The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to go over May’s monthly mining numbers. We discuss standouts like Marathon Digital and Iris Energy, energy curtailment revenues, and predictions for the mining industry. https://compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-stock-roundup-may-monthly-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Sta...

Today we are joined by DMG’s Sheldon Bennet & Adrian Glover to talk about Ordinals. We discuss DMG’s mining profile, their carbon-neutral pool Terra, Inscriptions and uncommon satoshi mining. https://dmgblockchain.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data t...

Today we are talking about the Blockrock ETF, the Coinshares mining report, the new Blockstream mining rig and flare gas mining in Argentina with Crusoe Energy. Listener Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvmgIN36Uz8Xul73lNiLADM0vyUxHCuy5WKFDsgI1qiTznuw/viewform https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/06/13/bitmains-s19-bitcoin-miners-account-for-bulk-of-network-hashrate-says-new-research...

Today we are joined by Jim Seto, CEO of ePIC Blockchain Technologies. We discuss designing the ePIC Blockminer, partnering with Intel and making mining rigs in North America. https://epicblockchain.io Jim Seto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-seto-663149a Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating...

Today we are talking about BTC Prague, BitGo acquiring Prime Trust and Consensys troubles over assets. https://www.btcprague.com https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/08/crypto-custody-firm-bitgo-reaches-preliminary-agreement-to-buy-prime-trust-source/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/07/bitcoin-halving-is-coming-and-only-the-most-efficient-miners-will-survive/ https://www.coindesk.co...

Today we are joined by Sebastien Hess, co-founder of Block Green, a protocol for selling hashrate. We discuss how miner’s sell hashrate, who is buying hashrate and how Block Green thinks of energy. https://www.block.green Sebastien Hess: https://twitter.com/SebastienHess Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:36 Black Green overview 03:58 Hashrate derivative 05:48 Wha...

Today we are talking about how miner revenue has been up, if old ETH miners pivoting to AI is realistic and Tether hydro mining in Uruguay. https://www.theblock.co/post/232886/bitcoin-miner-revenue-climbs-to-916-million-in-may https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/26/usbtc-aims-to-become-bitcoin-mining-giant-after-deal-to-buy-celsius-assets/ https://hashrateindex.com/blog/fahrenheit-256-inside...

We are down south in Miami for Bitcoin 2023. Today we are joined by Taylor Monnig, VP of Mining Technology at CleanSpark. We discuss the history and current trends in immersion mining, oil vs hydro, overclocking and how to decide if immersion is right for a specific location. https://cleanspark.com Taylor Monnig: https://twitter.com/taylorbmonnig Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMP...

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss his May mining update, “Ranking ‘mid-tier’ Bitcoin miners, by the numbers”, the effect of Ordinals on rewards and the continued importance of balance sheet management. https://compassmining.io/education/ranking-mid-tier-bitcoin-miner/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 02:14 T...

We are down south in Miami for Bitcoin 2023. Today we are joined by Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council. We discuss Texas mining, Bitcoin and CBDC bills, domestic ASIC production and garnering public interest. Lee Bratcher: https://twitter.com/lee_bratcher Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:13 Proof of Reserves Bill 02:15 State based law making...

Today we are joined by Justin Drake an Ethereum researcher that collaborated on the ETH 2.0 consensus change. We talk about variations of mining attacks on Bitcoin. Justin Drake: https://twitter.com/drakefjustin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:30 Justin Drake 04:05 51% attacks 11:22 Spectrum of attack outcomes 14:33 Attackers vs defenders 19:22 $5.25B economic...

Today we discuss Ordinals driving a crazy fee market and miners stacking sats, Marathon making moves in Abu Dhabi and the ZeroSync paper. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zerosync-introducing-validity-proofs-to-bitcoin/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/11/bitcoins-high-fees-brought-back-bull-mark...

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss his March mining updates, strengths and weaknesses of miners and a special note on Core Scientific, who recently appointed a new president. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-march-2022-monthly-bitcoin-mining-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:...

Today we are joined by Jamie Leverton and Asher Genoot of Hut 8 and US BTC to discuss the merger of the two Bitcoin mining firms. We talk about US BTC’s operations, its strategic purchases in 2022 and merging the two firm’s assets. https://hut8.io/ https://usbitcoin.com/ Jamie Leverton: https://twitter.com/jaimeleverton Asher Genoot: https://twitter.com/ashergenoot Will Foxley: https://twitter.com...

Today we discuss Intel pausing ASIC manufacturing due to inventory glut, Gensler doing his best impression of a piñata in Congress & Coinbase considers moving to Bermuda. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/21/solanas-annual-carbon-footprint-equals-8-flights-from-london-to-new-york/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/20/crypto-exchange-coi...

Today we are joined by Clara Medalie of Kaiko Research to talk about Bitcoin markets. We discuss market depth post-FTX, what a healthy Bitcoin marketplace looks like and how miners can influence price action. https://www.kaiko.com/pages/kaiko-research Claire Medalie: https://twitter.com/clara_medalie Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:58 BTC market structure 03:41...

Today we are covering Bitcoin price breaking $30k, Ontario & Sweden Energy Rates & the Bitdeer SPAC not going so well. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://dune.com/queries/2008613/3324931 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/14/bitcoin-miner-bitdeer-stock-slumps-nearly-30-at-trading-debut/ https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-introduces-new-ultra-low-overnight-hydro-pricin...

Today we are joined by Matt Lousteau of Luxor Technologies to discuss their newest firmware, LuxOS. We discuss the reason for making the firmware, its benefits and options for onboarding to the firmware. https://luxor.tech/firmware Matt Lousteau: https://twitter.com/tdr_mlousteau Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:36 Mining pool configurations 05:11 Luxor as a ful...

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the Bitcoin whitepaper begin hidden deep in MocOS, Foundry ending its free services and Paxful shutting down. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/06/hidden-inside-macos-the-bitcoin-whitepaper https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-06/dcg-s-bitcoin-mining-firm-foundry-to-stop-offering-free-servic...

Today we are joined by Marko Tarman of Nicehash. We discuss how it operates, solo miners finding blocks on Nicehash and why operators might want to sell hashrate into a marketplace. https://www.nicehash.com Marko Tarman: https://twitter.com/MarkoTarman Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:17 Single block winner 03:55 Cost to rent hashrate? 05:27 History of Nicehash...

Today we are joined by Rete Browning & Isaac Fithian from Cathedra to discuss their recent underclocking study, what it means for efficiency, profitability and rig lifespan. https://twitter.com/cathedrabitcoin/status/1624086205485707264 https://cathedra.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:32 Underclocking experiment 07:51 Testing the underclocking 13:23 Frequen...

Today we discuss Foreman’s product stack, how integrating automation and intelligence into mining increases hashrate and how middleware providers are thinking about energy markets. https://foreman.mn/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR: https://foundryacademy.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:24 What is Foreman? 02:49 How to use it? 05:44 Monitoring your whole ecosystem 10:13 Problems...

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the BlockFi Hindenburg Report, the BitDeer SPAC, Greenpeace “change the code” campaign (LOL), and Bankless Bros contemplate war…. seriously…. you can’t make this stuff up. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.theblock.co/post/222314/blockfi-sells-physical-mining-assets-amid-bankrupt...

Today on the show we are joined by Erick Hersman, co-founder of Gridless, a Bitcoin mining company building mini-mines on stranded energy sites in Africa. We dig into micro-grid economics, mining operations in East Africa and financing continued expansion. https://gridlesscompute.com https://twitter.com/GridlessCompute Erik Hersman: https://twitter.com/whiteafrican Will Foxley: https://twitter.com...

Today we discuss Marathon Digital’s playbook including its relationship with Applied Digital after the Compute North bankruptcy, movement into the UAE, S19 XP purchases and increasing mining efficiency under its hosted model. Thanks to Amanda Cavaleri for her help in making these shows possible. https://marathondh.com/ https://twitter.com/MarathonDH Fred Thiel: https://twitter.com/fgthiel Will Fox...