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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 Dors...

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...

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 Pre...

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 Bitcoi...

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...

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 Upstre...

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 intervie...

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 Bitcoi...

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? william@blockspace.media Thanks to Foreman...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? ⁠william@blockspace.media⁠ Thanks to Foreman Mining for sponsoring the show. Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining. https://foreman.mn/ Learn more about...

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? william@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

The Cathedra Bitcoin and Kungsleden have merged, creating a new mining entity with both self-mining and hosting operations as revenue drivers. We are joined by Drew Armstrong (President Cathedra), Tom Masiero (Founder Kungsleden, Standard Bitcoin) and Marty Bent (Ten31, Cathedra) to discuss the merger of the two companies. Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/ Join...

We recorded at ETHDenver on the next generation of crypto mining ASICs: Zero Knowledge (ZK) miners. Michael Gao of Fabric Crypto and Nazar Khan of TeraWulf join the show to discuss bleeding edge inquiry into ZK ASIC hardware, including how they could fit into a Bitcoin mining playbook. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.me...

Brian Morgenstern of Riot Platforms and Lee Bratcher of the Texas Blockchain Council join the show to discuss the latest in Washington DC overreach, with Elizabeth Warren asking the Department of Energy’s EIA to locate and document Bitcoin mining operations in the US. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media Learn more abo...

Santiago Varela is the co-founder of Kardashev BTC, a Mexican Bitcoin mining operation focused on harnessing waste and stranded energy sources for mining Bitcoin. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will and Charlie go through this week’s Bitcoin news, including mining stock flows, Braiins adding Lightning and a DL News hit piece on Bitcoin miners. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The return of the GigaChad! In our final TAKOVER episode, guest hosts Marc Fresa of Vnish and Taylor Monnig of Cleanspark dig into Chad Everett Harris’ Bitcoin genesis, his time at Riot Platform’s and H3 Data Solutions, his new venture. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choice...

Charlie, Matt and Will go through this week’s most important Bitcoin headlines, including the 8% difficulty adjustment, Coinmint’s $14 million payout and Justin Sun’s Bitcoin ambitions. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Tabar, CEO of BitDigital, joins the show to discuss the Bitcoin miner’s strategy, its AI investments and how he thinks of the upcoming halving. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie, Matt and Will talk about Bitcoin mining news this week, including price, Hut 8’s leadership change, the EIA seeking energy data and French Montana shilling his latest Bitcoin NFT. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celsius Mining recently completed its Chapter 11 restructuring, and is now managed by Hut 8. Are creditors getting a good deal? Celsius Mining was one of the only truly functional parts of Celsius, a defunct lending firm that went belly up in mid-2022. The mining firm recently transitioned to its own entity, Ionic, and is working with Hut 8 to run its mining assets. But did creditors get a good de...

Swan launched a large mining company out of stealth. The question is…how? Bitcoin financial services company announced its 4.5 EH/s Bitcoin mining operation the other week, turning heads across the Bitcoin ecosystem. Why is a financial services company getting into Bitcoin mining and how did they do it so sneakily? We find out with Rapha Zagury, CIO of Swan and head of Swan Mining. Please subscrib...

Texas is Bitcoin country, right? Over 2 gigawatts of energy is now mining Bitcoin in Texas, but it might be bad for the long term stability of the Texas energy grid. Tom Masiero of Standard Bitcoin walks us through why, in addition to insights on mining Bitcoin in the Tennessee Valley. Thanks for our sponsor, Foreman Mining for making this show possible! https://foreman.mn/ Please subscribe to our...