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Will and crew go through the top stories in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, including data on the upcoming Bitcoin halving, Swan announcing its 4.5 EH/s mining operation and Core Scientific re-listing on the Nasdaq. Charlie also gives us an overview of what’s happening in the Ordinals ecosystem this week! Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? willi...

Ever wanted to mine Bitcoin at home? Well you can with FutureBit! Founder and CEO John Stefanopoulos joins us to talk about how to mine Bitcoin at home and why it's important for network decentralization. Please subscribe to our newsletter: blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OG Bitcoin miner Michael Carter walks us through how he is investing and building out Bitcoin mines going into 2024's bull run, including infrastructure, buying ASICs and GPUs for AI. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Amanda Fabiano, founder of Fabiano Consulting, to look into the Bitcoin mining market post-Bitcoin ETF, using the gold mining industry as a comparative example. Please subscribe to our newsletter: blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin mining stocks took a nose dive after the launch of the Bitcoin ETFs yesterday. We jumped on a livestream as the market closed to speculate on why mining stocks tumbled and first takes on Bitcoin’s big tradfi day. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the eve of a possible Bitcoin ETF, we conduct the first ever BITCOIN MINING STOCK DRAFT! We each pick 5 Bitcoin mining stocks to watch over the next 3 months based on public information. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! We kick off our first show with Charlie and Matt to talk about what happened with Ordinals in 2023. If you’re lost on what Ordinals are or want to catch up on the current trends, this is the show for you. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! We’re joined by Russell Cann, Head of Mining at Core Scientific. Today we discuss Russell’s history in Bitcoin mining, CoreSci’s take on immersion mining and lessons from his years of experience in the mining business. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Today we are joined by Philip Salter, an OG Bitcoin miner with Genesis Digital Assets (GDA), one of the largest private miners in the world. Philip teases a new Bitcoin ASIC from GDA, among other topics. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Parker Merritt of CoinMetrics joins Charlie, Matt and Will to talk about the top highlight in Bitcoin mining from 2023 and some thoughts on what to look ahead at in 2024. Please take a moment to fill out our survey and subscribe to our newsletter! Subscribe: Blockspace.media Survey: https://forms.gle/4BUSGC5T8ZrCToiT9 Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad...

Bob Bodily, CEO of Bioniq, joins the show to talk about rollups as a scaling solution for Bitcoin that could bring massive amounts of transactions to Bitcoin and Bitcoin miners. We talk about Rollups, Ordinals and other scaling solutions and how miners should think about them. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taylor Monnig (CLSK) and Marc Fresa (Vnish) flip the desk, interviewing top experts in the Bitcoin mining space. Austin Storms from Galaxy Digital joins the show to discuss his own mining story and how he manages the largest immersion Bitcoin mining in North America with Galaxy Digital. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

The Mining Pod goes to PUBKEY to do a show with Thomas Pacchia and Drew Armstrong. We go through some mining highlights and talking points for the second half of 2023. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by Spiderchain creator and founder of Botanix Labs Willem Schroe to discuss his proposal to bring a fully functioning EVM to Bitcoin. What does this mean for applications and fees on Bitcoin? Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mining takeover! Taylor Monnig from Cleanspark and Marc Fresa of Vnish flip the desk and interview top guests in the mining industry! In this show we interview Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer from Bitfarms. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samourai Wallet joins the news show to talk about their interesting experience with Luke Dashjr’s lawyer (and Luke). Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re joined by the Hut 8 team to talk about the recent merger between the two entities, including the motivations for merging, the details of the listing process and the next steps for the Celsius asset acquisition. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://theminingpod.substack.com/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News time! We’re joined by Charlie and Matt to discuss this week’s happenings in Bitcoin mining, including the Ocean Pool post-launch controversy, Antpool trying to return (?) the 83 BTC fee and a special drop in guest. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining joins us to discuss the launch of Ocean Pool, backed by Jack Dorsey, live from the South Carolina debut. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Alejandro De La Torre, a Bitcoin miner announcing the launch of the first Stratum v2 Bitcoin mining pool: Demand. We talk with Alejandro about what Stratum v2 means for Bitcoin, how it works and the state of the Bitcoin mining pool game. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the show! We have a news roundup and mining stocks with Anthony Power in one show today. First, we discuss Antpool’s $3 million transaction fee and F2Pool censoring certain transactions before digging into mining stocks with Anthony Power. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Sullivan of Core Scientific joins us to discuss rebuilding Core Scientific - formerly the largest Bitcoin miner in the world. We discuss Core’s facilities, its Chapter 11 exit plan and what it expects in 2024. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Dennis Porter of the Satoshi Action Group to discuss the politics of Bitcoin mining in the US. We discuss recent pushback on Bitcoin mining in certain rural regions and national security concerns from Bitcoin miners with CCP ties. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by Asher Genoot and Scott Duffy of US Bitcoin and the Celsius Creditor’s Committee to discuss US Bitcoin’s successful bid to purchase the mining fleet of now-defunct Celsius, now under new management as Fahrenheit, in collaboration with its consortium partners Arrington Capital, Proof Group, Steve Kokinos, and Ravi Kaza. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn m...

Today we are joined by Tether Inc. CTO and incoming CEO Paolo Ardoino to discuss Tether’s move into Bitcoin mining, including its $600 million unsecured loan to Northern Data, why its mining Bitcoin versus other investments and how it thinks about site selection. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices