POD256

POD256 | Bitcoin Mining, Freedom Tech, and Awesome Tangents

A Bitcoin podcast focused on open-source Bitcoin mining, energy, and freedom tech. Recorded weekly at Bitcoin Park in Nashville, TN. Co-hosted by: @econoalchemist, @skot9000, and @tylerkstevens

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POD256

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Technology

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www.pod256.org

Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

018. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week 22.05.2023

Date: May 18, 2023 Block Height: 790339 How many days until the halving: 345 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL:      a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333      b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333      c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333      d) stratum+tcp://CIS.li...

017. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & ₿usiness Cat, Co-Host - Rock Paper Bitcoin 13.05.2023

Date: May 11, 2023 Block Height: 789270 How many days until the halving: 352 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & ₿usiness Cat, Co-Host - Rock Paper Bitcoin Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL:      a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333      b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333   &nbs...

016. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week 05.05.2023

Date: May 4, 2023 Block Height: 788257 How many days until the halving: 359 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Stream Sats, Point Hash update: Pick any Lincoin URL:      a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333      b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333      c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333      d) stratum+tcp://...

015. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash 29.04.2023

Date: April 27, 2023 Block Height: 787231 How many days until the halving: 366 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL:      a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333      b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333      c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333      d) stratum+tcp://CIS....

014. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, DM Dive 21.04.2023

Date: April 20, 2023 Block Height: 786265 How many days until the halving: 373 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL:      a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333      b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333      c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333      d) stratum+tcp://CIS....

013. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, Special Guest: Tom Masiero, Co-Founder - Standard Bitcoin Co. 14.04.2023

Date: April 13, 2023 Block Height: 785232 How many days until the halving: 380 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Stream Sats, Point Hash: Shout out to @_business_cat & @ChadFarrow for pointing hash to us! Pick any Lincoin URL:      a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333      b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333      c) stratum...

012. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Ethan Vera, Co-Founder & COO - Luxor Mining 18.03.2023

Date: March 16, 2023 Block Height: 781,078 How many days until the halving:  409 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL:      a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333      b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333      c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333      d) stratum+tcp...

011. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest Neil RoninMiner 11.03.2023

Date: March 9, 2023 Block Height: 780033 Days until the halving: 416 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL: a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333 b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333 c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333 d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333 e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333 f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:33...

010. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Harry Sudock, CSO - Griid Infrastructure 04.03.2023

Date: March 2, 2023 Block Height: 778,994 How many days until the halving:  423 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Catch-Up: Stream Sats, Point Hash update: Pick any Lincoin URL: a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333 b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333 c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333 d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333 e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333 f...

009. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Jesse Myers aka @Croesus_BTC 25.02.2023

Date: February 23, 2023 Block Height: 777,993 How many days until the halving: 430 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Catch-Up: Pick any Lincoin URL: a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333 b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333 c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333 d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333 e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333 f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:333...

008. State of the Network, Argo Blockchain CEO Steps Down, Special Guest: John Stefanopoulos, Founder - FutureBit 17.02.2023

Date: February 16, 2023 Block Height: 776,877 Days until the halving: 438 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ Catch-Up: POD256 enables PayNym donation method: https://paynym.is/+pod256 Pick any Lincoin URL: a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333 b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333 c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333 d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333 e) stratum+tcp://A...

007. State of the Network, Industrial Scale Miner Consolidation, Special Guest: Casey Rodarmor - Creator of Ordinals 11.02.2023

Date: February 9, 2023 Block Height: 775,769 446 days until the halving according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ 0:00 Intro 1:32 State of the Network 11:54 The News 27:55 Home Miner of the Week 31:23 No Holds Barred with Casey Rodarmor 1:39:43 Closing Thoughts Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL: a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333 b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333...

006. State of the Network, the Taproot Wizard and the 4MB Block, Reliable vs. Renewable Energy, Special Guest: Medi Naseri, CEO - Lincoin 03.02.2023

Date: February 2, 2023 Block Height: 774751 How many days until the halving: 453 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/ In this week's episode, Econoalchemist and Rod cover: Stream Sats, Point Hash update: Pick any Lincoin URL: a)  stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333 b)  stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333 c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333 d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333...

005. Expected Difficulty Adjustment, Trending Miner Prices, Luxor Teases Move Into Firmware, Galaxy Digital’s 2023 Total Exahash Prediction, Is Solo Mining the Future, and more 27.01.2023

POD256 - Episode 005. Expected Difficulty Adjustment, Trending Miner Prices, Luxor Teases Move Into Firmware, Galaxy Digital’s 2023 Total Exahash Prediction, Is Solo Mining the Future, and more Date: January 26, 2023 Block Height: 773,730 In this week's episode, Econoalchemist and Rod cover: State of the Network: Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator Mempool....

004. Recap Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023, State of the Network, Elizabeth Warren goes full overreach, Cold vs hot for ASICS, ASICs made with Intel chips go hot with Hive, and more 21.01.2023

POD256 - 004. Recap Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023, State of the Network, Elizabeth Warren goes full overreach, Cold vs hot for ASICS, ASICs made with Intel chips go hot with Hive, and more. In this week's episode, Econoalchemist and Rod cover: Recap: Behind the scenes thoughts on the Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023 https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1614073179634544642...

003. Public miners against the ropes, ESG anti-Bitcoin narrative undermined by proof-of-work, Mining-based efficiency innovations, Difficulty headed back up 16.12.2022

POD256 - 003. Public miners against the ropes, ESG anti-Bitcoin narrative undermined by proof-of-work, Mining-based efficiency innovations, Difficulty headed back up This week’s guest: Colin Harper, Writer and Researcher - Luxor Technologies In this episode, we cover: Public miners facing debt difficulties Miners continuing to be poor Bitcoin mining sparking heating innovations and improving resid...

002. Miner capitulation and Compute North bankruptcy, Difficulty down 7.3%, Mining issues in Texas, Nuclear: is it a LARP?, Is ESG finally dead? 10.12.2022

POD256 - 002. Miner capitulation and Compute North bankruptcy, Difficulty down 7.3%, Mining issues in Texas, Nuclear: is it a LARP?, Is ESG finally dead? This week’s guests: Tom Masiero & Marty Bent - Standard Bitcoin In this episode, we cover: Standard Bitcoin’s backstory Miner capitulation and bankruptcy Issues with ERCOT and mining in Texas Is mining with nuclear energy a LARP? Is ESG final...

001. Hashrate down ~14% from ATH, Hashprice at ATL territory, New gen ASICs at ATL valuations, Voell's month in review, Compute North bankruptcy asset sale 03.12.2022

POD256 - 001. Hashrate down ~14% from ATH, Hashprice at ATL territory, New gen ASICs at ATL valuations, Voell's month in review, Compute North bankruptcy asset sale This week’s guest: Colin Harper, Writer and Researcher - Luxor Technologies In this episode, we cover: Current hash rate and hash price Mining “quadrants” A bad month for bitcoin mining Compute North’s bankruptcy And a lot more… Resour...

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