold. Jesse walks through the hardware specs, the economic model at current hash price, and what the sub-10 class actually means for payback perio...

Bitcoin mining's most important news cycle in months. This HashrateUp NEWS episode covers the AI capital flood reshaping hash rate, new ASIC hardware from Bitdeer, public miners selling BTC to fund pivots, and a solo miner beating 1-in-300-year odds. Market snapshot: -3.5% difficulty adjustment, hash price at $32.20 ($0.454/TH/day). The 30-day SMA sits at 972 EH/s with no trend reversal yet. The m...

🔗 Steve Barbour: X (Twitter): https://x.com/SGBarbourLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-barbour-3b6b3092/Upstream Data: https://upstreamdata.ca Steve Barbour, founder of Upstream Data, has been building off-grid Bitcoin mining infrastructure for oil and gas companies since 2017. In this episode, Jesse sits down with Steve to explore why oil companies are now self-mining Bitcoin, how t...

In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down exactly what's inside a Bitcoin block — and why each of the 6 fields in the block header matters for miners, nodes, and the security of the entire network. From the version number that signals miner upgrades, to the nonce that changes 270 trillion times a second — Jesse walks through every field and then opens a real block live on mempool.space to s...

🔗 Jamie Gill: Website: https://luxor.tech/mining LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jgill42 In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Jamie Gill, Business Development at Luxor Technology, to break down what the data says about hash price, the ASIC market, and how Luxor is building the full-stack infrastructure for Bitcoin miners. With hash price compressed at $30 and the forwards market...

In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the biggest Bitcoin mining stories of the week: why public miners are selling Bitcoin to fund AI pivots, what that means for difficulty and hash rate, and why the miners still online are quietly winning. Topics covered: Wintermute's Epoch 5 report on the structurally different mining cycle, mullet mining (AI in the front, SHA-256 in the back), oil p...

🔗 Kent Halliburton: Website: https://sazmining.comX (Twitter): https://x.com/khalliburtonLinkedIn : https://linkedin.com/in/khalliburton In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Kent Halliburton, CEO & Co-Founder of Sazmining, to break down what it actually looks like to mine Bitcoin across five sites on four continents. Kent walks through Sazmining's journey from a single-megawatt pro...

In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the biggest Bitcoin mining stories of the week, from billion-dollar AI pivots to a historic Bitcoin milestone and a surprise opportunity in South Africa. Enscale, spun out of Bitcoin mining operator Archon Energy, raised $2 billion backed by Nvidia, Jane Street, Citadel, Dell, and Lenovo for AI infrastructure. TeraWolf secured a $3.2 billion Google...

In this FOCUS episode, Jesse breaks down the AI pivot sweeping through Bitcoin mining — and why the miners still online are quietly winning. Public miners like Marathon, Core Scientific, TeraWulf, and Bitfarms are selling Bitcoin at record pace, unplugging hash rate, and redirecting billions into AI infrastructure. The result: network difficulty is dropping for the first time in years and hash rat...

🔗 Bob Burnett: Website: https://barefootmining.com X (Twitter): https://x.com/BobBurnett_BTC LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bobburnett In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Bob Burnett, founder of Barefoot Mining and board member at Ocean Mining Pool, to break down the critical difference between hashing and actually mining Bitcoin and why it matters more than ever. Most operator...